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Corporations: Majority Power And Shareholder Arrangements For Control, Robert A. Kessler Jan 1980

Corporations: Majority Power And Shareholder Arrangements For Control, Robert A. Kessler

Nova Law Review

The lot of the minority shareholder in a close corporation is not always happy


Beyond Reverse Discrimination: The Quest For A Legitimizing Principle, Steven Jay Wisotsky Jan 1980

Beyond Reverse Discrimination: The Quest For A Legitimizing Principle, Steven Jay Wisotsky

Nova Law Review

Is the Constitution colorblind? Should preferential treatment for minorities be construed to violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment or the Civil Rights Act of 1964?


Legislative Overview: The Florida Workers' Compensation Act, 1979, Benjamin Lester Abberger, Gary Granoff Jan 1980

Legislative Overview: The Florida Workers' Compensation Act, 1979, Benjamin Lester Abberger, Gary Granoff

Nova Law Review

The innovative, unprecendented changes in the Florida Workers' Compensation Act have focused national attention on the state's compensation reform efforts.


Admiralty Law: Trial Of A Treasure Hunter Treasure Salvors, Inc. V. Nuestra Senora De Atocha Jan 1980

Admiralty Law: Trial Of A Treasure Hunter Treasure Salvors, Inc. V. Nuestra Senora De Atocha

Nova Law Review

Treasure hunters today are forced to battle not only the perils of the sea, but also the powers of government.


I.R.C. Section 2518 And The Law Of Disclaimers Jan 1980

I.R.C. Section 2518 And The Law Of Disclaimers

Nova Law Review

The Tax Reform Act of 19761 introduced code section 2518,2 which created definitive standards for a disclaimer to be valid for Federal Tax purposes.


Impact Fees: National Perspectives To Florida Practice; A Review Of Mandatory Land Dedications And Impact Fees That Affect Land Developments Jan 1980

Impact Fees: National Perspectives To Florida Practice; A Review Of Mandatory Land Dedications And Impact Fees That Affect Land Developments

Nova Law Review

Fast growing communities have found an increased need for the expansion of their public facilities.'


Forfeiture Of A Vehicle: Search For A Nexus Griffis V. State Jan 1980

Forfeiture Of A Vehicle: Search For A Nexus Griffis V. State

Nova Law Review

Enroute from Tallahassee to Stuart in his 1973 Dodge pick-up truck, Griffis was stopped by a Florida Inspector of Agriculture and Consumer Services and ordered to return to an inspection station.


Forged Restrictive Endorsements: Does The Drawer Of A Check Have A Cause Of Action Against The Depository Bank? Underpinning And Foundation Constructors, Inc. V. The Chase Manhatten Bank And The Bank Of New York. Jan 1980

Forged Restrictive Endorsements: Does The Drawer Of A Check Have A Cause Of Action Against The Depository Bank? Underpinning And Foundation Constructors, Inc. V. The Chase Manhatten Bank And The Bank Of New York.

Nova Law Review

Underpinning and Foundation Constructors, Inc.' employed in its accounting department an employee by the name of Walker.


A Visionary Opinion, Honorable Arthur J. England Jr. Jan 1980

A Visionary Opinion, Honorable Arthur J. England Jr.

Nova Law Review

By petition filed pursuant to Article XIII of the Integration Rule, more than twenty-five members in good standing of The Florida Bar asked the Court to partially de-integrate the bar-that is, to eliminate the compulsory membership requirement first imposed by the Court in 1949 for persons eligible to practice civil law in Florida.


The Marriage Penalty: Restructuring Federal Law To Remedy Tax Burdens On Married Couples, Gail L. Richmond Jan 1980

The Marriage Penalty: Restructuring Federal Law To Remedy Tax Burdens On Married Couples, Gail L. Richmond

Nova Law Review

In 1975 Professor Boris Bittker wrote a comprehensive article entitled Federal Income Taxation and the Family.


A Federal Litigation Program: For Students, Inmates And The Legal Profession, Randy R. Freedman, Thomas J. Ross Ii Jan 1980

A Federal Litigation Program: For Students, Inmates And The Legal Profession, Randy R. Freedman, Thomas J. Ross Ii

Nova Law Review

Across the country, efforts have been made by the federal judiciary, the American Bar Association, and law schools to improve the quality of advocacy in the federal courts.


Nova Law Review Full Issue Jan 1980

Nova Law Review Full Issue

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law: Drug Courier Profiles, United States V. Mendenhall, Mary A. Duggan Jan 1980

Criminal Law: Drug Courier Profiles, United States V. Mendenhall, Mary A. Duggan

Nova Law Review

The recent United States Supreme Court decision in United States v. Mendenhall' is notable not for what the Court did decide, but for what the Court could not decide.


Open Season On Ancient Shipwrecks: Implications Of The Treasur Salvors Decisions In The Fields Of Archaeology, History, And Property Law Jan 1980

Open Season On Ancient Shipwrecks: Implications Of The Treasur Salvors Decisions In The Fields Of Archaeology, History, And Property Law

Nova Law Review

Does a recent federal district court decision license a new open season on ancient shipwrecks off the Florida coast?


Time To Abolish Parent-Child Tort Immunity: A Call To Repudiate Mississippi's Gift To The American Family, Joel Berman Jan 1980

Time To Abolish Parent-Child Tort Immunity: A Call To Repudiate Mississippi's Gift To The American Family, Joel Berman

Nova Law Review

The law, like life, must not go backward nor tarry with yesterday.


