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The Communities That Make Standards Of Care Possible, Anita Bernstein

Chicago-Kent Law Review

This Article argues that negligence law depends on "communities" in order to fulfill its agenda of promoting both security and freedom. Although many disciplines and discourses favor divergent understandings of the word "community," for purposes of the law the defining trait of community is group-based constraint. Communities can include various human aggregations. As far as the law understands this term, members need not have joined communities voluntarily, and the community need not have any leadership or power to change the lives of its members. Negligence law reaps benefits from the fact that certain groups exist. Their constraints make individuals less …

Posner's Pragmatism And Payton Home Arrests, Matthew A. Edwards

Washington Law Review

In recent years, Richard A. Posner, a respected federal appellate judge and prolific scholar, has been at the vanguard of a resurgence of interest in legal pragmatism. Posner and other scholars have called for judges to expand their horizons beyond conventional legal reasoning and to embrace interdisciplinary methodology and empirical research in the legal decisionmaking process. At the same time, however, prominent jurisprudential scholars have expressed both practical and philosophical objections to Posner's controversial prescription for increased judicial reliance on social science research. This Article seeks to explore the value and limits of Posner's pragmatism and empirical inquiry in the …

Ursinus Magazine, Spring 2002, Wendy Greenberg, Sean Coriaty, Faith Lockner, Palmer Forbes Jr., Greg Williams, Toni Mehling, Sean Mckee

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Letters to the editor • Philadelphia poet Sanchez is Commencement speaker May 11 • 2002 Annual Student Exhibition art show • Pfahler lauded at planning workshop • Grants and gifts • New faculty • Ambassador joins faculty, develops speakers series • Ursinus in the news • Spring break experience measured by "the yard" • Pursuing a passion: Ursinus College's first Watson Fellow • Bomberger sizzles! • Alumni Academy & reunions June 6th-9th • America the beautiful: Lynn Sherr tells the stirring story • The name on the trophy • "Spark" …

A Decision Without A Solution: Ferguson V. City Of Charleston, Jill E. Rhodes

South Carolina Law Review

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Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Cate Weeks, Tom Flagg

Inside UNLV

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"It's Not Brain Surgery": Construction Of Professional Identity Through Personal Narrative, Carla Chamberlin

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.

Wooster Magazine: Spring 2002, Lisa Watts

Wooster Magazine: 2001-2010

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the Spring of 2002. Lowry Dining Hall was renovated over winter break to be buffet style and have more options. Ian Lockwood '92 is the author and photographer for The India I See from page nine to twelve. Inger Forland '87 discusses her time and experience adopting her son. The Class Notes section is from page seventeen to forty-eight. Beth Mabel Fraser '85 talks about her experience trying to have a child. Lisa Watts writes about Anne Nurse's research on dads that are in prison. It is common for children to …

Legislating Apology: The Pros And Cons, Jonathan R. Cohen

UF Law Faculty Publications

Should apologies be admissible into evidence as proof of fault in civil cases? While this question is a simple one, its potential ramifications are great, and legislative and scholarly interest in the admissibility of apologies has exploded. Shortly after the idea of excluding apologies from admissibility into evidence was raised in academic circles three years ago, it rapidly spread to the policy arena. For example, California and Florida enacted laws in 2000 and 2001 respectively excluding from admissibility apologetic expressions of sympathy ("I'm sorry that you are hurt") but not fault-admitting apologies ("I'm sorrythat I injured you") after accidents. Eight …

Taking Its Toll: Partisan Judging And Judicial Review, Jeff Broadwater

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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The Daily Egyptian, April 01, 2002, Daily Egyptian Staff

April 2002

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Class Schedule - Spring 2002, Office Of Registrar

Semester Schedules and Information

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The Effects Of Family, Social And Background Factors On Children's Educational Attainment, Megan De Serf '02

Honors Projects

In a perfect world, children of all races, socioeconomic backgrounds, and family types would not only have the opportunity to receive a higher education, but they would also take full advantage of these opportunities. The educational level of children in the ghettos of Chicago or St. Louis would be equal to their suburban counterparts. However, it is not a perfect world, and educational attainment of children and young adults from varying backgrounds differ greatly.

English Language Proficiency And The Earnings Of Mexican Immigrants, Jeremy Sanford '02

Honors Projects

Since 1965, the US has seen increasingly large numbers of immigrants crossing its borders. Indeed, more immigrants are arriving now than at any point in the past; the 1990's saw a higher number of immigrants enter the US than any previous decade (INS 1999). A disturbing corollary to the recent explosion in immigration is the corresponding decline of immigrant earnings relative to the earnings of natives. A cursory glance at the literature strongly suggests the changing national origin of immigrants as the main cause of this relative earnings decline. As a prime example, Mexican immigrants now outnumber any other national …

English Language Proficiency And The Earnings Of Mexican Immigrants, Jeremy Sandford '02

The Park Place Economist

This paper studies the effect of English language deficiency on the wage rates of Mexican immigrants. Using a sample of 81,059 labor market male Mexican immigrants taken from Census PUMS data, I find that the direct effect of English language deficiency on earnings is virtually nonexistent for immigrants with low education and experience levels. These results show that only immigrants with at least a high school education or some US labor market experience will make less than their immigrant counterparts who speak English very well.

