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Brief For The United States In Opposition

Lummi Nation v. Samish Indian Tribe, Docket No. 05-445 (546 U.S. 1090 (2006))

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Conversations In Legal Education: Herbert Lazerow, December 5, 2005, Herbert Lazerow

Conversations in Legal Education

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Vol. 29, No. 14 (December 5, 2005)

Indiana Law Annotated

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Report On The Second China-Asean Expo 18-21 October 2005, Nanning, Guangxi, China, Sompong Sucharitkul

Publications

This is a preliminary report on the Second CHINA-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA, aliter ACFTA for ASEAN-CHINA) Exposition at Nanning in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China on 18-21 October 2005. The purpose of this report is to bring to the attention of international business circles, traders and investors alike from within and outside the CAFTA geographical confines new openings and continuing phenomenal growth in business and investment opportunities in the combined ASEAN-CHINA region of East and South-East Asia with a thriving body of 1.85 billion consumers, by far the largest potential single market on earth at any …

Redesigning Practice To Improve Care Delivery (Boston), Laura A. Dummit, Lisa Sprague

National Health Policy Forum

This site visit focused on how the practice of medicine is changing or can be changed to improve care delivery across the spectrum of patient populations. Regarded as a “medical Mecca,” Boston is home to the academic health centers and teaching hospitals where many of the nation’s physicians are trained. As a center of innovation, Boston prides itself on its high bar with respect to standards of care. Panels addressed the used of clinical information technology (IT) in the physician’s office, in the hospital, and community-wide. Participants observed how IT is being used to further the mission of community health …

Workplace Flexibility 2010: Facts On Short Term Time Off, Jean Flatley Mcguire, Kaitlyn Kenney

Memos and Fact Sheets

Short Term Time Off (STO) refers to job-protected time away from the workplace (generally 5 days or less) to address anticipated or unexpected issues of limited duration. STO may be scheduled or unscheduled, depending on the underlying need. STO enables workers to address the routine and emergency situations that occur in everybody’s lives.

The need for STO may arise, for example, because a worker or worker’s child is sick or has a routine doctor’s appointment, because a worker has to wait for the plumber or apply for benefits or go to court, or because a worker needs to attend a …

Protection Of "Persona" In The Eu And In The Us: A Comparative Analysis, Anna E. Helling

LLM Theses and Essays

The American Right of Publicity has been developed and applied differently in the states of the U.S. for several decades and still several questions remain regarding the nature of the right. In Europe, many countries seem to follow the American development or have a similar right protecting the commercial value of a person’s identity emerging in their legal system. With the constant globalization and increase in interaction of the sports and entertainment markets in the world, harmonization of the different rules protecting this commercial interest in a persona is necessary to grant sufficient protection. This work is a comparative study …

Appeal No. 0751: Century Well Services V. Division Of Mineral Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Chief's Order2005-41

Nothing Dismal About It: Researching Environmental Law Without Getting Swamped, Jennifer Sekula

Library Staff Publications

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How High Do Cartels Raise Prices? Implications For Optimal Cartel Fines, John M. Connor, Robert H. Lande

All Faculty Scholarship

This Article examines whether the current penalties in the United States Sentencing Guidelines are set at the appropriate levels to deter cartels optimally The authors analyze two data sets to determine how high on average cartels raise prices. The first consists of every published scholarly economic study of the effects of cartels on prices in individual cases. The second consists of every final verdict in a US. antitrust case in which a neutral finder of fact reported collusive overcharges. They report average overcharges of 49% and 31% for the two data sets, and median overcharges of 25% and 22%. They …

Leopold & Morel: A Story Of ‘Free Trade’ And ‘Native Rights’ In The Congo Free State, Padideh Ala'i

Working Papers

This article explores the role of the doctrine of free trade in the creation of the Congo State in 1885 and the relationship between free trade and native rights with respect to the subsequent campaign to reform the colonial administration of the Congo State. On one hand, King Leopold II of Belgium successfully used the rhetoric of free trade and native rights to camouflage his personal ambitions in Africa. He set up international associations with the stated aim of "exploring and civilizing Africa" through "legitimate trade" and "suppression of the slave trade", Leopold convinced the major European powers and the …

