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Restoring Americans' Privacy In Electronic Commerce Symposium - The Legal And Policy Framework For Global Electronic Commerce: A Progress Report, Joel R. Reidenberg

Faculty Scholarship

In the United States today, substance abusers have greater privacy than web users and privacy has become the critical issue for the development of electronic commerce. Yet, the U.S. government’s privacy policy relies on industry self-regulation rather than legal rights. This article argues that the theory of self-regulation has normative flaws and that public experience shows the failure of industry to implement fair information practices. Together the flawed theory and data scandals demonstrate the sophistry of U.S. policy. The article then examines the comprehensive legal rights approach to data protection that has been adopted by governments around the world, most …

Master's Programs In Mental Health Counseling And School Guidance And Counseling Policies And Procedures Handbook 1999-2000, Nova Southeastern University

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

No abstract provided.

Courting Cyberspace, Al Harrison

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Having the ability to practice law in cyberspace has virtually metamorphosed the legal landscape into an amorphous mass. In this murky region, trying to apply well-established legal principles creates a colloidal covering of uncertainty. Besides compelling changes in the way legal services are delivered, this metamorphosis has introduced numerous practical and ethical concerns for lawyers and law firms. For example, consider the following questions:

• With whom are you communicating by sending e-mail?
• Are you inadvertently providing free legal advice to an unknown person in an unknown venue?
• Have you inadvertently established an attorney-client relationship?
• Are you licensed in the state …

Capital Formation And The Internet: An Alternative Source Of Equity Financing For Small Businesses, Brandon W. Freeman

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Traditional methods of equity financing are unrealistically expensive for most small companies with capital needs. Under federal and state disclosure laws, start-up ventures must pay for printing a prospectus, advertising, and mailing, along with legal fees and other expenses, which are often beyond their means. But the Internet is expanding to enable small companies in their early growth stages to raise money from outside equity investors. By accommodating new technologies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and state regulators have aided the Internet's expansion into equity financing.

In October 1995, through a Securities Act Release, the SEC endorsed and encouraged …

When Bad Things Happen To Good Intentions: The Development And Demise Of A Task Force Examining The Drugs-Violence Interrelationship Symposium On Drug Crimes, Deborah W. Denno

Faculty Scholarship

Between 1994-1996, I was one of twenty-eight members of a Drugs-Violence Task Force, created to report to the United States Sentencing Commission specific findings, conclusions, and recommendations concerning the interrelationship (if any) between drugs and violence. Much of the controversy concerning how to approach the drugs-violence problem reflects two conflicting and long-held views of drugs and crime: the criminal justice view, which emphasizes detecting and punishing drug offenders, and the public health view, which advocates treating the drug addiction that leads some individuals to commit crime. Traditionally, the criminal justice view is associated with a “tough on crime” attitude that …

Jury Reform At The End Of The Century: Real Agreement, Real Changes, Phoebe C. Ellsworth

Articles

Complaints about the jury system and calls for its reform are nothing new-they have probably existed as long as the jury system itself. Warren Burger called for the reform of the civil jury in 1971'; in 1905 William Howard Taft decried the contemporary tendency "to exalt the jury's power beyond anything which is wise or prudent .... ,2 Judges complain to judges, lawyers complain to lawyers, legal academics write articles about the jury for other legal academics, social scientists report their research on juries to other social scientists, and the jurors themselves go home and express their exasperation to their …

Center For Psychological Studies 1999-2000 Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

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

No abstract provided.

School Of Social And Systemic Studies Catalog 1999-2000, Nova Southeastern University

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

No abstract provided.

Family Law And Gay And Lesbian Family Issues In The Twentieth Century, David L. Chambers, Nancy D. Polikoff

Articles

Over these thirty years, lesbians and gay men have increasingly challenged conventional definitions of marriage and the family. In this brief article, we tell the story of gay people and family law in the United States across this period. We divide our discussion into two sections: issues regarding the recognition of the same-sex couple relationship and issues regarding gay men and lesbians as parents. These issues overlap, of course, but since family law discussions commonly treat adult-adult issues of all sorts separately from parent-child issues, we believe it convenient and helpful to do so as well.

Uso De Una Escala Multidimensional Para Padres De Niños De 6 A 11 Años En El Diagnóstico De Deficiencia Atencional Con Hiperactividad [Use Of Multidimensional Scale For Parents Of Children Aged 6 To 11 For The Diagnosis Of Attention Deficit With Hyperactivity], David Pineda, R. W. Kamphaus, O. Mora, I. C. Puerta, L. G. Palacio, I. Jiménez, Silvia Mejia-Arango, M. García, J. C. Arango

School of Medicine Publications

Introduction: The BASC is a multidimensional approach to evaluate the child behavior and it has been validated on the diagnosis of ADD/+H in North American children.

