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Factors Influencing Health Promoting Behaviors Following Myocardial Infarction, Louise M. Arlien

Theses and Dissertations

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Within-Year Persistence Of Students Enrolled In Graduate And Professional Programs: The Influence Of Background, Graduate/Professional Experience, Academic Aspirations, Expected Earnings, And Student Financial Aid, Susan Clark Deangelis

Theses and Dissertations

The implications of graduate and professional student attrition are felt by many--the individual, the institution, business and industry, the education system, and society as a whole. Yet, very little research has been conducted on the factors which influence the persistence of graduate and professional students. Such data could reduce graduate and professional student attrition through the development of educational programs, institutional and public policy, as well as to identify types of students for whom specific policies should be developed to encourage persistence. To address this need, a new logistic model of graduate and professional student within-year persistence based on the …

A Descriptive Study Of Motivation Factors Leading To The Selection Of A School-To-Career Transition Curriculum By High School Students In Arkansas, Virginia Stevenson Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of the study was to identify elements that encourage high school students to select the school-to-career curriculum. The study included elements from successful school-to-career programs, background of the history of vocational legislation, and an examination of motivation theories including goal-setting, needs satisfaction, and choice. A survey was administered to 175 students in four districts in Arkansas. Students were given open- and closed-response questions to determine their present interest in the school-to-career curricula and elements they considered motivational. A univariate analysis was conducted. Responses were placed in a frequency distribution. The responses from the surveys indicated enrollment would increase …

The Continuous Representation Doctrine: Must You Sue Your Lawyer While She Still Represents You, Timothy O. Dudley

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Torts—Wrongful Death: A Viable Fetus Is Not A "Person" Under The Arkansas Wrongful Death Statute. Chatelain V. Kelley, 322 Ark. 517, 910 S.W.2d 215 (1995)., Brenda Daugherty Snow

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Torts—Change In The Arkansas Law Of Informed Consent: What's Up, Doc? Aronson V. Harriman, 321 Ark. 359, 901 S.W.2d 832 (1995)., Elizabeth Sudbury Langston

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Shift Toward Managed Care And Emerging Liability Claims Arising From Utilization Management And Financial Incentive Arrangements Between Health Care Providers And Payers, Brian P. Battaglia

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Freeing The Parties From The Law: Designing An Interest And Rights Focused Model Of Landlord/Tenant Mediation, Joel Kurtzberg, Jamie Henikoff

Journal of Dispute Resolution

In this article, we point out two fundamental flaws of the critique. First, the critique compares mediation to an idealized view of adjudication instead of comparing mediation to its real-life alternatives. Second, it takes a narrow view of the role of law in mediation, erroneously assuming that mediators must either ignore the law or impose it on the parties. Part I of this article spells out the critics' claim that mediation generally harms the poor and disempowered by failing to adequately incorporate formal legal protections into the process. Part II examines the critique as it is applied to the landlord-tenant …

Spring 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

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An Overview Of The Arkansas Civil Rights Act Of 1993, Theresa M. Beiner

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Hostile Environments And The Religious Employee, Theresa M. Beiner, John M. A. Dipippa

Law Faculty Scholarship

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An Analysis Of First-Year Student Westlaw Use: Why Vendor Training Isn't Enough, Aaron Schwabach

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Nafta: The Effect Of The Motor Carrier Provisions On The Future Of The Agreement, Pamela C. Schmidt

UC Law SF International Law Review

The motor carrier provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provide for gradual implementation that will eventually allow Mexican trucks unfettered access to the U.S. highways. The first phase of the motor carrier provisions were scheduled to go into effect on December 18, 1995. The unilateral delay of the provisions by the Clinton administration has resulted in controversy both in the United States and Mexico. Although the motor carrier provisions are just a small part of NAFTA, they have the ability to undermine the entire Agreement.

This Note will examine the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the NAFTA …

Lifetime Achievement Award Presented To Attorney General Janet Reno

St. Thomas Law Review

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Status Of Indigenous Rights In Fiji, Nehla Basawaiya

St. Thomas Law Review

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Ethnic Studies Review

Ethnic Studies Review

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Profits, Poverty, And Health Care: An Examination Of The Ethical Base Of Economics, Robert J, Brent

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Part I of this Article explains the dual analysis of ethics (ethical base of markets as a process and an end result) as it relates to profits and market efficiency. In particular, the author questions whether individuals are able to judge their own welfare and, if so, do individuals accept that they are the best judge. Part II explains the ethics of profit and its relation to poverty. Specifically, the author describes the response to poverty in the context of health care by the consumer and producer. The author concludes by noting that the need for efficiency is in health …

Foreword: Urban Bioethics, Elizabeth B. Cooper, Benjamin C. Zipursky

Fordham Urban Law Journal

On February 26, 1997, the Fordham University School of Law hosted the Sixth Annual Stein Center Symposium on Contemporary Urban Challenges, entitled "Urban Bioethics: A Symposium on Health Care, Poverty, and Autonomy." The Foreword introduces Articles in this Symposium issue and discusses two central themes of the various Articles: socioeconomic framing of bioethical and healthcare issues, and the challenge of the moral consensus.

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Rights And Risks To Vulnerable Communities, Benjamin C. Zipursky

Fordham Urban Law Journal

In this Introduction, the author discusses the recent Supreme Court decisions Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill. On one hand, several panel contributors hold the position that one should have the right to control one’s own death, which is rooted in autonomy, liberty, and equality. Scholarly voices on the other side of the debate, including four panel members, believe that the legalization of physician-assisted suicide would create intolerable risks, particularly to those in the community who are the most vulnerable: the poor, the elderly, and the mentally and physically disabled.

