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The President's Column, Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

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Diversity Issues In Gilbert, Arizona: Effectiveness Of Human Relations Commission For Resolving Human Rights Violations, Penny L. Willrich, Pamela M. Smith

Penny Willrich

In response to unwelcome, unattractive media attention and citizen political pressure, Mayor Cynthia Dunham of Gilbert, Arizona appointed 36 citizens to the Diversity Task Force in September 2000. Its purpose was to make recommendations to the town Council on issues of diversity. The town had been plagued for a number of years with incidents of violence, white supremacist gang intimidations and various other acts of discrimination. The stigma of a prejudiced community led to a negative perception that many wanted to correct. The Task Force recommended the creation of a human relations commission and identified eight critical social issues facing …

An Idea Schools Can Use: Lessons From Special Education Legislation, Terry Jean Seligmann

Terry Jean Seligmann

A look at the educational, legal and policy critiques of special education legislation within the context of current regular and special education reform proposals; a call for a commitment to an appropriate education for all children.

Once More Into The Bramble Bush: Duty, Causal Contribution, And The Extent Of Legal Responsibility, In Symposium, The John W. Wade Conference On The Third Restatement Of Torts, Richard W. Wright

Richard W. Wright

Courts, lawyers, law students, and academics continue to confuse the empirical issue of causal contribution with the distinct normative issues of tortious conduct and legal injury, which precede and frame the causal-contribution inquiry, and the normative issue of the extent of legal responsibility for tortiously caused consequences, which follows the causal-contribution inquiry. In a number of prior articles, I have tried to distinguish and clarify these various issues, which arise not only in tort law, but also in much the same form in criminal law and many other areas of the law. I have focused primarily on distinguishing and clarifying …

Taking On Goliath, Anne Bloom

Anne Bloom

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Contrato De Distribución Comercial: La Cuestión Indemnizatoria Por Ruptura Intempestiva, Carlos Molina Sandoval

Carlos Molina Sandoval

En el presente se analiza un precedente de la Cámara Nacional de Comercio sobre ruptura intempestiva del contrato de distribución comercial. En el marco de esta modalidad contractual, José Morandeira S.A. demandó a Nobleza Piccardo S.A. por los daños y perjuicios que la rescisión (unilateral, injustificada e intempestiva) del contrato de distribución de cigarrillos que los vinculaba le causó.

''Of'' With Their Heads: Concision, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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La Bioética En Las Constituciones Del Mundo (Máxima Protección Al Ser Humano Que Deberá Ofrecer La Constitución Política Del Perú, Enrique Varsi

Enrique Varsi Rospigliosi

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Not A Spike Lee Joint? Issues In The Authorship Of Motion Pictures Under U.S. Copyright Law, Jay Dougherty

Jay Dougherty

Motion pictures are highly collaborative works. This article reviews fundamental concepts of authorship and joint authorship under copyright law, discusses the numerous creative contributions made to a motion picture, and analyzes what exactly should be protectable authorship in the motion picture context, including with respect to actors' performances. It also briefly considers international law of film authorship, and recommends a legal approach to problems of authorship in motion pictures.

Bruce J. Ennis: A Remembrance, Donald N. Bersoff

Donald N. Bersoff

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Collective Management Of Copyright And Neighbouring Rights In Canada: An International Perspective, Daniel J. Gervais

Daniel J Gervais

This document, prepared in 2001, surveys Canadian collectives, compares the Canadian situation to the situation in a number of other countries, including the United States, and proposes three changes to Canadian legislation, including the introduction of extended collective licensing.

Desecrating The Ark: Animal Abuse And The Law's Role In Prevention, Margit Livingston

Margit Livingston

Getting To Yes: Affirmative Writing, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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Intellectual Property And Domestic Relations: Issues To Consider When There Is An Artist, Author, Inventor, Or Celebrity In The House, Ann Bartow

Ann Bartow

This article articulates some of the special issues raised by intellectual property in the context of family-law-oriented concerns. It also necessarily explores the characteristics and properties of personal intellectual property in a broader sense. What follows is an overview of the special issues and concerns intellectual property might present in the context of divorce, estate planning, or probate. Please keep one important caveat in mind: Intellectual property has become a very dynamic area of the law. Governing federal patent, copyright, and trademark statutes are extensively amended with astounding frequency. Right of publicity and trade secret law are also constantly evolving. …

Congress Turns To Capital Markets To Support Sanctions, Perry S. Bechky, Danforth Newcomb, Saamir Elshihabi

Perry S. Bechky

For years the US has imposed economic sanctions on certain nations it deems undesirable. Now the Bush administration is facing potential conflicts of interest as Congress pursues an aggressive policy, making use for the first time of the US capital markets. This article discusses the compliance issues companies need to understand about the proposed legislation.

4. Let’S Not Exaggerate The Suggestibility Of Children., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

Ecuador: Garantías En Las Comunicaciones Electrónicas En Países Sin Ley Especial, Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba

Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba

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On Terra Firma With English, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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Legal Research: Riding The Landlord-Tenant Super-Highway, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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The New Asylum Rule: Improved But Still Unfair, Michele Pistone, P. Schrag

Michele R. Pistone

In 1996, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA). This article discusses how two specific provisions of the IIRIRA - the one-year deadline on asylum applications and the expedited removal provisions - unnecessarily cause hardship and injustice to asylum-seekers. It also assesses the response of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and suggests needed regulatory and statutory reform. Recognizing that even regulatory reforms will not eliminate many of the injustices caused by the IIRIRA, the article recommends enactment of the Refugee Protection Act, currently pending in Congress. First, the article discussed the one year filing deadline …

The Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Introduction, Robyn L. Meadows, Carl S. Bjerre, Stephen L. Sepinuck

Robyn L Meadows

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Review Of Michael Mcconnell, Angela C. Carmella, & Robert F. Cochran Jr., Christian Perspectives On Legal Thought (Yale University Press 2001) (Invited), Patrick Mckinley Brennan

Patrick McKinley Brennan

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An Efficient Method For Determining Jurisdiction In International Arbitrations, John Y. Gotanda

John Y Gotanda

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Uniform Commercial Code Survey, Sales, John D. Wladis, Larry T. Garvin, Martin A. Kotler, Robyn L. Meadows

Robyn L Meadows

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Shine: Copyright Law And Film, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

"Thou Shalt Not Put A Stumbling Block Before The Blind": The Americans With Disabilities Act And Public Transit For The Disabled, Michael E Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ordered local governments to make bus and train systems more accessible to the disabled. The ADA imposed costly requirements upon local public transit systems but did not give local governments funds with which to satisfy this mandate. By reducing the funds available to transit systems, the ADA has sometimes forced cutbacks in transit service for everyone (including, ironically, the disabled to the extent that disabled people were able to use public transit before the ADA's enactment). Thus, the ADA has occasionally been counterproductive.

The root cause of the ADA's inadequacy is that the ADA …

Implementing The First Best In An Agency Relationship With Renegotiation: A Corrigendum, Aaron S. Edlin, Benjamin Hermalin

Aaron Edlin

A Kétharmados Törvények Helye A Magyar Jogforrási Hierarchiában [Qualified Majority And The Hierarchy Of Sources Of Law In Hungary], Peter Cserne, András Jakab

Péter Cserne

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What Readers Of Legal Writing Like: The Top 29 Selections, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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Dress For Success: Be Formal But Not Inflated, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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