Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2000

Discipline
Institution
Keyword
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 1201 - 1230 of 30977

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

The Second Amendment: Structure, History, And Constitutional Change, David Yassky Dec 2000

The Second Amendment: Structure, History, And Constitutional Change, David Yassky

Michigan Law Review

A fierce debate about the Second Amendment has been percolating in academia for two decades, and has now bubbled through to the courts. The question at the heart of this debate is whether the Amendment restricts the government's ability to regulate the private possession of firearms. Since at least 1939 - when the Supreme Court decided United States v. Miller, its only decision squarely addressing the scope of the right to "keep and bear Arms" - the answer to that question has been an unqualified "no." Courts have brushed aside Second Amendment challenges to gun control legislation, reading the Amendment …

Go to article

Reducing The Overburden: The Doris Coal Presumption And Administrative Efficiency Under The Black Lung Benefits Act, Eric R. Olson Dec 2000

Reducing The Overburden: The Doris Coal Presumption And Administrative Efficiency Under The Black Lung Benefits Act, Eric R. Olson

Michigan Law Review

Coal dust build-up prevents many coal miners' lungs from functioning properly. This condition, commonly referred to as black lung or pneumoconiosis, can make common activities nearly impossible. The Black Lung Benefits Act covers the cost of medical treatment for many affected miners, though procedural impediments often prevent miners from receiving care. The miner's current or former employer, when identifiable, must pay for medical care relating to the miner's black lung. Most disputes over miners' claims for medical care arise when the miner has a history of cigarette smoking and the need for medical care could arise from either coal dust …

Go to article

Endangered Species Protection: A Proposal To Modify The Legislation In Colombia, Adriana Campuzano Dec 2000

Endangered Species Protection: A Proposal To Modify The Legislation In Colombia, Adriana Campuzano

LLM Theses and Essays

The Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (“CITES”) is praised as a successful international treaty in protecting and preserving endangered species. However, the effectiveness of CITES is reliant upon member States enforcing and implementing CITES provisions. Colombia has enacted laws implementing CITES but has experienced an increase in the number of endangered species despite these laws. On the other hand, the United States’ implementation of CITES through the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) is viewed as a sophisticated and successful CITES implementation programs. This thesis makes an attempt to offer viable proposals to help improve …

Go to article

Attitudes As Barriers In Breast Screening: A Prospective Study Among Singapore Women, Paulin Tay Straughan, Adeline Seow Dec 2000

Attitudes As Barriers In Breast Screening: A Prospective Study Among Singapore Women, Paulin Tay Straughan, Adeline Seow

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Health care systems do not exist in isolation, but rather, as part of the larger social and cultural mosaic. In particular, perceived attitudes are major obstacles in health promotion exercises. This problem is especially true for non-white populations where little is known about the prevailing social and cultural perceptions towards western biomedical prescriptions. To further our understanding of Asian women's acceptance of mammograms, three attitudinal indexes are conceptualised, constructed and validated. Data fi om a prospective survey showed the significance of fatalistic attitudes, perceived barriers and perceived efficacy of early detection in predicting women's acceptance of a free mammogram at …

Go to article

Introduction: Civil Litigation And Popular Culture - Sixth Annual Clifford Symposium On Tort Law And Social Policy, Stephan Landsman Dec 2000

Introduction: Civil Litigation And Popular Culture - Sixth Annual Clifford Symposium On Tort Law And Social Policy, Stephan Landsman

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Exploring The Hidden Domains Of Civil Justice: "Naming, Blaming, And Claiming" In Popular Culture, Austin Sarat Dec 2000

Exploring The Hidden Domains Of Civil Justice: "Naming, Blaming, And Claiming" In Popular Culture, Austin Sarat

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

"The Impact That It Has Had Is Between People's Ears": Tort Reform, Mass Culture, And Plaintiffs' Lawyers, Stephen Daniels, Joanne Martin Dec 2000

"The Impact That It Has Had Is Between People's Ears": Tort Reform, Mass Culture, And Plaintiffs' Lawyers, Stephen Daniels, Joanne Martin

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Jury And Popular Culture, Jeffrey Abramson Dec 2000

