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Washington's Implementation Of Legalized Cannabis: A Model For Other States And The Federal Government, Bruce Turcott, Daniel Shortt

Washington Law Review

This Article examines the process and outcomes of cannabis legalization in Washington State, offering insights for other states and potential federal legalization schemes. It begins with an overview of the campaign that led to the passage of Initiative 502 (I-502), detailing the initiative’s structure, which draws from liquor licensing laws. The Article then explores the establishment of a recreational cannabis market from scratch, focusing on agency structure, federal responses such as the Cole Memorandum, and the state’s regulatory framework aimed at preventing adverse outcomes.

Additionally, this Article highlights Washington’s efforts to promote social equity, emphasizing that I-502 was framed as …

A Practical Guide For Using The Rps Negotiation And Mediation Coach, John Lande

Faculty Publications

This two-page guide introduces the RPS Negotiation and Mediation Coach, an AI-powered tool grounded in Real Practice Systems (RPS) theory. It explains who can use RPS Coach, how it supports good decision-making, and the range of tasks it can perform. It is designed for attorneys, mediators, parties, ADR program administrators, educators, and students to improve the quality of dispute resolution practice, program design, and legal education. Practitioners and parties can use it to prepare for, participate in, and reflect on negotiation and mediation. Faculty can use it to develop syllabi, assignments, and simulations. Users can explore ideas, generate drafts, and …

State Constitutional Rights, Naturally, Daniel B. Rodriguez

UMKC Law Review

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Work Without Borders: Legal Challenges In The Age Of Remote And Hybrid Employment, Kiera Doughty

The Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review

The shift to remote and hybrid work arrangements in recent years has fundamentally changed employment practices, offering increased flexibility while also creating complex legal and regulatory issues for employees, employers, and state authorities, specifically in the tax and human resources contexts. The current system of state and local laws inadequately addresses these issues, leading to double taxation, compliance problems, and legal disputes. In addition to taxation complexities, remote work environments have introduced unique risks related to online discrimination and harassment, as well as broader issues such as privacy, monitoring, and equitable workplace protections. If left unresolved, employers could face costly …

Exit Planning And Emigration Aspirations Among Trans And Nonbinary U.S. Citizens, Jayesh Rathod

Presentations

Public Procurement Law—Time Is Money: Evaluating Efficiency Challenges And Cost Implications Within Arkansas’S P3 Statute, Julia Matchett

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Tort Law—Right For All The Wrong Reasons: Allocating Fault To Immune Nonparties In The Wake Of Industrial Iron Works V. Hodge, Louis Rhodes Houser

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law—Arkansas’S Unconstitutional Gun Restrictions For The Formerly Mentally Ill, Michael Frost

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Effective Legal Challenge To Agency Action: Litigating Against The Cfpb In The Post-Chevron Environment, Lucy C. Bartholomew

North Carolina Banking Institute

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Front Matter, North Carolina Banking Institute

North Carolina Banking Institute

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Medical Debt Regulation And Law: Effects On Consumers And Industry, Julian C. Surprise

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

Mitigation That Worked: Empirical Evidence Of Why Jurors Rejected The Death Penalty In Some Highly Aggravated Capital Cases, Russell Stetler, Maria Mclaughlin, Susan Garvey

Hofstra Law Review

Over several years, we have documented over 625 highly aggravated cases where jurors declined to impose the death penalty at sentencing. These cases support our belief that the effective investigation and presentation of mitigating evidence can forestall a death sentence no matter how death-worthy the crime facts may appear at first glance. However, our previous publications shed no light on the specific mitigation evidence that inspired jurors to reject the death penalty in individual cases. This Article summarizes readily available documentary sources from over five hundred cases (more than eighty percent of all the cases in our database), utilizing special …

Divorce And Asset Distribution: Taking Stock Of Options, Mark Strasser

Hofstra Law Review

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Peek-A-Boo,They Are Watching You: Breach Of Individual Privacy Rights Through The Use Of Artificial Intelligence Powered Facial Recognition Technology, Lauren E. Baffo

Hofstra Law Review

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The True Cost Of Student Debt: How The "Undue Burden" Standard In Student Loan Dischargeability Impacts Mental Health, Diversity, And The Legal Profession, Matthew Lee Demestrio

Hofstra Law Review

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Beyond Bingo: How Class Ii Bingo-Based "Slot Machines" Are Reshaping Tribal-State Dynamics, Kelsey Henderson

UNLV Gaming Law Journal

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Economic Development For Native Nevada: How Indian Gaming Can Further Tribal Self-Determination, Makai Zuniga

UNLV Gaming Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Why Top Law Schools Have Fewer Women Law Professors, Kimberly Coleman

