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Victims As Cost Bearers, Richard Adelstein Dec 1998

Victims As Cost Bearers, Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

A brief recasting of the price exaction model.


Romer V. Evans As The Transformation Of Local Government Law, Lawrence Rosenthal Dec 1998

Romer V. Evans As The Transformation Of Local Government Law, Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal

Colorado's Amendment 2 prohibited the state and local governments in Colorado from enforcing "any statute, regulation, ordinance or policy whereby homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, conduct, practices or relationships shall constitute or otherwise be the basis of or entitle any person or class of persons to have or claim any minority status, quota preferences, protected status or claim of rimi"2 Three Colorado municipalities that had enacted ordinances protecting gays and lesbians, and individuals who had lost the protections offered by those ordinances, brought suit in state court seeking to invalidate the amendment.


Reasonable And Other Doubts: The Problem Of Jury Instructions, Robert C. Power Dec 1998

Reasonable And Other Doubts: The Problem Of Jury Instructions, Robert C. Power

Robert C Power

No abstract provided.


Clueless: The Misuse Of Batf Firearms Tracing Data, David B. Kopel Dec 1998

Clueless: The Misuse Of Batf Firearms Tracing Data, David B. Kopel

David B Kopel

Sometimes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms traces the registered sales history of a gun which was used in a crime, or which has been seized by the police. Traced guns are not representative of the broader universe of crime guns. Accordingly, drawing public policy conclusions based on tracing data is unwise.