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Burnout Doesn't Frighten Me, Meredith A.G. Stange
Burnout Doesn't Frighten Me, Meredith A.G. Stange
College of Law Faculty Publications
This past semester we all taught during an unprecedented worst-case scenario, moving our courses online at the literal drop of a hat. Although I know my experience is not unique, from March to the end of the semester in May, I felt like I was just treading water. I realized that feeling unsure of myself, feeling disconnected from my students, and feeling like I was just treading water really was not me. In fact, I had not felt this way in the classroom since my first few years of teaching. Those were days I did not want to revisit because, …
A Mixed-Methods Analysis Of Biofuels, Teresa Cristina Garcia
A Mixed-Methods Analysis Of Biofuels, Teresa Cristina Garcia
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Brazil has the largest sugarcane acreage in the world (FAOSTAT, 2020) and is the world leader in the production of sugarcane-based ethanol (Sousa Junior et al., 2017). Due to the technical experience in the production of biofuels and the availability of sugarcane straw and bagasse, the country has a great potential to commercially produce second-generation ethanol (E2G) (Nyko et. al., 2010). In 2017, Brazil enacted a new National Biofuels Policy, called RenovaBio, to expand the production and use of biofuels in the country. This dissertation combines three essays that explore biofuels law and policy with a special focus on Brazil. …
Latino Suicide: Does Religious Contextual Influence Vary Between Latino Men And Latino Women?, Sierra L. Nelson
Latino Suicide: Does Religious Contextual Influence Vary Between Latino Men And Latino Women?, Sierra L. Nelson
Theses and Dissertations
Researchers have examined aggregate associations between religious contexts and suicide rates among religious denominations. Most early research examined this relationship among white Christians; more current research has examined black Christians. Though this research tradition was established by Emile Durkheim long ago, religious context’s relationship with suicide rates remains understudied among U.S. Latinos. Few studies examine suicide among this group; those that do compare U.S.-born and foreign-born Latinos (see Barranco 2016; Barranco and Harris 2019). Nevertheless, these studies overlook how the religious context—suicide rate relationship differs between U.S. Latino men and women. This study fills this gap by applying two competing …
Secret Surveillance Scores: Pay No Attention To What's Behind The Curtain, Allison Piper Geber
Secret Surveillance Scores: Pay No Attention To What's Behind The Curtain, Allison Piper Geber
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This Comment discusses the potential and actual misuse of consumers' secret surveillance scores in e-commerce, employment, and housing situations, as evidenced in a 2019 FTC complaint. The calculation and use of these secret surveillance scores are currently unregulated. The Comment presents two main arguments: First, secret surveillance scores are equivalent to credit scores used in the financial credit reporting industry and should thus undergo similar regulation. Second, the collection of consumer data points to calculate secret surveillance scores highlights the need for broad, nationwide consumer digital data privacy legislation. The collection and use of secret surveillance scores are akin to …
Global Innovation Law, P. Sean Morris
Global Innovation Law, P. Sean Morris
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This Article is about opening up a debate on global innovation law. The Article argues that a new hybrid area of transglobal law has emerged in the past decade due to the rise of various disruptive and technological challenges to law beyond the state. As such, the Article argues that global innovation law is a new field that encapsulates the dynamics of law making and regulatory governance in how law operates in a transglobal environment. With the rapid changes in law and regulation to meet the demands of the global economy--the interaction of law and these changes at the domestic …
State Prisons Turning Into De Facto Mental Health Institutes: A Comparative Look At The Illinois And Nebraska State Prison Systems, Margaret Kramer
State Prisons Turning Into De Facto Mental Health Institutes: A Comparative Look At The Illinois And Nebraska State Prison Systems, Margaret Kramer
Northern Illinois Law Review Supplement
This Comment discusses the systems of approaching mental health in Nebraska and Illinois state prison systems. Starting with how prison systems became some of the largest de facto mental health institutes in the country after deinstitutionalization happened on a national scale. It will then provide the guidelines and regulations in place for both Nebraska and Illinois. This Comment will then discuss what regulations would be most beneficial and how some of these can help in continuing after an individual is released from prison.
