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Law's Body, Matt Saleh, Hannah Potter, Kendall Foley

Mercer Law Review

How do law’s narratives construct one of its central objects: the human body? This essay explores legal constructions of the human body: both in its idealized form, and in the negative ontological spaces of injury, disability, death, and dehumanization that surround that ideal.

Bodies are “the very ‘stuff’ of law.” There are few areas of law where the human body does not, somewhere, require definition. For instance, without a concept of the body, there can be no consequent constructions of personhood, nakedness, state intrusion, injury, disability, duty of care, aging, or the moment of death, to name only a few.

Even Lawyers Do Not Like Legalese, Eric H. Martinez, Francis Mollica, Edward Gibson

Faculty Scholarship

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Forum Selection Provisions And The Preclusion Of Derivative Claims Under Section 14(A) Of The Securities Exchange Act: Should Federal Courts Intervene?, Noah P. Mathews

Fordham Law Review

This Note examines whether a forum selection provision in a corporation’s bylaws that requires shareholders to bring derivative claims in the Delaware Court of Chancery is enforceable when invoked by directors to dismiss derivative claims under the Securities Exchange Act (the “Exchange Act”)—claims over which federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. In Seafarers Pension Plan ex rel. Boeing Co. v. Bradway, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that enforcing this type of bylaw would violate the act’s antiwaiver provision, which voids any stipulation that allows a person to waive compliance with the act. In Lee ex …

Talking About Talking About Surrogacy, Michael Boucai

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Colorado Environmental Law Journal

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Visions For The International Decade Of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, Kristen Carpenter, Andrew Cowell, Alexis Palmer

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

International Language Diplomacy: The United Nations International Decade Of Indigenous Languages, Alesksei Tsykarev

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Intersection Of Language, Law, And Sovereignty: A Shawnee Perspective, Ben Barnes Chief

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Indigenous Language Leaders: Perspectives On The International Decade Of Indigenous Languages, Justin Neely, Billie Sutton, Richard Kistabish, Rosalyn Lapier

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Computational Linguistics, Language Technologies And The International Decade Of Indigenous Languages: Academic And Community Interactions, Antti Arppe, Mary Hermes, Marie-Odile Junker, Nora Livesay

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Thoughts On The Ethics Of The International Decade Of Indigenous Languages, Wesley Y. Leonard

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Stories From The Negative Spaces: United States V. Thind And The Narrative Of (Non)Whiteness, Joy Kanwar

Mercer Law Review

In the years following September 11, 2001, hate crimes and violent incidents against Sikh people in America rose dramatically. Most of these incidents involved individuals who targeted Sikh people—often men—because of their turbans and beards, which the attackers conflated with their own imagined versions of “9/11 terrorists.” Although the Sikh faith had no relationship to whom these attackers thought they were assaulting, very often someone they believed to be from the Islamic faith, the “visual” told the story—the victim was an outsider, someone who did not belong here and someone who was dangerous for America.

One particularly poignant moment resonated …

Polysemy And The Law, Daniel J. Hemel

Vanderbilt Law Review

Polysemy-the existence of multiple related meanings for the same word or phrase-is a frequent phenomenon in legal and lay language. Although polysemy sometimes arises by accident, it also can be strategic: framers of legal rules can advance private and public interests by assigning meanings to terms that are different from-though connected to-the meanings that those terms carry outside the law. Understanding the functions of polysemy can help us design more effective legal rules and can shed light on ways in which legal actors translate language into power.

This Article undertakes a comprehensive analysis of polysemy's origins, uses, and consequences across …

"What's In A [Dead] Name?": Title Vii Protections Against Misgendering And Deadnaming Of Gender Diverse Individuals, Mackenzie O'Connell

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

The Supreme Court’s 2020 holding in Bostock v. Clayton County monumentally altered the availability of employment discrimination claims under Title VII to individuals identifying as members of the LGBTQ+ community. The Court did so by finding that the meaning of Title VII’s prohibition of workplace discrimination “because of sex” includes discrimination against individuals on the basis of their homosexual or transgender statuses. The effects of this decision on other aspects of employment litigation are still uncertain.

