The legal industry is constantly evolving. While this is often a good thing, it can also be challenging for firms that are used to operating in a certain way and must now adapt to a new way of doing business. One concept that is growing in popularity among law firms is the idea of “law new.” This is an approach to legal practice that focuses on finding innovative ways to provide services, and it can be extremely helpful for lawyers who are looking to differentiate themselves from competitors.
The idea of “law new” has been used to describe a number of different practices that aim to find innovative approaches to providing legal services. These practices can range from working with underserved communities to coming up with new strategies for reaching clients. In the end, though, they all share the same goal of finding a way to meet the needs of their clients in an increasingly complex and competitive environment.
New law is legislation passed by Congress or the State legislature to address specific issues, change current laws, or otherwise respond to changing circumstances. These changes can occur as a result of political movements or social movement, economic challenges, or other significant events. The process for creating new law involves multiple stages, including drafting, committee review, floor debate, and voting. Typically, laws that are well-drafted and have bipartisan support are more likely to be successful.
This collection contains research articles on a broad range of topics in the area of New Law, authored by students and faculty at Bristol Law School. It provides an opportunity for new and emerging scholarship on the area of law to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, and is available to all at no charge via Bristol Law’s open access repository.
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In this Article, the author proposes that the notion of “law new” can be used as a framework for understanding the rise of new types of lawmaking and the emergence of the rule of law in the 21st century. This framework is intended to help scholars and legal practitioners think more clearly about the role of law in societies that are becoming more global and interconnected.
This Article makes the case for retaining the constitutional doctrine of non-retroactivity as a fundamental principle of federal statutory interpretation, even in light of recent Supreme Court decisions on the topic. It also argues that the doctrine is compatible with an argument that judicial lawmaking is intrinsically retroactive. The Author concludes that this argument can form the basis for a coherent theory of lawmaking and retroactivity, as well as for a coherent framework for evaluating Congressional attempts to override the Constitution’s non-retroactivity prohibition.