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Water Adequacy As An Essential Element For Empowering People, Nan Palmer, Ph.D. Jan 2012

Water Adequacy As An Essential Element For Empowering People, Nan Palmer, Ph.D.

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

"Water is essential for life."' Safe drinking water is so imperative that without it human beings can only survive for just two to four days; even less if compromised by ill health, heat, and other impinging conditions.


Animal Research In Medical Sciences: Seeking A Convergence Of Science, Medicine, And Animal Law, John J. Pippin Jan 2012

Animal Research In Medical Sciences: Seeking A Convergence Of Science, Medicine, And Animal Law, John J. Pippin

Laws and Legislation Collection

As the intersection of animal law and animal research becomes congested, it is appropriate to establish the scientific context in which laws regarding the use and care of research animals will operate. There are at least three components of this context that set the terms of the debate: ethics, science, and the legal status of animals. The following discussion will not address ethics; not because it isn’t important, but because it exists along a spectrum of objective and subjective positions that are often unassailable by argument and data. I can assure you as a former animal researcher that even in …


The Myth Of The Magic Circle: Rejecting A Single Governance Model, Trey Hickman, Kristin Hickman Jan 2012

The Myth Of The Magic Circle: Rejecting A Single Governance Model, Trey Hickman, Kristin Hickman

Articles

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Hormone Therapy For Postmenopausal Women: A Brief History Of Time, Cynthia A. Stuenkel Jan 2012

Hormone Therapy For Postmenopausal Women: A Brief History Of Time, Cynthia A. Stuenkel

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

All women who live long enough with ovaries intact will experience the menopause transition. This nearly universal, natural physiological event transcends mere biology, however. In our culture, the menopause also connotes a marker of aging. Margaret Meade considered menopause as the portal to a season of postmenopausal zest. Others, such as the infamous gynecologist Robert Wilson, approached menopause as an endocrine deficiency disorder with only negative sequelae in a woman's appearance, sexuality, and health. In an effort to relieve women's symptoms and to ward off the vagaries of aging, hormone therapy entered midstream medicine over fifty years ago. In an …


The Assault On Bad Food: Tobacco-Style Litigation As An Element Of The Comprehensive Scheme To Fight Obesity, Jada Fehn Jan 2012

The Assault On Bad Food: Tobacco-Style Litigation As An Element Of The Comprehensive Scheme To Fight Obesity, Jada Fehn

Faculty Scholarship

This article provides a summary of the obesity epidemic - the economic costs and importantly, some causes. The need for a comprehensive scheme will be explained by examining the shortfalls of current regulatory mechanisms. Next, this article will explain the three waves of tobacco litigation, the strategy involved in each, and why the third wave left an impact. Then, the current status of food litigation will be explained. Next, applying the tobacco model to big food, this article will make it clear that discovery is crucial in several respects. Lastly, an explicit call to action and a battle plan will …


Privacy & The Personal Prospectus: Should We Introduce Privacy Agents Or Regulate Privacy Intermediaries, Scott R. Peppet Jan 2012

Privacy & The Personal Prospectus: Should We Introduce Privacy Agents Or Regulate Privacy Intermediaries, Scott R. Peppet

Publications

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Juridical Personality And Intimacy , Michael Mcauley May 2011

Juridical Personality And Intimacy , Michael Mcauley

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Employment Division V. Smith: "The Sky That Didn't Fall", David B. Frohnmayer May 2011

Employment Division V. Smith: "The Sky That Didn't Fall", David B. Frohnmayer

Cardozo Law Review

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Same-Sex Marriage And The Schools: Potential Impact On Children Via Sexuality Education, A. Dean Byrd Mar 2011

Same-Sex Marriage And The Schools: Potential Impact On Children Via Sexuality Education, A. Dean Byrd

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Sticky Metaphors And The Persistence Of The Traditional Voluntary Manslaughter Doctrine, Elise J. Percy, Joseph L. Hoffman, Steven J. Sherman Feb 2011

Sticky Metaphors And The Persistence Of The Traditional Voluntary Manslaughter Doctrine, Elise J. Percy, Joseph L. Hoffman, Steven J. Sherman

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article begins with a curious puzzle: Why has the traditional voluntary manslaughter doctrine in criminal law-the so-called "heat of passion" defense to a charge of murder-proven so resistant to change, even in the face of more than a half-century of seemingly compelling empirical and normative arguments in favor of doctrinal reform? What could possibly account for the traditional doctrine's surprising resilience? In this Article, we propose a solution to this puzzle. The Article introduces a new conceptual theory about metaphor-the "sticky metaphor" theory-that highlights an important aspect of metaphorical language and metaphorical thought that has been almost completely overlooked …


