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Missing The Forest For The Weeds: Filling The Holes In Louisiana’S Medical Marijuana Statutes To Protect Employees, Catherine Briley
Missing The Forest For The Weeds: Filling The Holes In Louisiana’S Medical Marijuana Statutes To Protect Employees, Catherine Briley
Louisiana Law Review
The article discusses the status, as of May 2019, of marijuana legislation in the U.S. at both federal and state levels, with focus on the state of Louisiana, in the context of employment law, including significant court decisions that either uphold or dismiss statutory protections from wrongful termination for marijuana use.
Playing For Pay Or Playing To Play: Student-Athletes As Employees Under The Fair Labor Standards Act, Christine Colwell
Playing For Pay Or Playing To Play: Student-Athletes As Employees Under The Fair Labor Standards Act, Christine Colwell
Louisiana Law Review
The article analyzes the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) amateurism principles in relations to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in the lawsuit Berger v. NCAA and proposes a revision of the NCAA amateurism principles to decrease litigation related to the matter.
Slavery Under The Thirteenth Amendment: Race And The Law Of Crime And Punishment In The Post-Civil War South, Peter Wallenstein
Slavery Under The Thirteenth Amendment: Race And The Law Of Crime And Punishment In The Post-Civil War South, Peter Wallenstein
Louisiana Law Review
The article discusses how the Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution expressly permitted a recurrence of slavery, provided only that such enslavement constitutes a punishment for violating a criminal statute. It reports new forms of slavery that spread across the South in ways more or less consistent with the language of the Thirteenth Amendment.