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Introduction, Maja Dagny Chaffe Jan 1998

Introduction, Maja Dagny Chaffe

Seattle University Law Review

Introduction to the annual Casebook Review issue.


Family Matters: Nonwaivable Conflicts Of Interest In Family Law, Steven H. Hobbs Jan 1998

Family Matters: Nonwaivable Conflicts Of Interest In Family Law, Steven H. Hobbs

Seattle University Law Review

The hypotheticals prepared for this special symposium issue ask if a lawyer can provide legal services to a family when one family member yields major decision-making authority to another family member. At stake is the disposition of significant individual and family assets. The traditional model of legal representation would require each family member to have an advocate protecting and promoting his or her individual interests while negotiating a reasonable accommodation of the other family members' interests. The challenge presented by the hypotheticals is whether an attorney can simultaneously represent apparent multiple interests without violating ethical provisions.


Bill Allen In Class, Eric A. Chiappinelli Jan 1998

Bill Allen In Class, Eric A. Chiappinelli

Seattle University Law Review

This Essay is part of a tribute issue that was compiled in honor of William T. Allen, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, after he announced his intention not to seek reappointment.


Casebooks And Constitutional Competency, David E. Engdahl Jan 1998

Casebooks And Constitutional Competency, David E. Engdahl

Seattle University Law Review

Today's casebooks are far better adapted for fostering constitutional competency among lawyers than were their earlier counterparts. Part 1 of this Article traces the evolution of the constitutional law casebook from James Bradley Thayer's massive compilation of raw data in the Dean Langdell tradition, to the modern style of extensively edited cases with comments and questions to help students identify, anticipate, and assess potential avenues of analysis and development. Part 2 examines some basic concepts of federalism law still afforded too little attention by casebook editors. The classic analysis of enumerated powers (including Congress's power under the necessary and proper …


Aspects Of Law, Eric A. Chiappinelli Jan 1998

Aspects Of Law, Eric A. Chiappinelli

Seattle University Law Review

This Essay introduces a tribute issue that was compiled in honor of William T. Allen, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, after he announced his intention not to seek reappointment.


Constitutional Conflicts: The Perils And Rewards Of Pioneering In The Law School Classroom, Derrick Bell Jan 1998

Constitutional Conflicts: The Perils And Rewards Of Pioneering In The Law School Classroom, Derrick Bell

Seattle University Law Review

The challenge in teaching Constitutional Law is to teach the doctrine while puncturing the myths. It is not an easy task. Americans treat the Constitution as a hallowed document created by men so divinely inspired that the document they produced in 1787 has been amended less than three dozen times. They might add that because of a number of factors, including those amendments, there are now only about 300 operative words in the Constitution, and that most litigation has centered about the meaning of a dozen or so terms: "due process," "cruel and unusual punishment," "commerce," "free exercise," "commander- in-chief," …


The Medical Savings Account Provision Of The Hipaa: Is It Sound Health And Tax Policy?, Danshera Cords Jan 1998

The Medical Savings Account Provision Of The Hipaa: Is It Sound Health And Tax Policy?, Danshera Cords

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment argues that the Medical Savings Account (MSA) provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) fails to meet the goals of either tax policy or health policy. As a result of this failure, the demonstration program should be redesigned to provide valid and reliable information about whether the availability of tax-preferred MSAs will decrease the affordability of health care and its availability to the less healthy.


Survey Of Washington Search And Seizure Law: 1998 Update, Justice Charles W. Johnson Jan 1998

Survey Of Washington Search And Seizure Law: 1998 Update, Justice Charles W. Johnson

Seattle University Law Review

This Survey, as did the previous Surveys, summarizes the predominant treatment of search and seizure issues under the Fourth Amendment and under article I, section 7 of the Washington State Constitution to the extent that this state's provision is interpreted differently from the federal provision. The Survey focuses primarily on substantive search and seizure law in the criminal context; it omits discussion of many procedural issues.