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Countless individuals have made remarkable strides in advancing equality, but the work is far from over, especially for women in the legal field. Iowa set an early precedent by admitting Arabella Mansfield to the bar in 1869, and pioneers like Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett became the first American women law instructors in 1896. Yet, despite these breakthroughs, systemic barristers persisted. Dr. Eleanor T. Glueck, despite attending law school in 1928 to research criminology and holding a doctorate in education, was never able to hold a teaching position. Between 1900 and 1945, only three women secured tenure or held …

Dobbs And The New Doctrine Of Stare Decisis, Russell A. Miller

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Alongside the historic and troubling annulment of the half-century-old Substantive Due Process right to abortion, Dobbs produced another significant outcome. To get its substantive constitutional law result, the Court’s majority also had to reconceive—and significantly weaken—the doctrine of stare decisis. This was necessary because, following Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, the constitutional right to abortion largely depended on respect for precedent as the basis for its survival. To overturn Roe, the Dobbs majority had to blast through the established practice of precedent and articulate a new doctrine of stare decisis. It seems that precedent …

The Article V Convention Threat Awakens: Looking Within, Abroad, And Ahead, Willow Hasson

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

The Convention of States (COS) movement likely represents the passionate factions that Founders, like Madison, warned against and should thus be taken seriously. COS is now practicing its Article V Convention simulations every few years so that when it reaches its threshold of captured state legislatures, its processes will be fine-tuned, and there will be no going back. Not only could COS one day succeed, as evidenced by their supporters reaching new heights of politics, but their concerns are also worth focusing on as they point to an American constitutional flaw. Their frenzy for change is misdirected, and they aim …

Fee-Shifting Shortcuts, Maureen Carroll

Articles

Federal fee-shifting statutes, which allow certain prevailing plaintiffs to recover a reasonable attorney’s fee from the defendant, are critically important to civil rights enforcement. When it comes to the interpretation of these statutes, however, a wide gap separates the doctrine articulated by the Supreme Court and the decisions issued by lower courts. According to the Supreme Court, the calculation of a feeshifting award requires a highly contextualized inquiry, specific to the plaintiff’s attorneys and claims; in the lower courts, by contrast, judges take a set of welltrodden shortcuts that flatten many of the differences the case law makes relevant.

This …

Deputization And Privileged White Violence, Ekow N. Yankah

Articles

A number of high-profile and racially charged killings, such as Trayvon Martin’s, Kenneth Herring’s, Ahmaud Arbery’s, and Jordan Neely’s, have been at the hands of civilians declaring themselves the law. These deaths stemmed from a phenomenon best described as “deputization.” Deputization describes a latent legal power that has empowered White people throughout American history to claim authority to enforce the law, as they see it, upon racial minorities generally and Black people in particular. This power turned the ancient common law duty to police all felons in England into a specific American common law duty to police Blacks. From the …

Whatever Happened To Queenie's Law?, Virginia C. Thomas

Library Scholarly Publications

This column illustrates how the history of a specific legislative measure that has been introduced over multiple legislative sessions can deepen our understanding of its legislative purpose.

Regionalism And The Federal Reserve Banks, Kathryn Judge, Lev Menand

University of Chicago Law Review

Regionalism is central to our country’s central banking system. Rather than rely on a single organization to set monetary policy and oversee banks, Congress created a multiplicity of bodies including twelve Federal Reserve Banks (FRBs), each designed to operate in a different part of the country. These FRBs are an early and undertheorized example of how the federal government uses regional bodies to formulate and administer federal policy. When they were first authorized in 1913, their regional character assuaged concerns about centralizing power over the economy. Today, the FRBs continue to play a number of important roles, helping to shape …

Securities Regulation And Administrative Law In The Roberts Court, David Zaring

University of Chicago Law Review

This Essay compares a judicial revolution that is happening to one that is not. Both the change and the status quo are being managed by the current Supreme Court. That Court has, when it comes to administrative law, shown a capacity to revisit everything. But when it comes to securities regulation, it has resisted change. What is the explanation for this divergent approach between general regulation, which the Court has sought to police, and securities regulation, which the Court has left alone? Some scholars have argued that the Supreme Court is simply uninterested in securities regulation, but the Court now …

Financial Hardship And Forum Selection Clauses, John F. Coyle

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Zero-Sum Environmentalism: Competing Tax Incentives For Solar Farms And Wildlife Conservation Land, Nathaniel Swigart

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

H.B. 76’S Trojan Horse: An Analysis Of Certificate Of Need Reform In North Carolina, Morgan W. Lee

North Carolina Law Review

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Undeterred: On The North Carolina General Assembly’S Decision To Double Down On Criminalizing The Opioid Epidemic, Drew Alexander

North Carolina Law Review

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The Hardest Thing I'Ve Ever Done: Reentry Realities Of Criminalized Survivors, Emunah Evans, Marsha Weissman, Deborah M. Weissman

North Carolina Law Review

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