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The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle For A Livable City, Regina Freer, Robert Gottlieb, Mark Vallianatos, Peter Dreier

Mark Vallianatos

While most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on Los Angeles as a bastion of corporate greed, business boosterism, political corruption, cheap labor, exploited immigrants, and unregulated sprawl, The Next Los Angeles tells a different story: that of the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative visions of social and economic justice. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the gathering momentum of L.A.'s progressive movement, including the 2005 landslide victory of Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor.

Voting Rights Act Reauthorization: Research-Based Recommendations To Improve Voting Access, Christopher Edley, Ana Henderson

Ana Henderson

No abstract provided.

Criminal Procedure: The Constitution And The Police, Examples And Explanations, Robert Bloom, Mark Brodin

Robert Bloom

No abstract provided.

Beginnings Of The 'Innocence Revolution', Timothy O'Neill

Timothy P. O'Neill

Howe V. Mgh And Hudson V. Texas Children's Hospital: Two Approaches To Resolving Family-Physician Disputes In End-Of-Life Care, Michael Moreland

Michael P. Moreland

No abstract provided.

Transforming Into An International Lawyer, Susan Franck

Susan D. Franck

No abstract provided.

Real-World Approach Leads Court To Dump Search, Timothy O'Neill

Timothy P. O'Neill

Time Travel, Hovercrafts, And The Framers: James Madison Sees The Future And Rewrites The Fourth Amendment, George Thomas

George C Thomas III

The Framers could not have contemplated the interpretational problems that cloud the Fourth Amendment because police, in the modern sense, were unknown to the Framers. Also unknown to the Framers, of course, were wiretaps, drug interdiction searches, thermal imagining, helicopters, and blood tests. We can infer from the history surrounding the Fourth Amendment what the Framers hoped it would accomplish in their time. What if the Framers could have seen the future and known the kind of police techniques that are being used today? What kind of Fourth Amendment would they have written with that knowledge? This article seeks to …

Thesis Paragraphs, Susan Duncan

Susan Duncan

This short bar magazine article helps readers see the importance of including thesis paragraphs in their writing. The article suggests helpful tips for writing powerful thesis paragraphs.

Having One's Property And Eating It Too: When The Article 9 Security Interest Becomes A Nuisance, F. Knippenberg, Lawrence Ponoroff

F. Stephen Knippenberg

No abstract provided.

Advancing Diversity At The University Of California, Berkeley Under Proposition 209, Christopher Edley

Christopher Edley

No abstract provided.

Copyright And Breathing Space, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

Requests, Commands Lost In Translation, Timothy O'Neill

Timothy P. O'Neill

The Legal Framework Surrounding Digital Rights Management Technologies, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

Human Rights And Natural Disaster : The Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hope Lewis

Hope Lewis

Why should we focus on human rights in the aftermath of a natural disaster? Governments and the international community are obligated—legally, politically, and morally—to undertake recovery efforts in ways that are consistent with the human rights of those most affected by disaster.

The December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami took the lives of more than 200,000 children, women, and men. Hundreds of thousands more were injured and millions displaced. Recognized as one of the worst natural disasters in recorded human history, the Indian Ocean tsunami remains a global issue. People in fourteen countries were directly affected as well as thousands …

From 'Tragedy' To 'Disaster': Welfare Effects Of Commons And Anticommons Dilemmas, Sven Vanneste, Francesco Parisi, Alain Vanhiel, Ben Depoorter

Ben Depoorter

In this paper, we explore the alleged symmetry between commons and anticommons dilemmas. Our experimental results reveal an interesting asymmetry. Anticommons situations generate greater opportunistic behavior than an equivalent commons dilemma (Study 1), and anticommons dilemmas yield a greater risk for underuse compared to commons dilemmas (Study 2). The results of the present study bring to light important deviations from the economic model, suggesting that other factors, such as behavioral attitudes towards property and psychological variables, affect cooperation differently in anticommons and commons dilemmas. Our findings complement the existing experimental literature on commons dilemmas and contradict the presumed economic symmetry …

