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Legislative Constitutional Interpretation, Neal K. Katyal Jan 2001

Legislative Constitutional Interpretation, Neal K. Katyal

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This is an Essay about "the how" of constitutional interpretation. Much attention has been devoted to the question of how the Constitution is interpreted in courts. Rather little attention has been devoted to the question of how the Constitution is interpreted elsewhere in the government. The Constitution tells us that Congress, the President, and state legislators and courts must adhere to its terms, but it does not tell us how much interpretive power each actor should have, nor does it prescribe rules for each actor to use when interpreting the text. I argue that constitutional interpretation by Congress is, and …

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Legal Scholarship As A Vocation, David Luban Jan 2001

Legal Scholarship As A Vocation, David Luban

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Law professors occupy a twin role as scholars and (most of them, at any rate) as lawyers. Deborah Rhode has pointed out, in her contribution to this symposium, that the lawyer role of the professor carries with it some frequently overlooked obligations, specifically the obligation to perform pro bono service. I agree with her, and have ventured similar arguments myself. Here I will address the more purely theoretical side of the legal scholar's vocation. The text I will take for my sermon is the famous speech on the scholar's role that Max Weber delivered to a student audience eighty years …

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Stability And Development In Canon Law And The Case Of "Definitive" Teaching, Ladislas M. Örsy Jan 2001

Stability And Development In Canon Law And The Case Of "Definitive" Teaching, Ladislas M. Örsy

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Stability is an essential quality of any good legal system because a community's laws are an expression of its identity, and there is no identity without permanency. Many times we hear in the United States that we are a country held together by our laws. Although the statement cannot be the full truth, it is obvious that if our laws ever lost their stability, the nation's identity would be imperiled. In a religious community where the source of its identity is in the common memory of a divine revelation, the demand for stability is even stronger. Fidelity to the "Word …

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Caretakers And Collaborators, Maxwell Gregg Bloche Jan 2001

Caretakers And Collaborators, Maxwell Gregg Bloche

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

A chilling subplot in the twentieth-century saga of state-sponsored mass murder, torture, and other atrocities was the widespread incidence of medical complicity. Nazi doctors’ human “experiments” and assistance in genocidal killing are the most oft-cited exemplar, but wartime Japanese physicians’ human vivisection and other grotesque practices rivaled the Nazi medical horrors. Measured by these standards, Soviet psychiatrists’ role in repressing dissent, Latin American and Turkish military doctors’ complicity in torture, and even the South African medical profession’s systematic involvement in apartheid may seem, to some, almost prosaic. Yet these and other reported cases of medical complicity in human rights abuse …

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Ethics In Adr: The Many "Cs" Of Professional Responsibility And Dispute Resolution, Carrie Menkel-Meadow Jan 2001

Ethics In Adr: The Many "Cs" Of Professional Responsibility And Dispute Resolution, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

I have been teaching both alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") and professional responsibility for a long time, and I will devote the majority of this essay to reporting on some of the enormous changes and developments in this field. However, I will begin with a mea culpa at a higher level of ethical consciousness than the rules that govern us, or are about to govern us, typically use. I have spent the last five years of my life writing ethical rules for ADR, and I am worried about the future of this field. There are many changes occurring in ADR, and …

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Berle And Means Reconsidered At The Century's Turn, William W. Bratton Jan 2001

Berle And Means Reconsidered At The Century's Turn, William W. Bratton

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Part I places Berle and Means in the context of the legal theory of its day by comparing the work of Dewey on the theory of the firm and Douglas on corporate reorganization. This discussion highlights two progressive assumptions Berle and Means shared with these business law contemporaries-a confidence in the efficacy of judicial intervention to vindicate distributive policies and a distrust of the institution of contract. These assumptions would, in the long run, cause the book's prescription to land wide of the mark. After 1980, Berle and Means lost their paradigmatic status due to a combination of skepticism respecting …

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Cover And Contents Jan 2001

Cover And Contents

Turkish Journal of Physics

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Cover And Contents Jan 2001

Cover And Contents

Turkish Journal of Physics

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Cover And Contents Jan 2001

Cover And Contents

Turkish Journal of Physics

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Saudi Medical Journal The New Century, Basim A. Yaqub, Saleh M. Al-Deeb Jan 2001

Saudi Medical Journal The New Century, Basim A. Yaqub, Saleh M. Al-Deeb

Saudi Medical Journal

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Challenges Facing Continuing Medical Education And The Saudi Council For Health Specialities, Ali M. Al-Shehri, Saud A. Al-Turki Jan 2001

Challenges Facing Continuing Medical Education And The Saudi Council For Health Specialities, Ali M. Al-Shehri, Saud A. Al-Turki