Computer-Generated Child Pornography: A Legal Alternative?, Wendy L. Pursel Jan 1998

Computer-Generated Child Pornography: A Legal Alternative?, Wendy L. Pursel

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment does not debate the efficacy of the Child Pornography Prevention Act in accomplishing its purpose-the effective regulation of computer-generated images. Nor does this Comment address adult-simulated child pornography. Rather, working under the assumption that the statute accomplishes what it aims to accomplish-namely the regulation of computer-generated child pornography-this Comment looks beyond the statute and its language to the broader discussion of the value in regulating this type of material. Specifically, this Comment will focus on two issues: first, whether legislation regulating computer-generated child pornography can survive First Amendment considerations of free speech, and second, the social arguments made …


A Practitioner's Perspective On The Tenure Of Chancellor William T. Allen, Jesse A. Finkelstein Jan 1998

A Practitioner's Perspective On The Tenure Of Chancellor William T. Allen, Jesse A. Finkelstein

Seattle University Law Review

This Essay is part of a tribute issue that was compiled in honor of William T. Allen, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, after he announced his intention not to seek reappointment.


What Is Outrageous Government Conduct? The Washington State Supreme Court Knows It When It Sees It: State V. Lively, Matthew V. Honeywell Jan 1998

What Is Outrageous Government Conduct? The Washington State Supreme Court Knows It When It Sees It: State V. Lively, Matthew V. Honeywell

Seattle University Law Review

For the first time ever, the Supreme Court of Washington in State v. Lively overturned a criminal conviction because of outrageous government conduct. This decision employed a rarely-used, and even more infrequently successful, defense to achieve an apparently just result. Indeed, courts and scholars disagree on whether the defense, based on the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution, actually exists and, if it does, how it applies to the facts of a given case. The U.S. Supreme Court has neither expressly and conclusively acknowledged nor disavowed the defense and has never employed it to overturn a criminal conviction. The …


". . . Skepticism But Not Cynicism": Chancellor Allen's Scrutiny Of Special Committees, James C. Freund Jan 1998

". . . Skepticism But Not Cynicism": Chancellor Allen's Scrutiny Of Special Committees, James C. Freund

Seattle University Law Review

This Essay is part of a tribute issue that was compiled in honor of William T. Allen, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, after he announced his intention not to seek reappointment.


Sovereign Indignity? Values, Borders And The Internet: A Case Study, Eric B. Easton Jan 1998

Sovereign Indignity? Values, Borders And The Internet: A Case Study, Eric B. Easton

Seattle University Law Review

This Article focuses on the publication ban issued by Justice Kovacs in the Karla Homolka trial and the reaction to it as a case study of the new global communications environment. Part I reconstructs the factual circumstances that provoked the ban, as well as the responses of the media, the legal establishment, and the public. Part II examines the ban itself, the constitutional challenge mounted by the media, and the landmark Dagenais decision. Part III reflects on the meaning of the entire episode for law, journalism, and national sovereignty. The article concludes that the publication ban in this case, by …


What Ever Happened To The Appearance Of Fairness Doctrine? Local Land Use Decisions In An Age Of Statutory Process, W.T. Watterson Jan 1998

What Ever Happened To The Appearance Of Fairness Doctrine? Local Land Use Decisions In An Age Of Statutory Process, W.T. Watterson

Seattle University Law Review

All states guarantee constitutional due process and fairness for both judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings. They differ, however, on the legal standard of fairness to apply to quasi-judicial proceedings. Many states rely on due process guarantees, that is, a proceeding which is fair in actual substance and procedure. Washington, however, has adopted more of the judicial standard for quasi-judicial actions, requiring "a hearing not only fair in substance, but fair in appearance as well." This "appearance of fairness doctrine" was originally developed within the context of local land use decisions. Later, it was applied to a broader spectrum of administrative proceedings. …


The Best Law School Subject, Robert A. Hillman, Robert S. Summers Jan 1998

The Best Law School Subject, Robert A. Hillman, Robert S. Summers

Seattle University Law Review

This Essay responds to a casebook review published in the previous annual Casebook Review issue.


