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A Comment On Race And The Law, Zanita E. Fenton

Articles

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Icann's "Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy"- Causes And (Partial) Cures, A. Michael Froomkin

Articles

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"We Must Be Hunters Of Meaning": Race, Metaphor, And The Models Of Steven Winter, D. Marvin Jones

Articles

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The"Grand Prince" (Belize V. France).Judgment. Itlos Case No. 8. At'. International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea, April 20, 2001., Bernard H. Oxman, Vincent P. Bantz

Articles

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Acute Myeloid Leukemia In Children In Pakistan: An Audit, S. Zaki, I. A. Burney, Mohammad Khurshid

Section of Haematology/Oncology

Objective: To see the clinical features and treatment of children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in Pakistan. Setting: Tertiary referral at a specialist Hematology/Oncology center.
Methods: Retrospective, chart-based review of children (less than 14 years) admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of AML between January 1987 and August 1997.
Results: A total of 23 patients were admitted. There were 18 males and 5 females. The mean age was 8 5 years. M3 was the commonest morphological subtype (43%). Twenty- two percent of the patients presented with hyperleucocytosis (TLC> 100 x i09 /L) and 95% with an elevated …

Unrealized Torts, Benjamin C. Zipursky, John C.P. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

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The Real Properties Of Contract Law, Michael Madison

Faculty Scholarship

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Discrimination Cases In The 2001 Term Of The Supreme Court (Symposium: The Fourteenth Annual Supreme Court Review), Eileen Kaufman

Scholarly Works

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Lawyers, Non-Lawyers And Mediation: Rethinking The Professional Monopoly From A Problem-Solving Perspective , Jacqueline Nolan-Haley

Faculty Scholarship

Mediation is a big business today that is practiced by lawyers and non-lawyers, and is closely related to the business of law. Lawyers have a long-standing monopoly on the law business and do not look favorably on sharing their power with nonlawyers. This phenomenon is odd because it occurs at the same time that the legal profession is beginning to embrace a new ethic of problem-solving that honors the values of collaboration and power-sharing among professionals in multiple disciplines. Lawyers protect their professional monopoly through the unauthorized practice of law ("UPL") doctrine that limits the practice of law to licensed …

The Most Dangerous Branch, Martin S. Flaherty

Faculty Scholarship

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On The Path To Inclusion, John D. Feerick

Faculty Scholarship

It is an honor for me to be invited to address you at this Annual Luncheon. You have worked hard to bring opportunities to members of the minority community. You have made possible the realization of many aspirations while continuing the struggle toward equal opportunity for all people.* Thirty-nine years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke to the soul of the nation, sharing his vision of an America that would "one day...rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed-'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all [persons] are created equal." His idea and the opportunity …

The Complex Uses Of Sexual Orientation In Criminal Court, Abbe Smith

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Times may or may not be changing for gay people in the criminal justice system--and for the import of sexual orientation in criminal law. It depends on the nature of the case and, more importantly, exactly whose sexual orientation we are talking about.

Signs of positive change include the recent high profile Matthew Shepard and Diane Whipple cases, in which gay and lesbian homicide victims were mourned not only by the gay community, but also by the entire country. It was no doubt helpful that both Shepard and Whipple presented very appealing images of gay people: each was young, attractive, …

Celebrating The 200th Anniversary Of The Federal Courts Of The District Of Columbia, Susan Low Bloch

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

February 27, 2001 marked the 200th anniversary of the Federal Courts of the District of Columbia, the courts we know today as the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The history of these courts is interesting, albeit somewhat confusing; their names changed no fewer than six times since their creation. Indeed, from 1863 until 1893, the two courts were joined and called the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Because of their location in the nation's capital and their unusual dual jurisdiction as both …

When Lawyers And Law Firms Invest In Their Corporate Clients’ Stock, Donald C. Langevoort

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

I will state my conclusion at the outset. I am not convinced that lawyers' investments in clients in lieu of fees are problematic enough from a conflicts standpoint that the rules of professional responsibility should treat them as presumptively inconsistent with the lawyer's fiduciary responsibility. Lawyers' investments in their clients do raise interesting and unsettling issues, but these issues are not qualitatively different from issues raised by many other norms or practices within the legal profession that also threaten lawyerly objectivity. Indeed, in contrast to some other practices, these fee arrangements can, in some respects, enhance objectivity, or at least …

