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Fees For Extracurricular Activities Alienate Students Who Would Otherwise Participate And Should Be Replaced With Alternate Means Of Fundraising, Shannon M. Ryan

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

From Regulating Organization To Multi-Billion Dollar Business: The Ncaa Is Commercializing The Amateur Competition It Has Taken Almost A Century To Create, Lindsay J. Rosenthal

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

Tiny Glimmer Of Hope For Student Athletes Affected By Suspicionless Drug Testing Policies Rests In The States, Ingrid E. Melnichuk

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

Coaches' Liability For Athletes' Injuries And Deaths, Thomas R. Hurst, James N. Knight

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

Public Benefits. Driver's License. Eligibility. Immigration Status And Identity Verification. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Initiatives

Amends Constitution to require providers of public benefits to verify whether applicants are lawfully present in the United States. Prohibits state or local public benefits for any aliens classified as ineligible under federal law. Requires state and local officials to report immigration law violations to federal authorities; failure to report is a misdemeanor. Requires state to verify driver's license applicant's identity and lawful presence in United States. Prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from accepting identification documents not issued by a state or federal jurisdiction. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on …

Consumer-Based Taxation At The Business Level: The Croatian Experience, Helena Blazic, Nikša Nikolic, Mario Pecaric

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

Croatia is the first country in the world to implement consumption-based direct taxation aimed at the individual as well as the business levels. Traditional corporate tax has been replaced by the so-called "interest-adjusted profit tax", which encompasses the corporate as well as the non-corporate sector. This paper analyzes the efficiency of this tax in Croatia with regard to its neutrality as well as its cost-effectiveness. This tax can be regarded as neutral in terms of investment, finance, inflation and organizational form. But the imperfections of financial markets in Croatia still cause distortions between debt and equity capital as well as …

Dynamic Linkages Between Trading Volume And Price Movements: Evidence For Small Firm Stocks, Cetin Ciner

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

Recent theoretical and empirical studies suggest that volume conveys useful information to forecast stock price movements. We investigate the information content of volume for the stock indices of small-capitalization firms in the US and France. Information asymmetry problems tend to be more important for small-capitalization firms and it can be argued that the information content of volume should be more significant. We find that volume does indeed forecast returns of the small-capitalization stock indices. We also detect a positive contemporaneous relation between volume and absolute value of returns. The findings are qualitatively the same for data from the US and …

Geography Of White Supremacist Groups In The United States: Gis And Mapping, Catherine Lisa Kostyn

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to examine some of the common stereotypes related to the distribution of white supremacist groups in the United States; that the distribution of such groups are driven by education levels, poverty rates, income levels and the presence of an immigrant population. Research conducted by police departments such as the Chicago, IL and San Diego, CA police departments show no correlation between socioeconomic factors and the spatial distribution of such groups. This thesis examines the question at a national scale, and county level for a limited number of states. Statistical analysis and mapping were chosen …

Identification Of Spatial And Temporal Patterns Of Secondary Succession Changes In Altamira, Brazil: Integrating Remote Sensing And Gis Technology, Hui Li

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

There has been extensive use of remote sensing to study secondary succession of moist tropical forests in the Amazon Basin. However, scientists have not totally understood the dynamic processes of secondary succession of Amazon forests. A lack of consensus remains about what is the best approach for biomass estimation in the Amazon Basin using remotely sensed data. It is not clear which spectral wavelength bands have the best relationship with biomass values and what are the specific relationships between biomass and TM satellite radiance. The strategies in this research, based on analysis of detailed ground-based data and satellite TM image …

Decisionmaking In Mediation: The New Old Grid And The New New Grid System, Leonard L. Riskin

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Vol. 21, Sigma: Journal Of Political And International Studies, Sigma: Journal Of Political And International Studies

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

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Determination Of The Optimal Form Of A Dna Vaccine To Induce An Effective Immune Response Against A Murine B-Cell Lymphoma, Deepti Aurora

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Tumor vaccines are a promising alternative to chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer. To be effective and safe, a cancer vaccine should specifically target antigens expressed only on tumor cells. The B-cell tumor-derived Ig receptor may be considered a model tumor antigen for cancer vaccine development. Specifically the immunoglobulin idiotype (ld) encoded by the variable region genes (VH and VL) provides a target antigen. Promising results have been obtained in clinical studies of ld vaccination using ld proteins. However, ld protein is laborious and time-consuming to produce. Gene-based vaccines, on the other hand, are inexpensive and offer ease of manipulation …

Corporate Governance, Illiquidity, And Valuation Issues In Privately-Owned Corporations, Chenchuramaiah T. Bathala, Oswald D. Bowlin, William P. Dukes

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

Investors in private corporations face unique problems relating to corporate control, illiquidity and valuation of securities. In this research, we survey a large sample of US corporations. Our sample includes both private and public firms. Major findings of our research are as follows: Private firms use written shareholder agreements for safeguarding ownership interests and dividend payments. Family owned firms dominate the ownership structure of private firms. Insiders of private firms own a much larger proportion of common stock than insiders in public firms, and the CEOs of private firms often happen to be the largest stockholders.