Methodology For Teaching Constitutional Law, Constance Frisby Fain Jan 1998

Methodology For Teaching Constitutional Law, Constance Frisby Fain

Seattle University Law Review

Teaching constitutional law concepts has become more exciting, interesting, and thorough by utilizing Barron, Dienes, McCormack, and Redish's Constitutional Law: Principles and Policy. The authors of this casebook are full professors of law who are distinguished experts in the field of constitutional law. Barron and Dienes are also coauthors of two study aid texts designed to supplement the casebook: a Nutshell Series outline and a Black Letter Series outline. These provide summaries of constitutional law intended to assist the student in recognizing and comprehending the principles and issues of law covered in this casebook and others. This Essay addresses …


A Casebook For All Seasons?—Another Casebook Review, E. Allan Farnsworth, W.F. Young Jan 1998

A Casebook For All Seasons?—Another Casebook Review, E. Allan Farnsworth, W.F. Young

Seattle University Law Review

This Essay responds to a casebook review published in the previous annual Casebook Review issue.


A Constitutional Law Casebook For The 21st Century: A Critical Essay On Cohen And Varat, Bryan K. Fair Jan 1998

A Constitutional Law Casebook For The 21st Century: A Critical Essay On Cohen And Varat, Bryan K. Fair

Seattle University Law Review

The purpose of this essay is to review the strengths and weaknesses of the latest edition of Cohen and Varat’s Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials. After teaching from it for seven years, the author of this review states unequivocally that it is a first-rate teaching tool – unquestionably one of the leading, traditional casebooks, enabling thousands of law students throughout the country to gain some insight on a vast array of constitutional questions. Below, rather than simply describe the casebook's broad contents, the author illustrates how he uses it in a class of 65 to 100 students, meeting for …


Notes On Notes, Margaret G. Stewart Jan 1998

Notes On Notes, Margaret G. Stewart

Seattle University Law Review

The author’s search for a text which emphasized the underlying and continual concerns that the roles of judicial review and federalism present whenever the Court is asked to justify or reject majoritarian decisions led her to adopt Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, and Tushnet’s Constitutional Law. Having used it for at least five years, she remains convinced that it does an excellent job in a difficult field. The Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, and Tushnet casebook seems to have found a workable mix of past and present political and judicial landscape. For the most part, it utilizes a chronological approach in its separate …


Mastering Modern Constitutional Law, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1998

Mastering Modern Constitutional Law, Thomas E. Baker

Seattle University Law Review

Constitutional Law is “tough law.” It is tough to master – tough to teach and tough to learn. There are several reasons for this thorough difficulty. First, it is not an exaggeration to say that the fate of the nation is often at stake in constitutional cases and controversies, and constitutional decisions have shaped our history as a people. Second, we Americans can lay claim to inventing the field, and we have been continuously preoccupied with reinventing it for more than two centuries of applied political philosophy. Third, the Supreme Court is one of the most fascinating institutions inside or …


The Quest To Find The Meaning Of The First Amendment, Mark C. Alexander Jan 1998

The Quest To Find The Meaning Of The First Amendment, Mark C. Alexander

Seattle University Law Review

Professor William Van Alstyne has been a prolific and influential scholar, discussing First Amendment questions throughout his career. He has authored dozens of law review articles that are frequently cited in varying contexts, including at least twenty cites in U.S. Supreme Court opinions. He also has done what few others have done with his scholarly agenda by writing consistently and powerfully on the major aspects of the First Amendment – Free Speech, Press, and Religion – and their interrelation. He has added to his numerous contributions by providing a thorough and insightful casebook, First Amendment Cases and Materials, which …


Cases Versus Theory, Richard B. Collins Jan 1998

Cases Versus Theory, Richard B. Collins

Seattle University Law Review

Past reviewers have noted that the large modern market for American constitutional law casebooks was not served by much diversity in approaches to the subject. More recently there has been some divergence, and teachers have more choices. Cohen & Varat’s <em>Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials</em> has changed least in the intervening years and continues to serve its part of the market very well. Case editing is excellent, and selection is good. So if you liked the former standard, it remains a sound choice, and if you did not, you will have moved on. Notable differences among constitutional law casebooks fall …