The Financial Services Lawyer's Bookshelf: A Selected Bibliography Of Payment, Clearing And Settlement Resources, Christian Johnson, Robert Steigerwald

Christian A. Johnson

Horizontal Political Externalities: The Supply And Demand Of Disaster Management, Ben Depoorter

Ben Depoorter

This Article discusses the dynamics of shared political accountability and provides a supply- and demand-side analysis of disaster management. Because multiple levels of government share political accountability in national scale disasters, disaster management is subject to a collective action problem. Introducing the concept of horizontal political externalities, this Article explains the shortcomings of disaster management in terms of asymmetric political accountability costs for ex ante preparedness and ex post relief. In the presence of shared accountability, investments in prevention and relief by one government actor confer positive externalities upon other government actors by reducing the overall chance of being held …

Fantasies Of Defense Lawyers And Justices, Timothy O'Neill

Timothy P. O'Neill

No Thanks, Uncle Sam, You Can Keep Your Tax Break, James Edward Maule

James Edward Maule

This article addresses the question of whether income tax deductions are mandatory, or may be waived by the taxpayer when doing so generates a tax or non-tax benefit. What little authority exists suggests that deductions are optional except in two specific instances related to the computation of net earnings from self-employment. The increasing number of taxpayers subject to the alternative minimum tax, the amount of which can be reduced in many instances by foregoing deductions, makes it very likely that the question will reach the courts in the near future. This article concludes that aside from the two specific instances …

The Rush To Limit Judicial Review, Jill Family

Jill E. Family

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Felony Murder, Timothy P. O'Neill

Timothy P. O'Neill

The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle For A Livable City, Regina Freer, Robert Gottlieb, Mark Vallianatos, Peter Dreier

Regina Freer

While most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on Los Angeles as a bastion of corporate greed, business boosterism, political corruption, cheap labor, exploited immigrants, and unregulated sprawl, The Next Los Angeles tells a different story: that of the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative visions of social and economic justice. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the gathering momentum of L.A.'s progressive movement, including the 2005 landslide victory of Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor.

The Use Of The Corporate Monitor In Sec Enforcement Actions, Jennifer O'Hare

Jennifer O'Hare

This paper addresses the SEC's recent use of the corporate monitor as ancillary relief in its enforcement actions. The corporate monitor represents the latest example of the SEC seeking to shift its enforcement responsibilities to the public companies it regulates. Focusing on the role played by the corporate monitor imposed by the SEC in its enforcement action brought against WorldCom, this paper considers some of the dangers posed by the use of the corporate monitor, such as the whether the appointment of a corporate monitor constitutes impermissible overreaching by the SEC. The paper recognizes that the corporate monitor can be …

Computers Make Everything Easier - Except Counting, Darin Fox

Darin K. Fox

No abstract provided.

Boyd Ruling Still Shows Some Signs Of Life, Timothy O'Neill

Timothy P. O'Neill

What Helen Palsgraf Could Teach Illinois, Timothy O'Neill

Timothy P. O'Neill

Rules Are Made To Be Broken: How The Process Of Expedited Removal Fails Asylum Seekers, Michele Pistone, John Hoeffner

Michele R. Pistone

Immigration inspectors are authorized to deport persons who arrive at U.S. ports without valid travel documents. This process, which usually occurs within 48 hours and does not allow for judicial review, is called expedited removal. This article begins by summarizing the findings of the few studies allowed access to the process. The authors extrapolate from the studies to demonstrate that thousands of genuine asylum seekers have erroneously been deported via expedited removal. The greatest cause of erroneous deportation is a failure by the agency responsible for the process, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to follow its own rules. The heart …

Book Review, Caution! Music & Video Downloading: Your Guide To Legal, Safe, And Trouble-Free Downloads, Darin Fox

Darin K. Fox

No abstract provided.

Perjury Or Subornation Of Perjury; Bribery Of Witness: Model Sentencing Guidelines § 2j1, Steven Chanenson

Steven L. Chanenson

No abstract provided.