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Presidential Decree That Creates The National Program Of Cleaner Production, Presidente De La República Dominicana

Latin American Energy Policies

This decree announces the establishment of the National Program for Cleaner Production, which will work in close coordination with all public, private and civil society organizations on Cleaner Production in order to introduce preventive environmental management.

Wild Political Dreaming: Constitutional Reformation Of The United States Senate, Scott J. Bowman

Fordham Law Review

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Of Disunity And Logrolling: Ohio's One-Subject Rule And The Very Evils It Was Designed To Prevent, Stephanie Hoffer, Travis Mcdade

Cleveland State Law Review

This article looks at the one-subject rule's history and significant jurisprudence with particular note of any rules that can be determined. Next, we address the court's use of the rule in the controversial case of State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward. Finally, we look at Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 281-recently passed by the Ohio General Assembly-to determine if it will pass one-subject muster under recent jurisprudence.

Legislative Watch/ Legislative Focus, Tejal Kruskol

Human Rights Brief

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Legislative Watch, Josh Kruskol

Human Rights Brief

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Legislative Watch, Heather Morris

Human Rights Brief

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Federalism Re-Constructed: The Eleventh Amendment's Illogical Impact On Congress' Power, Marcia L. Mccormick

All Faculty Scholarship

The Constitution is designed to protect individual liberty and equality by diffusing power among the three branches of the federal government and between the federal and state governments, and by providing a minimum level of protection for individual rights. Yet, the Supreme Court seems to think that federalism is about protecting states as states rather than balancing governmental power to protect individuals. In the name of federalism, the Supreme Court has been paring away at Congress' power to enact civil rights legislation. In doing so, it has transformed the Fourteenth Amendment into a vehicle for protecting states rights rather than …

Tribal Sovereignty Over Water Quality, Jessica Owley

Articles

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United States V. Gayle, Christine Aubin

NYLS Law Review

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The Feeney Amendment And The Continuing Rise Of Prosecutorial Power To Plea Bargain, Stephanos Bibas

All Faculty Scholarship

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The Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 - Progeny Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Robert Dinerstein

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Who Should Win The Garbage Wars? Lessons From The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, Jane Chuang

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Using Arbitration To Eliminate Consumer Class Actions: Efficient Business Practice Or Unconscionable Abuse?, Jean R. Sternlight, Elizabeth J. Jensen

Scholarly Works

Companies are increasingly drafting arbitration clauses worded to prevent consumers from bringing class actions against them in either litigation or arbitration. If one looks at the form contracts she receives regarding her credit card, cellular phone, land phone, insurance policies, mortgage, and so forth, most likely, the majority of those contracts include arbitration clauses, and many of those include prohibitions on class actions. Companies are seeking to use these clauses to shield themselves from class action liability, either in court or in arbitration.

This article argues that while the unconscionability doctrine offers some protections, case-by-case adjudication is a costly means …

A Comparative Analysis Of Religious Association Laws In Post-Communist Europe, W Durham, Elizabeth Clark, Natalie Peterson

Elizabeth A. Clark

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