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Technologically Improving Textualism, Jeffrey W. Stempel, Erik S. Knutsen
Technologically Improving Textualism, Jeffrey W. Stempel, Erik S. Knutsen
Nevada Law Journal Forum
The textualist approach to construing statutes, regulations, contracts, and other documents remains dominant but has drawbacks, most significantly its tendency to disregard probative evidence of textual meaning in favor of isolated judicial impressions and dictionary definitions. Although a broader, contextual, “integrative” approach to interpretation is preferable, the hegemony of textualism, even extreme textualism, is unlikely to recede soon. Textualism can be substantially improved, however, through effective use of a form of big data—the corpus linguistics approach to discerning word meaning. By enlarging the universe of sources about how words are actually used, corpus linguistics represents a significant improvement over imperial …
The Incomprehensibility Of Nevada's Capable-Of-Repetition-Yet-Evading-Review Doctrine, Tom Stewart
The Incomprehensibility Of Nevada's Capable-Of-Repetition-Yet-Evading-Review Doctrine, Tom Stewart
Nevada Law Journal Forum
Nevada appellate courts recognize and apply an exception to the mootness doctrine that exists in federal court but does not currently have any basis in any state court rule or statute and, thus, should not be applied by Nevada’s appellate courts. Indeed, because no statute or court rule authorizes the Nevada appellate courts to hear cases that have been rendered moot but may be capable of repetition, yet evade review, Nevada’s appellate courts have no authority to do so. Thus, the appellate courts’ decisions entered on that basis are void. However, the solution to this problem is simple: the Nevada …
Coming Full Circle: The Boring Company's Not So Boring Transportation Gamble With The Las Vegas Loop, Tanner Castro, Jorge Padilla
Coming Full Circle: The Boring Company's Not So Boring Transportation Gamble With The Las Vegas Loop, Tanner Castro, Jorge Padilla
Nevada Law Journal Forum
Las Vegas tourists and residents can soon travel in Tesla cars underneath the city in neon-lit tunnels in a project known as the Las Vegas Loop. The Boring Company—an American infrastructure and tunnel construction company founded by Elon Musk—is undertaking this “Teslas in Tunnels” project. The Loop plans to connect Downtown Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Strip, Harry Reid International Airport, and various other properties in the Vegas area. Boring seeks to offer a new form of public transit through the Loop to transport passengers across the Vegas area. This White Paper discusses the Loop’s development, compares the Loop to …