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What Ever Happened To The Appearance Of Fairness Doctrine? Local Land Use Decisions In An Age Of Statutory Process, W.T. Watterson
What Ever Happened To The Appearance Of Fairness Doctrine? Local Land Use Decisions In An Age Of Statutory Process, W.T. Watterson
Seattle University Law Review
All states guarantee constitutional due process and fairness for both judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings. They differ, however, on the legal standard of fairness to apply to quasi-judicial proceedings. Many states rely on due process guarantees, that is, a proceeding which is fair in actual substance and procedure. Washington, however, has adopted more of the judicial standard for quasi-judicial actions, requiring "a hearing not only fair in substance, but fair in appearance as well." This "appearance of fairness doctrine" was originally developed within the context of local land use decisions. Later, it was applied to a broader spectrum of administrative proceedings. …
E-Law4: Computer Information Systems Law And System Operator Liability, David J. Loundy
E-Law4: Computer Information Systems Law And System Operator Liability, David J. Loundy
Seattle University Law Review
This Article gives a summary of the current regulatory structure in the United States governing a few of the "Empires of Cyberspace," such as bulletin board systems, electronic databases, file servers, networks (such as the Internet) and the like. Different legal analogies that may apply will be illustrated, and some of their strengths, weaknesses, and alternatives will be analyzed. I will begin by looking at different types of computer information systems, and then the major legal issues surrounding computer information systems will be surveyed in brief. Next, the different legal analogies which could be applied to computer information systems will …