Amazon’S Antitrust Fair Play, A Transatlantic Evaluation, Angelos Vlazakis, Angeliki Varela
Amazon’S Antitrust Fair Play, A Transatlantic Evaluation, Angelos Vlazakis, Angeliki Varela
Northern Illinois University Law Review
For the first time after a century, antitrust law has been making headlines around the country. Amazon, among other technological giants, finds itself in the middle of a cyclone against economic power. This article joins the endeavor of several scholars to understand Amazon's conduct, but through a different lens. It tries to see the big picture of Amazon's relevant market of operation, it evaluates indirect and potential competition and reaches the conclusion that the legendary e-retailer has a weak monopoly, if not any monopoly power. Subsequently, the article assesses several doctrines that could sanction Amazon's market conduct through comparative legal …
Circumventing Consultation Under The National Historic Preservation Act: How Judicial Misapplication Of Section 106 Is Putting Historic And Cultural Resources At Risk, Samuel W. Gieryn
Northern Illinois University Law Review
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s website proudly features “Section 106 Success Stories” where broad and meaningful consultation led to exemplary outcomes. But what if the consultation process that lead to those successes was never triggered? Unfortunately, there are too many stories of far less success because of legal opinions that mistakenly determined federal actions not to be “undertakings” under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. This article attempts to settle the question of “What is an ‘undertaking’ in Section 106?” Through an analysis of statutory and regulatory changes, legislative history, and legal opinions, this article demonstrates that …
A History Of Elector Discretion, Michael L. Rosin
A History Of Elector Discretion, Michael L. Rosin
Northern Illinois University Law Review
In its opinion in Chiafalo v. Washington, the Supreme Court disposes of the actual history of elector discretion as too inconsequential to merit its serious analysis. A history of elector discretion not only includes a history of the electors who exercised discretion when casting electoral votes, it also includes a history of commentary on the role of electors as the Constitution was created and, more importantly, as Congress was attempting to amend it. The Court almost completely ignores this history. When Congress crafted the Twelfth Amendment in 1803 it recognized that “the right of choice [of president] […] devolve[s] upon” …
Researching The Jury's Internet And Social Media Presence: The Ethical And Privacy Implications, Whitni Hart
Researching The Jury's Internet And Social Media Presence: The Ethical And Privacy Implications, Whitni Hart
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This Comment discusses the lack of guidelines regulating attorneys' online research of potential and sitting jurors. Instantaneous online access to the personal lives of jurors provides attorneys with the opportunity to exploit private information throughout the entire trial process, ranging from voir dire to closing arguments. Because this research most often occurs outside of the courtroom doors, courts have had little opportunity to address the issue. Very few courts and ethics committees have implemented policies related to the use of social media to investigate jurors, which leaves it up to the attorneys in most jurisdictions to decide what is or …
America’S Pastime: Human Trafficking, Cuba, And The Road To The Show, Cole Burton
America’S Pastime: Human Trafficking, Cuba, And The Road To The Show, Cole Burton
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Cuban athletes face a treacherous journey in venturing from Cuba to the United States in order to pursue their dreams of becoming professional athletes. The MLB-FCB Agreement of 2018 sought to ease this journey by alleviating the smuggling of Cuban athletes by violent gangs and criminal organizations. However, the Agreement was declared unconstitutional by the Trump administration months later. This Comment analyzes the MLB-FCB Agreement, including the benefits and risks associated with it, and presents potential alternate solutions to cut down on the trafficking of Cuban athletes.
