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Driverless Seattle: How Cities Can Plan For Automated Vehicles, Matthew Bellinger, Ryan Calo, Brooks Lindsay, Emily Mcreynolds, Mackenzie Olson, Gaites Swanson, Boyang Sa, Feiyang Sun Jan 2017

Driverless Seattle: How Cities Can Plan For Automated Vehicles, Matthew Bellinger, Ryan Calo, Brooks Lindsay, Emily Mcreynolds, Mackenzie Olson, Gaites Swanson, Boyang Sa, Feiyang Sun

Tech Policy Lab

The advent of automated vehicles (AVs)—also known as driverless or self-driving cars—alters many assumptions about automotive travel. Foremost, of course, is the assumption that a vehicle requires a driver: a human occupant who controls the direction and speed of the vehicle, who is responsible for attentively monitoring the vehicle's environment, and who is liable for most accidents involving the vehicle. By changing these and other fundamentals of transportation, AV technologies present opportunities but also challenges for policymakers across a wide range of legal and policy areas. To address these challenges, federal and state governments are already developing regulations and guidelines …


Seattle Surveillance Ordinance Memo, Christopher Stevenson Dec 2016

Seattle Surveillance Ordinance Memo, Christopher Stevenson

Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic

No abstract provided.


Post-Racial Proxy Battles Over Immigration, Mary D. Fan Jan 2014

Post-Racial Proxy Battles Over Immigration, Mary D. Fan

Chapters in Books

Amid economic and political turmoil, anti-immigrant legislation has flared again among a handful of fiercely determined states. To justify the intrusion into national immigration enforcement, the dissident states invoke imagery of invading hordes of “illegals”—though the unauthorized population actually fell by nearly two-thirds, decreasing by about a million people, between 2007 and 2009 as the recession reduced the lure of jobs.

Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070—recently invalidated in part by the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v. United States—led the charge. By preelection-year summer 2011, several states enacted laws patterned after Arizona’s controversial Senate Bill 1070, including Alabama’s even more aggressive …


The Economics And Politics Of Washington's Taxes: From Statehood To 2013, Don Burrows Jun 2013

The Economics And Politics Of Washington's Taxes: From Statehood To 2013, Don Burrows

Washington State Books

The book is divided into three parts. Part I contains five chapters. Chapters 1 and 4 provide a description, comparison and evaluation of Washington’s current tax structure. Chapter 2 provides a description, history and evaluation to the state’s three most important taxes: property, sales and B&O. Chapter 3 describes the roles played by the “tax policy makers” (i.e., citizens, governors, legislators, other public officials, businesses, labor groups, and numerous other interest group) in bringing about those changes. Chapter 5 includes a discussion and an analysis of contentious tax issues of concern to citizens, public officials and interest groups alike. Most …


Historical And Archival Sources, Cheryl Rae Nyberg, Ann Hemmens Jan 2002

Historical And Archival Sources, Cheryl Rae Nyberg, Ann Hemmens

Librarians' Chapters in Books

  • Introduction
  • Statehood History
  • Constitutions and Constitutional Conventions
  • Territorial Session Laws and Codes
  • Territorial Legislative Assembly
  • Territorial and Early State Courts
  • Territorial Governors and Gubernatorial Archives
  • Agency Documents and Archives
  • Other Sources on Washington Government and Legal history
  • Washington State Archives
  • Unique Collections
  • Selected Online Resources


Local Government Law, Mary Ann Hyatt Jan 2002

Local Government Law, Mary Ann Hyatt

Librarians' Chapters in Books

  • Introduction and General Texts on Local Government Law
  • Secondary Sources
  • Public Records
  • Primary Sources: Legislative
  • Primary Sources: Administrative
  • Washington City Codes
  • Washington County Codes
  • Library and Office Directory


Fundamentals Of Legal Research In Washington, Mary Whisner Jan 2002

Fundamentals Of Legal Research In Washington, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Chapters in Books

  • Introduction
  • Secondary Sources
  • Statutes
  • City and County Codes
  • Administrative Regulations
  • Case Law
  • Case Finding Tools
  • Attorney General Opinions
  • Citator Services
  • Citation Format
  • Washington Courts Style Sheet


Appendix I: City And County Codes In Washington Libraries, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett Jan 1996

Appendix I: City And County Codes In Washington Libraries, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett

Librarians' Chapters in Books

Contains a list of libraries that own copies of city and/or country codes in Washington State.


Computer-Assisted Legal Research, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett, Nancy Mcmurrer, Mary Whisner Jan 1996

Computer-Assisted Legal Research, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett, Nancy Mcmurrer, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Chapters in Books

  • Introduction
  • Reasons to Use CALR
  • Types of CALR
  • Online Services: Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw
  • CD ROM Products
  • Bulletin Board Systems
  • Internet


Fundamentals Of Legal Research In Washington, Mary Whisner Jan 1996

Fundamentals Of Legal Research In Washington, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Chapters in Books

  • Introduction and General Research Texts
  • Secondary Sources
  • Statutes
  • City and County Codes
  • Administrative Regulations
  • Case Law
  • Case Finding Tools
  • Attorney General Opinions
  • Citator Services
  • Citation Format
  • Appendix: Office of Reporter Style Sheet


Legislative History And Bill Tracking, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett Jan 1996

Legislative History And Bill Tracking, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett

Librarians' Chapters in Books

  • Researching Legislative History in Washington
  • Legislative Bill Tracking


Administrative Decisions And Materials, Cheryl Rae Nyberg Jan 1996

Administrative Decisions And Materials, Cheryl Rae Nyberg

Librarians' Chapters in Books

  • Introduction
  • Administrative Agencies' Functions and Procedures
  • Multi-Agency Sources of Administrative Decisions
  • Agency-Specific Sources
  • Agency Decisions at a Glance


Washington Practice Materials, Nancy Mcmurrer Jan 1996

Washington Practice Materials, Nancy Mcmurrer

Librarians' Chapters in Books

  • Introduction
  • Encyclopedic Sources
  • Deskbooks, Manuals, Treatises, and Self-Help Sources
  • Continuing Legal Education Materials and CLEDEX
  • Litigation Aids
  • Ethics Opinions
  • Directories
  • Current Awareness