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Drawing The Line: A First Amendment Framework For Partisan Gerrymandering In The Wake Of Rucho V. Common Cause, Kyle Keraga Jan 2020

Drawing The Line: A First Amendment Framework For Partisan Gerrymandering In The Wake Of Rucho V. Common Cause, Kyle Keraga

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Departing From The Original Goals Of The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Drug Sentencing Disparities In The U.S. District Of Maryland, Jeremy Ritter-Wiseman Jan 2020

Departing From The Original Goals Of The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Drug Sentencing Disparities In The U.S. District Of Maryland, Jeremy Ritter-Wiseman

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


State Efforts To Create An Inclusive Marijuana Industry In The Shadow Of The Unjust War On Drugs, Mathew Swinburne, Kathleen Hoke Jan 2020

State Efforts To Create An Inclusive Marijuana Industry In The Shadow Of The Unjust War On Drugs, Mathew Swinburne, Kathleen Hoke

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Perpetuating Injustice: Analyzing The Maryland Court Of Appeals’S Refusal To Change The Common Law Doctrine Of Contributory Negligence, Andrew White Aug 2019

Perpetuating Injustice: Analyzing The Maryland Court Of Appeals’S Refusal To Change The Common Law Doctrine Of Contributory Negligence, Andrew White

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legislative Design And The Controllable Costs Of Special Legislation, Evan C. Zoldan Jul 2019

Legislative Design And The Controllable Costs Of Special Legislation, Evan C. Zoldan

Maryland Law Review

Legislation that singles out an identifiable individual for benefits or harms that do not apply to the rest of the population is called “special legislation.” In previous work, I have argued that special legislation is constitutionally suspect. In this Article, I explore the normative consequences of special legislation, assessing both the costs it imposes and the benefits that it can provide. Drawing on constitutional theory, public choice theory, and the history of special legislation, I argue that the enactment of special legislation is costly when it reflects the corruption of the legislative process and leads to low-quality legislation, unjustifiably unequal …


Towards The Second Founding Of Federal Sentencing, Dawinder S. Sidhu May 2018

Towards The Second Founding Of Federal Sentencing, Dawinder S. Sidhu

Maryland Law Review

In 1987, the Nation’s first attempt to standardize federal sentencing came in the form of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Following United States v. Booker, however, the Guidelines project began bending, and today it is now all but broken, besieged by complexity, undue severity, and the very disparities that it was designed to limit. This Article responds to this crisis by establishing the blueprint for an alternative federal sentencing model. Under this proposal, sentencing determinations would be based on statutory grades and unweighted aggravating and mitigating factors. This approach brings coherence to the purposes of punishment and, by deemphasizing …


Locality V. Online Travel Company: Does The Bell Finally Toll For Quill Corp. V. North Dakota, Jaan Rannik Jan 2014

Locality V. Online Travel Company: Does The Bell Finally Toll For Quill Corp. V. North Dakota, Jaan Rannik

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Speculative Tech: The Bitcoin Legal Quagmire & The Need For Legal Innovation, Paul H. Farmer Jr. Jan 2014

Speculative Tech: The Bitcoin Legal Quagmire & The Need For Legal Innovation, Paul H. Farmer Jr.

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Maryland's Social Networking Law: No "Friend" To Employers And Employees, Alexander Borman Jan 2014

Maryland's Social Networking Law: No "Friend" To Employers And Employees, Alexander Borman

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Logic, Not Evidence, Supports A Change In Expert Testimony Standards: Why Evidentiary Standards Promulgated By The Supreme Court For Scientific Expert Testimony Are Inappropriate And Inefficient When Applied In Patent Infringement Suits, Claire R. Rollor Jan 2013

Logic, Not Evidence, Supports A Change In Expert Testimony Standards: Why Evidentiary Standards Promulgated By The Supreme Court For Scientific Expert Testimony Are Inappropriate And Inefficient When Applied In Patent Infringement Suits, Claire R. Rollor

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


The Women's Health Amendment And Religious Freedom: Finding A Sufficient Compromise, Rebecca Hall Jan 2012

The Women's Health Amendment And Religious Freedom: Finding A Sufficient Compromise, Rebecca Hall

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Keeping Prevention In The Crosshairs: A Better Hiv Exposure Law For Maryland, Sara Klemm Jan 2010

Keeping Prevention In The Crosshairs: A Better Hiv Exposure Law For Maryland, Sara Klemm

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Taiwan's Anti-Corruption Strategy: Suggestions For Reform, Jon S.T. Quah Jan 2010

Taiwan's Anti-Corruption Strategy: Suggestions For Reform, Jon S.T. Quah

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.


Maryland's Conscience Clause: Leaving A Woman's Right To A Health Care Provider's Choice, Maria Cirincione Jan 2010

Maryland's Conscience Clause: Leaving A Woman's Right To A Health Care Provider's Choice, Maria Cirincione

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Medical Technology Meets The Maryland General Assembly: A Case Study In Handling Advances In Automated External Defibrillator Technology, Kevin M. Rodkey Jan 2009

Medical Technology Meets The Maryland General Assembly: A Case Study In Handling Advances In Automated External Defibrillator Technology, Kevin M. Rodkey

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Room For Two In Tobacco Control: Limits On The Preemptive Scope Of The Proposed Legislation Granting Fda Oversight Of Tobacco, Christopher N. Banthin, Richard A. Daynard Jan 2008

Room For Two In Tobacco Control: Limits On The Preemptive Scope Of The Proposed Legislation Granting Fda Oversight Of Tobacco, Christopher N. Banthin, Richard A. Daynard

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Motorcycle Helmet Laws: The Facts, What Can Be Done To Jump-Start Helmet Use, And Ways To Cap Damages, Melissa Neiman Jan 2008

Motorcycle Helmet Laws: The Facts, What Can Be Done To Jump-Start Helmet Use, And Ways To Cap Damages, Melissa Neiman

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Reexamining Student Privacy Laws In Response To The Virginia Tech Tragedy, Matthew Alex Ward Jan 2008

Reexamining Student Privacy Laws In Response To The Virginia Tech Tragedy, Matthew Alex Ward

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Tobacco Control And Snus: Time To Take A Stand, Lindsey C. Dastrup, Jacqueline M. Mcnamara Jan 2008

Tobacco Control And Snus: Time To Take A Stand, Lindsey C. Dastrup, Jacqueline M. Mcnamara

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Job Security And Income Replacement For Individuals In Quarantine: The Need For Legislation, Mark A. Rothstein, Meghan K. Talbott Jan 2007

Job Security And Income Replacement For Individuals In Quarantine: The Need For Legislation, Mark A. Rothstein, Meghan K. Talbott

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Legislation As Intervention: A Survey Of Cultural Competence Policy In Health Care, Darci L. Graves, Robert C. Like, Nataly Kelly, Alexa Hohensee Jan 2007

Legislation As Intervention: A Survey Of Cultural Competence Policy In Health Care, Darci L. Graves, Robert C. Like, Nataly Kelly, Alexa Hohensee

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


The Dignity Of Legislation , Jeremy Waldron Jan 1995

The Dignity Of Legislation , Jeremy Waldron

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.