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Full-Text Articles in Law
Brownfield Legislation: A Viable Option For The Southeast, Leslie Goff-Sanders
Brownfield Legislation: A Viable Option For The Southeast, Leslie Goff-Sanders
Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law
No abstract provided.
Blurring Institutional Boundaries: Judges' Perceptions Of Threats To Judicial Independence, Alyx Mark, Michael A. Zilis
Blurring Institutional Boundaries: Judges' Perceptions Of Threats To Judicial Independence, Alyx Mark, Michael A. Zilis
Political Science Faculty Publications
The legislature wields multiple tools to limit judicial power, but scholars have little information about how judges interpret variant threats and which they find most concerning. To provide insight, we conduct original interviews regarding legislative threats to courts with over two dozen sitting federal judges, representing all tiers of the federal judiciary. We find that judges have a nuanced understanding of threats and tend to identify components of legislative proposals that threaten formal institutional powers as more concerning than those challenging policy set by judges. This distinction has broad implications for our understanding of judicial behavior at the federal level.
Care Of The Terminally Ill Patient In India: Comments On The Proposed Legislation, Aju Mathew, M. R. Rajagopal
Care Of The Terminally Ill Patient In India: Comments On The Proposed Legislation, Aju Mathew, M. R. Rajagopal
Internal Medicine Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Electronic Signatures: Review And Analysis, Bryan Gibson
Electronic Signatures: Review And Analysis, Bryan Gibson
Kentucky Transportation Center Technical Assistance Report
Electronic signatures, or e-signatures, are an increasingly ubiquitous component of a rapidly digitizing world. Compared to traditional paper signature, e-signatures have emerged as a viable, potentially more efficient method of entering into a contract. An e-signature can be thought of as an electronic symbol or marking associated with the signer. It acts as a signature and functions in lieu of a manual paper signature. This technical assistance report briefly reviews relevant Kentucky statutes and guidelines regarding e-signatures and public recordkeeping as well as applicable federal law. Following this, the report presents conclusions and points for continued discussion. Relevant statues and …
Social Capital At The Capitol: A Social Network Analysis Of Interest Group Influence In The 111th Congress, Steven A. Martin
Social Capital At The Capitol: A Social Network Analysis Of Interest Group Influence In The 111th Congress, Steven A. Martin
Theses and Dissertations--Political Science
This dissertation builds on existing scholarship in political science and political sociology to explore the influence of interest groups in legislative action networks. The primary theoretical insight is that as the number of interest group affiliations between two members of Congress increases, so does the frequency with which they forge other sorts of social ties necessary to advance the interests of their interest group constituencies. In particular, the analysis looks at interest group donation strategies, legislative co-sponsorships, and roll-call votes during the 111th Congress (2009-2010). The analysis uses social network analysis methods to create network models of 19 different …
Fictions Of Omniscience, Karen Petroski
Fictions Of Omniscience, Karen Petroski
Kentucky Law Journal
Recent studies of the legislative process have questioned the rationales for many principles of statutory interpretation. One of those traditional rationales is the so-called fiction of legislative omniscience, thought to underlie many judicial approaches to statutory decisions. This Article presents the first comprehensive analysis of judicial assertions about legislative awareness and proposes a different way of understanding them. The proposed perspective compares fictions of legislative omniscience with similar but more widely accepted imputations of knowledge in other areas of law; it also draws on recent findings from other disciplines on the use and comprehension of statements about fictional situations. The …
Effects Of Restaurant Tax And Price Increases: Implications For Managers, Policy Makers, And Lobbyists, Junghee Han
Effects Of Restaurant Tax And Price Increases: Implications For Managers, Policy Makers, And Lobbyists, Junghee Han
Theses and Dissertations--Retailing and Tourism Management
Legislation has been proposed in Kentucky that would authorize city legislative bodies to levy a tax on restaurant meals of no more than 3%, regardless of the size of the city. The bill has garnered attention from Kentucky Travel Industry Association, the Kentucky Restaurant Association, and local tourism and restaurant organizations and associations that oppose the tax. The Kentucky League of Cities, an organization that represents the interests of city governments, supports the tax. The purpose of this research was to examine how a change in the tax rate on restaurant meals would affect restaurant demand. Effects of changes in …
Reviving The Federal Crime Of Gratuities, Sarah N. Welling
Reviving The Federal Crime Of Gratuities, Sarah N. Welling
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The federal crime of gratuities prohibits people from giving gifts to federal public officials if the gift is tied to an official act. Both the donor and the donee are liable. The gratuities crime is dysfunctional in two main ways. It is overinclusive in that it covers conduct indistinguishable from bribery. It is underinclusive in that it does not cover conduct that is clearly dangerous: gifts to public officials because of their positions that are not tied to a particular official act.