Time, Place, And Manner Restrictions On Speech, R. George Wright
Time, Place, And Manner Restrictions On Speech, R. George Wright
Northern Illinois University Law Review
The category of time, place, and manner restrictions on speech, as supposedly distinct from absolute bans, appears to be central to free speech law. Even a modest examination of the case law, however, suggests the arbitrariness of any such distinction. Any familiar time, place, or manner restriction on speech can be reasonably re-described as an absolute ban on speech, and vice versa. Any differences in how the relevant regulations of speech should be judicially tested, whether by differing degrees of rigor or otherwise, are correspondingly arbitrary. This Article recommends abandoning any attempt to substantively distinguish between time, place, and manner …
Shakespeare And The Law: Analyzing Venetian Legal Context For The Merchant Of Venice, Catherine E. Carter
Shakespeare And The Law: Analyzing Venetian Legal Context For The Merchant Of Venice, Catherine E. Carter
Honors Capstones
William Shakespeare’s plays often involve legal systems, and comedic legal justice occurs most conspicuously and controversially in The Merchant of Venice. Studies of legal context for the play have focused on different branches of English law during Shakespeare’s lifetime. My project inquires further: to what degree did Shakespeare know about Venetian law and consider it when inventing this comedy? Act 4, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice is one of the most obvious examples of Shakespeare’s impressive command and understanding of the law. While Shakespeare’s appreciation for the law has been noted by many scholars, the main question has …
Illinois Supreme Court Rule 352(A): An Attempted Revival Of The Appellate Oral Argument, Laura Peters
Illinois Supreme Court Rule 352(A): An Attempted Revival Of The Appellate Oral Argument, Laura Peters
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Though long considered a bedrock of the American legal system, oral argument has steadily lost popularity in appellate courts across the country. Due in large part to ever-increasing caseloads and limited judicial resources, most jurisdictions now favor the expediency of written briefs over oral argument to decide appeals. While written briefs have their place, oral argument offers an inimitable opportunity for lawyers and judges to directly converse. As such, the practice of oral argument at the appellate level should be preserved. The Illinois Supreme Court took a step towards revitalizing appellate oral argument with its revised Rule 352(a). However, the …
Similar Interpretations, Different Conclusions: The Criminalization Of Hate Speech In The West, Michael Goryelov, Wesley S. Mccann
Similar Interpretations, Different Conclusions: The Criminalization Of Hate Speech In The West, Michael Goryelov, Wesley S. Mccann
Northern Illinois University Law Review
The United States is unique internationally in that hate speech is not considered a criminal offense. Drawing from a sample of Western countries and their respective statutes, the analysis will look at different nations' interpretations of hate speech criminality. This study identifies common patterns in international criminal legal codes and compares them to U.S. jurisprudence, focusing on content neutrality and the ideological content of these laws. It was found that hate speech statutes internationally tended towards content neutrality, were structured similarly to anti-defamatory codes, and generally did not result in amendments/extensions of new regulatory laws. These findings imply a closer …
This Is Not A Game: Blockchain Regulation And Its Application To Video Games, Diana Qiao
This Is Not A Game: Blockchain Regulation And Its Application To Video Games, Diana Qiao
Northern Illinois University Law Review
The use of blockchain technology as a financial instrument is often viewed with the same skepticism as emails from a foreign prince promising a portion of his inheritance for a “small” fee the recipient must pay for banking fees. Contrary to popular belief, there are various useful applications of blockchain technology, namely through the issuance and utilization of coins and tokens. “Tokens” are digital assets built on top of a particular blockchain, stored within the blockchain rather than through a central bank or regulatory authority, and provide a wider range of functions than that of Initial Coin Offerings. One of …
An Analysis On Whether An Accounting Background Lays The Foundation For A Successful Transition Into Law School, Christopher M. Chimienti
An Analysis On Whether An Accounting Background Lays The Foundation For A Successful Transition Into Law School, Christopher M. Chimienti
Honors Capstones
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how an undergraduate degree in accountancy will assist in the study of law. To accomplish this, the paper looks at the course curriculum of a Northern Illinois University Accountancy major and the first year required courses in three law schools of varying rankings. Then, the skills and knowledge taught in each curriculum will be compared to see if there is any overlap. To supplement this analysis, I will host interviews with professional lawyers and law teachers who will give descriptions of the skills needed in everyday work. In addition to this analysis, …
Voting Like A Duck: Reflecting On A Year Of Legal Writing Voting Rights, Meredith A.G. Stange
Voting Like A Duck: Reflecting On A Year Of Legal Writing Voting Rights, Meredith A.G. Stange
College of Law Faculty Publications
Over the years, in various legal writing forums, I have heard that legal writing professors should try to “look like ducks.” This means we should publish, teach doctrinal courses, and otherwise do everything we can to make ourselves look like the tenure-track, non-legal writing faculty. The theory is that the more we look like tenure-track faculty, the harder it will be to treat those of us who are not tenure track differently. This has always bothered me because it seems to minimize the work that legal writing professors do and makes it seem that in order to have value, we …
Localizing Environmental Federalism, Sarah Fox
Localizing Environmental Federalism, Sarah Fox
Faculty Peer-Reviewed Publications
Local environmental action has gained attention and importance in the face of inaction by the federal government and many states. By taking action when other levels of government are not, these local governments are fulfilling an important federalism function. Environmental federalism theory has long highlighted the potential for local governments to play this gap-filling function, and to fulfill other federalism values. To date, however, environmental federalism theory has not examined closely the legal basis for local governmental action, and the vulnerabilities that surround that local authority. In many states, local authority is easily, and often, preempted by the state. Given …
Chickasaw County (Mississippi) Tax Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Chickasaw County (Mississippi) Tax Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 438. 1848-1870. 1 reel microfilm. Personal and real property rolls, land rolls, for Chickasaw County, Palo Alto, and Houston, Mississippi.
