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Idea And Nclb; Is There A Fix To Make Them Compatible?, Rebekah Gleason Hope Sep 2009

Idea And Nclb; Is There A Fix To Make Them Compatible?, Rebekah Gleason Hope

Rebekah G Hope

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) protects the rights of parents of children with disabilities with an emphasis on each individual child’s unique needs. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) focuses on improving academic results for all children. On the surface these two statutes appear to work in opposite directions. One provides services based on the individual needs of each eligible child, while the other seeks to raise expectations and academic achievements of all students. The former is an in-put based scheme, relying on a complex set of procedures that, if performed correctly would result in a free …


A Faustian Bargain: Creating A Successful Agreement In The Wto Negotiations On Trade In Maritime Services, Rod Sullivan Jan 2009

A Faustian Bargain: Creating A Successful Agreement In The Wto Negotiations On Trade In Maritime Services, Rod Sullivan

Rod Sullivan

The WTO has struggled for over a decade to lower trade barriers in services, but few areas have proven as difficult as those barriers which exist in field of the carriage of goods by sea. Ships and shipping are emotional issues, filled with concerns about national pride, national self-sufficiency, and the need for national defense. In just the past few months, the European Community has taken a major step toward free trade by eliminating the liner conference system, a system of cargo and ocean traffic regulation which has been in place for over a century and a half. This change …


Allocating Influence, Heidi R. Anderson Jan 2009

Allocating Influence, Heidi R. Anderson

Heidi R Anderson

As more lawmaking is achieved at the administrative agency level, the issue of whether and how to apply the rules of legal ethics to lawyers that lobby agency decision makers grows more important; however, at this time, the ethics of influencing is a murky area in need of clarification. Any attempt to clarify the ethics of influencing should start with a core principle underlying modern legal ethics — the avoidance and/or resolution of conflicts of interest. Accordingly, this Article addresses a conflict of interest — the “allocating influence conflict”— that, to date, has escaped proper identification or analysis. In its …