Practicing "In The Interests Of Justice" In The Twenty-First Century: Pursuing Peace As Justice, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In these comments I suggest that in our current world, both international and domestic, practicing "in the interests of justice" includes-indeed, should give great priority to-the "peace-seeking" and "problem solving" aspects of lawyering. I continue to see this as counter-cultural to the more common practices of lawyers who are argumentative, persuasive and articulate debaters, who believe fervently and vigorously that seeking justice, on behalf of a client or cause, means advocating for and "winning" a legal claim. To the contrary, seeking peace for parties (and, indeed, nation-states) in conflict, searching for consensus solutions to seemingly intractable public policy and legal …

Demystifying Disclosure: First Steps, Ronald A. Pearlman

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

I have chosen to discuss tax shelter disclosure for two reasons. First, I think much of the tax shelter problem is attributable to the historic lack of effective tax enforcement. Second, unlike Weisbach, I think enhanced disclosure - that is, some level of disclosure over and above that required by current law and administrative practice would contribute to improved enforcement and increase voluntary compliance. After some preliminary comments, I discuss three functions of a mandatory tax return disclosure regime. I then address some important implementation issues. I identify potentially relevant tax compliance literature, although my review of the literature has …

The Humbugs Of The Anti-Regulatory Movement, Lisa Heinzerling, Frank Ackerman

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

It is so hard to get beyond cynicism these days. Even a symposium devoted to this goal has, as reflected in the articles by Professors Cynthia Farina, Jeffrey Rachlinski, and Mark Seidenfeld, succeeded primarily in suggesting that regulators are not so much selfish as they are obtuse, stubborn, and sometimes downright dumb. Undoubtedly this is true some of the time. But Farina, Rachlinski, and Seidenfeld want to convince us that it is true enough of the time to warrant quite large-scale solutions. In this Comment, we take issue with this pessimistic assessment of regulatory behavior by discrediting the most prominent …

A Tribute To Paul Szasz, Edith Brown Weiss

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Throughout the world, Paul Szasz has garnered everyone's respect for his intellect, his uncompromising integrity, his innate sense of fairness, and his dedication. Paul treated everyone the same, whatever the nationality. He passionately believed in international law. Even in the last 20 months when he was ill, he continued to live and breathe the life of international law, flying repeatedly to Geneva, to Rio, to The Hague, to California, and elsewhere to advise on international negotiations for a framework convention to control tobacco or to present a paper. Paul was an inspiration to people around the world, young and old. …

Perceptions About The Wto Trade Institutions, John H. Jackson

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article, based on a lecture given at the inauguration ceremony for the new Advisory Centre on WTO Law, describes the broader world trading landscape into which this new Centre emerges. Taking into account the possible implications of the events on September 11, this article provides a brief analysis of the current trade policy climate, asserting the necessity of institutions for the successful functioning of markets. After a short institutional history of the GATT/WTO, the author describes the importance of institutional rules, treaty text, and practice for the success of the WTO and presents the current debate over what the …

A Goldilocks Account Of Judicial Review?, Mark V. Tushnet

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

According to Professor Christopher Eisgruber, judicial review of the sort embedded in United States constitutional practice is a practical mechanism for implementing the Constitution's commitment to self-government. "The justices ... make a distinctive contribution to representative democracy" because they are "better positioned [than elected officials] to represent the people's convictions about what is right." Judges can articulate "a conception of justice with which Americans in general [can] plausibly identify themselves. "

I will focus here on two themes in Professor Eisgruber's argument. The first theme can be found in many works of constitutional theory - the construction of a strong …

The Bounds Of Zeal In Criminal Defense: Some Thoughts On Lynne Stewart, Abbe Smith

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

On April 9, 2002, a troop of armed FBI agents stormed the Brooklyn town house of sixty-two-year-old Lynne Stewart. A school librarian turned criminal lawyer, Stewart thought they had come for her life partner, longtime political activist Ralph Poynter. Flashing an arrest warrant, the agent in charge informed her otherwise, "We're not here for him, we're here for you." As her neighbors looked on, Stewart was handcuffed and taken off to jail.

