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"Our System Is Broken": A Study Of The Crisis Facing The Death-Eligible Defendant, Kelly Reissmann

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Courts have been reluctant to find instances of ineffective assistance of counsel in death penalty cases. Most ineffective assistance claims are dismissed as "tactical decisions" or nonprejudicial error. This comment examines the inadequacy of counsel at capital trials. The author examines and discusses the current standard for determining whether a defendant's attorney was ineffective, and through a survey of common errors and examples argues that the standard does not protect against even egregious examples of ineffective assistance. The comment discusses reasons why capital defendants often receive low quality representation and some legislative solutions that have been attempted. Concluding that these …

The Case For Requiring A Proportionality Test To Assess Compliance With Title Ix In High School Athletics, Patrick N. Findlay

Northern Illinois University Law Review

The debate over Title IX and athletics has neglected the impact that Title IX could have on high school athletic programs. An increased focus on high school athletic opportunity is important because the benefits for girls that participate in athletics as they grow up, and for society, are so significant. In this article, the author proposes that compliance with Title IX in high school athletics is only appropriately measured by way of a test that requires schools maintain athletic participation rates for each sex in proportion to the population of each sex within the school. Known as "the proportionality test," …

Vol. 23, No. 1, Fall 2002: Table Of Contents, Northern Illinois University Law Review

Northern Illinois University Law Review

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Preference And Perceived Danger In Field/Forest Settings, Thomas R. Herzog, Glenn E. Kutzli

Peer Reviewed Articles

The authors investigated preference, perceived danger, and fear for a sample of 70 field/forest settings. Predictor variables included perception-based variables (visual access, penetration,movement ease), information-based variables (mystery, concealment, refuge), and variables thought to intervene between concealment and danger (entrapment, rearview concern). All variables were rated by independent groups. Danger and fear were strongly positively correlated for these settings, but preference and danger had a more modest negative correlation. Factor analysis of the strongly inter-correlated predictor variables yielded two factors, interpreted as Visibility and Locomotor Access. Both factors were positive predictors of preference and negative predictors of danger. Further analyses suggested …

War And The Contest Over National Identity, Roberta L. Coles

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This paper looks at a recent historical moment in which the American national identity was defined and contested in the public arena. The Persian Gulf crisis of 1990-91 presents a case in point in which official actors attempted to define the American character and in doing so prescribed particular actions necessary to fulfill what it means to be an American. President George Bush’s discourse used the crisis to rejuvenate US prestige and American confidence. He described Americans as unique in esteemed values and America as the only country capable of leading the world. In so doing, he invited American participation …

Fragmentation Processes Following Core Excitation In Acetylene And Ethylene By Partial Ion Yield Spectroscopy, Maria Novella Piancastelli, Wayne C. Stolte, Gunnar Ohrwall, S-W Yu, D. Bull, K. Lantz, Alfred S. Schlachter, Dennis W. Lindle

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research

Partial ion yield spectroscopy provides a very detailed picture of fragmentation processes following core excitation in isolated molecules. We exploit this potential in the analysis of decay processes following C1s→π and C1s→Rydberg excitations in ethylene and acetylene. We show that the relative intensity of spectral features related to the excitation to empty molecular orbitals or to Rydberg states is a function of the time variation of the fragmentation process. Namely, we see an intensity increase in the Rydberg states compared to the molecular orbitals as the fragmentation process becomes more extensive, a result attributable to the diffuse nature of the …

The Snmp And Lamp Control Application Of Java Embedded Server, Liheng Qiao

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

OSGi (Open Service Gateway initiative) is an emerging technology to address the missing point in the value chain to deliver services (pay-per-view TV programs, energy management, security management, etc.) to home premises. It offers an open platform and contacting point to allow service providers (cable companies, utility companies, etc.) to easily and quickly develop, download and update services to customers in a home or SOHO/ ROBO (Small Office Home Office / Remote Office Branch Office) environment. Although originally developed for purposes such as home automation, OSGi has found its power in many other situations. Recently, it has been deployed within …