Combining The Best Of Gunther And Sullivan, James Weinstein Jan 1998

Combining The Best Of Gunther And Sullivan, James Weinstein

Seattle University Law Review

In the field of casebooks, there are few classics, but Gerald Gunther's Constitutional Law has long been viewed as one of them. More than twenty years ago it was heralded in the Harvard Law Review as "the Hart and Wechsler of constitutional law." After decades of solo authorship, Gunther is joined on the 13th edition by Kathleen Sullivan, who was primarily responsible for revising (among other sections) the chapters on freedom of expression. This partnership has succeeded in improving what was already perhaps the strongest section of the book. This Review examines the organization of the free expression materials, considers …


Stone, Seidman, Sunstein & Tushnet's Constitutional Law: An Inclusive, Scholarly, And Comprehensive Constitutional Law Casebook, Sharon E. Rush Jan 1998

Stone, Seidman, Sunstein & Tushnet's Constitutional Law: An Inclusive, Scholarly, And Comprehensive Constitutional Law Casebook, Sharon E. Rush

Seattle University Law Review

In reviewing Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, & Tushnet's <em>Constitutional Law</em>, the author focuses on the casebook’s exploration of race to illustrate why she uses the book, and why she finds it valuable. The outstanding qualities of the book, however, are not limited to race. It provides excellent material on just about every possible area of discrimination law, as well as on the basics of separation of powers, federalism, and First Amendment issues. Inevitably, any textbook will be of limited use to a professor who has had time to reflect on the area of the law and who has perhaps written in …


Which Constitution? Eleven Years Of Gunwall In Washington State, Hugh D. Spitzer Jan 1998

Which Constitution? Eleven Years Of Gunwall In Washington State, Hugh D. Spitzer

Seattle University Law Review

This Article studies the problem of choosing constitutions-particularly the choice between applying the national Bill of Rights or a state constitution's declaration of rights. Many others have presented arguments for and against the independent application of a state's rights guarantees' or have classified and analyzed the various theories of state constitutionalism in the shadow of the United States Supreme Court. This examination focuses on practice rather than theory: specifically, how the Washington State Supreme Court has applied its formal doctrine on the role of the State's Declaration of Rights' and how that court has characterized and applied six criteria it …


Theme And Variations, Hugh D. Spitzer, Charles W. Johnson Jan 1998

Theme And Variations, Hugh D. Spitzer, Charles W. Johnson

Seattle University Law Review

State constitutions are worth the attention. They are, and have always been, different from the United States Constitution. Because state constitutions are typically easier to replace or amend than the United States Constitution, they reflect the political movements that have swept the country from time to time. As Professor Tarr has observed, provisions based in Jacksonian Democracy, Populism, and the Progressive movement have caused a "layering" in many state documents, which has affected both substance and interpretation." This makes the study of state constitutions interesting, and important too, because the themes might be similar from state to state, but the …


Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review Jan 1998

Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Violence Against Women Act Of 1994: Connecting Gender-Motivated Violence To Interstate Commerce, Judi L. Lemos Jan 1998

The Violence Against Women Act Of 1994: Connecting Gender-Motivated Violence To Interstate Commerce, Judi L. Lemos

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment explores whether the Supreme Court will grant certiorari in the Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytech and State University, and whether the Court will uphold the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as a constitutional use of the commerce power. Part I explains the provisions of VAWA. Part II scrutinizes the development of Commerce Clause jurisprudence, which culminated in the Lopez decision. Part III analyzes the panel's Fourth Circuit ruling in Brzonkala. Part IV reviews the Supreme Court's handling of post-Lopez Commerce Clause cases and discusses whether the Court will grant certiorari to a challenge of VAWA's constitutionality. …


Volume Index, Seattle University Law Review Jan 1998

Volume Index, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

No abstract provided.


E-Law4: Computer Information Systems Law And System Operator Liability, David J. Loundy Jan 1998

E-Law4: Computer Information Systems Law And System Operator Liability, David J. Loundy

Seattle University Law Review

This Article gives a summary of the current regulatory structure in the United States governing a few of the "Empires of Cyberspace," such as bulletin board systems, electronic databases, file servers, networks (such as the Internet) and the like. Different legal analogies that may apply will be illustrated, and some of their strengths, weaknesses, and alternatives will be analyzed. I will begin by looking at different types of computer information systems, and then the major legal issues surrounding computer information systems will be surveyed in brief. Next, the different legal analogies which could be applied to computer information systems will …