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Faculty Publications 1997-1998, New York Law School

Bibliographies of Faculty Publications

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Oregon Dog Control Laws And Due Process: A Case Study, Christopher C. Eck, Robert E. Bovett

Animal Law Review

Mr. Eck and Mr. Bovett examine the inequities and inconsis­tencies in Oregon dog control laws and due process concerns arising from them. The authors outline constitutional require­ments that need to be enforced to ensure protection against unreasonable government actions in cases involving these laws.

Recovery Of Common Law Damages For Emotional Distress, Loss Of Society, And Loss Of Companionship For The Wrongful Death Of A Companion Animal, Steven M. Wise

Animal Law Review

Mr. Wise analyzes experiential recognition of the bond that ex­ists between human companions and companion animals in the context of possible recovery of tort damages for the wrongful death of a companion animal. He demonstrates that companion animals are often seen by their human companions as members of the family (holding much the same status as children). He discusses historical aspects of the common law as they relate to current tort law in such cases and examines the tension that exists between principle and policy.

If Animal Rights Activists Could Write Federal Research Policy, Vasanth R. Shenai

Animal Law Review

Mr. Shenai examines animal rights in the context of federal animal testing. After discussing current federal research policy and the positions held by animal rights advocates, he proposes a new statute to accommodate all interests in society as well as the rights of the animals being considered for testing.

Can Nonhuman Animals Find Tort Protection In A Human-Centered Common Law?, Enger Mccartney-Smith

Animal Law Review

Section 870 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts provides a method by which a court might extend private intentional tort rights to nonhuman animal plaintiffs. Given our current scien­tific and experiential understanding of many species, com­bined with existing court procedures to ease administrability, such an extension of tort law is mandated.

Composition And Change Of Maritime Hammock Flora In East-Central Florida After 20 Years, Donald John Spence

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The vegetation of eight east-central Florida maritime hammocks studied in 1997 were compared to similar data collected over 20 years ago. Study sites are located in the northern half of the Indian River Lagoon system mostly within Canaveral National Seashore and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The upland hammock vegetation throughout the state generally has an oak-palm association, but here these species dominate. Results show that sabal palm, live oak, laurel oak, and pignut hickory, the four dominant tree species in 1976-77, are still dominant in 1997; however, there has been a loss in tree species richness. Most shrub species …

The Economics Of Violence: Why Freedom From Domestic Violence Must Be Treated As A Developmental Right In International Law, Kelsey S. Barnes

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

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Risk Regulation And The "Faces" Of Uncertainty, Vern R. Walker

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The problem of "decision making in the face of uncertainty" is how to regulate on the basis of incomplete information that has significant potential to be inaccurate. My primary goal is to clarify some aspects of such decision-making through surveying types of uncertainty inherent in information. I present a taxonomy for kinds of inherent uncertainty - a classification and description of the "faces"of uncertainty. A second goal is to identify which kinds of uncertainty can and cannot now be measured quantitatively.

A contextual assumption is that we need to evaluate decision rules for dealing with faces of uncertainty. As a …

Undergraduate Bulletin, 1998-2000, Cuny John Jay College

College Bulletins

Covers academic years 1998/1999 & 1999/2000

Fold Or Fight: The Changing Settlement Calculus In Cercla Enforcement Actions, Lemuel M. Srolovic, Pamela R. Esterman

Fordham Environmental Law Review

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Fortnightly - 1998

Fortnightly Collated by Year

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Nachusa Grasslands : A Benefit-Cost Analysis, Using The Contingent Valuation Method, James E. Long

Honors Capstones

The purpose of this research paper is to help policy-makers compare environmental interests to non-environmental interests. It involves calculating use and non-use values for a preserve—Nachusa Grasslands. Use values consist of direct values. Non-use values are indirect, option and existence values. The total value, containing only direct, option and existence values, is divided by the total costs of operating the preserve to determine a ratio (Dzurik and Theriaque 1996: 128). This ratio allows pplicy officials to make simple comparisons with similar projects an easy task. Use values are tangible benefits. They represent those qualities that can be directly measured in …

Inferencing And Story Retelling Abilities In A First Grade Population, Aami Nicole Osterberg

Honors Capstones

Narrative abilities have been shown to be highly correlated with academic success in children. Inferencing, one form of narration, has not been researched in children under the age of six. Information about inferencing abilities in children is important because is could help with the early identification of a language deficiency. This study was designed to help determine at what age children begin to infer information. Fifteen first grade children were presented with line drawings and prompted to infer what happened between the pictures. The children were also asked to retell a story after it was presented to them to assess …

Master's Programs In Metal Health Counseling And School Guidance Counseling Policies And Procedures Handbook 1998-1999, Nova Southeastern University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

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Decisions At The End Of Life, Catherine A. Marco

Emergency Medicine Faculty Publications

As members of the Church, we believe that our Heavenly Father, in His divine judgment, chooses the appropriate time of death, the essential step and passageway to the next and more perfect life. Although medical technology has created many possibilities for increasing the quality and duration of life in many cases, its use must be appropriately and cautiously implemented. The role of medicine and technology should be to assist in providing cure and comfort to patients in need, rather than the artificial postponement of the natural process of dying.

