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O Estado De Necessidade Legislativo E As Medidas Provisórias, Ivo T. Gico Jr., Danielle C. Lanius Jun 1998

O Estado De Necessidade Legislativo E As Medidas Provisórias, Ivo T. Gico Jr., Danielle C. Lanius

Ivo Teixeira Gico Jr.

As medidas legislativas de urgência são geralmente motivadas por uma necessidade premente de normatização que não comporta - em tese - o trâmite legislativo normal. O presente trabalho explora a regulação desse Estado de Necessidade Legislativo no Brasil e no Direito Comparado para tentar identificar limites jurídicos à legislação de urgência.


Permissible Content Discrimination Under The First Amendment: The Strange Case Of The Public Employee, Lawrence Rosenthal Dec 1997

Permissible Content Discrimination Under The First Amendment: The Strange Case Of The Public Employee, Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal

The speech of public employees poses special problems under the First Amendment. As Justice O'Connor once explained, a rule that forbids employees who deal with the public from being rude to customers should be permissible in the public sector, even though a statute containing the very same prohibition would be considered impermissibly vague when applied to private-sector employees. Recognizing that a special rule for public employees is necessary, the Supreme Court has held that only when public employees speak on a matter of public concern does their speech qualify for constitutional protection, and even then, the employee's interest must be …


Four Entries, Richard Adelstein Dec 1997

Four Entries, Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

Four entries: "American Institutional Economics and the Legal System" (I: 61-66); "John Rogers Commons" (I: 324-327); Richard Theodore Ely" (II: 28-29); and "Plea Bargaining: A Comparative Approach"


Developments In State Constitutional Law: Due Process, Jill E. Family Dec 1997

Developments In State Constitutional Law: Due Process, Jill E. Family

Jill E. Family

No abstract provided.


Reference Re Secession From Quebec: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Rosemary Rayfuse Dec 1997

Reference Re Secession From Quebec: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Rosemary Rayfuse

Rosemary Rayfuse

No abstract provided.


The Pre-Emption Presumption That Never Was: Pre-Emption Doctrine Swallows The Rule, Susan Raeker-Jordan Dec 1997

The Pre-Emption Presumption That Never Was: Pre-Emption Doctrine Swallows The Rule, Susan Raeker-Jordan

Susan Raeker-Jordan

No abstract provided.


Dalla Simbologia Giuridica A Una Filosofia Giuridica E Politica Simbolica ? Ovvero Il Diritto E I Sensi, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha Dec 1997

Dalla Simbologia Giuridica A Una Filosofia Giuridica E Politica Simbolica ? Ovvero Il Diritto E I Sensi, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

La prima conseguenza della nostra cultura giuridica dell'audizione che è anche cultura dell'oralità, del discorso e della scrittura (di tutto ciò che serve per parlare e fissare quello che può essere detto) è la volontaria atrofia degli altri sensi: il tatto, il gusto, l'olfatto e la vista. Il Diritto quasi non tocca le cose. Le concepisce mentalmente, le dice, però, anche se con i guanti deve toccare il corpo del delitto.


Administrative Law Progress In 1997: Selected Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions Involving Constitutional And Administrative Decisions, John L. Gedid Dec 1997

Administrative Law Progress In 1997: Selected Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions Involving Constitutional And Administrative Decisions, John L. Gedid

John L. Gedid

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Structure As A Limitation On The Scope Of The "Law Of Nations" In The Alien Tort Claims Act, Donald J. Kochan Dec 1997

Constitutional Structure As A Limitation On The Scope Of The "Law Of Nations" In The Alien Tort Claims Act, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

Jurisdiction matters. Outside of the set of jurisdictional constraints, the judiciary is at sea; it poses a threat to the separation of powers and risks becoming a dangerous and domineering branch. Jurisdictional limitations serve a particularly important function when the judiciary is dealing with issues of international law. Since much of international law concerns foreign relations, the province of the executive and, in part, the legislature, the danger that the judiciary will act in a policy-making role or will frustrate the functions of the political branches is especially great. The Framers of the Constitution were particularly concerned with constructing a …


"Public Use" And The Independent Judiciary: Condemnation In An Interest-Group Perspective, Donald J. Kochan Dec 1997

"Public Use" And The Independent Judiciary: Condemnation In An Interest-Group Perspective, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

This Article reexamines the doctrine of public use under the Takings Clause and its ability to impede takings for private use through an application of public choice theory. It argues that the judicial validation of interest-group capture of the condemnation power through a relaxed public use standard in Takings Clause review can be explained by interest group politics and public choice theory and by institutional tendencies inherent in the independent judiciary. Legislators can sell the eminent domain power to special interests for almost any use, promising durability in the deal given the low probability that the judiciary will invalidate it …