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Flesh Of My Flesh But Not My Heir: Unintended Disinheritance, Laura M. Padilla
Flesh Of My Flesh But Not My Heir: Unintended Disinheritance, Laura M. Padilla
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This article briefly explains how the laws of intestacy and adoption work together, providing background information on second parent adoptions. It then describes why these laws are inadequate for same sex partners who adopt each others' children. It is impractical to cover statutes throughout the United States, and because I seek legal reform in California, this article focuses on California statutes, with occasional reference to the Uniform Probate Code. However, the problems caused by California's statutes also arise in other states with similar statutes. Therefore, the issues raised in this article, as well as the solutions proposed, are relevant in …
Same-Sex Marriage And The Public Policy Exception In Choice-Of-Law: Does It Really Exist?, Barbara Cox
Same-Sex Marriage And The Public Policy Exception In Choice-Of-Law: Does It Really Exist?, Barbara Cox
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You Really Have Come A Long Way: An Analysis And Comparison Of Role Conflict Experienced By Women Attorneys Today And By Educated Women Twenty Years Ago, Jackie Slotkin
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Field Placement Programs: Practices, Problems And Possibilities, Robert F. Seibel, Linda H. Morton
Field Placement Programs: Practices, Problems And Possibilities, Robert F. Seibel, Linda H. Morton
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This article presents empirical data on externship programs in hopes of creating a nationwide clearinghouse for those engaging in and evaluating such programs. The authors analyze the implications of their data, both to better understand and support the pedagogical value of externship programs, as well as to evaluate the effect of the more recent ABA regulations imposed on these programs.
Helping, Doing, And The Grammar Of Complicity, Daniel B. Yeager
Helping, Doing, And The Grammar Of Complicity, Daniel B. Yeager
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This essay is about the grammatical and, to a lesser extent, moral aspects of the law of complicity, which treats someone who helps someone else commit a crime as though the helper himself committed the crime. The point I hope to make here is similar to the one Professor Phillip Johnson made about what he called "the unnecessary crime of conspiracy."
Searches, Seizures, Confessions, And Some Thoughts On Criminal Procedure: Regulation Of Police Investigation -- Legal, Historical, Empirical, And Comparative Materials, Daniel B. Yeager
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Criminal procedure casebooks densely populate the market but rarely are reviewed. In Criminal Procedure: Regulation of Police Investigation-Legal, Historical, Empirical, and Comparative Materials, Christopher Slobogin copes with the anxiety of influence by writing a different sort of text. Simply put, the book is outwardly somewhat homely. Aesthetics aside, the book is mostly excellent and astonishingly so for a first edition. As the subtitle promises, the book has something for everyone: historians, empiricists, comparativists, theoreticians, case-crunchers, and practitioners. This review essay tracks the book's crowning achievement-the refreshing and inventive "perspectives" chapter that opens the book. The essay then reflects on …
Dire Wolf Collects His Due While The Boys Sit By The Fire: Why Michigan Cannot Afford To Buy Into The Death Penalty, Justin P. Brooks, Jeanne Huey Erickson
Dire Wolf Collects His Due While The Boys Sit By The Fire: Why Michigan Cannot Afford To Buy Into The Death Penalty, Justin P. Brooks, Jeanne Huey Erickson
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Small Business And Copyright Ownership, Niels Schaumann
Small Business And Copyright Ownership, Niels Schaumann
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This article attempts to facilitate the recognition of situations involving copyright and the appropriate arrangements regarding ownership of the right. Part II briefly outlines some copyright basics, including the varieties of copyrightable subject matter under the Copyright Act of 1976. Part III describes copyright ownership, focusing on the kinds of transactions most likely to take place in the context of small business, including the “work for hire” doctrine. Armed with these fundamentals, the small-business lawyer may find that copyright litigation will rarely become necessary.