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Alaska Equal Protection: Constitutional Law Or Common Law?, Paul E. Mcgreal Dec 1998

Alaska Equal Protection: Constitutional Law Or Common Law?, Paul E. Mcgreal

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Canon, Anti-Canon, And Judicial Dissent, Richard Primus Nov 1998

Canon, Anti-Canon, And Judicial Dissent, Richard Primus

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Religious Hybrids In The Lower Courts: Free Exercise Plus Or Constitutional Smoke Screen, William L. Esser Iv Oct 1998

Religious Hybrids In The Lower Courts: Free Exercise Plus Or Constitutional Smoke Screen, William L. Esser Iv

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Eighth Amendment Meanings From The Aba’S Moratorium Resolution, Louis D. Bilionis Oct 1998

Eighth Amendment Meanings From The Aba’S Moratorium Resolution, Louis D. Bilionis

Law and Contemporary Problems

Bilionis argues that the American Bar Association's moratorium resolution on capital punishment doesn't challenge the capacity of the Eighth Amendment.


Sentenced For A “Crime” The Government Did Not Prove: Jones V. United States And The Constitutional Limitations On Factfinding By Sentencing Factors Rather Than Elements Of The Offense, Benjamin J. Priester Oct 1998

Sentenced For A “Crime” The Government Did Not Prove: Jones V. United States And The Constitutional Limitations On Factfinding By Sentencing Factors Rather Than Elements Of The Offense, Benjamin J. Priester

Law and Contemporary Problems

Priester argues that the Constitution does restrict the power of the legislature by requiring that certain facts be proved as elements of the offense. He notes the Supreme Court's missed opportunity in "Jones v. United States" to adopt the test proposed by Justice Scalia.


Post-Mccleskey Racial Discrimination Claims In Capital Cases , John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, Sheri Lynn Johnson Sep 1998

Post-Mccleskey Racial Discrimination Claims In Capital Cases , John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, Sheri Lynn Johnson

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court As An Enforcement Agency, Harold J. Krent Sep 1998

The Supreme Court As An Enforcement Agency, Harold J. Krent

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Another Case Of Freedom Vs. Safety: Stretching The First Amendment To Protect The Publication Of Murder Manuals-Bradenburg Need Not Apply?, Robert J. Coursey Iii Jul 1998

Another Case Of Freedom Vs. Safety: Stretching The First Amendment To Protect The Publication Of Murder Manuals-Bradenburg Need Not Apply?, Robert J. Coursey Iii

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judicial Independence: Playing Politics With The Constitution, Suzanna Sherry Jul 1998

Judicial Independence: Playing Politics With The Constitution, Suzanna Sherry

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Can Judicial Independence Be Attained In The South? Overcoming History, Elections, And Misperceptions About The Role Of The Judiciary, Stephen B. Bright Jul 1998

Can Judicial Independence Be Attained In The South? Overcoming History, Elections, And Misperceptions About The Role Of The Judiciary, Stephen B. Bright

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Alaska Supreme Court, Alaska Court Of Appeals, U.S. District Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit, And U.S. District Court For The District Of Alaska Year In Review, Gregory M. Bair, Mercedes J. Caravello, Michael J. Chiavalloti, Emily J. Grogan Jun 1998

Alaska Supreme Court, Alaska Court Of Appeals, U.S. District Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit, And U.S. District Court For The District Of Alaska Year In Review, Gregory M. Bair, Mercedes J. Caravello, Michael J. Chiavalloti, Emily J. Grogan

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Researching Georgia Law (1998 Edition), Nancy P. Johnson, Nancy Adams Deel May 1998

Researching Georgia Law (1998 Edition), Nancy P. Johnson, Nancy Adams Deel

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Antidiscrimination And Affirmative Action Policies: Economic Efficiency And The Constitution, Edward M. Iacobucci Apr 1998

Antidiscrimination And Affirmative Action Policies: Economic Efficiency And The Constitution, Edward M. Iacobucci

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article assesses the economic efficiency of race-based antidiscrimination and affirmative action policies with a view to assessing relevant Canadian and American constitutional law. The article reviews economic arguments about why antidiscrimination laws may be efficient in addressing externalities, in hastening the exit of bigoted employers from the market, and in preventing the potentially inefficient use of race as a proxy for information; affirmative action may be efficient in accounting for differential signaling costs across race. The article concludes that economic analysis supports the approach in section 15 of the Charter which generally bans discriminatory government action, but recognizes that …


Salvaging The Welfare State?: The Prospects For Judicial Review Of The Canada Health & Social Transfer, Lorne Sossin Apr 1998

Salvaging The Welfare State?: The Prospects For Judicial Review Of The Canada Health & Social Transfer, Lorne Sossin

Dalhousie Law Journal

The Canadian Health and Social Transfer ("CHST"), which came into force on April 1, 1996, contains no national standards relating to the quality of social welfare. The goal of this new transfer was to promote provincial flexibility in the sphere of social policy. The author argues that this flexibility may undermine the core of the Canadian welfare state. Given the preoccupation of the provincial and federal governments with devolution, welfare recipients must turn to the judiciary to determine the "bottom line" of the welfare state. The author explores the various constitutional and administrative law grounds on which the federal government's …