El Método Cope Para Mejorar El Cuidado De La Atención: La Experiencia De La Asociación Para La Planificación Familiar De Kenia, Janet Bradley, Judith Bruce, Soledad Diaz, Carlos Huezo, Kalimi Mworia

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Esta es la primera de varias ediciones de Quality/Calidad/Qualité que describen métodos concebidos para ayudar tanto a los directores como al personal de los programas de planificación familiar a efectuar una evaluación propia de la calidad de los servicios que prestan. Estas herramientas dan a los patrocinadores de los programas la oportunidad de identificar las deficiencias en su entorno de servicio y proponer soluciones. El informe examina la experiencia de la Asociación Nacional de Planificación Familiar de Kenia, proporciona algunas lecciones aprendidas y demuestra que estos ejercicios de autoevaluación están, de hecho, dando como resultado una mejora de la calidad …

The Effects Of Primary School Quality On The Educational Participation And Attainment Of Kenyan Girls And Boys, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Barbara Mensch, Wesley H. Clark

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

In Kenya, adolescent girls fare poorly relative to boys in an educational system characterized by enormous growth, deteriorating quality, and rising costs. Girls are more likely than boys to drop out of school prematurely and are less likely to do well on the primary school leaving exams that come at the end of grade eight. Using data from nearly 600 adolescents aged 12-19 in combination with data collected from 36 primary schools in which those adolescents reside, this paper investigates the effect of school quality on the likelihood of dropping out from primary school in three districts of Kenya. In …

On The Quantum And Tempo Of Fertility, John Bongaarts, Griffith Feeney

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Demographers have known since the 1940s that standard measures of period fertility, such as the widely used total fertility rate, are distorted by changes in the timing of childbearing. Period fertility rates are depressed during years in which women delay childbearing and inflated in years when childbearing is accelerated. This problem is usually ignored because there has been no generally accepted method for solving it. This study proposes a method for removing the tempo distortions from the total fertility rate. The key assumption of the method is that period effects, rather than cohorts effects, are the primary force in fertility …

Government And Fertility In Transitional And Post-Transitional Societies, Geoffrey Mcnicoll

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Five categories of possible government influence on a nation’s fertility are explored: (1) through publicly funded programs that explicitly seek to affect family-size outcomes (2) through the legal order and system of public administration (3) through measures that affect economic opportunity, social mobility, and gender relations; (4) through public-sector expenditures and transfer payments keyed to age or family status; and (5) through the state’s supplanting of local beliefs and traditions with the symbols of national identity and through the parallel expansion of cultural frames of reference. Aside from the first of these, intentions to influence fertility are either incidental or …

Using Cope To Improve Quality Of Care: The Experience Of The Family Planning Association Of Kenya, Janet Bradley, Judith Bruce, Soledad Diaz, Carlos Huezo, Kalimi Mworia

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This is the first of several editions of Quality/Calidad/Qualité that describe methodologies designed to assist family planning program managers and staff to self-assess the quality of services they are providing. These tools give program sponsors an opportunity to identify shortfalls in their service environment and propose solutions. This issue focuses on AVSC International's COPE (client-oriented, provider-efficient) methodology, a self-assessment tool that has now been used in 35 countries around the world. The report examines the experience of the National Family Planning Association of Kenya, provides some lessons learned, and demonstrates that these self-assessment exercises are, in fact, resulting in system-wide …

Reno V. Aclu: Champion Of Free Speech Or Blueprint For Speech Regulation On The Internet?, Pierre J. Lorieau

Journal of Law and Policy

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Survey Of Recent Developments In New Jersey Law

Seton Hall Law Review

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Chaos, Complexity, And Coevolution: The Web Of Law, Management Theory, And Law Related Services At The Millennium, Thomas Geu

Faculty Publications

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Civil Commitment And The Sexually Violent Predator, Melissa R. Saad

Denver Law Review

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An Indeterminate Mix Of Due Process And Equal Protection: The Undertow Of In Forma Pauperis, Eric K. Weingarten

Denver Law Review

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Vol. 75, No. 3: Table Of Contents, Denver University Law Review

Denver Law Review

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Education: Balancing The Interests Of Schools, Students, And The Community, Bryan M. Schwartz

Denver Law Review

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Environmental Law, Douglas Sinor

Denver Law Review

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Erisa Plan Changes, Daniel M. Nimtz

Denver Law Review

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Federal Indian Law, Timothy M. Reynolds

Denver Law Review

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