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An Empirical Analysis Of Reversal Rates In The Eighth Circuit During 2008, Robert E. Steinbuch Oct 2009

An Empirical Analysis Of Reversal Rates In The Eighth Circuit During 2008, Robert E. Steinbuch

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Why Doctors Shouldn't Practice Law: The American Medical Association's Misdiagnosis Of Physician Non-Compete Clauses, Robert E. Steinbuch Oct 2009

Why Doctors Shouldn't Practice Law: The American Medical Association's Misdiagnosis Of Physician Non-Compete Clauses, Robert E. Steinbuch

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Thug Life: Hip Hop’S Curious Relationship With Criminal Justice, André Douglas Pond Cummings Jul 2009

Thug Life: Hip Hop’S Curious Relationship With Criminal Justice, André Douglas Pond Cummings

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I argue that hip hop music and culture profoundly influences attitudes toward and perceptions about criminal justice in the United States. At base, hip hop lyrics and their cultural accoutrements turns U.S. punishment philosophy upon its head, effectively defeating the foundational purposes of American crime and punishment. Prison and punishment philosophy in the U.S. is based on clear principles of retribution and incapacitation, where prison time for crime should serve to deter individuals from engaging in criminal behavior. In addition, the stigma that attaches to imprisonment should dissuade criminals from recidivism. Hip hop culture denounces crime and punishment in the …


Dirty Business: Legal Prophylaxis For Nosocomial Infections, Robert E. Steinbuch May 2009

Dirty Business: Legal Prophylaxis For Nosocomial Infections, Robert E. Steinbuch

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Racist, Robert E. Steinbuch May 2009

Racist, Robert E. Steinbuch

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Creating A Journal: Two Perspectives, Coleen M. Barger, Lindsey P. Gustafson Apr 2009

Creating A Journal: Two Perspectives, Coleen M. Barger, Lindsey P. Gustafson

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Application Of The U.C.C. To Nonpayment Virtual Assets Or Digital Art, Sarah Howard Jenkins Jan 2009

Application Of The U.C.C. To Nonpayment Virtual Assets Or Digital Art, Sarah Howard Jenkins

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Developing A State Constitutional Law Strategy In New Mexico Criminal Prosecutions, J. Thomas Sullivan Jan 2009

Developing A State Constitutional Law Strategy In New Mexico Criminal Prosecutions, J. Thomas Sullivan

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This article includes a review of the process by which the New Mexico courts have developed an independent state constitutional jurisprudence reflecting more expansive protections of individual rights than those afforded by the Federal Constitution, as interpreted in the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. It addresses the existing body of state constitutional law and suggests possibilities for further developments, including both the substantive aspects of state constitutional topics and the procedural requirements for asserting state constitutional protections as alternative sources for protection of individual rights. It documents how far New Mexico has come in developing a state constitutional …


Can We Talk? How Triggers For Unconscious Racism Strengthen The Importance Of Dialogue, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro Jan 2009

Can We Talk? How Triggers For Unconscious Racism Strengthen The Importance Of Dialogue, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro

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Overlooking Tort Claimants' Best Interests: Non-Debtor Releases In Asbestos Bankruptcies , Joshua M. Silverstein Jan 2009

Overlooking Tort Claimants' Best Interests: Non-Debtor Releases In Asbestos Bankruptcies , Joshua M. Silverstein

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The asbestos crisis has spawned the development of extraordinary new remedies. One of the most dramatic and controversial is known as a "non-debtor release," a bankruptcy order extinguishing claims against a party who has not itself filed for bankruptcy. Also known as a "third-party release," this form of relief first found acceptance in early asbestos insolvencies. Since that time, Congress has passed a statute—§ 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code—that expressly authorizes non-debtor releases in asbestos reorganizations. Powerful remedies are subject to abuse, and third-party releases are no exception. In this article, I argue that bankruptcy courts and litigants have overlooked …


Externships: A Signature Pedagogy For The Apprenticeship Of Professional Identity And Purpose, Kelly S. Terry Jan 2009

Externships: A Signature Pedagogy For The Apprenticeship Of Professional Identity And Purpose, Kelly S. Terry

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Kidneys, Cash, And Kashrut: A Legal, Economic, And Religious Analysis Of Selling Kidneys, Robert E. Steinbuch Jan 2009

Kidneys, Cash, And Kashrut: A Legal, Economic, And Religious Analysis Of Selling Kidneys, Robert E. Steinbuch

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The Butterfly Effect Of Politics Over Principle: The Debate Over The Unborn Victims Of Violence Act And The Motherhood Protection Act, Robert E. Steinbuch Jan 2009

The Butterfly Effect Of Politics Over Principle: The Debate Over The Unborn Victims Of Violence Act And The Motherhood Protection Act, Robert E. Steinbuch

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