The Resilience Principles: A Framework For New Ict Governance, Pierre De Vries Jan 2011

The Resilience Principles: A Framework For New Ict Governance, Pierre De Vries

Colorado Technology Law Journal

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Sociology And Human Rights Education: Beyond The Three Generations?, Mark Frezzo Jan 2011

Sociology And Human Rights Education: Beyond The Three Generations?, Mark Frezzo

Societies Without Borders

This article examines the uses and limitations of the prevailing classificatory schema in the field of human rights—a tripartite framework that delineates first-generation civil and political rights ensuring liberty, second-generation economic and social rights promoting equality, and third-generation group and cultural rights supporting solidarity. When applied strictly, the framework runs the risk of reifying the three categories, exaggerating the impact of the European Enlightenment on contemporary norms, and overlooking the historical contexts in which rights-claims emerge. Though useful for analytic and pedagogical purposes, the existing paradigm fails to capture the full spectrum of human rights violations and solutions in the …


Disabilitiy And Designer Babies, Brigham A. Fordham Jan 2011

Disabilitiy And Designer Babies, Brigham A. Fordham

Valparaiso University Law Review

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Structural Racism And The Law In America Today: An Introduction, William M. Wiecek Jan 2011

Structural Racism And The Law In America Today: An Introduction, William M. Wiecek

Kentucky Law Journal

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"Sticky Metaphors" And The Persistence Of The Traditional Voluntary Manslaughter Doctrine, Joseph L. Hoffmann, Elise J. Percy, Steven J. Sherman Jan 2011

"Sticky Metaphors" And The Persistence Of The Traditional Voluntary Manslaughter Doctrine, Joseph L. Hoffmann, Elise J. Percy, Steven J. Sherman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Religion: How To Stay Out Of Court, Kenneth Akers, Sara Rotramel, Jorge Wellmann Dec 2010

Religion: How To Stay Out Of Court, Kenneth Akers, Sara Rotramel, Jorge Wellmann

Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education (CNS 670)

In the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, it reads that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This single sentence, the Establishment Clause, is the backbone of religious freedom in the United States, and with its several annotations it has given shape and breadth to the concept of religion in America, more specifically our topic, i.e. …


Know Your Limit: How Legislatures Have Gone Overboard With Per Se Drunk Driving Laws And How Men Pay The Price, Andrew Gore Feb 2010

Know Your Limit: How Legislatures Have Gone Overboard With Per Se Drunk Driving Laws And How Men Pay The Price, Andrew Gore

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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A Dreadful Prognosis: Patentability Of Diagnostic And Personalized Medical Procedures In The Wake Of In Re Bilski, Matthew D. Show Jan 2010

A Dreadful Prognosis: Patentability Of Diagnostic And Personalized Medical Procedures In The Wake Of In Re Bilski, Matthew D. Show

UC Law Science and Technology Journal

Over the past few decades, patent applicants in certain technological fields are discovering a conflict inherent between the nature of their claimed inventions and judicial interpretation of Jefferson's Patent Act language throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries. This conflict is particularly apparent in the fields of diagnostic and personalized medicine. This note discusses both modern Supreme Court precedent regarding the requirements for a patentable method claim as how Bilski v. Doll, a business method case, threatens to make such methods unpatentable. Additionally, this note offers the results of an analysis demonstrating how patent agents and attorneys currently draft these types …


Values In Transition: The Chiricahua Apache From 1886-1914, John W. Ragsdale Jr Jan 2010

Values In Transition: The Chiricahua Apache From 1886-1914, John W. Ragsdale Jr

Faculty Works

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Values In Transition: The Chiricahua Apache From 1886-1914, John W. Ragsdale Jr. Jan 2010

Values In Transition: The Chiricahua Apache From 1886-1914, John W. Ragsdale Jr.

American Indian Law Review

Law confirms but seldom determines the course of a society. Values and beliefs, instead, are the true polestars, incrementally implemented by the laws, customs, and policies. The Chiricahua Apache, a tribal society of hunters, gatherers, and raiders in the mountains and deserts of the Southwest, were squeezed between the growing populations and economies of the United States and Mexico. Raiding brought response, reprisal, and ultimately confinement at the loathsome San Carlos Reservation. Though most Chiricahua submitted to the beginnings of assimilation, a number of the hardiest and least malleable did not. Periodic breakouts, wild raids through New Mexico and Arizona, …


Will Teachers Shed Their First Amendment Rights At The Schoolhouse Gate?, Jonel Newman Apr 2009

Will Teachers Shed Their First Amendment Rights At The Schoolhouse Gate?, Jonel Newman

University of Miami Law Review

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Emissions Trading Across China: Incorporating Hong Kong And Macau Into An Urgently Needed Air Pollution Control Regime Under One Country, Two Systems, Lin Feng, Jason Buhi Jan 2009

