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Introduction To "Books", Margaret A. Leary Dec 2001

Introduction To "Books", Margaret A. Leary

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It's well known that graduate William B. Cook's generosity provided the Law School with its trademark Gothic Law Quadrangle. It is less universally known that Cook endowed the Law School with a trust to support faculty research, and had a strong interest in the nature of that research. He chose to call the library building "Legal Research" and to inscribe above the main entrance "Learned and cultured lawyers are safeguards of the republic." Cook often said that the lack of "intellectual leadership 1s the greatest problem which faces America," and he wanted this Law School to provide that missing leadership. …

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Evaluating The Sex Discrimination Argument For Lesbian And Gay Rights, Edward D. Stein Dec 2001

Evaluating The Sex Discrimination Argument For Lesbian And Gay Rights, Edward D. Stein

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The sex discrimination argument for lesbian and gay rights analyzes laws that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation in terms of sex discrimination. For example, sodomy laws that prohibit only same-sex sexual activities are analyzed as discriminating on the basis of sex because they prohibit women from doing something men are permitted to do, that is, have sex with women. This argument has been championed by some scholars and litigators, and it has persuaded some judges. Edward Stein shows that there are sociological, theoretical, moral, and practical problems facing the sex discrimination argument. He suggests that there are better …

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Presidential Review As Constitutional Restoration, John O. Mcginnis Dec 2001

Presidential Review As Constitutional Restoration, John O. Mcginnis

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Europe In America: Grammatology, Legal Studies, And The Politics Of Transmission, Peter Goodrich Dec 2001

Europe In America: Grammatology, Legal Studies, And The Politics Of Transmission, Peter Goodrich

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This Essay begins by analyzing the way American legal theory has failed to adequately address the challenges and insights of grammatology, the philological critique of the language of law initiated with Jacques Derrida's work Of Grammatology. Professor Goodrich traces the form that this failed confrontation took and then outlines how this philological critique ought to inform a study of law. Importantly for Professor Goodrich, the grammatological approach to law provides ways of analyzing not just the written legal text, but also the effects of new media technologies on the law more broadly. The changes in the law brought about by …

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Spectral Asymptotics Of The Dirichlet-To-Neumann Map On Multiply Connected Domains In R^D, Peter D. Hislop, Carl V. Lutzer Nov 2001

Spectral Asymptotics Of The Dirichlet-To-Neumann Map On Multiply Connected Domains In R^D, Peter D. Hislop, Carl V. Lutzer

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We study the spectral asymptotics of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator Λγ on a multiply-connected, bounded, domain in R^d, d≥3, associated with the uniformly elliptic operator Lγ = − ∑di,j=1 ∂i γij∂j, where γ is a smooth, positive-definite, symmetric matrix-valued function on Ω. We prove that the operator is approximately diagonal in the sense that Λγ = Dγ + Rγ, where Dγ is a direct sum of operators, each of which acts on one boundary component only, and Rγ is a smoothing operator. This representation follows from the fact that the γ-harmonic extensions of eigenfunctions of Λγ vanish rapidly away from the …

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Why The Corporate Amt Should Be Retained, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah Nov 2001

Why The Corporate Amt Should Be Retained, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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The corporate AMT is under attack. Repeal has been proposed by the White House, endorsed by the ABA/AICPA/TEI tax simplification project, and included in the stimulus bill passed by the House of Representatives. Repeal is supported on two principal grounds: That the corporate AMT increases complexity, and that it is pro-cyclical.

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Pnp Si Resonant Interband Tunnel Diode With Symmetrical Ndr, Niu Jin, Phillip Berger, Sean Rommel Nov 2001

Pnp Si Resonant Interband Tunnel Diode With Symmetrical Ndr, Niu Jin, Phillip Berger, Sean Rommel

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A Si-based resonant interband tunnel diode (RITD) is presented with a pnp configuration so that an integrated RITD can be easily used to form a latch. The IN characteristics of this pnp RITD show symmetrical negative differential resistance (NDR) regions in both forward and reverse bias. The top diode shows a peak-to-valley current ratio (PVCR) of 1.63 with peak current density (Jp) of 1.5 kA/cm2, while the bottom diode shows a PVCR of 1.51 with J p of 2.0 kA/cm2

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Beyond Exit And Voice: User Participation In The Production Of Local Public Goods, Lee Anne Fennell Nov 2001

Beyond Exit And Voice: User Participation In The Production Of Local Public Goods, Lee Anne Fennell

