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The National Security Implications And Potential Solutions For The Unintended Consequences Of The 1980 Bayh-­‐Dole Act On Brain-­‐Injured Veterans From The Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan, Colonel Noel Christian Pace

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the “signature wound” seen in veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from which the U.S. now has over 20,000 young veterans living with TBI. However, some unintended consequences of the Bayh-­‐Dole Act of 1980, a law designed to tap the “secret weapon” of federally funded research & development (R&D) to help the U.S. return to competitiveness after the recession of the late 1970’s, are now preventing these heroes from getting the treatment and cures they need. This article reviews the history of American academia’s close cooperation with the U.S. government in solving military …

Where Is The Justice? The Sexual Assault Crisis Plaguing The Military And A Lack Of Meaningful Justice, Marc Edward Rosenthal

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Don’T Let Slip The Dogs Of War: An Argument For Reclassifying Military Working Dogs As “Canine Members Of The Armed Forces”, Michael J. Kranzler

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Killing Conscience: The Unintended Behavioral Consequences Of "Pay For Performance", Lynn A. Stout

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Contemporary lawmakers and reformers often argue that ex ante incentive contracts providing for large material rewards are the best and possibly only way to motivate corporate executives and other employees to serve their firms' interests. This Article offers a critique of the "pay for performance" approach. In particular, it explores why, for a variety of mutually reinforcing reasons, workplaces that rely on ex ante incentive contracts suppress unselfish prosocial behavior (conscience) and promote selfishness and opportunism. The end result may not be more efficient, but more uncooperative, unethical, and illegal employee behavior.

Learning By Doing: Adding A Clinical Component To A Traditional Family Law Course, Cynthia Grant Bowman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This paper describes a clinical component recently added to the course in Family Law at Cornell Law School. Students who are either co-registered for or have previously taken Family Law receive an extra two credits for clinical work under the instructor's supervision. Each student undertakes to represent at least one client, who is referred from Neighborhood Legal Services, from the initial client interview through drafting, filing and service of the many documents required to obtain a final judgment for dissolution of marriage in New York State. In order to complete this work in one semester, the students do relatively simple …

Predicitive Coding: The New E-Discovery, Emmanuel Alvarez

Cornell Law School J.D. Student Research Papers

Predictive coding is currently the most efficient and cost effective method for electronic discovery. Predictive coding combines a good balance of human and computer components to continuously provide a set of seed documents to better assist and find conceptual relevance between potential discovery documents. The organization and method of topic categories reduces the costs for litigation overall. However, the continuous reasonableness standard used by the courts must still be met. With the more elaborate predictive coding, the court and small firms may have difficulty in judging whether the process was reasonable. This may cause potential hurdles, or even potentially changing …

Throwing Dirt On Doctor Frankenstein’S Grave: Access To Experimental Treatments At The End Of Life, Michael J. Malinowski

Journal Articles

All U.S. federal research funding triggers regulations to protect human subjects known as the Common Rule, a collaborative government effort that spans seventeen federal agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services has been in the process of re-evaluating the Common Rule comprehensively after decades of application and in response to the jolting advancement of biopharmaceutical science. The Common Rule designates specific groups as “vulnerable populations”—pregnant women, fetuses, children, prisoners, and those with serious mental comprehension challenges—and imposes heightened protections of them. This article addresses a question at the cornerstone of regulations to protect human subjects as biopharmaceutical research and …

Vol. 31, No. 2, Margaret Angelucci, Amanda Clark, Susan Matta

The Illinois Public Employee Relations Report

The Future of Public Sector Bargaining: One Decision to undo Them All, by Margaret Angelucci, Amanda Clark, and Susan Matta

Recent Developments

Faculty Perspectives - Spring 2014, Iit Chicago-Kent College Of Law

Faculty Perspectives

IIT Chicago-Kent Faculty Perspectives is published regularly to highlight recent faculty scholarship at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. This issue features excerpts from new articles by Stephanie Stern, Nancy Marder, Ronald Staudt, and Martin Malin.

Before The Smoke Cleared: Decision-Making In The Immediate Aftermath Of 9/11, Brian M. Stewart

University of Miami Law Review

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Going Long On Shorts, Scott Squires

University of Miami Law Review

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Avoiding The First Amendment's Crosshairs: Revisiting Precedents & Refining Arguments In Brown V. Entertainment Merchants Association, Daniel Butler

University of Miami Law Review

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Corrections For Racial Disparities In Law Enforcement, Christopher L. Griffin Jr., Frank A. Sloan, Lindsey M. Eldred

William & Mary Law Review

Much empirical analysis has documented racial disparities at the beginning and end stages of criminal cases. However, our understanding about the perpetuation of—and even corrections for—differential outcomes in the process remains less than complete. This Article provides a comprehensive examination of criminal dispositions using all DWI cases in North Carolina from 2001 to 2011, focusing on several major decision points in the process. Starting with pretrial hearings and culminating in sentencing results, we track differences in outcomes by race and gender. Before sentencing, significant gaps emerge in the severity of pretrial release conditions that disadvantage black and Hispanic defendants. Yet …

What's In A Game? A Test Under Which We May Call A "Vgt" A Gambling Game Is Not So Sweet: Why Courts Should Not Apply The Material Element Test To Vgts, Erica Okerberg

UNLV Gaming Law Journal

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How Should The Past Inform The Future? Reviewing Regulating Internet Gaming: Challenges And Opportunities, Keith C. Miller

UNLV Gaming Law Journal

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Gender Diversity On Corporate Boards: How Racial Politics Impedes Progress In The United States, Cheryl L. Wade

Faculty Publications

The excellent conference organized by Darren Rosenblum comparing global approaches to board diversity inspired me to think about how progress in this context has unfolded in the United States. Even though the issue of diversity on corporate boards has become a global issue, few U.S. boards have moved beyond mere tokenism when it comes to female directors. One reason for the lack of diversity among corporate directors is that board selection has been based on membership in a particular network. This essay, however, focuses on the persisting problem of discrimination—a more invidious explanation for the fact that very few corporate …

Annual Report 2013, Forum Staff

National Health Policy Forum

This annual report describes the activities of the Forum during the 2013 calendar year, and provides a snapshot of our participants and resources.

Missouri River Reservoirs In A Century Of Climate Change: National Or Local Resource?, John H. Davidson

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Taking On Water: The Supreme Court Rejects A Temporary Flooding Exception To Fifth Amendment Notes, Elizabeth Judy

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Carbon Capture And Storage: How Bad Policy Is By-Passing Environmental Safeguards, Allison Kole

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.