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Japan's Big Bang Financial Reforms, Ernest T. Patrikis

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Shareholder Participation In Corporate Decisionmaking Under German Law: A Comparitive Analysis, Bernd Singhof, Oliver Seiler

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Boeing/Mcdonnell Douglas Merger Review: A Serious Stretch Of European Competition Powers, Sondra Roberto

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Richards V. Lloyd's Of London: The Ninth Circuit Denies Access To The Securities Laws To American Investors, James Gange

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Religion And The Public Square: Making Democracy Safe For Religious Minorities, Suzanna Sherry

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In 1995, Judge Richard Posner ruled that the state of Illinois could not celebrate Good Friday as a statewide holiday for the public schools.' Closing all Illinois public schools on Good Friday, Posner declared, violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution by "plac[ing] the support of the state behind a wholly sectarian holiday." The Ninth Circuit has disagreed, upholding Good Friday as a state holiday in Hawaii. Federal courts have similarly reached varying conclusions about the constitutionality of other symbolic endorsements of Christianity, including the use of a cross as part of a government seal, the inclusion of the phrase …

A Tour Of Mistakes, Paul H. Edelman

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In these pages, Steven Lubet recently reviewed A Tour of the Calculus, by David Berlinski. Inspired by both the beauty of calculus and Berlinski's description of it, Lubet waxes poetic on the many parallels between the law and calculus. It is completely understandable--even admirable that one might be led to ruminations on the relationship between calculus and one's own discipline. There is little doubt that the subject of calculus stands as one of the great intellectual feats of Western thought. It has had profound implications for physics, engineering, economics and many other disciplines-so why not law? Alas, these philosophical musings …

Ay 1997/1998 Fs Meeting Minutes, 1998-02-18, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

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Ay 1997/1998 Fs Meeting Minutes, 1997-11-19, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

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Ay 1997/1998 Fs Meeting Minutes, 1997-10-15, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Sec Meeting Minutes, 1998-04-01, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 1997/1998 Sec Meeting Minutes, 1998-02-04, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

African American Students On A Predominantly White Campus: Stressful Experiences And Coping Strategies, Katherine Townsend

Masters Theses

Stressful experiences and coping strategies were examined in African American college students at a predominantly white institution. The Ways of Coping-Revised and the Survey of Recent Life Experiences were mailed to all full-time African American students both on and off campus. The results indicated that African American students are not more likely to experience high stress; that stress level does not predetermine coping strategy and that academic class standing does not influence stress level. However, females are likely to experience more stress due to the pressures of time than males. Furthermore, Wishful Thinking was preferred by students who encounter high …

Predictors Of Jurors' Decisions And Post-Trial Perceptions Of Child Witness Credibility In A Child Sexual Assault Trial, Janet Murvin Gibson

Masters Theses

The effect of judge’s instructions and jurors’ preconceptions about children’s credibility on juror decision making and post-trial perceptions of children’s credibility was investigated. Also, the relationship between jurors’ post-trial perceptions of children’s credibility and measure of guilt was explored. Jurors’ level of authoritarianism was utilized as a covariate and jurors’ comprehension of the judge’s instructions was considered as a possible mediating influence on their decision making. One hundred and twenty five undergraduate women enrolled in psychology classes at Eastern Illinois University viewed a videotaped simulation of a child sexual assault trial. Participants heard either standard instructions in which the judge …

The Effects Of Teacher Involvement In Classroom-Based Intervention For Vocabulary Acquisition And Classroom Communication Skills, Alexis A. Paramboukas

Masters Theses

The present study investigated curricular vocabulary acquisition in children enrolled in grades kindergarten through third. A collaborative classroom-based treatment approach was compared with a classroom-based "SLP-teach" method of intervention. Children at the collaborative school received a curricular language lesson in the classroom which was team taught by the classroom teacher and speech-language pathologist. The speech-language pathologist and classroom teacher met weekly to determine curricular vocabulary words and materials for the lessons. Children at the SLP-teach school received the same curricular language lessons, however, the classroom teachers were not present during the lessons and collaborative planning did not occur between the …

A Comparison Of F2 Transitions In The Disfluent Speech Of Persistent And Recovered Preschool Children Who Stutter, Jennifer K. Niemann

Masters Theses

This study investigated second formant transition extent and direction in disfluent speech samples recorded close to stuttering onset in preschool age children. Comparisons were made among subgroups of children known to persist in stuttering, those who recovered from stuttering, and normally fluent control subjects. Twenty-eight subjects, eight persistent stutterers, eight recovered subjects, and twelve normally fluent subjects participated. These children were enrolled in the longitudinal Stuttering Research Project at the University of Illinois at Urbana. The initial consonant to vowel transition in the second formant of the repeated portion of the part-word repetition was compared to the transition in the …