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Spectroscopic Target Selection For The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample, Daniel J. Eisenstein, James Annis, James E. Gunn, Alexander S. Szalay, Andrew J. Connolly, R. C. Nichol, Neta A. Bahcall, Mariangela Barnardi, Scott Burles, Francisco J. Castander, Masataka Fukugita, David W. Hogg, Zeljko Ivezic, G. R. Knapp, Robert H. Lupton, Vijay Narayanan, Marc Postman, Daniel E. Reichart, Michael Richmond, Donald P. Schneider, David J. Schlegel, Michael A. Strauss, Mark Subbarao, Douglas L. Tucker, Daniel Vanden Berk, Michael S. Vogeley, Brian Yanny Nov 2001

Spectroscopic Target Selection For The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample, Daniel J. Eisenstein, James Annis, James E. Gunn, Alexander S. Szalay, Andrew J. Connolly, R. C. Nichol, Neta A. Bahcall, Mariangela Barnardi, Scott Burles, Francisco J. Castander, Masataka Fukugita, David W. Hogg, Zeljko Ivezic, G. R. Knapp, Robert H. Lupton, Vijay Narayanan, Marc Postman, Daniel E. Reichart, Michael Richmond, Donald P. Schneider, David J. Schlegel, Michael A. Strauss, Mark Subbarao, Douglas L. Tucker, Daniel Vanden Berk, Michael S. Vogeley, Brian Yanny

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We describe the target selection and resulting properties of a spectroscopic sample of luminous, red galaxies (LRG) from the imaging data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). These galaxies are selected on the basis of color and magnitude to yield a sample of luminous, intrinsically red galaxies that extends fainter and further than the main flux-limited portion of the SDSS galaxy spectroscopic sample. The sample is designed to impose a passively-evolving luminosity and rest- frame color cut to a redshift of 0.38. Additional, yet more luminous, red galaxies are included to a redshift of 0.5. Approximately 12 of these …

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On The Choice Between The Stocking Rate And Time In Range Management, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Basudeb Biswas, E. Bruce Godfrey Nov 2001

On The Choice Between The Stocking Rate And Time In Range Management, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Basudeb Biswas, E. Bruce Godfrey

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A long standing question in range management concerns the relative importance of the stocking rate versus the length of time during which animals graze a particular rangeland. We address this question by analyzing the problem faced by a private rancher who wishes to minimize the long run expected net unit cost (LRENC) from range operations by choosing either the stock rate or the length of time during which his animals graze his rangeland. We construct a renewal-theoretic model and show that, in general, this rancher's LRENC with an optimally chosen stocking rate is lower than his LRENC with an optimally …

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A C~Diffeomorphism Of R^2 That Has A Cantor Set That Is A Minimal Set, William Basener, Carl Lutzer Oct 2001

A C~Diffeomorphism Of R^2 That Has A Cantor Set That Is A Minimal Set, William Basener, Carl Lutzer

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We present a C~ diffeomorphism of R^2 that has a Cantor Set that is a minimal Set. The Cantor Set is contained inside an annulus (Refer to PDF file for exact formulas).

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Indoor Vs Outdoor Classification Of Consumer Photographs Using Low-Level And Semantic Features, Jiebo Luo, Andreas Savakis Oct 2001

Indoor Vs Outdoor Classification Of Consumer Photographs Using Low-Level And Semantic Features, Jiebo Luo, Andreas Savakis

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Scene categorization to indoor vs outdoor may be approached by using low-level features for inferring high-level information about the image. Low-level features such as color and texture have been used extensively in image understanding research, however, they cannot solve the problem completely. We propose the use of a Bayesian network for integrating knowledge from low-level and semantic features for indoor vs outdoor classification of images. Using ground truth data for sky and grass detection, we demonstrate that the classification performance can be significantly improved when semantic features are employed in the classification process.

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Coping With Death Alongside Jean Sulivan, Eamon Maher Oct 2001

Coping With Death Alongside Jean Sulivan, Eamon Maher

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Material reproduced by kind permission of Reality

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Valuation, Allocation, And Distribution Of Retirement Plans At Divorce: Where Are We?, Elizabeth Brandt Oct 2001

Valuation, Allocation, And Distribution Of Retirement Plans At Divorce: Where Are We?, Elizabeth Brandt

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Reverse Mortgage Information Online, Robin Schard Oct 2001

Reverse Mortgage Information Online, Robin Schard

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Reverse mortgages are a valuable tool that allow seniors to tap their home's equity. However, there are traps for the unwary

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College Students’ Perceptions Of The C-Print Speech-To-Text Transcription System, Lisa B. Elliot, Michael Stinson, Barbara G. Mckee, Victoria S. Everhart, Pamela J. Francis Oct 2001

