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Constitutional Analysis Of Indiana's Controlled Substance Excise Tax, F. Anthony Paganelli Oct 1995

Constitutional Analysis Of Indiana's Controlled Substance Excise Tax, F. Anthony Paganelli

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Exclusion To Emancipation: A Comparative Analysis Of Women's Citizenship In Australia And The United States 1869-1921, Linda J. Kirk Apr 1995

Exclusion To Emancipation: A Comparative Analysis Of Women's Citizenship In Australia And The United States 1869-1921, Linda J. Kirk

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Is Moral Relativism A Constitutional Command?, Steven G. Gey Apr 1995

Is Moral Relativism A Constitutional Command?, Steven G. Gey

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Old Wine In New Bottles: The Constitutional Status Of Unconstitutional Speech, Mark A. Graber Mar 1995

Old Wine In New Bottles: The Constitutional Status Of Unconstitutional Speech, Mark A. Graber

Vanderbilt Law Review

This Article explores whether contemporary advocates of restrictions on bigoted expression have more in common with contemporary advocates of broad First Amendment rights or with past censors. The critical theorists who would ban some hate speech rely heavily on the equal citizenship principles that radical civil libertarians believe justify almost absolute speech rights. Past censors, however, also relied heavily on principles that libertarians in their generation thought justified almost absolute speech rights. The First Amendment, past and present censors argue, does not fully protect speech in- consistent with what they believe are basic constitutional values. This claim repudiates a basic …


The Incorporation Of International Law And The Impact On Constitutional Structures And Rights In Hungary, Duc V. Trang Jan 1995

The Incorporation Of International Law And The Impact On Constitutional Structures And Rights In Hungary, Duc V. Trang

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In 1993, the Hungarian Constitutional Court upheld a draft law that would allow the prosecution of crimes committed during the 1956 uprising, despite the expiration of statutes of limitations. In reaching this result, the Court raised international law to the level of a constitutional standard by which Hungary's domestic laws would be judged. In this Article, the author examines the impact of the Court's decision to transform international law into domestic law. The author explores the implications of adopting international law on the relationship between the Court and other branches of the government, the development of domestic law, the growth …


The Constitutional Development Of Religious Freedom In Spain: An Historical Analysis, Daniel B. Montserrat Jan 1995

The Constitutional Development Of Religious Freedom In Spain: An Historical Analysis, Daniel B. Montserrat

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

Religious freedom has always constituted a problem in Spain. It can be said that over the centuries, there has only existed intolerance and even on several occasions, persecution. Clearly, the times in which respect and peaceful coexistence occurred in Spain among the three principal religions were limited and fleeting. Unfortunately, even Spanish constitutional history is replete with examples of religious intolerance. From the Cddiz Constitution of 1808, liberal in its politics, but tremendously repressive with respect to religion up until the present day, there have been scarcely twentyfive years of "religious freedom." Recalling the period prior to the first constitution, …


The Plain Feel Doctrine In Washington: An Opportunity To Provide Greater Protections Of Privacy To Citizens Of This State, Laura T. Bradley Jan 1995

The Plain Feel Doctrine In Washington: An Opportunity To Provide Greater Protections Of Privacy To Citizens Of This State, Laura T. Bradley

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment argues that Washington should return to an independent analysis of search and seizure doctrine under article I, section 7 of the state constitution and reject the admission of contraband seized during the course of a pat-down frisk. The decisions in Hudson and Dickerson have established an unnecessary and unworkable standard, and involve an increased invasion of personal privacy without the counter-balancing need to protect the safety of others. The plain feel doctrine as announced in Dickerson and Hudson developed from two well-established concepts in search and seizure law-the Terry frisk of persons to discover weapons and the plain …


Regulating Choice: A Constitutional Law Response To Professor John A. Robertson's Children Of Choice, Ann Maclean Massie Jan 1995

Regulating Choice: A Constitutional Law Response To Professor John A. Robertson's Children Of Choice, Ann Maclean Massie

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judicial Jurisdiction In The Conflict Of Laws Course: Adding A Comparative Dimension, Linda J. Silberman Jan 1995

Judicial Jurisdiction In The Conflict Of Laws Course: Adding A Comparative Dimension, Linda J. Silberman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In this Article, Professor Silberman suggests that comparative law materials can usefully be introduced in the conflict of laws course. She proposes the subject of adjudicatory jurisdiction as a good place to start. She argues that a comparison of the U.S. approach with the English and European approaches (particularly under the Brussels Convention) is evidence of the desirability of a jurisdictional system grounded more on rules and/or discretion rather than on a constitutional standard of reasonableness. She takes issue with the contention of her colleague Professor Andreas Lowenfeld that "reasonableness" has been accepted as an international standard for the assertion …


The Supreme Court And Local Government Law 1993-94 Term: Introduction, Howard A. Glickstein Jan 1995

The Supreme Court And Local Government Law 1993-94 Term: Introduction, Howard A. Glickstein

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Constitutionality Of Student-Led Prayer At Public School Graduation Ceremonies, Johanna J. Raimond Jan 1995

The Constitutionality Of Student-Led Prayer At Public School Graduation Ceremonies, Johanna J. Raimond

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Supreme Court consistently has held that it is unconstitutional to pray in public school classrooms.' Until 1992, however, the Court had never addressed the issue of prayer at a public school graduation ceremony. Prior to the Court's ruling, public school districts across the country regularly included a prayer of some variety in their graduation programs. In June 1992, the Supreme Court finally addressed this longstanding practice. In Lee v. Weisman, the Court held that the Providence, Rhode Island school district violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by permitting a rabbi to offer an invocation and benediction at …


Note: New York City's Restrictive Zoning Of Adult Businesses: A Constitutional Analysis, Rachel Simon Jan 1995

Note: New York City's Restrictive Zoning Of Adult Businesses: A Constitutional Analysis, Rachel Simon

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Part I explores the adult pornography industry in New York City and the constitutional framework developed by both federal and New York State courts to regulate non-obscene pornographic expression. Part II analyzes the City's Adult Zoning Resolution in light of decisions of the New York State Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, and various federal district and circuit courts. Part III proposes changes that will increase the probability that the City's Adult Zoning Resolution will survive constitutional challenges. This Note concludes that although the current version of the City's Adult Zoning Resolution infringes unconstitutionally on adult business owners' …