Characteristics Of Venture Capital Firms And Investment Appraisals: Australian Evidence, Alireza Tourani-Rad, Bryce England

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

This study examines the characteristics of the venture capital industry in Australia. Our analysis is based on responses by thirty-two venture capitalist firms to a comprehensive questionnaire conducted in 2001. We observe that, on average, a venture capital firm has been operating for five years and consists of six investment executives with two specialist investment executives. Each firm has, on average, two formal layers in its investment decision-making process indicating two checkpoints to control risk. With respect to investment appraisal issues, it was noticed that the valuation methods based on discounted cash flows, recent transaction prices for acquisitions in the …

The Legacy Of Dames & (And) Moore V. Regan: The Twilight Zone Of Concurrent Authority Between The Executive And Congress And A Proposal For A Judicially Manageable Nondelegation Doctrine, Rebecca A. D'Arcy

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

When Prosecutors Don't: Trends In Federal Prosecutorial Declinations, Michael Edmund O'Neill

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Trespass-Zoning: Ensuring Neighborhoods A Safer Future By Excluding Those With A Criminal Past, Peter M. Flanagan

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Resurrecting The Faith-Based Plan: Analyzing Government Funding For Religious Social Service Groups, Daniel K. Storino

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Panel Ii: Conflicts Of Interest In Sports, John D. Feerick, David Feher, Craig E. Fenech, Charles Grantham, Steven C. Krane, Nicole Coward

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Glass Sneaker: Thirty Years Of Victories And Defeats Involving Title Ix And Sex Discrimination In Athletics, Diane Heckman

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Reexamination Reform: Is It Time For Corrective Surgery, Or Is It Time To Amputate?, Kristn Jakobsen Osenga

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Ard News December 2003

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

Comments from the ARD Office Staff
Recognition of Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research
William G. Whitmore Student Travel Endowment
ARD-Administered Grants and Awards Programs
CSREES Appropriation for FY 2004
Searching for Collaborators
New or Revised Projects
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
Grants and Contracts Received October and November, 2003

0525 State Government Expenditure, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

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Long-Term Employment Agreements With In-House Counsel: Employment Security Or Ethical Quagmire?, Richard E. Moberly, John Hutchins

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

The relationship between a company and its in-house corporate counsel involves a fragile mixture of the corporate counsel’s fiduciary obligations as the company’s attorney and the company’s legal and contractual responsibilities as the attorney’s employer. Although these roles and expectations often blend smoothly, the relationship can become problematic when the corporate counsel’s position as an attorney conflicts with the counsel’s status as an employee. Put another way, when a company’s expectations as a client are at odds with its responsibilities as an employer, the relationship between the employer-client and the employee-attorney can become strained and expose each to difficulty, if …

Feminist Consciousness And Social Capital: Bonds, Breaks, And Bridges, Beverly A. Beyer

Master's Theses - Sociology and Anthropology

Through in-depth qualitative interviews with five current or former members of a midwestern National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter, this thesis explores four related research questions regarding: growth of feminist consciousness; how feminist ideology affects the evolution of social networks, and vice versa; the impact of intersecting social hierarchies; and feminism as a force for bonding and bridging social capital in the local community context. Analytical tools include feminist methodology, the articulation model, an understanding of intersecting social hierarchies, and grounded theory.

Participants each explained their gradual identification with feminism differently as a result of specific life experiences, although common …

Blaine Amendments, Anti-Catholicism And Catholic Dogma, Marc D. Stern

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Historical Context Of The Failed Federal Blaine Amendment Of 1876, Ward M. Mcafee

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Table Of Cases

Mercer Law Review

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Local Government Litigation: Some Pivotal Principles, R. Perry Sentell Jr.

Mercer Law Review

The legal sage, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., once observed that "[flacts do not often exactly repeat themselves in practice; but cases with comparatively small variations from each other do." Although Holmes employed the observation in a specific litigation context, his insight obviously possesses a broader relevance. At other junctures as well, that is to say, law's continuity bears emphasis as a fundamental feature of complete juridical synthesis. ...

The phenomenon periodically manifests itself to a degree deserving attention from those who appreciate case law's historical component. This brief account seeks to provide illustrative focus. It assembles a small assortment of …

Wills, Trusts, Guardianships, And Fiduciary Administration, Mary F. Radford

Mercer Law Review

This Article examines the major cases decided and legislation enacted during the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003. The cases and statutes discussed cover the substantive law relating to decedents' estates, trusts, and guardianships, and to the fiduciaries who administer these entities. The cases also explore procedural rules that apply in litigation arising from the creation and ongoing administration of these legal relationships.