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Constitutional Law

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Constitutional Law

2002

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A Study In Judicial Sleight Of Hand: Did Geier V. American Honda Motor Co. Eradicate The Presumption Against Preemption?, Susan Raeker-Jordan Dec 2001

A Study In Judicial Sleight Of Hand: Did Geier V. American Honda Motor Co. Eradicate The Presumption Against Preemption?, Susan Raeker-Jordan

Susan Raeker-Jordan

No abstract provided.


Deshaney’S Legacy In Foster Care And Public School Settings, Mary Kate Kearney Dec 2001

Deshaney’S Legacy In Foster Care And Public School Settings, Mary Kate Kearney

Mary Kate Kearney

No abstract provided.


Magistrate Judges, Article Iii, And The Power To Preside Over Federal Prisoner Section 2255 Proceedings, Ira P. Robbins Dec 2001

Magistrate Judges, Article Iii, And The Power To Preside Over Federal Prisoner Section 2255 Proceedings, Ira P. Robbins

Ira P. Robbins

In 1968, Congress enacted the Federal Magistrates Act to enhance judicial efficiency in the federal courts. Since then, some judicial functions delegated to magistrate judges have been challenged on constitutional grounds: while federal district judges, appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution, are protected with life tenure and undiminishable salary, thereby enhancing judicial independence, federal magistrate judges, appointed pursuant to Article I, have no such protection. The most recent major challenge to magistrate judge authority came in 2001, when the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in United States v. Johnston, decided that referral …


Zoning, Taking, & Dealing: The Problems And Promise Of Bargaining In Land Use Planning, Erin Ryan Dec 2001

Zoning, Taking, & Dealing: The Problems And Promise Of Bargaining In Land Use Planning, Erin Ryan

Erin Ryan

Municipal land use bargaining may imply as many problems as it heralds promise, but it is widely acknowleged as the universal language of land use planning. Planners and scholars agree that public-private negotiation plays a central role in the vast majority of local land use decision-making. At least in part, this is a result of the peculiar attributes of the resource at issue. Land is, perhaps, the ultimate nonfungible. Each parcel of land possesses unique characteristics not only in its physical attributes, but also by virtue of its location, and its proximity to other unique parcels. Moreover, land uses implicate …