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Protecting Alaska’S Children From Neglect: The Appropriate Response To In Re S.A. And R.J.M. V. State, Charles Talley Wells Jr. Dec 1997

Protecting Alaska’S Children From Neglect: The Appropriate Response To In Re S.A. And R.J.M. V. State, Charles Talley Wells Jr.

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Warrantless Searches For Alcohol By Native Alaskan Villages: A Permissible Exercise Of Sovereign Rights Or An Assault On Civil Liberties?, Pat Hanley Dec 1997

Warrantless Searches For Alcohol By Native Alaskan Villages: A Permissible Exercise Of Sovereign Rights Or An Assault On Civil Liberties?, Pat Hanley

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Revisionist History Of Indian Country, Joseph D. Matal Dec 1997

A Revisionist History Of Indian Country, Joseph D. Matal

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Smothering Freedom Of Association: The Alaska Supreme Court Errs In Upholding The State’S Blanket Primary Statute, Brian M. Castro Dec 1997

Smothering Freedom Of Association: The Alaska Supreme Court Errs In Upholding The State’S Blanket Primary Statute, Brian M. Castro

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Robert Mcnamara And The Art And Law Of Confession: “A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert Mcnamara’D Into Submission)”, Robert N. Strassfeld Dec 1997

Robert Mcnamara And The Art And Law Of Confession: “A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert Mcnamara’D Into Submission)”, Robert N. Strassfeld

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Easy Case Of The Priority Of Secured Claims In Bankruptcy, Steven L. Schwarcz Dec 1997

The Easy Case Of The Priority Of Secured Claims In Bankruptcy, Steven L. Schwarcz

Duke Law Journal

For years, scholars have questioned the efficiency of secured debt, many suggesting that it transfers uncompensated risk to unsecured creditors. However, prior writing on the value of secured debt ignores the distinction between the use and the availability of secured credit. As a result, previous models of secured debt erroneously assume that a debtor that can borrow on an unsecured basis will nevertheless borrow on a secured basis to reduce interest cost. This Article combines theory, experience, and empirical tests to show that earlier models do not reflect the expected behavior of an economically rational debtor. These models fail to …


Closing The Book On Jusen: An Account Of The Bad Loan Crisis And A New Chapter For Securitization In Japan, Howard M. Felson Dec 1997

Closing The Book On Jusen: An Account Of The Bad Loan Crisis And A New Chapter For Securitization In Japan, Howard M. Felson

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Alaska V. Native Village Of Venetie: Statutory Construction Or Judicial Usurpation? Why History Counts, Donald Craig Mitchell Dec 1997

Alaska V. Native Village Of Venetie: Statutory Construction Or Judicial Usurpation? Why History Counts, Donald Craig Mitchell

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Journal Staff Dec 1997

Journal Staff

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Indian Country And Inherent Tribal Authority: Will They Survive Ancsa?, Marilyn J. Ward Ford Dec 1997

Indian Country And Inherent Tribal Authority: Will They Survive Ancsa?, Marilyn J. Ward Ford

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Journal Staff Dec 1997

Journal Staff

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


California Split: A Plan To Divide The Ninth Circuit, Eric J. Gribbin Nov 1997

California Split: A Plan To Divide The Ninth Circuit, Eric J. Gribbin

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Legislating Virtue: How Segregationists Disguised Racial Discrimination As Moral Reform Following Brown V. Board Of Education, Anders Walker Nov 1997

Legislating Virtue: How Segregationists Disguised Racial Discrimination As Moral Reform Following Brown V. Board Of Education, Anders Walker

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Rights Of Legislators And The Wrongs Of Interpretation: A Further Defense Of The Constitutionality Of Legislative Supermajority Rules, John O. Mcginnis, Michael B. Rappaport Nov 1997

The Rights Of Legislators And The Wrongs Of Interpretation: A Further Defense Of The Constitutionality Of Legislative Supermajority Rules, John O. Mcginnis, Michael B. Rappaport

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Journal Staff Nov 1997

Journal Staff

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Proposition 209, Girardeau A. Spann Nov 1997

Proposition 209, Girardeau A. Spann

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Commentary, Sheldon H. Elsen Oct 1997

Commentary, Sheldon H. Elsen

Law and Contemporary Problems

Elsen comments on articles by Deborah DeMott and James Cox. He agrees with them that the rules governing conduct are often different from the rules written in compliance programs and as part of codes of conduct.


The University As An Industrial Plant: How A Workplace Theory Of Discriminatory Harassment Creates A “Hostile Environment” For Free Speech In America’S Universities, Robert W. Gall Oct 1997

The University As An Industrial Plant: How A Workplace Theory Of Discriminatory Harassment Creates A “Hostile Environment” For Free Speech In America’S Universities, Robert W. Gall

Law and Contemporary Problems

Gall uses Rodney A. Smolla's article "Academic Freedom, Hate Speech, and the Idea of a University" as a basis for his discussion of hostile environments for free speech among colleges and universities.


Journal Staff Oct 1997

Journal Staff

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Class Action Reform, Qui Tam, And The Role Of The Plaintiff, Jill E. Fisch Oct 1997

Class Action Reform, Qui Tam, And The Role Of The Plaintiff, Jill E. Fisch

Law and Contemporary Problems

Fisch examines the evolution of the class action lawsuit and uses the qui tam provision as a model for exploring the structure and objectives of enforcement litigation.


Nonpecuniary Class Action Settlements, Geoffrey P. Miller, Lori S. Singer Oct 1997

Nonpecuniary Class Action Settlements, Geoffrey P. Miller, Lori S. Singer

Law and Contemporary Problems

Miller and Singer offer a theoretical and empirical analysis of nonpecuniary class action settlements, including coupons, securities and fluid recoveries.


Journal Staff Oct 1997

Journal Staff

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Can Comparative Risk Be Used To Develop Better Environmental Decisions?, Ken Jones Oct 1997

Can Comparative Risk Be Used To Develop Better Environmental Decisions?, Ken Jones

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Risk Perception: “Experts” Vs. “Lay People”, Ann Bostrom Oct 1997

Risk Perception: “Experts” Vs. “Lay People”, Ann Bostrom

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


A New Account Of Expert / Lay Conflicts Of Risk Intuition, Howard Margolis Oct 1997

A New Account Of Expert / Lay Conflicts Of Risk Intuition, Howard Margolis

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Improving Comparative Risk Analysis, James Hammitt Oct 1997

Improving Comparative Risk Analysis, James Hammitt

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Comparative Risk Projects And Their Effects On Decision Making, Jennifer Crawford Oct 1997

Comparative Risk Projects And Their Effects On Decision Making, Jennifer Crawford

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Risk In The Republic, Jonathan Baert Wiener Oct 1997

Risk In The Republic, Jonathan Baert Wiener

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Subtle Vices Behind Environmental Values, Frank Cross Oct 1997

Subtle Vices Behind Environmental Values, Frank Cross

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Journal Staff Oct 1997

Journal Staff

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.