Alexander Campbell King Law Library Strategic Plan, 2005-2007, University Of Georgia Law Library

Strategic Plan Documents

This nine page document last revised in December 2005 served as the strategic plan for the University of Georgia School of Law's Library. It contains goals, objectives and strategies. This document served as an approximately three-year guide for the librarians, staff, their services, and library resources. until the next set of revisions took place in March 2007. In 2006 the library did a cumulative review for the first time of the progress so far on this 2005 strategic plan. It is attached here as an additional document. In subsequent years the library would repeat this review process for 2007, 2008 …

The Forum (Volume 35, Number 5), Valparaiso University School Of Law

Valparaiso Law School Forum

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The Immorality Of Textualism, Andrei Marmor

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Expert Testimony In Capital Sentencing: Juror Responses, John H. Montgomery, J. Richard Ciccone, Stephen P. Garvey, Theodore Eisenberg

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Furman v. Georgia (1972), held that the death penalty is constitutional only when applied on an individualized basis. The resultant changes in the laws in death penalty states fostered the involvement of psychiatric and psychologic expert witnesses at the sentencing phase of the trial, to testify on two major issues: (1) the mitigating factor of a defendant’s abnormal mental state and (2) the aggravating factor of a defendant’s potential for future violence. This study was an exploration of the responses of capital jurors to psychiatric/psychologic expert testimony during capital sentencing. The Capital Jury Project is …

Property As Entrance, Eduardo M. Peñalver

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Appeal No. 0752: Randy D. Brown V. Division Of Mineral Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Chief's Order 2005-47

Highlights Of Legislative Accomplishments Of 2005, California Senate Office Of Research

California Senate

"Highlights of Legislative Accomplishments of 2005" summarizes significant measures passed by the Legislature this year. The document is arranged by policy area and includes actions taken by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2005 the governor signed 729 measures and vetoed 232. Of those signed into law, most will take effect on January 1, 2006.

Book Review: Legal Writing Advice: Questions And Answers, Lisa Mazzie Hatlen

Faculty Publications

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Administrative Law Judge Upholds Ftc Complaint Ordering Evanston Northwesternhealthcare Corporation To Unwind Five-Year-Old Acquisition , James Lowe, Alexander Krulic

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Antitrust Series

On October 21, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Administrative Law Judge Stephen J. McGuire had ordered Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation (ENH) to divest Highland Park Hospital, located in a Chicago suburb. (The decision can be found at http://www.ftc. gov/os/adjpro/d9315/051021idtextversion. pdf.) ENH had acquired Highland Park five years ago for $200 million. In an administrative complaint issued in February 2004, the FTC alleged that the acquisition had resulted in "substantially lessened competition" and higher prices for insurers and healthcare consumers for general acute care inpatient services sold to managed care organizations. In upholding part of the complaint, Judge …

Kentucky River At The Intersection Of Professional And Supervisory Status: Fertile Delta Or Bermuda Triangle?, Marley S. Weiss

Faculty Scholarship

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Georgia Controlled Substance Law, Paul Ghanouni

Law Library Student-Authored Works

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Appealing Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Constance Stansell

Law Library Student-Authored Works

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Income Tax Liabilities And Possible Bankruptcy Solutions, Brent Howard

Law Library Student-Authored Works

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Domestic Violence Victims' Rights, Leslie Donaho

Law Library Student-Authored Works

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The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, Tonya Piper

Law Library Student-Authored Works

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Assisted Reproductive Technology And The Law, Margaret Akin

Law Library Student-Authored Works

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Fourth Amendment Protection From Government Intrusion Of E-Mail And Internet Communications, William Randall King

Law Library Student-Authored Works

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The Role Of The Irrevocable Trust In Estate Planning, Peter Bricks

Law Library Student-Authored Works

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Vol. 4, No. 01 (December 2005)

Indiana Law Update

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