Saudi Medical Journal

As we leave the 20th century, continuing medical education faces many challenges in relation to its effectiveness, efficiency and quality. The young and promising Saudi Council for Health Specialties produces a document on accreditation of continuing medical education, which indicates its interest in this vital subject. This paper aims to enrich the approach to continuing medical education in Saudi Arabia by reviewing the main relevant challenges reported in literature and suggesting that the Saudi Council for Health Specialities may consider developing and implementing a continuing medical education charter that addresses the needs of all stakeholders and emphasizes high quality and …

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Geographical Distribution Of Biomedical Publications From The Gulf Corporation Council Countries, Margaret G. Northway, Dirk Deleu, Yolande Hanssens Jan 2001

Geographical Distribution Of Biomedical Publications From The Gulf Corporation Council Countries, Margaret G. Northway, Dirk Deleu, Yolande Hanssens

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: It was our purpose to perform a geographical analysis for the number of biomedical and clinical research publications from the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council over the past decade (1990-1999). METHODS: Medline was searched with the aid of the Internet provider PubMed. By using the advanced search option, entries were based on the country name for each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the time period considered. RESULTS: The number of Medline-listed biomedical research papers published in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries over the last 10 years totaled 6,960 and increased by 14% over the past …

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Seroepidemiological Study Of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection In The Human Population In The Eastern Region, Abdul R. Al-Qurashi, Ahmed M. Ghandour, Obied E. Obeid, Abdulaziz Al-Mulhim, Suhair M. Makki Jan 2001

Seroepidemiological Study Of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection In The Human Population In The Eastern Region, Abdul R. Al-Qurashi, Ahmed M. Ghandour, Obied E. Obeid, Abdulaziz Al-Mulhim, Suhair M. Makki

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Toxoplasma gondii is an an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. The infection is worldwide, particularly in warm and moist climates. Few studies have been conducted on the prevalence of subclinical or overt disease in Saudi Arabia. No population-based study was conducted or the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in humans in Saudi Arabia and this initiated the present study. The present study aimed at studying seroprevalence of Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies in sera from 5 areas in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A population based epidemiological approach, prevalence according to lifestyle (urban or rural), gender (male …

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Epilepsy In Saudi Children With Cerebral Palsy, Abdulsalam A. Al-Sulaiman Jan 2001

Epilepsy In Saudi Children With Cerebral Palsy, Abdulsalam A. Al-Sulaiman

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical characteristics, electroencephalographic and computerized axial tomography profile in Saudi children with cerebral palsy who suffer epilepsy in a university referral center. METHODS: A total of 113 patients with cerebral palsy and epilepsy was seen (67 boys, 46 girls) with an over all mean age 5.3 years (range .2-12 years) during the study period (January 1998 - December 1999). They all had clinical evaluation and standardized electroencephalographic studies interpreted by the same examiner. RESULTS: The main clinical features were language delay (61%), hypotonia (45%), hypertonia (38%), and behavioral abnormalities (41%). Seizure types included generalized in 96 …

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Corpus Callosum Agenesis, Roshan Koul, Alexander Chacko, Dilip K. Sankhla Jan 2001

Corpus Callosum Agenesis, Roshan Koul, Alexander Chacko, Dilip K. Sankhla

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The objectives are to analyse corpus callosum agenesis in children with various neurological problems in a hospital set-up, and to study the neurological and systemic abnormalities associated with this condition. METHODS: The children with various neurological problems who underwent computerized tomography brain from January 1993 to December 1997, and were found to have corpus callosum agenesis, formed the subjects of this study. These children were examined for any syndromic association, congenital infections or metabolic defects. RESULTS: Out of 2164 children who underwent computerized tomography brain, 22 had corpus callosum agenesis (1%). Most cases were not syndromic and 64% were …

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Prevalence Of Hypertension In Obese And Non-Obese Saudis, Mohsen A. El-Hazmi, Arjumand S. Warsy Jan 2001

Prevalence Of Hypertension In Obese And Non-Obese Saudis, Mohsen A. El-Hazmi, Arjumand S. Warsy

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Obesity occurs at a high prevalence in the Saudi population. Studies in literature show that hypertension occurs more frequently in obese individuals.This study was designed to determine the prevalence of hypertension in obese Saudis in comparison with results obtained in non-obese individuals. METHODS: The screening involved a statistically designed household screening program. Only adults 14-70 years of age were included in the study. Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) was measured when the individuals were in sitting position and height and weight were used to calculate Body Mass Index. All individuals with Body Mass Index > 30 were classified as obese …

