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Florida Law Review

Journal

2012

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Student Speech Rights In The Digital Age, Mary-Rose Papandrea Nov 2012

Student Speech Rights In The Digital Age, Mary-Rose Papandrea

Florida Law Review

For several decades courts have struggled to determine when, if ever, public schools should have the power to restrict student expression that does not occur on school grounds during school hours. In the last several years, courts have struggled with this same question in a new context—the digital media. The dramatic increase in the number of student speech cases involving the Internet, mobile phones, and video cameras begs for a closer examination of the scope of school officials’ authority to censor the expression of minors as well as the scope of juvenile speech rights generally. This Article takes a close …


Qualified Immunitity: When Is A Loss Ultimately A Win?, Michael J. Hooi Nov 2012

Qualified Immunitity: When Is A Loss Ultimately A Win?, Michael J. Hooi

Florida Law Review

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In Honor Of Walter O. Weyrauch: Substantive Due Process Limits On Punitive Damages Awards: "Morals Without Technique"?, Emily Gold Waldman, F. Patrick Hubbard Nov 2012

In Honor Of Walter O. Weyrauch: Substantive Due Process Limits On Punitive Damages Awards: "Morals Without Technique"?, Emily Gold Waldman, F. Patrick Hubbard

Florida Law Review

In a series of cases decided over the last two decades, the Supreme Court has used the Due Process Clause to establish a procedural and substantive framework for awarding punitive damages. Initially, the substantive aspects of this framework were sufficiently clear and flexible that they required little change in the system and probably generated a helpful level of debate and uniformity as to some basic requirements for awards. However, in BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, the Court adopted an approach characterized by a lack of clarity and consistency, an inadequate basis in theory and policy, and ad hoc …