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Goading A Reluctant Dinosaur: Mutual Recognition Agreements As A Policy Response To The Misappropriation Of Foreign Traditional Knowledge In The United States, Paul Kuruk Mar 2012

Goading A Reluctant Dinosaur: Mutual Recognition Agreements As A Policy Response To The Misappropriation Of Foreign Traditional Knowledge In The United States, Paul Kuruk

Pepperdine Law Review

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How Strictly Scrutinized?: Examining The Educational Benefits The Court Relied Upon In Grutter, Patrick M. Garry Mar 2012

How Strictly Scrutinized?: Examining The Educational Benefits The Court Relied Upon In Grutter, Patrick M. Garry

Pepperdine Law Review

In Grutter v. Bollinger, the Court recognized student body diversity as a compelling state interest that justified the use of racial preferences in selecting applicants for admission to public university law schools. Normally, any state action reviewed under a strict scrutiny approach is destined for invalidation. But in Grutter, the Court bucked the trend and upheld the race-based admissions policy against a racial discrimination challenge brought under the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause. Given the rarity of a state action surviving strict scrutiny review, it is instructive to examine the nature of the diversity interest recognized by the Court in …


What Counts As "Speech" In The First Place?: Determining The Scope Of The Free Speech Clause, R. George Wright Feb 2012

What Counts As "Speech" In The First Place?: Determining The Scope Of The Free Speech Clause, R. George Wright

Pepperdine Law Review

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