The Jury And Popular Culture, Jeffrey Abramson

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

"The Verdict" Is In: The Civic Implications Of Civil Trials, Richard H. Weisberg Dec 2000

"The Verdict" Is In: The Civic Implications Of Civil Trials, Richard H. Weisberg

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Lexitainment: Legal Process As Theater, Lawrence M. Friedman Dec 2000

Lexitainment: Legal Process As Theater, Lawrence M. Friedman

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

No Laughing Matter: Humor And Contradiction In Stories Of Law, Patricia Ewick, Susan S. Silbey Dec 2000

No Laughing Matter: Humor And Contradiction In Stories Of Law, Patricia Ewick, Susan S. Silbey

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Running Away With The Circus: Untapping The Subersive Potential Of Civil Litigation's Narratives, Susan Bandes Dec 2000

Running Away With The Circus: Untapping The Subersive Potential Of Civil Litigation's Narratives, Susan Bandes

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

A Novelist's Perspective, Marianne Wesson Dec 2000

A Novelist's Perspective, Marianne Wesson

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

On Attention Span: Comment On Marianne Wesson's "A Novelist's Perspective" , Steven Lubet Dec 2000

On Attention Span: Comment On Marianne Wesson's "A Novelist's Perspective" , Steven Lubet

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Conniving Claimant: Changing Images Of Misuse Of Legal Remedies, Marc Galanter Dec 2000

The Conniving Claimant: Changing Images Of Misuse Of Legal Remedies, Marc Galanter

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Meeting The Enemy, Stephen C. Yeazell Dec 2000

Meeting The Enemy, Stephen C. Yeazell

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Contemporary Legends And Claims Of Corporate Malfeasance: Race, Fried Chicken, And The Marketplace, Gary Alan Fine, Patricia Turner Dec 2000

Contemporary Legends And Claims Of Corporate Malfeasance: Race, Fried Chicken, And The Marketplace, Gary Alan Fine, Patricia Turner

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Maintaining Secret Government Dossiers On The First Amendment Activities Of American Citizens: The Law Enforcement Activity Exception To The Privacy Act, Steven W. Becker Dec 2000

Maintaining Secret Government Dossiers On The First Amendment Activities Of American Citizens: The Law Enforcement Activity Exception To The Privacy Act, Steven W. Becker

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Inherent Conflict: A Case Against The Use Of Contingency Fees By Special Assistants In Quasi-Governmental Prosecutorial Roles, David Edward Dahlquist Dec 2000

Inherent Conflict: A Case Against The Use Of Contingency Fees By Special Assistants In Quasi-Governmental Prosecutorial Roles, David Edward Dahlquist

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Borne By The Users Of Obstetric Services At Government Hospitals In Karachi, Pakistan, M M. Kadir, A Khan, S Sadruddin, S P. Luby Dec 2000

Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Borne By The Users Of Obstetric Services At Government Hospitals In Karachi, Pakistan, M M. Kadir, A Khan, S Sadruddin, S P. Luby

Community Health Sciences

Objective: Financing health services is a challenge for health policy makers world over, especially in developing countries. Alternate mechanisms such as user fees are being proposed. However, there is a feeling that in developing countries, users of government hospitals spend appreciable personal income to obtain "free services" at these facilities.Methods: This study aimed to measure the extent and the factors associated with of out-of-pocket expenses borne by the users of obstetric care at government hospitals. It also aimed to determine willingness of consumers to bear out of pocket expenses. It was conducted in three government hospitals in Karachi.Results: Seven hundred …

Go to article

Smu's City Campus Master Plan Approved, Singapore Management University Dec 2000

Smu's City Campus Master Plan Approved, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases and News

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Comparative Literature As Textual Anthropology, Antony Tatlow Dec 2000

Comparative Literature As Textual Anthropology, Antony Tatlow

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article, "Comparative Literature as Textual Anthropology," Antony Tatlow proposes textual anthropology as a critic's approach in the comparative study of literature. If anthropology is "behavioural hermeneutics" (Clifford Geertz) with the implication of self-reflexivity, the anthropologist will be disposed to fashion in the object of attention what is neglected and that can therefore be described as the unconscious of his/her own culture. In an application of his framework, Tatlow relates totemic and utopian thought through the use of animal signs. In his article, Tatlow shows how cultural demands both fashion the ethnographer-critic and select the perspectives he/she must transcend. …

