Most (all?) law schools will produce at least one journal - their standard "Law Review." It's student-run, and usually considered prestigious for law students to work on the review. The topics in the standard law review cover all aspects of law and are most commonly written by faculty members from law schools. They may produce other well-respected law journals on specific topics as well. You will find law review articles in a number of library databases, including many of the Ebsco databases, and Hein Online.
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The standard law review article structure looks roughly like the following. Section headings and macro architecture will differ.
- Brief Intro
- What is the issue?
- Why is it important?
- What is your position or proposition?
- Section by section roadmap
- Legal Background
- Factual History
- Legal History (might be a separate main section)
- Discuss Open Issue
- Remind the reader where we are today
- What are its ramifications for today and for the future?
- How much does the factual and legal history influence today's thinking?
- Make Proposal or Take a Position
- Develop all the favorable arguments
- Explain each argument by
- Giving its advantages
- Giving its disadvantages
- Show why advantages outweigh disadvantages
- Conclusion of favorable arguments
- Develop all the arguments against the proposal or position
- Follow same procedure as "favorable arguments"
- Examine how your proposal or position supports:
- Public Policy
- Current Statutes
- Other scholar's theory
- Current political thought
- Conclusion
- Repeat gist of the Intro
- Stress proposal or position