Preface, Heather King Hays

University of Richmond Law Review

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Corporate And Business Law, C. Porter Vaughan Iii, David I. Meyers, W. Lake Taylor Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

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Criminal Law And Procedure, Julie E. Mcconnell, Gregory Franklin, Craig Winston Stallard

University of Richmond Law Review

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Family Law, Elizabeth P. Coughter, Ronald R. Tweel

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Education Law, D. Patrick Lacy Jr., Kathleen S. Mehfoud

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Health Care Law, Peter M. Mellette, Emily W. G. Towey, J. Vaden Hunt

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Technology Law, J. Douglas Cuthbertson, Glen L. Gross

University of Richmond Law Review

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Real Estate And Land Use Law, John V. Cogbill Iii, D. Brennen Keene

University of Richmond Law Review

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Design And Implementation Of Interactive Tutorials For Data Structures, Ross Gore, Lewis Barnett Iii

Department of Math & Statistics Technical Report Series

The Tutorial Generation Toolkit (TGT) is a set of Java classes that supports authoring of interactive tutorial applications. This paper describes extensions to the capabilities of the TGT and several new tutorials aimed at the Data Structures course which were built using the toolkit.

Review Of Stabilization Of Clays And Expansive Soils In Pavements And Lightly Loaded Structures - History, Practice, And Future, Thomas M. Petry, Dallas N. Little

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Expansive clay soils-those that change significantly in volume with changes in water content-are the cause of distortions to structures that cost taxpayers several billion dollars annually in the United States. Much has been learned about their behavior over the past 60 years, and relatively successful methods have been developed to modify and stabilize them. This paper reviews some of the key advances developed over the past 60 years in improving our understanding of the nature and methods of modifying and stabilizing expansive clay soils. The state of the practice in stabilization is presented, and practical and research needs to help …

Hazardous Heuristics, Cass R. Sunstein

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

New work on heuristics and biases has explored the role of emotions and affect; the idea of “dual processing”; the place of heuristics and biases outside of the laboratory; and the implications of heuristics and biases for policy and law. This review-essay focuses on certain aspects of Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment, edited by Thomas Gilovich, Dale Griffin, and Daniel Kahneman. An understanding of heuristics and biases casts light on many issues in law, involving jury awards, risk regulation, and political economy in general. Some attention is given to the possibility of “moral heuristics”—rules of thumb, for …

Inside Unf Vol. 8 No. 10, University Of North Florida

30th Anniversary Printed Materials

The monthly publication for faculty and staff of the University of North Florida. This edition includes the following articles:

Kline Outlines UNF's Future

Coggins' Gift has Lasting Benefits for UNF

Escalante Says Believing in Students is Key to Success

Founding President Recalls Opening of UNF

Faculty & Staff

Board Discusses Division I Status for UNF Sports

Center Explores Ethics of American Business

UNF Launches Exchange Program with China

UNF College of Education and Duval Schools Announce Initiative

Desmond Tutu to Teach Credit and Non-Credit Courses at UNF

Cypriot Land Mines, Hershel Shanks, Sky Bergman

Art and Design

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Holy See: Appointment

Vincentiana

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Creation Of The Vincentian Solidarity Office (Vso) (Rome, October 20, 2002), Robert P. Maloney C.M.

Vincentiana

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Appointments And Confirmations By The Superior General

Vincentiana

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Information Sheet No.6 On The Work And Decisions Of Siev

Vincentiana

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Presentation, Roberto Lovera C.M.

Vincentiana

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The Influence Of His Family And Friends On The Development Of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, André Sylvestre C.M.

Vincentiana

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The Psycho-Spiritual Development Of John-Gabriel Perboyre, Eugene Curran C.M.

Vincentiana

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John Gabriel Perboyre In His Letters To His Family, Thomas Davitt C.M.

Vincentiana

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John Gabriel Perboyre’S Pastoral Journeys In France, Philippe Lambin C.M.

Vincentiana

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The Martyrdom Of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, Jean-Yves Ducourneau C.M.

Vincentiana

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