Objective: Validating BASC-PRS 6-11 on the diagnosis of ADD/+H.

Patients and methods: We selected 25 male DSM IV-ADD/+H (combined type), 6 to 11-years-old children, and 25 age, gender, and socioeconomic status matched controls. Mean ages of both groups 8.16 (1.5), schooling of controls 2.64 (1.4), and cases 2.6 (1.9).

Results: On the Clinical Scale ADD/+H children had significant (Anova p < 0.01) higher scores in hyperactivity, conduct problems, and attention problems. On the Adaptive Scale only significant differences on social skills and leadership were found, with lower score in the ADD/+H group. A crosstab analysis between group code and each rating variable transformed into categorical (0 and 1) variable, cut-off point = 85 percentile, found that the case children's parents qualified as clinically in higher risk the variables attention problems (OR = 24.4; 95% CI = 4.5-130), conduct problems (OR = 9.0; 95% CI = 1.7-46.9) and hyperactivity (OR = 6.8; 95% CI = 1.6-28.5) (p < 0.01). A discriminant analysis selected attention problems as discriminant function (p < 0.0001). Classification capability 84% for each group.

Conclusion: Our results proved the validity of the BASC-PRS 6-11 questionnaire for the screening …

Integrating Multimedia Techniques Into Cs Pedagogy, Sandra Honda, Richard Jou, Ahmad Nasri, Anne-Louise Radimsky, Bon K. Sy

School of Computer Science & Engineering Faculty Publications

Through its grants, the National Science Foundation sponsors workshops that inform faculty of current topics in Computer Science. Such a workshop, entitled, "Developing Multimedia-based Interactive Laboratory Modules for Computer Science", was given July 27 -August 6, 1998, at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Each participant was expected to design and implement a small part of a laboratory module. This paper describes what some of the faculty members who participated in the workshop have done with the knowledge obtained from the workshop.

Intellectual Property As An Investment: A Look At How Adr Relates To The European Union’S Proposal For Electronic Commerce In The Single Market, Melissa Devack

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

This Note addresses the importance of designing effective ADR provisions to the EU’s Directive on Electronic Commerce in the Single Market. The advantages arbitration offers will be demonstrated through its current use in settling copyright disputes that arise from online activity. Part I will define e-commerce and will outline the forum for its online transactions, the Internet. In addition, it will discuss the difficulty of regulating activity in virtual space and the types of issues left for the legal field to resolve. Part II will set out the framework of the EU and its vision for economic and monetary union. …

From Stockholm To Kyoto And Back To The United States: International Environmental Law's Effect On Domestic Law, Joel B. Eisen

Law Faculty Publications

In Part I, I begin my discussion of the relationship between the two legal regimes with a brief introduction to modern international environmental law to assist those whose knowledge is as limited as mine was not too long ago. I also describe how the Allen Chair Symposium and seminar series was designed to facilitate exploration of major trends in international environmental law. Part II provides a more in-depth look at the specific relationship between domestic and international environmental law. I conclude that international environmental law informs domestic law as a wellspring of law leading to domestic innovation, a complement to …

Blocked Pathways: Potential Legal Responses To Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Noah M. Sachs

Law Faculty Publications

Over fifty different chemicals may have endocrine disrupting effects, and these chemicals permeate our environment. We may be exposed to them through the products we use, the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breath. Although there is a clear need for further research into EDCs, the legal and regulatory communities should begin to consider the types of responses that may be appropriate if the scientific evidence grows stronger.

This article describes and assesses potential legal responses to EDCs, focusing on regulation and litigation, and concludes that existing legal tools will probably be inadequate to respond …

Midseason Stalk Breakage In Corn As Affected By Crop Rotation, Hybrid, And Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate, Wallace Wilhelm, Mark A. Liebig, Gary E. Varvel, Tracy M. Blackmer

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

In July of 1993 and 1994, southern Nebraska experienced devastating windstorms, with winds estimated to exceed 45 m s^-1. These storms resulted in severe brittle-snap of corn (Zea mays L.), with stalks breaking near the primary ear node in the basal portion of an elongating internode. In the storm path were several experiments established on a Hord silt loam (Cumulic Haplustolls) to determine the effect of selected management practices (crop rotation, hybrid selection, planting date, and N fertilization) on nitrate leaching to ground water from irrigated cropland. After the storms, the number of broken plants was determined …

Is There A Need For Speed? : Risky Driving Behaviour And Young Male Drivers : A Review Of The Literature, Catherine A. Ferguson

Theses : Honours

Young male drivers have been identified as a high risk for Motor Vehicle Accident. This paper reviews three components for accident risk: the driving environment, society and individual factors associated with accident histories. Possible predictors for identifying young men at risk for accident involvement are driving behaviour, driving attitude and sensation seeking. Protective factors to reduce the incidence of risky driving in youth might include legal restrictions, increased education and training. The paper recommends that future research tests the above predictors for a relationship with accident involvement in young men.