Tippah County (Mississippi) Legal Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Tippah County (Mississippi) Legal Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 102. 1866-1868. 0.02 cubic feet. Contains indictment, summons, order for transcript.
Cobb (Joseph B.) Estate Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Cobb (Joseph B.) Estate Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 377. 1858-1861. 0.08 cubic feet. Photocopies from the Lowndes County Courthouse of the estate papers of Joseph B. Cobb, humorist and author of Mississippi Scenes. Among the topics are a rebellion on one of Cobb's plantations and the hiring of dogs to catch run-away Cobb slaves. Cobb was a Unionist and a Whig.
Leake County (Mississippi) Justice Of The Peace Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Leake County (Mississippi) Justice Of The Peace Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 220. 1896-1902. 0.12 cubic feet. Records of Justice of the Peace W. P. White of Leake County, Mississippi, including receipts, correspondence regarding debts, summons and advertising materials.
Chickasaw County (Mississippi) Board Of Police Minutes, Mississippi State University Libraries
Chickasaw County (Mississippi) Board Of Police Minutes, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 437. 1863-1865. 1 reel microfilm. Records of the Chickasaw County Board of Police concern road construction and other county jurisdictional matters.
Winston County (Mississippi) Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Winston County (Mississippi) Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 133. 1838-1907. 0.04 cubic feet. Circuit Court minutes, 1838-1841; "Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers and Widows," 1907, which lists name, state of enlistments, company, regiment, age, year of enlistment, and category (soldier, widow, servant). Photocopies.
North Mississippi Probate And Chancery Court Records Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
North Mississippi Probate And Chancery Court Records Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 352. 1836-1971 (Bulk dates: 1836-1911). 0.66 cubic feet. Probate and Chancery Court records, tax receipts, estate expense reports, and other legal documents, most from Itawamba County, 1836-1911, as well as miscellaneous other material dating from 1911-1971. Pontotoc, Calhoun, and Tishomingo counties are also represented, and there is some material concerning Limestone County, Alabama. Finally, there is one photocopy of Civil War letter from Thomas Whitesides to James Bullard, 4/27/1861. Donated by Randy Sparks, 1980-81.
Ross (Holt Edgar) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Ross (Holt Edgar) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 43. 1916-1966. 1 cubic foot. Lawyer and representative for labor unions, of Mississippi and New Orleans. Correspondence, articles, poems and speeches by Ross (1897-1968), newspaper clippings, photos, and other papers, chiefly relating to Ross' efforts in behalf of the International Longshoremen's Association, International Hod Carriers', Building, and Common Laborers' Union, American Federation of Labor, and Congress of Industrial Organizations, together with material on Ross' trip to the Trade Union Congress, Blackpool, Britain, 1944, and a trip to Puerto Rico to review labor problems. Correspondents include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alfred A. Force, Robert S. Green, William Green, Joseph V. Moreschi, …
Lowndes County (Miss.) Courthouse Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Lowndes County (Miss.) Courthouse Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 72. 1821-1929. 5 reels microfilm. Court records microfilmed from the Lowndes County Court house. Poll books, 1876-1902; record of slaves brought into Lowndes County, 1837-1845; Record of apprentices, bonds, indentures, 1866-1870.
Nelson (L. E.) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
Nelson (L. E.) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 66. 1836-1943. 1 reel microfilm. Collection of L. E. Nelson, clergyman and lawyer of Jackson, Mississippi. Includes deeds, tax receipts, and other business and legal papers (1839-1938) of George A. Smythe, Arthur W. Smythe, and Ella V. (Smythe) Hipple; ledger (1836-1865) of the firm Daly and McKee, Jackson; other items many dealing with the antebellum, Civil War, and reconstruction period in Jackson. These papers mostly concern George A. Smythe, an Englishman who obtained U.S. citizenship in 1859 and settled in Jackson; and correspondence (1892-1943) of Ella V. Hipple and other family members.
Pontotoc County (Mississippi) Land Roll, Mississippi State University Libraries
Pontotoc County (Mississippi) Land Roll, Mississippi State University Libraries
Special Collections Finding Aids
MSS. 409. 1889. 1 reel microfilm. Law