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United States Foreign Policy And Human Rights: An Overview, David Weissbrodt

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The organizers of this symposium asked me to provide a back- ground for the present status of human rights in the foreign policy of the United States Government. They suggested that I provide a his- tory of the subject, stressing the approach of President Carter. I have written such a history, stressing the United States human rights legis- lation which was not created by President Carter, but which he found already in place when he reached the White House. Rather than recite this historical background, I think it would be more useful to look at three basic questions which might …

Beyond Promissory Estoppel: Contract Law And The "Invisible Handshake", Daniel A. Farber, John Matheson

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Preparation Of The Multistate Bar Examination: One Drafting Committee's Perspective, John W. Reed

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One who wants to know how the Multistate Bar Examination is created should begin by learning how the drafting committees work. My assignment is to describe the work of one of those committees: the Evidence Committee. Though there are differences among the six committees, they mostly are ones of style, and to learn how to operate in the evidence group is to understand the process generally.

Federal Regulation Of The Workplace In The Next Half Century, Theodore J. St. Antoine

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Even the general circulation press, from the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times to Business Week, has taken to examining the current malaise of the labor movement and the increased emphasis upon ensuring the safety, health, and economic security of employees through direct governmental regulation rather than through collective bargaining. What accounts for this upsurge of scholarly and popular interest in labor relations and labor law? There are undoubtedly multiple causes but I should like to focus on a couple of reasons that seem preeminent to me.

On The Social Significance Of Large Law Firm Practice, Robert A. Kagan, Robert E. Rosen

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One Use Of Computerized Instructional Gaming In Legal Education: To Better Understand The Rich Logical Structure Of Legal Rules And Improve Legal Writing, Layman E. Allen, Charles S. Saxon

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This article describes an innovation in legal education and speculates about its importance and effectiveness as an educational tool. The speculations about its potential use, however, are ones that each legal educator will be able to test individually to determine the effectiveness of this use of microcomputers to improve legal education. The computer software that permits the innovation to be used will be available to interested persons by the time that this article is published.

Thoughts On Teaching, Christina B. Whitman

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I teach in classrooms where, ten years ago, I sat as a student. People who were my teachers are now my colleagues. People who were my students are still my friends. The difference between teacher and student, it seems to me, is more appropriately described as progression through a life than as distinct positions in a hierarchy.

The Wagner Act: Labor Law's Signal Event, Theodore J. St. Antoine

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There's no fun in stating the obvious. Sophisticated professionals bestow few kudos on those who declaim the conventional wisdom. Even so, one would have to be far more perverse than I, in this fiftieth anniversary year of the National Labor Relations Act, to suggest that the Wagner Act, wasn't the most important (and at the time of it- passage the most controversial) development in the last half-century of labor law.

Unreasonable Searches And Seizures Of Papers, Eric Schnapper

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This article argues that the Supreme Court's original view of the history and meaning of the fourth amendment was correct: seizures of papers were condemned in eighteenth-century England without respect to the validity of any underlying warrant, and the search and seizure clause thus embodies requirements independent of the warrant clause.

Part I discusses the eighteenth-century English decisions, including Entick, and concludes that the case law of that era had two separate branches. One branch forbade general warrants and led to the adoption of the warrant clause; the other, exemplified by Entick, prohibited the seizure of certain papers …

Czm In California, Oregon, And Washington, Richard G. Hildreth, Ralph W. Johnson

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Twenty years ago coastal zone protection was merely a gleam in the eyes of a few west coast visionaries. A flurry of state and federal laws in the late 1960s and into the 1970s changed this. Today, broad coastal management programs are in place in all three west coast states, with a special one for San Francisco Bay. Each program is unique, and at the same time shares significant qualities with the others. This article identifies the major attributes of these four programs and offers insights into the strengths and weaknesses of each. In comparing and contrasting the four programs, …

Social Security Disability Insurance Nuts & Bolts, Steven C. Emens

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How To Write A Law Review Article 1985 Minority Law Teachers Conference, Richard Delgado

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Book Reviews - Probability And Stochastic Processes For Engineers, R. Viswanathan

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The Evolution Of Refugee Status In International Law: 1920-1950, James C. Hathaway

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A refugee is usually thought of as a person compelled to flee his State of origin or residence due to political troubles, persecution, famine or natural disaster. The refugee is perceived as an involuntary migrant, a victim of circumstances which force him to seek sanctuary in a foreign country. Since Rome's reception of the fleeing Barbarians, States have opened their doors to many divergent groups corresponding in a general way to this description of what it means to be a refugee. During a period of more than four centuries prior to 1920, there was little concern to delimit the scope …

Human Rights, Stability, And Development In Africa: Some Observations On Concept And Reality, Minasse Haile

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The article examines the challenges of implementing international human rights standards in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the tension between human rights and economic development. It argues that while human rights are essential, their realization is impeded by factors such as authoritarian governance, economic disparities, and the legacy of colonialism. The author advocates for a balanced approach that considers these challenges while promoting human rights, emphasizing the need to support pragmatic governance to gradually improve human rights conditions.

The Quest For Silence: Faulkner's Lawyer In A Comparative Setting, Richard H. Weisberg

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The article explores William Faulkner's portrayal of Gavin Stevens, a fictional lawyer, highlighting his evolution as a character and his unique place within the tradition of literary lawyer figures. The analysis focuses on Gavin's development in The Town, where he learns the value of silence and observation, distinguishing him from other lawyers in literature who often remain static in their personal growth. The article situates Gavin within a broader literary context, comparing him to characters from works by authors like Dickens and Twain, and argues for his significance as a complex and sympathetic character.

The Nonprobate Revolution And The Future Of The Law Of Succession, John H. Langbein

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The popular demand for probate avoidance has coincided with a fundamental change in the nature of wealth. Mogt property now takes the form of claims on financial intermediaries, who can easily transfer account balances on death, without court proceedings. Further, creditors have developed a variety of techniques for collecting decedents' debts without probate. Professor Langbein sees in these developments the basis for legitimating the main will substitutes as "nonprobate wills" and for unifying the constructional law of wills and will substitutes.

Proposal For A Digital Pseudorandom Number Generator, C. Downey

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A digital hardware implementation of a linear congruential sequence generator using shift and add techniques of multiplication is described. The sequence is of long period, low serial correlation and is rectangularly distributed. The method has certain advantages over conventional feedback shift register techniques.

Tax Accrual Workpapers: Protected By A Limited Privilege?, Patricia D. White

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United States of America

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Arthur Young & Company and Amerada Hess Corporation

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To be argued January 16, 1984

Managers' Discretion And Investors' Welfare: Theories And Evidence, Frank H. Easterbrook

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Legal Interpretation And The Power Of The Judiciary, Frank H. Easterbrook

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Mandatory Disclosure And The Protection Of Investors, Frank H. Easterbrook, Daniel R. Fischel

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The Pitfalls Of Interpretation, Richard A. Epstein

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Some Economics Of Labor Law, Richard A. Posner

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O.T. 1983 And The Era Of Aggressive Majoritarianism: A Court In Transition, Geoffrey R. Stone

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The Constitution In The Supreme Court: Limitations On State Power, 1865-1873, David P. Currie

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The Constitution In The Supreme Court: Limitations On State Power, 1865-1873, David P. Currie

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Insider Trading And Investment Analysts: An Economic Analysis Of Dirks V. Securities And Exchange Commission, Daniel R. Fischel

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Hard Defamation Cases Defamation And The First Amendment: New Perspectives, Cass R. Sunstein

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Naked Preferences And The Constitution, Cass R. Sunstein

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