Pre-Bostock, transgender and non-binary individuals were largely left without a legal remedy under Title VII for hostile work environment sexual harassment claims. …

There's No Such Thing As Independent Creation, And It's A Good Thing, Too, Christopher Buccafusco

William & Mary Law Review

Independent creation is the foundation of U.S. copyright law. A work is only original and, thus, copyrightable to the extent that it is independently created by its author and not copied from another source. And a work can be deemed infringing only if it is not independently created. Moreover, independent creation provides the grounding for all major theoretical justifications for copyright law. Unfortunately, the doctrine cannot bear the substantial weight that has been foisted upon it. This Article argues that copyright law’s independent creation doctrine rests on a set of discarded psychological assumptions about memory, copying, and creativity. When those …

Which Came First: The Chicken Or The Chick'n? An Fda Amendment Proposal To Reconcile Conflicting Interests In Plant-Based Meat Labeling, Katie Justison

William & Mary Law Review

“The issue is, what is chicken?” As the market for plant-based meats grows, state legislators are left with the question of what the words “chicken” and “burger” mean on food labels. In response to lobbying from the traditional meat industries, states followed suit with the dairy industry and created regulations and restrictions that carve out a meat industry monopoly on meat-related terms. Commercial speech restrictions such as these are guided by the Central Hudson test. Using that test, this Note will argue that while certain state regulations pass constitutional muster, others impose unconstitutional speech restrictions. This Note will draw particularly …

Returning Individual Research Results From Digital Phenotyping In Psychiatry, Francis X. Shen, Matthew L. Baum, Nicole Martinez-Martin, Adam S. Miner, Melissa Abraham, Catherine A. Brownstein, Nathan Cortez, Barbara J. Evans, Laura T. Germine, David C. Glahn, Christine Grady, Ingrid A. Holm, Elisa A. Hurley, Sara Kimble, Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, Kimberlyn Leary, Mason Marks, Patrick J. Monette, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, P. Pearl O'Rourke, Scott L. Rauch, Carmel Shachar, Srijan Sen, Ipsit Vahia, Jason L. Vassy, Justin T. Baker, Barbara E. Bierer, Benjamin C. Silverman

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Psychiatry is rapidly adopting digital phenotyping and artificial intelligence/machine learning tools to study mental illness based on tracking participants’ locations, online activity, phone and text message usage, heart rate, sleep, physical activity, and more. Existing ethical frameworks for return of individual research results (IRRs) are inadequate to guide researchers for when, if, and how to return this unprecedented number of potentially sensitive results about each participant’s real-world behavior. To address this gap, we convened an interdisciplinary expert working group, supported by a National Institute of Mental Health grant. Building on established guidelines and the emerging norm of returning results in …

The Intersection Of Urban Heat Islands And The Cdc Social Vulnerability Index In Two Border Cities, Ileana Morales

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

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Use Of Natural Language Processing (Nlp) In Civil Case Management: A Report On Three Proof Of Concept Projects, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Jannet Okazaki

Faculty Publications

In 2016, the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) endorsed recommendations to leverage technology to improve civil case management. In particular, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and related tools could be used to support two areas of civil case processing: sorting cases at filing based on the anticipated level of judicial involvement in case management, and confirming that essential procedural requirements have been satisfied before entering final judgments in cases.

To explore the feasibility of NLP to support court operations in these two areas, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) designed three distinct …

Interpretations Of Intent: Sovereignty, The Second Amendment, And Us Gun Culture, Lola I. Brown

Political Science Honors Projects

In this paper, I engage foundational theorists such as Jean Bodin, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke to examine the philosophies of sovereignty that underpin the US Constitution and the creation of the Second Amendment. I find that the US Founders' reaction to these foundational theories of sovereignty allowed for a breakdown in the system of sovereignty in the country, and made way for the implementation of the Rule of Law. The Rule of Law, in turn, created the conditions of possibility for the psyche of radical individualism that now permeates the US. This radical individualism allowed for the reinterpretation of …

An Investigation Of The Preferences Of Iraqi Students Studying English As A Foreign Language Regarding Written Corrective Feedback In College Level Writing Classrooms, أ.م.د. هدى فالح حسن الخفاجي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

This study was carried out to investigate the preferences of Iraqi college students studying English as Foreign Language (EFL) with respect to written Corrective Feedback (CF) in their writing classrooms. The present study seeks to fill the gap in research concerning written CF in Iraqi college EFL writing classrooms since the preferences of Iraqi college EFL students regarding written CF have not explored yet. It aims to examine the amount of written CF a sample of Iraqi college EFL students considers useful. It also aims to examine the types of written CF this sample of Iraqi college EFL students thinks …