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Antibiotic Susceptibilities Of Helicobacter Pylori, Khalid M. Bindayna Jan 2001

Antibiotic Susceptibilities Of Helicobacter Pylori, Khalid M. Bindayna

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of resistance among 83 Helicobacter pylori isolates cultured from biopsies taken during routine endoscopies in 1998-1999. METHODS: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of amoxicillin, tetracycline, clarithromycin and metronidazole were determined by Epsilometer test. RESULTS: Forty-seven strains (57%) were resistant to metronidazole, and 27 (32.5%) were resistant to clarithromycin. Twenty of the 27 strains resistant to clarithromycin were also resistant to metronidazole. None of the strains were resistant to amoxicillin or tetracycline. CONCLUSION: A high percentage of patients from Bahrain were infected with resistant strains of Helicobacter pylori. Antibiotic resistance monitoring is …

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Epidemiology Of Bronchial Asthma Among School Boys In Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia, Kasim M. Al-Dawood Jan 2001

Epidemiology Of Bronchial Asthma Among School Boys In Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia, Kasim M. Al-Dawood

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of bronchial asthma among Saudi School boys at Al-Khobar city. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. The methodology included the distribution of a self administered questionnaire which was filled by the parents of 1482 school boys who satisfied the selection criteria of the study. RESULTS: The prevalence rate of Questionnaire Diagnosed Asthma and Physician Diagnosed Asthma were 9.5% and 8%. Questionnaire Diagnosed Asthma school boys and their parents suffered significantly higher rates of allergenic diseases and environmental factors (pets at home, passive smoking) than non Questionnaire Diagnosed Asthma. …

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Analysis Of False Positive And False Negative Cytological Diagnosis Of Breast Lesions, Awatif A. Jamal, Ibrahim Mansoor Jan 2001

Analysis Of False Positive And False Negative Cytological Diagnosis Of Breast Lesions, Awatif A. Jamal, Ibrahim Mansoor

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the reasons for interpretive errors in false negative and false positive diagnosis of breast carcinoma on fine needle aspiration cytology material. METHODS: We reviewed only those cases in which cytohistological discrepancies were found, where the cytologic material was abnormal and to some extent misinterpreted or both. RESULTS: There was only one false negative case (false negative fraction 0.32%) proved histologically as ductal carcinoma and four false positive cases (false positive fraction 1.2%); 2 fibroadenoma; 1 fibrocystic disease; and 1 stromal fibrosis. Smears of the two false positive fibroadenoma cases showed very high cellularity, overcrowded clusters and frequent …

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Pseudolesion In Left Lobe Of The Liver Due To Superior Vena Cava Obstruction Jan 2001

Pseudolesion In Left Lobe Of The Liver Due To Superior Vena Cava Obstruction

Saudi Medical Journal

We report a case of lymphoma in which abnormal strong enhancement in the medial segment of left lobe of liver during arterial phase of triphasic helical computed tomography due to superior vena cava obstruction.

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Enhancing Training And Presence In Virtual Environments Using Passive Haptics, Brent E. Insko Jan 2001

Enhancing Training And Presence In Virtual Environments Using Passive Haptics, Brent E. Insko

Link Foundation Modeling, Simulation and Training Fellowship Reports

One of the worst virtual environment experiences is to virtually contact something and feel nothing. Visual-haptic sensory conflicts are normally dominated by visual perception. Therefore, augmenting a high-fidelity visual virtual environment with low-fidelity haptic objects, called passive haptics, should markedly improve both sense of presence and task training effectiveness. Testing these hypotheses, I found adding a 1.5 inch physical ledge to a visual-cliff virtual environment increased participants' sense of presence as measured by subjective questionnaires, observed participant behaviors, and physiological responses. I next examined memory model creation and training effectiveness for a navigation task in a virtual environment with and …

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Race Prosecutors, Race Defenders, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2001

Race Prosecutors, Race Defenders, Anthony V. Alfieri

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Genetics In Practice A Template For Interactive Case Studies, Erin Edwards, Andrew Walker, Kathleen Bergeson, John Louviere, Kris Robinson, J. W. Higgins Jan 2001

Genetics In Practice A Template For Interactive Case Studies, Erin Edwards, Andrew Walker, Kathleen Bergeson, John Louviere, Kris Robinson, J. W. Higgins

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Genetics & Your Practice, began in 1994 as a course for primary health care practitioners to get Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits and to help health care providers learn about the importance of genetic counseling and the fundamental difference between genetic counseling and traditional health care. In a collaborative project between the March of Dimes and Idaho State University Departments of Nursing (ISU) and Continuing Education/Special Programs, the course was converted to an online asynchronous course. Since the course was primarily didactic, ISU approached a team of graduate students at Utah State University’s Department of Instructional Technology (USU) to develop …

