The South Dakota Law Review is a journal of critical commentary on current legal issues with a state, national, and international circulation. Published three times per year, the South Dakota Law Review contains articles by leading members of the legal profession and student notes and comments. The South Dakota Law Review was first published in the spring of 1956 and is published three times a year by students at The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. For over sixty years, the South Dakota Law Review has provided a forum to publish materials presenting views on subjects of interest to the legal profession. With nearly 600 subscribers a year, the South Dakota Law Review reaches all fifty states and many foreign universities and institutions.
Current Issue: Volume 71, Issue 2 (2026)
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Table of Contents
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Articles
An Empirical Analysis of Statutory Enactment and Interpretation in South Dakota: Are We Aligned?
Neil Fulton and Zane Rankin
Common Law Creep and Judicial Optionality: A Measured Critique of Restrictive Covenant Law in South Dakota
Alex M. Hagen
May it Please the Artificial Intelligence: Experimental AI-Authored Jurisprudence and Authentic Human-Authored Counterparts
Justin Huston and Thomas E. Simmons
Student Comments/Notes