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Fortify Yourself, George Kuney, Telford Fogerty, Devin Lyon Oct 2012

Fortify Yourself, George Kuney, Telford Fogerty, Devin Lyon

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Redefining Summary Judgment By Statute: Has The General Assembly Overruled The Tennessee Supreme Court’S Decision In Hannan?, Matthew Lyon, Judy Cornett Apr 2012

Redefining Summary Judgment By Statute: Has The General Assembly Overruled The Tennessee Supreme Court’S Decision In Hannan?, Matthew Lyon, Judy Cornett

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Gina, Privacy, & Antisubordination, Brad Areheart Jan 2012

Gina, Privacy, & Antisubordination, Brad Areheart

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This Essay briefly considers both the current and optimal role of privacy in employment discrimination jurisprudence. The recently passed Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is illustrative of one way to value privacy through employment discrimination mandates. In particular, GINA includes a prohibition on the use of genetic information in all employment decisions, affording a measure of genetic privacy to potential and current employees.GINA stands in contrast to prior employment discrimination statutes, which have often encouraged or required employers to be knowledgeable of and consider particular identity traits through policies such as reasonable accommodation and affirmative action, and the disparate impact …


Contested Elections As Secret Weapon: Legislative Control Over Judicial Decisionmaking, Matthew Lyon, Judy Cornett Jan 2012

Contested Elections As Secret Weapon: Legislative Control Over Judicial Decisionmaking, Matthew Lyon, Judy Cornett

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Fatherhood By Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination And The Duty Of Child Support, Michael Higdon Jan 2012

Fatherhood By Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination And The Duty Of Child Support, Michael Higdon

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Nathaniel was a California teenager who became a father in 1995. The mother of Nathaniel’s child was named Ricci, and at the time of conception, she was thirty-four years old. Nathaniel, however, was merely fifteen. Although Nathaniel admitted to having sex with Ricci voluntarily about five times, the fact that he was under sixteen years of age at the time made it legally impossible for him to consent to sexual intercourse. In other words, under California law, Nathaniel was not only a new father, but was also a victim of statutory rape. Nonetheless, in a subsequent action for child support, …


State Legislative Efforts To Improve Access To Venture Capital, Brian Krumm Jan 2012

State Legislative Efforts To Improve Access To Venture Capital, Brian Krumm

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Federal Income Tax Issues Of Financially Troubled Corporations, Don Leatherman Jan 2012

Federal Income Tax Issues Of Financially Troubled Corporations, Don Leatherman

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Talking Union In Two Languages Labor Rights And Immigrant Workers In East Tennessee, Frances Ansley Jan 2012

Talking Union In Two Languages Labor Rights And Immigrant Workers In East Tennessee, Frances Ansley

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The Anticlassification Turn In Employment Discrimination Law, Brad Areheart Jan 2012

The Anticlassification Turn In Employment Discrimination Law, Brad Areheart

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The distinction between antisubordination and anticlassification has existed since the 1970s and has been frequently invoked by scholars to advocate for certain readings of antidiscrimination law. The anticlassification principle prohibits practices that classify people on the basis of a forbidden category. In contrast, the antisubordination principle allows classification (or consideration of, for example, race or sex) to the extent the classification is intended to challenge group subordination.While most scholars writing about antisubordination and anticlassification have done so in the context of equal protection, this Article systematically applies antisubordination and anticlassification values to assess recent developments in employment discrimination law and …