Indicted under a federal law that prohibits providing "material support or resources" to organizations designated by the Secretary of State as engaging in terrorist activity, Stewart suddenly found …

When Lawyers Advise Presidents In Wartime: Kosovo And The Law Of Armed Conflict, James E. Baker

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The events of September 11 changed how we perceive national security as a society, a government, and as individuals. This is as true of national security specialists, who have been aware that America has been at war with terrorism sine at least the 1990s, as it is for those whose sense of geographic security was shattered in New York and Washington. There is talk of “new war” and “new rules,” and concern that we not apply twentieth-century lessons to a twenty-first-century war.

Over time, September 11 and its aftermath will test our interpretation and application of domestic law. It may …

Preparation And Anisotropic Elastic Property Of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Whiskers, Khaliq A. Chaudhary, M. Arshad Choudhry

Turkish Journal of Physics

Flexible and superconducting Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O whiskers have been prepared by sintering the melt-quenched glassy powder at 830^oC in oxygen atmosphere. X-ray diffraction and a.c. susceptibility measurements reveal that the whiskers belong to 2212 phase with T_{c} = 79k. The whiskers possess high strength and flexibility along c-axis but were found to be weak and brittle when bent normal to the c-axis. The anisotropic micromechanical elastic property of the whiskers have been demonstrated under a low power optical microscope.

The Cardiac Phenotype Induced By Pparα Overexpression Mimics That Caused By Diabetes Mellitus, Brian N. Finck, John J. Lehman, Teresa C. Leone, Michael J. Welch, Michael J. Bennett, Attila Kovacs, Xianlin Han, Richard W. Gross, Ray Kozak, Gary D. Lopaschuk, Daniel P. Kelly

Open Access Publications

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Transcriptional Induction Of Slit Diaphragm Genes By Lmx1b Is Required In Podocyte Differentiation, Jeffrey H. Miner, Roy Morello, Kaya L. Andrews, Cong Li, Corinne Antignac, Andrey S. Shaw, Brendan Lee

Open Access Publications

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Combined Brucella Melitensis And Streptococcal Viridans Endocarditis, Tarig S. Al-Khuwaitir, Bashir A. Wani, Suphia M. Sherbeeni

Saudi Medical Journal

Infectious endocarditis is a potentially lethal inflammation of the hearts9 inner lining invaded by microorganisms. The mortality from this illness increases as the number of infective organisms rises to 2, due to involvement of the left side of the heart. These microorganisms usually arise from the patient9s own flora but can be acquired from the environment. Fever and heart murmurs are the principal clinical manifestations followed by a plethora of peripheral signs due to dissemination of microorganisms via the bloodstream. Echocardiographic imaging and sensitive culture techniques form the cornerstone of diagnosis. We report a patient with rheumatic heart disease who …

Right Lower Quadrant Pain In Females. Is It Appendicitis Or Gynecological?, Eric A. Archibong, Mamdoh Eskandar, Adekunle A. Sobande, Oluwole G. Ajao

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine if a gynecological consultation is needed for patients who are labeled to have acute appendicitis. METHODS: A retrospective study carried out in Assir Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fifteen female patients who were clinically diagnosed and operated upon for acute appendicitis were discovered intra-operatively to have unrelated gynecological lesions, are presented. RESULTS: Histopathological reports on the removed appendices revealed 80% "normal" and 20% "mildly inflamed". Seven (46.7%) of the patients had right ovarian cysts (one of them, bilateral); 4 (26.7%), corpus luteum cysts, and 4 had bilateral salpingitis, bilateral pyosalpinx, right ovarian cyst with bilateral …

Software Project Management: The Role Of Modeling, Omar F. El-Gayar, Sreedhar Thota

Research & Publications

With the ubiquity of software and in the quest towards improving software development activities, the software engineering research community engaged in an active research agenda on modeling software processes. The modeling objectives ranged from process understanding, improvement, and management, to project management. In spite of the significant achievements in the field, few (if any) of the research results are adopted by the industry. This paper presents a brief review and a critical evaluation of the status of software process modeling practices with particular emphasis on their applications to project management from a practitioner's point of view as well as recommendations …

Community Prosecutors, Anthony V. Alfieri

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Ethics, Race, And Reform, Anthony V. Alfieri

Articles

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