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Barking Up The Wrong Tree: Companion Animals, Emotional Damages And The Judiciary's Failure To Keep Pace, Sabrina Defabritiis
Barking Up The Wrong Tree: Companion Animals, Emotional Damages And The Judiciary's Failure To Keep Pace, Sabrina Defabritiis
Northern Illinois University Law Review
What is the value of afternoon walks in the park? Evenings spent relaxing on a living room sofa? A wet face licking and waging tail every day when you come home? If posed to a pet owner, the answer to these three questions will likely be one word: priceless. Recovery at law for the death or injury to a pet, however, not only has a price, but that price is measured solely by the pet's market value. The role companion animals serve in the American household has evolved: Once property used to derive an economic benefit; pets are now family …
Nation Building In Africa And The Role Of The Judiciary, Modibo Ocran
Nation Building In Africa And The Role Of The Judiciary, Modibo Ocran
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This speech was delivered at Northern Illinois University on April 20, 2007, as part of the Francis X. Riley lecture on professionalism. The speech highlights some of the difficult political issues faced by many African nations in arguing that legal professionalism imposes a duty on the judiciary to contribute to the building of long-term institutions of stability in fragile political environments.
Judicial Campaign Speech Restrictions In Light Of Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White, Julie Schuering Schuetz
Judicial Campaign Speech Restrictions In Light Of Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White, Julie Schuering Schuetz
Northern Illinois University Law Review
In the United States Supreme Court decision Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, a five-to-four majority struck down a judicial campaign speech restriction designed to uphold the impartiality and integrity of the judiciary and left remaining restrictions in serious doubt. This comment examines judicial campaign speech restrictions and suggests, in light of White, alternatives for states with elected judiciaries that wish to maintain the impartiality and integrity of their judiciaries. After exploring the tension between a state's compelling interest in maintaining an impartial judiciary and a judicial candidate's First Amendment rights, one possible alternative for dealing with judicial campaign speech …