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Lawyers, Judges, And The Public Interest, John M. Payne May 1998

Lawyers, Judges, And The Public Interest, John M. Payne

Michigan Law Review

Chares Haar, the Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law Emeritus at the Harvard Law School and a certified elder statesman of the housing and land-use community, was one of those scholar-politicians of the 1960s who spun out innovative theories in law reviews and then moved into government to see them applied. His generation inspired mine to pursue law as a means to serve the public interest. But the days of the Kennedy brothers' Camelot are long past. Today, big government and "big courts" alike are seen as parts of the problem. In the more austere political climate of the 1990s, …


Equal Protection, Court Of Appeals: Trustees Of Union College V. Schenectady City Council Jan 1998

Equal Protection, Court Of Appeals: Trustees Of Union College V. Schenectady City Council

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Governmental Takings, Court Of Appeals: Gazza V. New York State Department Of Environmental Conservation Jan 1998

Governmental Takings, Court Of Appeals: Gazza V. New York State Department Of Environmental Conservation

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Adult Uses And The First Amendment: The Stringfellow’S Decision And Its Impact On Municipal Control Of Adult Businesses, Steve Mcmillen Jan 1998

Adult Uses And The First Amendment: The Stringfellow’S Decision And Its Impact On Municipal Control Of Adult Businesses, Steve Mcmillen

Touro Law Review

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Destination Unknown: Does The Internet's Lack Of Physical Situs Preclude State And Federal Attempts To Regulate It , Christopher S.W. Blake Jan 1998

Destination Unknown: Does The Internet's Lack Of Physical Situs Preclude State And Federal Attempts To Regulate It , Christopher S.W. Blake

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note summarizes recent tests of state and federal Internet content regulations and analyzes the impact the Internet's incompatibility with "real space" geography had or might have had on the courts' reasoning. To some extent, it posits what problems the incompatibility poses for impending legislation. In the midst of such discussion, this Note opines that state and federal regulations of the Internet could conceivably both fail Constitutional muster, due specifically to the internet's physical shortcomings. Part II of this Note offers a background of the Internet's different communication capacities and describes its conflicts with geography. Part III summarizes the courts' …