This Article argues that Congress should extend the crime of gratuities to cover gifts because of an official’s …
Scaled Legislation And New Challenges In Statutory Interpretation, Jill M. Fraley
Scaled Legislation And New Challenges In Statutory Interpretation, Jill M. Fraley
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Property In Law: Government Rights In Legal Innovations, Stephen Clowney
Property In Law: Government Rights In Legal Innovations, Stephen Clowney
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
One of the most enduring themes in American political thought is that competition between states encourages legal innovation. Despite the prominence of this story in the national ideology, there is growing anxiety that state and local governments innovate at a socially suboptimal rate. Academics have recently expressed alarm that the pace of legal experimentation has become "extraordinarily slow," "inefficient," and "less than ideal." Ordinary citizens, too, seem concerned that government has been leeched of imagination and the dynamic spirit of experimentation; both talk radio programs and newspapers remain jammed with complaints about legislative gridlock and do-nothing politicians who cannot, or …
The Constitutionality Of An Executive Spending Plan, Paul E. Salamanca
The Constitutionality Of An Executive Spending Plan, Paul E. Salamanca
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Operation of government in the absence of appropriations has become relatively common in the United States, particularly when projected expenses exceed projected revenue, making adoption of a budget a difficult task for the legislature. This Article focuses on the budget crisis in the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 2002 through 2003. In Part I, this Article recapitulates the history of the spending plan, including the action filed in Franklin Circuit Court to affirm its constitutionality. In Part II, this Article discusses certain theoretical, historical, and legal principles that inform analysis of the plan. In Part III, it considers certain deviations and …
Legislative Intent And Statutory Interpretation In England And The United States: An Assessment Of The Impact Of Pepper V. Hart, Michael P. Healy
Legislative Intent And Statutory Interpretation In England And The United States: An Assessment Of The Impact Of Pepper V. Hart, Michael P. Healy
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Statutory interpretation is the process of discerning the meaning of legislation, and U.S. law has permitted courts to find meaning through a variety of often contradictory interpretive approaches. As a result, U.S. litigants often are uncertain about the interpretive approach a court will apply to a statute, even though the choice of the interpretive approach may determine the outcome of the litigation. Until the recent decision in Pepper (Inspector of Taxes) v. Hart, English approaches to statutory interpretation were more circumscribed because English courts foreclosed the intentionalist approach. This Article considers the impact that Pepper has had on statutory …
Cutting Deals In Smoke-Free Rooms: A Case Study In Public Choice Theory, David S. Samford
Cutting Deals In Smoke-Free Rooms: A Case Study In Public Choice Theory, David S. Samford
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Mass Tort Litigation: Congress's Silent, But Deadly, Reform Effort, Mary J. Davis
Mass Tort Litigation: Congress's Silent, But Deadly, Reform Effort, Mary J. Davis
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This article explores the ways in which The Common Sense Product Liability and Legal
Reform Act (“Act”) treats mass tort litigation issues. The Act does so both directly and indirectly. The direct methods of reform are mostly industry-specific and, thus, almost inconsequential in contrast to the indirect treatment. The indirect, almost clandestine, methods of reform are the most insidious and provide the most cause for concern as Congress once again attempts to "reform" products liability by reintroducing the Act in 1997. Given the President's early indication that a reform measure could meet with his approval, but that this one in …
An American Lawyer's Reflections On Pepper V. Hart, Michael P. Healy
An American Lawyer's Reflections On Pepper V. Hart, Michael P. Healy
