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The New Nova Curriculum: Training Lawyers For The Twenty-First Century, Roger Abrams, Michael Masinter Sep 1987

The New Nova Curriculum: Training Lawyers For The Twenty-First Century, Roger Abrams, Michael Masinter

Roger I. Abrams

In this article, Dean Abrams and Professor Masinter explain the pedagogical bases for the innovative reform of the Nova Law School curriculum. The faculty abolished large first-year classes, capping each section at 40 students. This provided opportunity for focused attention by instructors on the needs of each student. In addition, the second and third year curriculum featured workshop courses in a variety of subjects which allowed students to learn substantive law by doing the work of lawyers in particular settings, including bankruptcy, real estate transactions and alternative dispute resolution. The simulations made use of new hardware and software and engaged …


Disclosing Tilt: A Partial Defense Of Critical Legal Studies And A Comparative Introduction To The Philosophy Of The Law-Idea, David Caudill Jul 1987

Disclosing Tilt: A Partial Defense Of Critical Legal Studies And A Comparative Introduction To The Philosophy Of The Law-Idea, David Caudill

David S Caudill

No abstract provided.


On Knowing One's Chains And Decking Them With Flowers: Limits On Patient Autonomy In 'The Silent World Of Doctor And Patient', Charles Baron Dec 1986

On Knowing One's Chains And Decking Them With Flowers: Limits On Patient Autonomy In 'The Silent World Of Doctor And Patient', Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

In this article Professor Baron continues the debate started by Jay Katz in his book "The Silent World of Doctor and Patient" on the necessity of exploring further patients' reasons for refusing treatment.


The European Community Depository Library System In North America, Timothy Kearley Dec 1986

The European Community Depository Library System In North America, Timothy Kearley

Timothy G. Kearley

This article describes the structure of the European Comminity and the history and nature of the Community's system of depostitory libraries. It then focuses on the Community's Depository Libraries, European Documentation Centres, and European Reference Centres in North America. The results of a survey the author sent to Each EC depository in the U.S. and Canada also are discussed.


Admiralty And Maritime Law, Sarah Wiant Dec 1986

Admiralty And Maritime Law, Sarah Wiant

Sarah K. Wiant

No abstract provided.


Debtor Name Changes And Collateral Transfers Under 9-402(7): Drafting From The Outside-In, F. Knippenberg Dec 1986

Debtor Name Changes And Collateral Transfers Under 9-402(7): Drafting From The Outside-In, F. Knippenberg

F. Stephen Knippenberg

No abstract provided.


Lawsuits, Daniel Kanstroom, Helena Goldstein Dec 1986

Lawsuits, Daniel Kanstroom, Helena Goldstein

Daniel Kanstroom

No abstract provided.


Consulting Editor: Selected Law Cases, 1784-1800, Ingrid Hillinger Dec 1986

Consulting Editor: Selected Law Cases, 1784-1800, Ingrid Hillinger

Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger

No abstract provided.


The Article 9 Filing Rules: Certainty, By No Means, A 'Sure Thing', Ingrid Hillinger Dec 1986

The Article 9 Filing Rules: Certainty, By No Means, A 'Sure Thing', Ingrid Hillinger

Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger

No abstract provided.


Commentary On "The Regulation Of Union Economic Power," By Walter E. Oberer, Thomas Kohler Dec 1986

Commentary On "The Regulation Of Union Economic Power," By Walter E. Oberer, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

No abstract provided.


Rethinking American Arbitration, Thomas J. Stipanowich Dec 1986

Rethinking American Arbitration, Thomas J. Stipanowich

Thomas J. Stipanowich

In this 1987 article, Professor Stipanowich extensively analyzes data from an unprecedented broad-based survey on contract-based commercial arbitration in the United States. The study, based on a survey by the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, provides considerable insight into experiences and perceptions of American attorneys regarding arbitration and litigation of construction and engineering disputes. It also summarizes and compares data developed in earlier studies of arbitration practice and procedure and suggests possible new directions for arbitration procedures.


Arbitration And The Multiparty Dispute: The Search For Workable Solutions, Thomas J. Stipanowich Dec 1986

Arbitration And The Multiparty Dispute: The Search For Workable Solutions, Thomas J. Stipanowich

Thomas J. Stipanowich

In this article, Professor Stipanowich explores the legal and practical problems associated with arbitration of commercial disputes involving multiple parties. He examines relevant legislation and judicial decisions as well as arbitration procedures aimed at facilitating consolidation of claims among multiple parties in a single arbitration hearing as well as joinder and “vouching in” of parties. He proposes the passage of legislation adapting provisions of the California Arbitration Act as a means of more effectively addressing these issues—a proposal that was later effectively adopted in a section of the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act.