Right Not To Be John Garvey , Alan E. Brownstein Mar 1998

Right Not To Be John Garvey , Alan E. Brownstein

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


O'Hare Truck Service, Inc. V. City Of Northlake: Further Limiting The Spoils Of The Victor, Jaimie Johnson Mar 1998

O'Hare Truck Service, Inc. V. City Of Northlake: Further Limiting The Spoils Of The Victor, Jaimie Johnson

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Right To Participate, Samuel Issacharoff, Pamela S. Karlan, Richard H. Pildes Jan 1998

The Right To Participate, Samuel Issacharoff, Pamela S. Karlan, Richard H. Pildes

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The following essay is excerpted and adapted from The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process, © The Foundation Press, Inc., Westbury, NY (1998). Publication is by permission.

Constitutions are often viewed today as constraints on majoritarian power in the service of minority interests. But constitutional ground rules also create the possibility of ongoing democratic self-government; constitutions establish relatively stable and non-negotiable precommitments that enable generally accepted structures of political competition to emerge and endure.

Despite the centrality of this role for the American Constitution , however, there is paradoxically little that the text or its history offers …


How Much Freedom For Racist Speech?: Transnational Aspects Of A Conflict Of Human Rights, Friedrich Kübler Jan 1998

How Much Freedom For Racist Speech?: Transnational Aspects Of A Conflict Of Human Rights, Friedrich Kübler

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.


Witness Protection In Criminal Cases: Anonymity, Disguise Or Other Options, Nora V. Demleitner Jan 1998

Witness Protection In Criminal Cases: Anonymity, Disguise Or Other Options, Nora V. Demleitner

Scholarly Articles

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Zschernig V. Miller And The Breard Matter, Frederic L. Kirgis Jan 1998

Zschernig V. Miller And The Breard Matter, Frederic L. Kirgis

Scholarly Articles

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Mandating English Proficiency For College Instructors: States' Responses To "The Ta Problem", Kenneth King Jan 1998

Mandating English Proficiency For College Instructors: States' Responses To "The Ta Problem", Kenneth King

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note examines the background, provisions, effects, and constitutionality of state legislation mandating English proficiency assessment for college instructors. Such legislation responds to complaints about the comprehensibility of international instructors--particularly teaching assistants--at U.S. colleges and universities. U.S. universities employ large numbers of international instructors in scientific, technical, and business fields. Such employment is only one aspect of a broader U.S. importation of scientific and technical talent. This Note first considers the background and legitimacy of complaints about international instructors, and then examines the background and details of specific state provisions. It discusses the statutes' effects and particular concerns they raise, …


The Federal System As Bill Of Rights: Original Understandings, Modern Misreadings, Thomas B. Mcaffee Jan 1998

The Federal System As Bill Of Rights: Original Understandings, Modern Misreadings, Thomas B. Mcaffee

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Is A Constitutional Expansion Of Rights, Erwin Chemerinsky Jan 1998

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Is A Constitutional Expansion Of Rights, Erwin Chemerinsky

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Logic And Legitimacy: The Uses Of Constitutional Argument, Brian Winters Jan 1998

Logic And Legitimacy: The Uses Of Constitutional Argument, Brian Winters

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Treaty Power And American Federalism, Curtis A. Bradley Jan 1998

The Treaty Power And American Federalism, Curtis A. Bradley

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Can Constitutional Borrowing Be Justified? A Comment On Tushnet, Matthew D. Adler Jan 1998

Can Constitutional Borrowing Be Justified? A Comment On Tushnet, Matthew D. Adler

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Private Religious Choice In German And American Constitutional Law: Government Funding And Government Religious Speech, Ingrid B. Wuerth Jan 1998

Private Religious Choice In German And American Constitutional Law: Government Funding And Government Religious Speech, Ingrid B. Wuerth

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

We will never face Germany's specific problems of religion and government, arising as they do from its particular history. The sharply contested religion cases from Germany in the late 1990s do, however, point to problems with our growing reliance on private religious choice analysis that demand our attention in both government funding and speech cases. To understand the problems of funding religious groups in neutral programs, we must back up and ask the foundational question: what goals may the government pursue with its funding? The broader those goals are defined, the greater the potential distortion of private religious choice, through …


Constitutional Law: Racial And Political Gerrymandering--Different Problems Require Different Solutions, Robert Redwine Jan 1998

Constitutional Law: Racial And Political Gerrymandering--Different Problems Require Different Solutions, Robert Redwine

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cases Versus Theory, Richard B. Collins Jan 1998

Cases Versus Theory, Richard B. Collins

Publications

No abstract provided.


Authorizing Interpretation, Pierre Schlag Jan 1998

Authorizing Interpretation, Pierre Schlag

Publications

No abstract provided.