Factors Associated With The Utilization Of Mathematics Manipulatives In Grades Kindergarten Through Four, Debra J. Bandy

Masters Theses

Since the publication of "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1989, mathematics pedagogy has shifted from the standard memorization of facts and processes to concept development and application. Teachers have been encouraged to utilize manipulatives to help students bridge the gap between concrete and abstract mathematical concepts. This study was conducted to determine if grade level impacted the frequency with which manipulatives were used, to examine teacher perceptions of eleven factors associated with the frequency of utilization of math manipulatives, and to assess the perceived effect of teaching with manipulatives …

Assessing The Effectiveness Of Tactile Stimulation For Task-Related Behaviors And Language Comprehension On Two Children With Autism, Lynn A. Patterson

Masters Theses

Previous research has investigated the effects of tactile stimulation on autistic behavior in the realm of occupational therapy (McClure, & Holtz-Yotz, 1991; Zissermann, 1991); however, no studies were found which investigated the effects of tactile stimulation on autistic behavior within the realm of speech-language pathology. This study was conducted to examine the effects of tactile stimulation on task-related behaviors and language comprehension.

The subjects were two school-aged males with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Autism) grouped for speech-language therapy. The subjects exhibited difficulties in modulating sensory input in the areas of tactile/proprioceptive functioning, as assessed by an occupational therapist. Both subjects were …

The Relationships Among Length Of Sleep And Performances On Arithmetic, Digit Span, And Digit Symbol Subtests Of The Wais-R In College Students, Mike F. Welsh

Masters Theses

Eighty-one college students (26 Male and 55 Female) were administered the Digit Span, Arithmetic, and Digit Symbol subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Two questionnaires were given to the participants. The first requested the participant to report their sleep habits over the last 30 days (Past Month Sleep), the night before the tests (Night Before Sleep), and the amount of sleep they feel they need in order to feel well rested (Needed Sleep). While the second asked if they had given their best effort during testing. Upon completion, the subtest scores were explored in order to determine if …

The Small-Business Exemption Under The Fair Labor Standards Act: The "Original" Accumulation Of Capital And The Inversion Of Industrial Policy, Marc Linder

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Turning David And Goliath Into The Odd Couple: How The New Community Reinvestment Act Promotes Community Development Financial Institutions, Senator Nellie R. Santiago, Thomas T. Holyoke, Ross D. Levi

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

No Place To Stand: The Supreme Court's Refusal To Address The Merits Of Congressional Members' Line-Item Veto Challenge In Raines V. Byrd, James I. Alexander

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Equitable Equivalents: Biotechnology And The Doctrine Of Equivalents After Warner-Jenkinson Co. V. Hilton Davis Chemical Co., Lawrence S. Graham

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

One-Half Phen In The Morning/One Fen Before Dinner: A Proposal For Fda Regulation Of Off-Label Uses Of Drugs, Jaime A. Wilsker

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

The Male Abortion: The Putative Father's Right To Terminate His Interests In And Obligations To The Unborn Child, Melanie G. Mcculley

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Turning Plowshares Into Swords And Bananas Into Barrettas: A Call For A Revision To The Ucmj To Include Unloaded Firearms As Dangerous Weapons, A. Jack Guggenheim

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Forum: Police Violence: Causes And Cures, Joan Wexler, Eve Cary, Paul G. Chevigny, Hon. Milton Mollen, William F. Kuntz Ii, Deborah Small

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Permitting Employers To Violate Employees' Civil Rights: The Griffin V. Eller Exemption From Washington's Law Against Discrimination, Jonathan A. Moskowitz

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Mojica V. Reno: Upholding District Courts' Statutory Habeas Power Under The Immigration Laws Of 1996, Colleen Caden

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Article 81 Of The Mental Hygiene Law: Designed To Protect The Elderly, But Prejudicing Children's Rights, Rosann Torres

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Convergent Validity Between The Adjustment Scales For Children And Adolescents (Asca) And The Behavior Assessment System For Children-Teacher Rating Scale (Basc-Trs), Joseph M. Keusch

Masters Theses

The Adjustment Scales for Children and Adolescents (ASCA) and the Behavior Assessment System for Children-Teacher Rating Scale (BASC-TRS) are two relatively new behavior assessment devices designed to measure youth problem behavior. Both scales are designed to be completed by the child's classroom teacher and evaluated by qualified professionals. Both scales are unique in their construction and are considered to be technically adequate. Many of their syndromes/subscales and global scales/composites are similar in their name, nature, and descriptions according to their respective manuals. However, no research has been conducted establishing convergent evidence of construct validity between the two instruments. The present …