Complex Systems of Property: Change and Resilience After a Catastrophic Disaster 

Pages 1–45, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad007

This Article applies emerging literature on resilience in complex systems to institutional change in property rights systems. 

Death Penalty Abolitionism from the Enlightenment to Modernity

Pages 46–97, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad011

The modern movement to abolish the death penalty in the United States stresses that this punishment cannot be applied fairly and effectively.

The Myth of Transnational Public Policy in International Arbitration

Pages 98–141, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad021

This Article traces the concept of transnational public policy as developed in the context of international arbitration at the intersection between legal theory and practice.

Acquisitive Prescription of Artwork and Other High-Value Movables: A Comparative Case Study of Litigation and Legislation in Louisiana, Germany, and Russia 

Pages 142–188, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad020

Using artwork and other valuables as a high-stakes case study, the Article discusses the law governing acquisitive prescription of movable property in Louisiana, Germany, and Russia. 

Animal Warfare Law and the Need for an Animal Law of Peace: A Comparative Reconstruction

Pages 189-233, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad018

This Article puts forward a novel analogy between animal welfare law and international humanitarian law—two seemingly unrelated bodies of law that are both marked by the aporia of humanizing the inhumane.