College Students’ Perceptions Of The C-Print Speech-To-Text Transcription System, Lisa B. Elliot, Michael Stinson, Barbara G. Mckee, Victoria S. Everhart, Pamela J. Francis

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C-Print is a real-time speech-to-text transcription system used as a support service with deaf students in mainstreamed classes. Questionnaires were administered to 36 college students in 32 courses in which the C-Print system was used in addition to interpreting and notetaking. Twenty-two of these students were also interviewed. Questionnaire items included student ratings of lecture comprehension. Student ratings indicated good comprehension with C-Print, and the mean rating was significantly higher than that for understanding of the interpreter. Students also rated the hard-copy printout provided by C-Print as helpful, and they reported that they used these notes more frequently than the …

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The Symbiosis Of Constitutionalism And Technology, John O. Mcginnis Oct 2001

The Symbiosis Of Constitutionalism And Technology, John O. Mcginnis

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Technology does not change the essential problems that constitutionalism seeks to address because these problems are rooted in the enduring nature of man. Technological change, however, can transform man's environment. A different environment, in turn, may require substantially modified forms of constitutionalism even if the underlying objectives remain constant. As the great political philosopher Edmund Burke recognized, the key to sound structures of governance in every age and place is to understand the intersection of man's enduring nature with his particular circumstances. Because technology increasingly shapes the circumstances of modem man, technology is becoming progressively more important to constitutionalism.

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Nine Shibboleths Of The New Federalism, Marci A. Hamilton Oct 2001

Nine Shibboleths Of The New Federalism, Marci A. Hamilton

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Hitting For The Academic Cycle, Paul R. Verkuil Oct 2001

Hitting For The Academic Cycle, Paul R. Verkuil

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The article reflects on the author's journey through various academic and administrative roles, emphasizing the challenges and rewards of transitioning from faculty to dean to university president and back to faculty. The central argument is that effective academic leadership, particularly in law schools, requires balancing scholarly productivity, institutional differentiation, and collaboration with the broader university community. The author highlights the importance of maintaining scholarly engagement as a dean and president, leveraging unique institutional strengths, and fostering faculty unity through shared academic missions.

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The Discovery Of Cepheids And A New Distance To Ngc 2841 Using The Hubble Space Telescope, L. M. Macri, P. B. Stetson, G. D. Bothun, W. L. Freedman, P. M. Garnavich, S. Jha, B. F. Madore, Michael W. Richmond Sep 2001

The Discovery Of Cepheids And A New Distance To Ngc 2841 Using The Hubble Space Telescope, L. M. Macri, P. B. Stetson, G. D. Bothun, W. L. Freedman, P. M. Garnavich, S. Jha, B. F. Madore, Michael W. Richmond

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We report on the discovery of Cepheids in the spiral galaxy NGC2841, based on observations made with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope. NGC2841 was observed over 12 epochs using the F555W filter, and over 5 epochs using the F814W filter. Photometry was performed using the DAOPHOT/ALLFRAME package. We discovered a total of 29 variables, including 18 high-quality Cepheids with periods ranging from 15 to 40 days. Period-luminosity relations in the V and I bands, based on the high-quality Cepheids, yield a reddening-corrected distance modulus of 30.74 ± 0.23 mag, which corresponds to …

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Tax Competition And E-Commerce, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah Sep 2001

Tax Competition And E-Commerce, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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In the last four years, there has been increasing concern by developed countries about the potential erosion of the corporate income tax base by "harmful tax competition" (in the European Union since 1997, in the OECD since 1998). However, the data on tax competition available to date present a mixed and somewhat puzzling picture. On the one hand, there is considerable evidence that effective corporate income tax rates in many countries have been declining, and that the worldwide effective tax rates on multinational enterprises (MNEs) have been going down as well. On the other hand, macroeconomic data from developed countries …

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Evaluation Of Texture Features For Image Segmentation, Navid Serrano, Jiebo Luo, Andreas Savakis Sep 2001

Evaluation Of Texture Features For Image Segmentation, Navid Serrano, Jiebo Luo, Andreas Savakis

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Texture features are among the most commonly used image attributes in image understanding applications, such as image retrieval from databases. A number of methods and their variants have been developed over the years for texture feature extraction. Whereas they all have their merits and flaws, it is worthwhile to evaluate their performance in a specific application domain. The goal here is to establish which texture features are better suited for segmentation of natural scenes that contain multiple natural and synthetic textures. The performance of unsupervised texture segmentation based on multiresolution simultaneous autoregressive (MRSAR) models, wavelet coefficients, fractal dimension, edge direction …

