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Salt Equalizer, Vol. 1997, Issue 4, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Joyce Saltalamachia, Jim Jones to Receive 1998 SALT Teaching Award, at 1.

Michael Rooke-Ley, SALT Announces March and Rally in Support of Affirmative Action, at 1.

Linda S. Greene, President's Column, at 2.

Joyce Saltalamachia, SALT Board Meets in Washington, D.C., at 3.

Karen Czapanskiy, SALT Teaching Conference a Huge Success, at 4.

Sylvia A. Law, Law Professors as Political Activists, at 9.

SALT Events at the Annual AALS Meeting: San Francisco, at 11.

Resolution in Support of SALT C.A.R.E. March, at 12.

Lisa Ikemoto, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" …

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 1997, Issue 3, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Sumi Cho, SALT Launches "Action Campaign" for Diversity, at 1.

Jane Dolkart, SALT Teaching Conference: "Reconceiving Legal Pedagogy: Diversity in Classroom, Clinic, Theory and Practice," at 1.

Linda S. Greene, President's Column, at 2.

1997-1998 SALT Calendar, at 3.

Margalynne Armstrong, Ninth Annual Critical Race Theory Workshop Endorses SALT Action Campaign, at 9.

Resolution in Support of the SALT C.A.R.E. March: "Communities Affirming Real Equality," at 10.

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 1997, Issue 2, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Keith Curtis, Cover Conference a Grand Success: A Report from the Tenth Annual Robert Cover Public Interest Law Conference in New Hampshire, at 1.

Joyce Saltalamachia, A Diverse SALT Board Moves Ahead on Several Fronts, at 1.

SALT's "Haywood" Conference Affirming Action and Reconstructing Merit, at 3.

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 1997, Issue 1, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Howard A. Glickstein, 1996-97 SALT Salary Survey, at 1.

SALT Membership, at 1.

On Parol: The Construction And Interpretation Of Written Agreements And The Role Of Extrinsic Evidence In Contract Litigation, Keith A. Rowley

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As a general rule, extrinsic evidence, whether written or oral, is not admissible to prove either the intent of the parties to a contract or the meaning of contractual terms when the parties have executed an unambiguous, fully-integrated (i.e., final and all-inclusive) written agreement. The trial court may consider various types of extrinsic evidence, however, in determining whether a particular agreement is fully integrated or ambiguous, and even in choosing among rival interpretations of an agreement where ambiguity is not present. If the trial court determines that an agreement is not fully integrated, then the trier of fact may consider …

Scientific Testing & Proof Of Paternity: Some Controversy And Key Issues For Family Law Counsel, Christopher L. Blakesley

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Blood and tissue testing, especially DNA matching, have become important elements of both criminal and paternity or maternity litigation. Such scientific testing has become so important that it has taken on aspects that may cause it to benefit or to do harm to the judicial process or to any given case. This article focuses on the value and the dangers surrounding this interesting subject.

The 1995 Louisiana Supreme Court decision in Pace v. State reemphasized the importance of DNA testing generally and the significance of blood and tissue genetic testing used to exclude paternity. The advances in and importance of …

Jurisdiction, Definition Of Crimes, And Triggering Mechanisms, Christopher L. Blakesley

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The opportunity to create an international court that provides fair, equitable, and efficient justice is rare and important. It requires expertise in comparative and international law. Problems are serious, however. Failure to address the formidable problems could cause the Court to run a risk of failure that could be disastrous for international law, for the victims of the horrors that have occurred and that will occur, and for the world. Failure could come in at least two forms: (1) the Court could merely be a conduit for retribution after a pro-forma kangaroo court or (2) it will not have sufficient …