Emissions Trading Across China: Incorporating Hong Kong And Macau Into An Urgently Needed Air Pollution Control Regime Under One Country, Two Systems, Lin Feng, Jason Buhi

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

China's status as the world's largest sulfur dioxide emitter carries with it serious hazards to human and ecosystem health. The National People's Congress began to address this in 2000, when it promulgated national SO2 emissions caps. By 2010, S02 emissions across the Mainland were supposed to stabilize at pre-set baselines. Rather than decreasing, however, emissions are reaching alarming new levels. China needs a more powerful mechanism, such as an emissions trading scheme (ETS), to achieve lower levels of emissions. The United States' Acid Rain Program provides an almost ideal model, but a unique variable is added when Hong Kong and …


Gender-Benders': Sex And Law In The Constitution Of Polluted Bodies, Dayna Nadine Scott Jan 2009

Gender-Benders': Sex And Law In The Constitution Of Polluted Bodies, Dayna Nadine Scott

Articles & Book Chapters

This paper explores how law might conceive of the injury or harm of endocrine disruption as it applies to an aboriginal community experiencing chronic chemical pollution. The effect of the pollution in this case is not only gendered, but gendering: it seems to be causing the ‘production’ of two girl babies for every boy born on the reserve. This presents an opening to interrogate how law is implicated in the constitution of not just gender but sex. The analysis takes an embodied turn, attempting to validate the real and material consequences of synthetic chemicals acting on bodies — but uncovers …


A Tiny Problem With Huge Implications - Nanotech Agents As Enablers Or Substitutes For Banned Chemical Weapons: Is A New Treaty Needed?, Evan J. Wallach Jan 2009

A Tiny Problem With Huge Implications - Nanotech Agents As Enablers Or Substitutes For Banned Chemical Weapons: Is A New Treaty Needed?, Evan J. Wallach

Fordham International Law Journal

The underlying thesis of this Article is that while smaller-sized particles and separate nano-sized carriers of known agents are clearly covered by the CWC, nanomimics are not as squarely within the relevant provisions. The bulk of this Article deals with that question. Despite the invitation to woolgather, this Article is limited to the tightest possible analytical approach. Part I begins with definitions of chemical and biological agents within existing treaties, and of nanoproducts, including those existing beyond presently-known technical capabilities, but which are at least reasonably conceivable (“nanobots”). Part II provides an overview of treaty law that is potentially applicable …


Intelligent Design In Public University Science Departments: Academic Freedom Or Establishment Of Religion, Frank S. Ravitch Apr 2008

Intelligent Design In Public University Science Departments: Academic Freedom Or Establishment Of Religion, Frank S. Ravitch

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Brave New World: Neurowarfare And The Limits Of International Humanitarian Law, Stephen E. White Jan 2008

Brave New World: Neurowarfare And The Limits Of International Humanitarian Law, Stephen E. White

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Environmental Justice In The Tribal Context: A Madness To Epa's Method, Catherine O’Neill Jan 2008

Environmental Justice In The Tribal Context: A Madness To Epa's Method, Catherine O’Neill

Faculty Articles

Many American Indian tribes and their members are among those most burdened by mercury contamination. When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set out to regulate mercury emissions from coal-fired utilities, it was aware that mercury contamination and regulation affects tribal rights and resources. EPA's inquiry, therefore ought to have been differently framed, given tribes' unique legal and political status. Specifically, EPA ought to have confronted squarely the impact of its decision on tribes' fishing rights, rather than consider these rights as a mere afterthought. EPA 's process, too, should have been differently conducted EPA should have consulted with tribes from …


Laws Of Nature And The Business Of Biotechnology, Phillip Mcgarrigle, Vern Norviel Jan 2008

Laws Of Nature And The Business Of Biotechnology, Phillip Mcgarrigle, Vern Norviel

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Law In An Era Of 'Smart' Technology, Susan W. Brenner Dec 2007

Law In An Era Of 'Smart' Technology, Susan W. Brenner

School of Law Faculty Publications

Should law be technologically neutral, or should it evolve as human relationships with technology become more advanced?

Susan Brenner analyzes the complex and evolving interactions between law and technology and provides a thorough and detailed account of the law in technology at the beginning of the 21st century. Brenner draws upon recent technological advances, evaluating how developing technologies may alter how humans interact with each other and with their environment. She analyzes the development of technology as shifting from one of "use" to one of "interaction," and argues that this interchange needs us to reconceptualize our approach to legal rules, …


Those Pesky Footnotes - Part I, Douglas E. Abrams Jul 2007

Those Pesky Footnotes - Part I, Douglas E. Abrams

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.