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A Measure Of Freedom, James W. Nickel Sep 2001

A Measure Of Freedom, James W. Nickel

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Citizen Participation In Judicial Decision Making: Juries, Lay Judges And Japan, Richard O. Lempert Sep 2001

Citizen Participation In Judicial Decision Making: Juries, Lay Judges And Japan, Richard O. Lempert

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In the late 1920s and 1930s Japan had a jury system. It was suspended in 1943 as a wartime measure, but it had fallen into desuetude long before that. Arguably it was like the Spanish jury, which has several times risen during periods of relative political liberalism or populism and been suppressed during periods of militarism and autocracy. That is, it may be more than a coincidence that use of the Japanese jury fell precipitously during the 1930s as militarism took hold of the Japanese nation. Now the reinstatement of the Japanese jury is again being seriously considered. Similarly it …

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Brownian Motion Of A Massive Binary, David Merritt Jul 2001

Brownian Motion Of A Massive Binary, David Merritt

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Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0012264 v2 21 Mar 2001 AND Rutgers Astrophysics Preprint Series No. 296 The dynamical friction and diffusion coefficients are derived for a massive binary that moves against a uniform background of stars. The random impulses exerted on the binary’s center of mass by the field stars are greater than those exerted on a point particle due to inelastic scattering. The frictional force acting on the binary is less than that acting on a point particle due to randomization of the trajectories of field stars that pass near the binary. Both effects tend to increase the random motion …

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A Glimpse Of Irish Catholicism In John Mcgahern's ''Amongst Women'', Eamon Maher Jul 2001

A Glimpse Of Irish Catholicism In John Mcgahern's ''Amongst Women'', Eamon Maher

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Material reproduced by kind permission of Doctrine and Life

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The Rule Of Law And The Legitimacy Of Constitutional Democracy, Michel Rosenfeld Jul 2001

The Rule Of Law And The Legitimacy Of Constitutional Democracy, Michel Rosenfeld

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The rule of law is a foundational principle of constitutional democracy, requiring the state to govern through publicly promulgated laws, separate legislative and adjudicative functions, and ensure accountability for all. While the rule of law is essential for legitimate governance, its meaning and implementation remain contested, varying significantly across legal traditions such as the Anglo-American rule of law, German Rechtsstaat, and French état de droit. The article argues that while the rule of law in its narrow sense—emphasizing legal predictability and procedural fairness—is insufficient for legitimate constitutional democracy, it must also incorporate democratic accountability and substantive rights protection to address …

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Experts, Carl E. Schneider Jul 2001

Experts, Carl E. Schneider

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George Bernard Shaw famously said that all professions are conspiracies against the laity. Less famously, less elegantly, but at least as accurately, Andrew Abbott argued that professions are conspiracies against each other. Professions compete for authority to do work and for authority over work. The umpire in these skirmishes and sieges is the government, for the state holds the gift of monopoly and the power to regulate it. In Abbott's terms, "bioethics" is contesting medicine's power to influence the way doctors treat patients. If it follows the classic pattern, bioethics will solicit work and authority by recruiting government's power. A …

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Preventing The Execution Of The Innocent: Testimony Before The Senate Judiciary Committee, Barry C. Scheck Jul 2001

Preventing The Execution Of The Innocent: Testimony Before The Senate Judiciary Committee, Barry C. Scheck

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The article advocates for federal legislation to address the wrongful conviction of innocent individuals, particularly through postconviction DNA testing. It emphasizes the urgent need for legal reforms to ensure access to DNA testing for all inmates, regardless of their sentence, and highlights the importance of preserving biological evidence, providing adequate funding for competent counsel, and leveraging technological advancements in DNA testing to exonerate the innocent and improve the criminal justice system.

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Are Tax "Benefits" For Religious Institutions Constitutionally Dependent On Benefits For Secular Entities?, Edward A. Zelinsky Jul 2001

Are Tax "Benefits" For Religious Institutions Constitutionally Dependent On Benefits For Secular Entities?, Edward A. Zelinsky

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The Supreme Court generally conditions tax exemptions, deductions, and exclusions for religious organizations and activities upon the simultaneous extension of such benefits to secular institutions and undertakings. The Court's position flows logically from its acceptance of the premise that tax exemptions, deductions, and exclusions constitute subsidies. However, the "subsidy" label is usually deployed in a conclusory and unconvincing fashion. The First Amendment is best understood as permitting governments to refrain from taxation to accommodate the autonomy of religious actors and activities; hence, tax benefits extended solely to religious institutions should pass constitutional muster as recognition of that autonomy.

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