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Three Crucial Distinctions, Norton Spritz

Fordham Urban Law Journal

In Part I discusses whether there is a sustainable distinction between withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining measures and physician-assisted suicide. By segregating those who choose to end their lives into two groups, albeit with considerable overlap, the state can exert its general interest in preserving life and preventing suicide where it has the greatest interest and justification for doing so. In Part II, the author explores whether we can maintain a distinction between the right of a patient to have his or her physician assist in suicide and a direct role of the physician in various forms of euthanasia. Next, the …

Informed Consent To Human Subject Research: Improving The Process Of Obtaining Informed Consent From Mentally Ill Persons, Dorothy Derrickson

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Note demonstrates that the federal regulations regarding human subject research must provide more specific guidelines that emphasize the process of obtaining informed consent from persons with mental illnesses. Part I discusses schizophrenia as a case example of mental illness that requires more stringent informed consent standards in human subject research. Part II describes the legal foundations of informed consent to human experimentation and the current federal regulations for human subject research. Part III examines the inadequacy of current federal regulations for mentally ill research subjects and proposes revisions to ensure that mentally ill persons provide adequate informed consent to …

Rediscovering The State Constitutional Right To Happiness And Safety, Joseph R. Grodin

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

More than half of the state constitutions declare the right of persons "to pursue and obtain happiness and safety," or some variation on that language, but lawyers and judges seldom think to invoke those provisions in asserting or considering state constitutional claims. Professor Grodin, formerly a Justice of the California Supreme Court, explores the roots of such language in classical and Enlightenment philosophy. He then examines judicial opinions which have drawn upon the language and considers the way in which it might inform modem constitutional doctrine.

Professor Grodin argues that the history and text of the language, viewed from a …

Social And Business Objectives Of Telecommunications Policy, Bjorn Wellenius

Fordham International Law Journal

Speech given at Session 2: World Communication: Where is Technology Leading Us? Mr. Wellenius focused on the social objectives of telecommunications policy and how these objectives fare in a privately led, increasingly competitive business environment.The social and business objectives of telecommunications policy largely coincide. Gaps, however, are likely to remain in meeting social objectives. Closing these gaps costs rather little, much less in fact than had been assumed in the past. Small subsidies go a long way if they are allocated using market mechanisms.

Session 4: The Legal Profession And Human Right: Questions And Answers Moderated By Desmond Fernando, Hans Corell, Fali Nariman, Jerome J. Shestack, Louise Arbour

Fordham International Law Journal

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Appellees' Brief In Support Of Attorneys' Fees And Costs, Becovic V. City Of Chicago, 694 N.E.2d 1044 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. 1997) (No. 1-97-1151), F. Willis Caruso, John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic

Court Documents and Proposed Legislation

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Towards A Compassionate And Cost-Effective Drug Policy: A Forum On The Impact Of Drug Policy On The Justice System And Human Rights

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This is a transcript from the the first of three panels on drug policy and the impact of drug policy on the justice system and human rights. Don Johnson of the New York Society for Ethical Culture and Tom Haines the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Partnership for Responsible Drug Information introduced the moderator Kathy Rocklen. Judge Sweet of the Southern District of New York is joined by experts on drug policy from the medical and academic worlds, private foundations and other interested organizations, who will give their views on the impact of drug policy on the justice …

Disease Prevention As Drug Policy: A Historical Perspective On The Case For Legal Access To Sterile Syringes As A Means Of Reducing Drug-Related Harm, Mark Parts

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This article integrates the historical medical literature and the current research, so that we can see the full extent of the harm caused by limiting availability of sterile syringes and the importance of policies providing access to sterile syringes as a part of our efforts to fight the epidemics of today and tomorrow. This article concludes that a thorough understanding of the damage created by sterile syringe restrictions is crucial to the development of effective disease prevention policies.

The Rights To Future Technologies: Should Bourne V. Disney Change The Rules?, Gayley Rosen

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This note analyzes the decision in Bourne v. Disney and proposes a method for courts to determine whether a licensing agreement includes the rights to future technologies. This Note concludes that courts should only interpret licenses to include the rights to future technology when the contract includes a broad grant of rights or a future-mediums clause. Even when the contract does not include a future-mediums clause, it should not be enforced when the form of technology is so disimilar from the technology contemplated as to be unfair.

Linking Genes With Behavior: The Social And Legal Implications Of Using Genetic Evidence In Criminal Trials, Carol A. Gaudet

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Note surveys the increasingly problematic issue of using genetic information in legal decision making. This Note concludes that genetic evidence should be admissible during both the guilt or innocence phases and the penalty phases of criminal trials because it improves the trial process by enhancing juries' understanding of the defendant's intentions during the commission of their crimes.

Social Interaction And Play Styles: A Comparison Of Well And Chronically Ill Preschoolers, Tonya L. Saunders

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The study compares the differences in social interaction and play styles among children with chronic illness to those of well children. The sample consists of 34 children between the ages of three and five years. Subjects were recruited from local Head Start centers and outpatient clinics and participated on a volunteer basis. Seven subjects included children who had been diagnosed with some type of chronic illness (e.g. asthma, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or spina bifida). The remaining twenty-seven subjects were children who had never been diagnosed with a chronic illness. Parents of all children completed questionnaires investigating variations that exist among …