Children's Reactions To Aggressive And Submissive Peers, Natalie Honey

Theses : Honours

The purpose of this study was to investigate children's attitudes towards aggressive and submissive peers. A 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design was used to test the hypotheses. The three between-subjects variables were (a) the label given to the target child (aggressive/submissive) in a vignette, (b) the nature of the behaviour displayed in a critical incident (aggressive/nonaggressive response) as described in a vignette, and (c) the sex of the participants. A sample of 169 Year 6 and 7 students was divided into four groups containing at least 20 girls and 20 boys. A survey was administered to measure the …

The Uniqueness Of Federal Prosecutors, Fred C. Zacharias, Bruce A. Green

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Infrared Image Upconversion Using Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate, Philip Stephen Maciejewski

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Inhibition Of Fibronectin Matrix Assembly By The Heparin-Binding Domain Of Vitronectin, Denise C. Hocking, Jane Sottile, Thomas Reho, Reinhard Fässler, Paula J. Mckeown-Longo

Biology

The deposition of fibronectin into the extracellular matrix is an integrin-dependent, multistep process that is tightly regulated in order to ensure controlled matrix deposition. Reduced fibronectin deposition has been associated with altered embryonic development, tumor cell invasion, and abnormal wound repair. In one of the initial steps of fibronectin matrix assembly, the amino-terminal region of fibronectin binds to cell surface receptors, termed matrix assembly sites. The present study was undertaken to investigate the role of extracellular signals in the regulation of fibronectin deposition. Our data indicate that the interaction of cells with the extracellular glycoprotein, vitronectin, specifically inhibits matrix assembly …

Enhancing Autonomy For Battered Women: Lessons From Navajo Peacemaking, Donna Coker

Articles

In this Article, Professor Donna Coker employs original empirical research to investigate the use of Navajo Peacemaking in cases involving domestic violence. Her analysis includes an examination of Navajo women's status and the impact of internal colonization. Many advocates for battered women worry that informal adjudication methods such as Peacemaking ignore domestic hierarchies of power and thus facilitate the batterer's ongoing violence against the victim. Those who endorse the use of Navajo Peacemaking and other systems of restorative justice believe that such processes are better equipped to cut through the batterer's denial and victim blaming and are more likely to …

"Special Circumstances": Teens, Welfare And Politics In Ontario During The 1990s, R. Blake Brown

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Ontario Disability Support Program: Policy And Implementation, Harry Beatty

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Rock Teapots, R. Preston Saunders

Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to explore functional and non-functional tea sets. I used these objects as metaphors to express my concerns about nature and my natural surroundings. I made connections with the historical traditions of tea ware in my search for a personal aesthetic solution. I used a variety of forming and firing techniques in conjunction with other materials such as wood and metal.

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 40 No. 2, Bob J. Frye, John G. Rodden, Martine Delavaux, Mark W. Crilly, Wayne Hanley, James A. Papa Jr., Priscilla Atkins, Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, Rick Cannon, Carol Hamilton, William Kloefkorn, Elva Lauter, Lyn Lifshin, Peter Ludwin, Walt Mcdonald, Mark Sanders, Steven Sherill, Lauren Smith, Michael Spring, Susan Terris, Bob Vance, Mark J. Peterson, Ronald Charles Epstein, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

BOB J. FRY beckons readers to look beyond the friendly, folksy Garrison Keillor so many have seen in Lake Wobegon Days to glimpse the satire, both gentle and biting, that Keillor offers. Professor of English at Texas Christian University, editor of a book of critical essays on John Dryden's satire, Mac Flecknoe, and author of articles which have appeared in a number of journals, he has twice received teaching awards during his thirty years at TCU, including most recently the Piper Professor Award in 1994 given to just ten Texas educators annually honoring significant contributions in teaching.

JOHN G. RODDEN …

Folktales - Witches, Lechuzas, 1999, 2002

Mark Glazer's Traditional Mexican American Folklore Collection

Folktales collected by anthropology students in 1999 and 2002. NOTE: Personally identifiable information has been redacted.

Context And Collaboration: Family Law Innovation And Professional Autonomy, Louise G. Trubek

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Human Rights And Human Wrongs: Is The United States Death Penalty System Inconsistent With International Human Rights Law, Warren Allmand, Stephen B. Bright, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Dorean Marguerite Koenig, William A. Schabas, W. L. Seriti

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Rethinking The Tough Sentencing Of Teenage Neonaticide Offenders In The United States, Christine A. Fazio, Jennifer L. Comito

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Post-Sale Confusion Doctrine: Why The General Public Should Be Included In The Likelihood Of Confusion Inquiry, Anne M. Mccarthy

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.