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Pepper v. Hart gave American lawyers a number of insights into the English law of statutory interpretation. For example, English law as described by the case was not as tidy as had been thought. To be sure, the case does state what Americans had believed was true about English law: “[u]nder present law, there is a general rule that references to parliamentary material as an aid to statutory construction is not permissible (the exclusionary rule).” Notwithstanding that rule, however, Pepper recognized that the rule of exclusion had an important and long-standing exception. This exception applies when the legislative materials identify …
Resolving Statutory Ambiguity With A Split Scienter Approach: The Second Circuit's Approach To The Federal Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Act, Theresa A. Kleine-Kracht
Resolving Statutory Ambiguity With A Split Scienter Approach: The Second Circuit's Approach To The Federal Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Act, Theresa A. Kleine-Kracht
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The False Claims Act And The Proposed Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act: Complementary Partners In The Prevention Of Federal Program Fraud, Alexander M. Waldrop
The False Claims Act And The Proposed Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act: Complementary Partners In The Prevention Of Federal Program Fraud, Alexander M. Waldrop
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Federal Bribery Statute: An Argument For Cautious Revision, Susan Daunhauer Phillips
The Federal Bribery Statute: An Argument For Cautious Revision, Susan Daunhauer Phillips
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Legislative Reapportionment—The Kentucky Legal Context, Robert G. Lawson
Legislative Reapportionment—The Kentucky Legal Context, Robert G. Lawson
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In its continuing role as guardian of citizens’ constitutional rights, the Supreme Court in Baker v. Carr unlocked widespread concern for equal representation in state legislatures. Having been suppressed for two decades in which an amazing shift of population has occurred, the question of reapportionment and what to do about it had become one of great importance. In November, 1960, apportionments of 30 state legislatures had been challenged in state and federal courts. In addition, ten cases of an electoral character are presently on the docket of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Apart from the legal implications and …
Policy-Oriented Legislation In Accident Litigation, James R. Richardson
Policy-Oriented Legislation In Accident Litigation, James R. Richardson
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
1954 Acts Affecting Legislative Services, Arthur Y. Lloyd
1954 Acts Affecting Legislative Services, Arthur Y. Lloyd
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Issues Before The 1954 Kentucky Legislature, Gladys M. Kammerer
Issues Before The 1954 Kentucky Legislature, Gladys M. Kammerer
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Defense Production Act--A Summary, James A. Durham
The Defense Production Act--A Summary, James A. Durham
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Function Of Constitutional Provisions Requiring Uniformity In Taxation: Part Iii--Uniformity And Specific Tax Legislation, W. L. Matthews Jr.
The Function Of Constitutional Provisions Requiring Uniformity In Taxation: Part Iii--Uniformity And Specific Tax Legislation, W. L. Matthews Jr.
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Statutory Interpretation And The Plain Meaning Rule, Charles A. Sither
Statutory Interpretation And The Plain Meaning Rule, Charles A. Sither
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Use Of Extrinsic Aids In Statutory Interpretation In Kentucky, William H. Coldiron
The Use Of Extrinsic Aids In Statutory Interpretation In Kentucky, William H. Coldiron
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Some Quantitative Aspects Of Legislation In Kentucky, Rodman Sullivan
Some Quantitative Aspects Of Legislation In Kentucky, Rodman Sullivan
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
What Is The Effect Of A General Statute Revision?, Carleton M. Davis
What Is The Effect Of A General Statute Revision?, Carleton M. Davis
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Logan Bill, Gregory Hankin
The Retroactive Effect Of Repeal Legislation, Carl Seeman Jr.
The Retroactive Effect Of Repeal Legislation, Carl Seeman Jr.
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.