Go to article

Comparative Literature And Cultural Identity, Jola Skulj Dec 2000

Comparative Literature And Cultural Identity, Jola Skulj

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article, "Comparative Literature and Cultural Identity," Jola Skulj proposes a framework inspired by Mikhail Bakhtin's work. Skulj argues that the validity of cultural identity cannot be an equivalent to the measure of originality of an inherent national subjectivity in it. Such an idea of identity concept, quite acceptable in the nineteenth century, is insufficient to the views in literary studies today. From the standpoint of comparative literature, cultural identity exists only through its own deconstruction and permanent multiplication of several cultural relations. The identity principle of individual cultures is in fact established through the principle of otherness or …

Go to article

Is Comparative Literature Ready For The Twenty-First Century?, Eva Kushner Dec 2000

Is Comparative Literature Ready For The Twenty-First Century?, Eva Kushner

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article, "Is Comparative Literature Ready for the Twenty-First Century?" Eva Kushner observes that throughout its history, comparative literature has internalized as part of its own objectives and directives a major challenge: The need to renew its problematics and curriculums in response to the inherent diversity of literature within culture. She emphasizes that the vitality of the discipline depends on an authentic pluralism capable of resisting the dominance of unanalyzed hierarchies and universals. Acknowledging that the entire history of world literature remains the potential material of comparative literature studies, Kushner favours an "open system" approach. The concept of an …

Go to article

The Advantages Of Critical And Systematic Literary Taxonomies: A Review Article Of New Work By Cerquiglini, Juvan, And Zima, Kristof Jacek Kozak Dec 2000

The Advantages Of Critical And Systematic Literary Taxonomies: A Review Article Of New Work By Cerquiglini, Juvan, And Zima, Kristof Jacek Kozak

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.

Go to article

City Campus Design Competition Results, Singapore Management University Dec 2000

City Campus Design Competition Results, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases and News

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Philosophy Of Don Quixote: A Look At The Character Using Heidegger’S Authenticity, Matthew D. Mangum Dec 2000

The Philosophy Of Don Quixote: A Look At The Character Using Heidegger’S Authenticity, Matthew D. Mangum

Honors Program Theses and Research Projects

The following paper will take an existential philosophical idea and apply it to a renaissance novel featuring a medieval character. The existential idea of authenticity as explained by Martin Heidegger will be outlined and then used to evaluate the main character of Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote, the knight-errant Don Quixote de la Mancha.

Go to article

Assessing The Potential Impact Of The Proposed Hague Jurisdiction And Judgments Convention On Human Rights Litigation In The United States, Thomas E. Vanderbloemen Dec 2000

Assessing The Potential Impact Of The Proposed Hague Jurisdiction And Judgments Convention On Human Rights Litigation In The United States, Thomas E. Vanderbloemen

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Application Of The Doctrine Of Equivalents To Means Plus Function Claims: Wms Gaming Inc. V. International Game Technology, John N. Kandara Dec 2000

Application Of The Doctrine Of Equivalents To Means Plus Function Claims: Wms Gaming Inc. V. International Game Technology, John N. Kandara

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Toward A Pragmatic Understanding Of Status-Consciousness: The Case Of Deregulated Education, Tomiko Brown-Nagin Dec 2000

Toward A Pragmatic Understanding Of Status-Consciousness: The Case Of Deregulated Education, Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Duke Law Journal

This Article discusses the relationship between federal equal protection doctrine and the states' experiment with deregulated education-in particular, charter schools whose student bodies are identifiable on the basis of status. I argue that the states' experiment with deregulated education and the Supreme Court's understanding of the limitations imposed by the federal Equal Protection Clause on status-conscious state action are substantially in conflict, though not inevitably so. Reconciling state policy and federal constitutional law requires, first, that state legislatures draft laws that are consistent with the Court's skepticism of explicitly status-conscious state action, and its ambivalence toward state action that addresses …

Go to article

First Prev Next Last