Divisionews (Spring 2002, Issue 8), American Society Of Criminology Division On Women And Crime

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

American Society of Criminology. Division on Women and Crime

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2002, Issue 2, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

SALT Celebrates 30 Years with Gala Banquet, at 1.

Paula C. Johnson & Michael Rooke-Ley, Presidents' Column, at 1.

Margaret Montoya, An Update on Grutter, the Michigan Law School Affirmative Action Case, at 2.

New Teachers Workshop, at 3.

SALT Extends Condolences to Appalachian School of Law, at 5.

Public Interest Retreats, at 6.

SALT Committee Reports, at 8.

Special Pull-Out Section: SALT Committees 2002-03, at 12.

SALT Opposes Pickering Nomination, at 20.

Professors Protest Justice Thomas Visit: SALT Writes in Support, at 22.

Contributors, Marvels & Tales Editors

Marvels & Tales

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Report On The Spring 2002 Survey Of Umm Seniors: Assessment Of Student Learning: General Education, Umm Institutional Research

Assessment of Student Learning Reports

In April of 2002, an online survey entitled “Assessment of Your Learning Experience: General Education” was administered via the Internet to UMM seniors. The Office of Institutional Research and Reporting in the Twin Cities coded the questionnaire into HTML format and prepared the statistical report. There were 138 responses to the survey. Since the total number of graduates in the spring semester of 2002 was 287, this was a 48% response rate.

Medical Products Industries Clustering In Tampa Bay : Preliminary Report / : An Analysis Performed By Center For Economic Development Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of South Florida, University Of South Florida. Center For Economic Development Research

College of Business Publications

No abstract provided.

Institutional Databook 2001-2002, Umm Institutional Research

Campus Documents and Reports

No abstract provided.

Periodical Price Survey 2002: Doing The Digital Flip, Lee Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Scholarly Papers and Articles

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Satisfied Correctional Staff : A Review Of The Literature On The Correlates Of Correctional Staff Job Satisfaction, Eric G. Lambert, Nancy L. Hogan, Shannon M. Barton

Peer Reviewed Publications

During the past decade, there has been increasing pressure on correctional agencies to attract and keep quality staff. Raising worker job satisfaction is seen as a fundamental way of decreasing turnover. There has been a considerable amount of research in the area of the possible causes of correctional staff job satisfaction and, to a lesser extent, the possible consequences of job satisfaction. However, due to the numerous studies, some with conflicting results, it is difficult to understand clearly the factors associated with job satisfaction. A review of the literature is presented to provide a better understanding of correctional staff job …

Extra Credit

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

Focal Spot, Spring 2002

Focal Spot All Issues

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From Old Thinking To New Thinking In Qualitative Research, Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth

Dartmouth Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Sac Outreach Bulletin 2002, The South Asia Center

Newsletters from the South Asia Center

South Asia Center scholars assess the impact of 9/11 on New York taxi drivers

Rhythm And Movement In Ghana:Healing Through Dance Through Generations, Naima Penniman

African Diaspora ISPs

Rhythm and Movement in Ghana: Healing through Dance and through Generations is an odyssey into the potential of dance for social healing. The motivation for this study was to explore the role of artistic expression and positive cultural revival as a force for healing collective trauma. This project was aimed at understanding, in particular, the power and potential of Ghanaian dancing and drumming tradition: the important role is has played throughout the people's history as a vehicle for commune with the spiritual, a medium for release and expression, a force for social solidarity, and a tool for healing; and to …

Mechanical Angel: Carolyn Forché And The Material Projection Of Messianic History, Alan Clinton

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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The work of Carolyn Forché has always retained a political edge, with works such as the exploration of her Czech background in Gathering the Tribes (1976) and her account of visits to El Salvador in The Country Between Us (1981). Forché has been one of the leading poets who, in her own words, has combatted the self-censorship operative among American poets and writers that seemed to preclude writing about...historical events when those events were still unsafe (qtd. in Stein 147). Her third book of poems The Angel of History (published 13 years later), however, represents a new turn …

Review Of Time Matters: On Theory And Method, By Andrew Abbott, Davin Heckman

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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A Way With Words: A Unique Approach To Literacy And Career Development, Allyson D. Brathwaite

Special Topics, General

This article describes a unique collaboration between the Career Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia Public Schools and the community. A WAY WITH WORDS is an "America Reads" community literacy program that has enriched the educational experience of graduate, undergraduate and K-5 students since 1996. Teams of undergraduate volunteers led by graduate students in Counseling Psychology and Educational Leadership (ELPA) tutor local children in an effort to increase literacy. The teams interact and communicate with children, parents, teachers and principals as they serve during school and in after-school programs that they co create with school administrators and community members. …