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Towards A Practice Of Deliberative Democracy: A Proposal For A Popular Branch , Ethan J. Leib Jan 2001

Towards A Practice Of Deliberative Democracy: A Proposal For A Popular Branch , Ethan J. Leib

Faculty Scholarship

Proposals for practical institutional reforms are notoriously absent from discussions about deliberative democracy. It is imperative to engage in the “nuts and bolts” debate of just what kinds of changes we discourse theorists or deliberative democrats want to effect. Here I would like to try to synthesize a reform proposal of my own based upon three major assumptions. Without argument, I assume a largely discourse-theoretic view of democracy that takes for granted the republican virtue of collective self-government as well as the Kantian claim that each citizen should be the author of his own laws. I further assume that our …

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Multiracial Matrix: The Role Of Race Ideology In The Enforcement Of Antidiscrimination Laws, A United States-Latin America Comparison, Tanya K. Hernandez Jan 2001

Multiracial Matrix: The Role Of Race Ideology In The Enforcement Of Antidiscrimination Laws, A United States-Latin America Comparison, Tanya K. Hernandez

Faculty Scholarship

This Article examines the role of race ideology in the enforcement of antidiscrimination laws. Professor Hernandez demonstrates the ways in which the U.S. race ideology is slowly starting to resemble the race ideology of much of Latin America. The evolving U.S. race ideology is a multiracial matrix made up of four precepts: (1) racial mixture and diverse racial demography will resolve racial problems; (2) fluid racial classification schemes are an indicator of racial progress and the colorblind abolition of racial classifications an indicator of absolute racial harmony; (3) racism is solely a phenomenon of aberrant racist individuals; and (4) focusing …

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Regulation Of Religious Proselytism In The United States, Howard Hunter, Polly J. Price Jan 2001

Regulation Of Religious Proselytism In The United States, Howard Hunter, Polly J. Price

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Howard Hunter and Polly Price examine the components of the US legal system that affect proselytism, focusing on the contradictions between the constitutional protection of religious freedom and legal constraints on proselytism. Hunter and Price comprehensively review the regulation of proselytism in both public and private spaces in the United States, analyze the justifications for these regulations, and suggest probable future issues of debate regarding religious freedom. Additionally, Hunter and Price argue that the regulation of proselytism has led to a failure to protect religious minorities, and in some cases contributed to their persecution.

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Rationalising Restitutionary Damages In Contract Law: An Elusive Or Illusory Ques, Andrew Phang, Pey Woan Lee Jan 2001

Rationalising Restitutionary Damages In Contract Law: An Elusive Or Illusory Ques, Andrew Phang, Pey Woan Lee

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The present article surveys various issues in the law relating to the award of restitutionary damages in contract law, utilising as its point of focus the recent House of Lords decision in Attorney-General v Blake. It explores, in particular, two possible (albeit quite different) routes towards the recovery of such damages; the first based on the (more traditional) compensatory basis and the second on the (more controversial) restitutionary basis for disgorgement of the defendant's gain. While we argue that there is, on a more general level, no overriding objection in principle to the award of restitutionary damages for cynical breach …

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Pricing Options Using Implied Trees, Kian Guan Lim, Da Zhi Jan 2001

Pricing Options Using Implied Trees, Kian Guan Lim, Da Zhi

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

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The Yugoslav Truth And Reconciliation Commission: A Shaky Start, Jelena Pejic Jan 2001

The Yugoslav Truth And Reconciliation Commission: A Shaky Start, Jelena Pejic

Fordham International Law Journal

The purpose of this Essay is to examine the establishment of the Yugoslav Truth and Reconciliation Commission and to draw some early conclusions on whether it will be capable of rendering the facts that I would so desperately like my uncle to face. The first part will deal with the need for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, while the second part will outline and then comment on its basic documents. The assumption is that the reader is basically familiar with the work of similar commissions around the world and the text will therefore not attempt to repeat the literature on …

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Politics And Human Rights In International Criminal Law: Our Case Against Nato And The Lessons To Be Learned From It, Michael Mandel Jan 2001

Politics And Human Rights In International Criminal Law: Our Case Against Nato And The Lessons To Be Learned From It, Michael Mandel

Fordham International Law Journal

This article outlines the case against NATO as having committed war crimes that the author believes should have been tried before the ICTY. The author argues that by not subjecting countries like the United States and other NATO members to international criminal trials and consequences, it undermines international criminal law. The author concludes by discussing the ICC and the United States qualified signing of, and suggested withdrawal from, the treaty and the ramifications that it has for the legitimacy of international criminal law.

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