A Translation Study Of Arabic Legal Texts Into English: Iraqi Official Documents As A Case Study, أ.م.د. سمير صالح مهدي الدهوي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

The present paper deals with the translation assessment of some Arabic official documents translated into English at the lexical and syntactic levels. Official documents are the documents that an institution issues and which has the original data which support the summarized information on the document. D`ocuments and data which are sent via secure electronic transmission can be deemed official documents. Official copies of documents are required for admission and evaluation toward degree progress, and all such documents must be signed and sealed by authorized officials of the originating institution.

The present study is aimed at carrying out a translation assessment …

A Study Of Audiovisual Fansubbing Translation Of Abbreviations In English Movies Into Arabic: Angels And Demons Movie As A Model, الاستاذ المساعد ابراهيم طلعت ابراهيم, الاستاذ الدكتور مهدي فالح الغزالي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

Audiovisual Translation (AVT) is defined as process of rendering multimodal product from the source language SL into the target language (TL). In other words, the AVT translator works on transferring the meaning of every mode (aural, visual and written) in the body of the (movie, interview, documentary reports, interview, cartoon, etc.) from one language into another. Besides, both researchers chose abbreviation forms found in the body of the American movie (Angels and Demons) to be analyzed into Arabic. They pinpointed three available fansubbing products of the movie in question online. It is hypothesized that amateur subtitlers whose translations selected for …

The Rise In Anti-Asian Racism And Xenophobia In The Time Of Covid-19, Mitchell Alan Kaplan

Journal of Hate Studies

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a detrimental impact on the health of the American people and those abroad, the social consequences stemming from the spread of the virus have become an international crisis whose effects reach far beyond the medical issues associated with the disease. Racial and xenophobic propaganda about the illness promoted on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter and at campaign rallies by former President Trump has spurred a dramatic increase in anti-immigrant sentiments toward Asian Americans. The polarizing effects of the Administration’s anti-Asian rhetoric have become a battle cry that has given renewed …

European Approaches To Stopping Islamophobia Are Inadequate: Lessons For Canadians Combating Anti-Muslim Racism And Hatred, Hassina Alizai

Journal of Hate Studies

The United Kingdom, France, and Spain have in common a large and growing Muslim population. The influx of immigrants and refugees has left many European states fearful of Muslim migrants because they perceive potential increases in terrorism and job insecurity, which would have significant social and economic policy implications. European governments have sought to strengthen security measures and immigration laws, often with consequences that disproportionately and negatively affect Muslims. At the same time, European governments have increased their efforts to address Islamophobia and improve Muslim integration, partly in response to the growth in the reporting of anti-Muslim hate crimes. Each …

الإجماع عند الهرميِّ (ت 702 هـ) في كتابِه المحرَّر في النحو, أ.د مثنى فاضل ديب, الباحثة/ سالي سعد محيي الدين

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

يهدف هذا البحث إلى التعريف بالهرميِّ عمر بن عيسى بن إسماعيل (ت 702هـ) وموقفه من الإجماع في كتابه (المحرَّر في النحو). إذ اعتمد عليه الهرميُّ كأصل من أصول الصناعة النحوية اعتمد عليه في عرض مادته العلمية ولجأ إليه في تقرير القواعد والآراء النحوية والصرفية واللغوية.

وهو في الأصل دليل من الأدلة الشرعية وقاعدة أساسية في علم الفقه وأصوله، ثم نقل إلى النحو العربي فأصبح دليلاً وأصلاً من أصوله، وعليه فهو أصلٌ استدلالي أخذه النحاة من أصول الفقه.

جاء هذا البحث ليبيِّن لنا موقف الهرميِّ (ت 702 هـ) من هذا الأصل وأثره في تقرير الآراء وتثبيتها وتوضيحها وتعليلها او رفضها وردها …

الدلالــــــة أو المعنى الطبيعي في كتاب " انوار البروق في انواء الفروق للإمام القرافي (626-684هـ ) دراسة وتحليل, أ. د هَناء مَحمُود إسماعِيل الجنابي, الباحثة/ إقبال عَبد الصَّاحب حبِيب

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

إنَّ علم الدلالة في الدرس اللغوي وإنه بدا أَنهَّ حديث إلا أَنَّ أصوله متجذرة من التراث اللغوي عند العلماء العرب والأصوليين، وعند جميع الأمم.