Introduction, Bruce S. Rogow Jan 1980

Introduction, Bruce S. Rogow

Nova Law Review

We initially conceived the Nova Conference on Public Interest Practice in Florida as an educational and a supportive meeting.


Defining The Unauthorized Practice Of Law: Some New Ways Of Looking At An Old Question, Alan Morrison Jan 1980

Defining The Unauthorized Practice Of Law: Some New Ways Of Looking At An Old Question, Alan Morrison

Nova Law Review

It is my thesis today that we need to reexamine the definition of what constitutes the practice of law.


The Private Bar And The Public Lawyer: An Essential Partnership, Dan J. Bradley Jan 1980

The Private Bar And The Public Lawyer: An Essential Partnership, Dan J. Bradley

Nova Law Review

Historically, the leadership and momentum for making legal services available to the poor came from the organized bar.


Nova Law Review Full Issue Jan 1980

Nova Law Review Full Issue

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Is The Supreme Court Creating Unknown And Unknowable Law? The Insubstantial Federal Question Dismissal, Ovid C. Lewis Jan 1980

Is The Supreme Court Creating Unknown And Unknowable Law? The Insubstantial Federal Question Dismissal, Ovid C. Lewis

Nova Law Review

United States Supreme Court Justices undoubtedly accept the prevailing notion that the American legal system functions as an instrument for attaining socially desired ends.


1980 Florida Legislature- Drug Paraphernalia Banned: Florida Statutes 893.145-893.147, Faye Jones Jan 1980

1980 Florida Legislature- Drug Paraphernalia Banned: Florida Statutes 893.145-893.147, Faye Jones

Nova Law Review

With the adoption of Florida Statutes §§893.145, 893.146, and 893.147, the Florida Legislature has escalated the battle to prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale and advertisement of drug paraphernalia.


1980 Florida Legislature- Denial Of Bail To Drug Felons: Florida Statute 903.133, James P. Mclane Jan 1980

1980 Florida Legislature- Denial Of Bail To Drug Felons: Florida Statute 903.133, James P. Mclane

Nova Law Review

On June 6, 1980, Governor Graham signed House Bill 1749, creating Florida Statute §903.133 which prohibits bail on appeal to any person found guilty of a first degree felony drug offense.


Criminal Law: "Prepare For Boarding:" Coast Guard Authority On The High Seas. United States V. Williams, Douglas M. Mcintosh, James C. Sawran Jan 1980

Criminal Law: "Prepare For Boarding:" Coast Guard Authority On The High Seas. United States V. Williams, Douglas M. Mcintosh, James C. Sawran

Nova Law Review

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently attempted to "harmonize the discordant precedent that has evolved" in the circuit with regard to high seas searches and seizures conducted by the United States Coast Guard.


The Old Laywer Said: "I Look Out For My Paying Clients." The Young Lawyer Responded:"But Good Lawyers Must Also Do Some Free Public Service.", Chesterfield Smith Jan 1980

The Old Laywer Said: "I Look Out For My Paying Clients." The Young Lawyer Responded:"But Good Lawyers Must Also Do Some Free Public Service.", Chesterfield Smith

Nova Law Review

Does an ethical lawyer have an obligation to give some portion of professional time for free public service?


When, If Ever, Should Trials Be Held Behind Closed Doors?, Honorable Justice Joseph A. Boyd Jr., Paul A. Lehrman Jan 1980

When, If Ever, Should Trials Be Held Behind Closed Doors?, Honorable Justice Joseph A. Boyd Jr., Paul A. Lehrman

Nova Law Review

In Gannett Co. v. DePasquale Justice Stewart framed the issue before the United States Supreme Court as follows: "[W]hether members of the public have an independent constitutional right [under the sixth amendment] to insist upon access to a pretrial judicial proceeding, even though the accused, the prosecutor and the trial judge all have agreed to the closure of that proceeding in order to assure a fair trial."


Death With Dignity And The Terminally Ill: The Need For Legislative Action Saz V. Perlmutter Jan 1980

Death With Dignity And The Terminally Ill: The Need For Legislative Action Saz V. Perlmutter

Nova Law Review

The advances in the field of medical science during the past several decades have been significant.


The Peer And The Precedent: A Review Essay Of Denning, L. The Discipline Of Law London: Butterworth's 1979. Jan 1980

The Peer And The Precedent: A Review Essay Of Denning, L. The Discipline Of Law London: Butterworth's 1979.

Nova Law Review

Stare decisis et non quieta movere." The sepulchral words roll from the hidebound pages of Bouvier's, bearing the tradition of the throaty chimes of Big Ben.


David's Copperfield And Fifra's Labelling Misadventures Jan 1980

David's Copperfield And Fifra's Labelling Misadventures

Nova Law Review

Compounding the American farmer's struggle for existence is a myriad of federal pesticide regulations.


Nova Law Review Full Issue Jan 1980

Nova Law Review Full Issue

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Retreat Of The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973: Southeastern Community College V. Davis Jan 1980

Retreat Of The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973: Southeastern Community College V. Davis

Nova Law Review

The aftermath of the VietNam war found many disabled veterans incapable of readjusting to civilian life.