فالمعنى تصور ذهني مجرد، بل هو صورة حيوية وعنصر متجدد قابل للتغيير والتأويل، نلخِّص من مسألة المعنى؛ التي شكلت محور اهتمام الدارسين واللغويين، كونها تدخل في مسائل جوهرية، تتحِّدد من خلالها الدلالة التي هي قصد المتكلم وإيراده, وأمّا علماء الأصول فنجد الفقيه يركز على قضية المعنى؛ لأنهَّ يمثل الركن الأساسي في استنباط الأحكام الفقهية كما نرى، فقد بلغ اهتمام الأصوليين بالمعنى درجة من النضج جعلتهم يصنفون المعنى الذي يطرحه الملفوظ بحسب تدرجهُ وضوحاً أو خفاءً، وكان …

وَعَظَ في القرآن الكريم دراسة دلالية, الاستاذ المساعد الدكتورة سندس محمد خلف الجميلي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

إنّ للوعظ أهمية كبيرة في حياة الناس في كلّ مكان وفي كلّ زمان ، ولا يقتصر على فئة من دون الأخرى ، فكلّ البشر يحتاج الى الموعظة والوعظ . والوعظ يكون بالترغيب والترهيب ، وبالأمر وبالنهي .

فالوعظ : هو الكلام الذي تلين له القلوب، وأعظم ما تلين له قلوب العقلاء ، أوامر ربهم ونواهيه; فإذا سمعوا الأمر خافوا من سخط الله في عدم امتثاله، وطمعوا فيما عند الله من الثواب. وكذلك إذا سمعوا النهي ، فالخوف والطمع يجعلهم يمتثلون لله ، وتلين قلوبهم للطاعة خوفا وطمعا .

وجاءت الدراسة على مقدمة وتمهيد وستة محاور، تكلمت في التمهيد على معنى …

التشكيل الاستعاري في كتاب "الفتح الرباني والفيض الرحماني", أ.م.د. إسراء مؤيد رشيد التميمي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

تبوأت الاستعارة منزلة كبيرة في حقل الدراسات البلاغية لما تؤديه من فعالية في تشكيل الخطابات وهيكلة انسجتها وتحقيق جماليتها فهي ليست مجرد وسيلة لغوية يستخدمها الأدباء ، وإنما هي جزء أساسي من الأسلوب الذي يستخدمه الأديب للتعبير عن كثير من مكنوناته بأسلوب بليغ جميل مؤثر وهذاماوجدناه في خطابات الشيخ الكيلاني الوعظية حيث أسهمت الاستعارة وبشكل فاعل في التعبير عن كل ما أراد الشيخ طرحه في مجال الوعظ و الإرشاد حيث شكلت خطاباته الوعظية بأسلوب الاستعارة لوحات فنية ناطقة غرضها التأثير في المتلقي بياناً و وعظاً وإرشاداً وتذكيراً لذلك رأيت من المفيد أن أُسلط الضوء على بعض من هذه الخطابات بالشرح …

الصورة الشعرية في شعر الشاعر مرعي بن يوسف الكرمي (ت1033هـ), أ.م.د. هشــام نهــــاد شهــــاب, الباحث. زكي عبد الكريم غفوري سعد العبيدي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

يتناول هذا البحث دراسة جزء من الصورة الشعرية في نظم الشيخ الشاعر العلاّمة مرعي بن يوسف الكرمي (ت 1033هـ)، وهو شاعر عالم وموسوعي لديه ما وجدنا من المؤلفات ما فاق المئة مؤلف في مختلف العلوم، فكان له ديوان (الغزل المطلوب في المحب والمحبوب) الذي كان مخطوطاً حتى أصبح ديواناُ شعرياً في عام 2021 بعد تحقيقه. فكان لنا نصيب في دراسة ديوانه في رحاب الأدب وبين صفوف الأدباء وبدورنا كباحثين نتناول ونتفحص ديوان الشاعر ونبرز الفاعلية الصورية والإيحائية في شعره؛ لأنَّ للشعر لوحات من الصور كما للرسام، من خلال الدلالات اللغوية والسياق النصي والبنائي الذي يعرض لنا الصور، فيندمج هذا العلم …