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Bridging Erie: Customary International Law In The U.S. Legal System After Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain, William S. Dodge Jan 2004

Bridging Erie: Customary International Law In The U.S. Legal System After Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain, William S. Dodge

Faculty Scholarship

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Brief Of Professors Of Federal Jurisdiction And Legal History As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondents, William S. Dodge Jan 2004

Brief Of Professors Of Federal Jurisdiction And Legal History As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondents, William S. Dodge

Faculty Scholarship

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International Decisions: Loewen Group, Inc. V. United States And Mondev International Ltd. V. United States, William S. Dodge Jan 2004

International Decisions: Loewen Group, Inc. V. United States And Mondev International Ltd. V. United States, William S. Dodge

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Dividing The Waters: The California Experience, Brian E. Gray Jan 2004

Dividing The Waters: The California Experience, Brian E. Gray

Faculty Scholarship

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The California Supreme Court And State Constitutional Rights: The Early Years, Joseph R. Grodin Jan 2004

The California Supreme Court And State Constitutional Rights: The Early Years, Joseph R. Grodin

Faculty Scholarship

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Humanity And The Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Jan 2004

Humanity And The Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

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Disloyalty Among "Men In Arms": Korean War Pows At Court-Martial, Elizabeth L. Hillman Jan 2004

Disloyalty Among "Men In Arms": Korean War Pows At Court-Martial, Elizabeth L. Hillman

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Introduction And Congratulations, Mary Kay Kane Jan 2004

Introduction And Congratulations, Mary Kay Kane

Faculty Scholarship

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An Offer You Can't Revoke, Charles L. Knapp Jan 2004

An Offer You Can't Revoke, Charles L. Knapp

Faculty Scholarship

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Section 2254(D) Of The Federal Habeas Statute: Is It Beyond Reason?, Evan Tsen Lee Jan 2004

Section 2254(D) Of The Federal Habeas Statute: Is It Beyond Reason?, Evan Tsen Lee

Faculty Scholarship

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The Federal Role In Managing The Nation's Groundwater, John D. Leshy Jan 2004

The Federal Role In Managing The Nation's Groundwater, John D. Leshy

Faculty Scholarship

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Natural Resources Policy In The Bush (Ii) Administration: An Outsider's Somewhat Jaundiced Assessment, John D. Leshy Jan 2004

Natural Resources Policy In The Bush (Ii) Administration: An Outsider's Somewhat Jaundiced Assessment, John D. Leshy

Faculty Scholarship

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A Property Clause For The Twenty-First Century, John D. Leshy Jan 2004

A Property Clause For The Twenty-First Century, John D. Leshy

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The Lost History Of Apprendi And The Blakely Petition For Rehearing, Rory K. Little, Teresa Chen Jan 2004

The Lost History Of Apprendi And The Blakely Petition For Rehearing, Rory K. Little, Teresa Chen

Faculty Scholarship

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Only Yesterday: Reflections On Rulemaking Responses To E-Discovery, Richard L. Marcus Jan 2004

Only Yesterday: Reflections On Rulemaking Responses To E-Discovery, Richard L. Marcus

Faculty Scholarship

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Successful Online Course Retention At Marylhurst University Constructing A Model For Online Course Retention Using Grounded Theory, Vincent Schreck Jan 2004

Successful Online Course Retention At Marylhurst University Constructing A Model For Online Course Retention Using Grounded Theory, Vincent Schreck

Dissertations and Theses

Over the past 6 years, the course retention rate for Marylhurst University's (MU) online courses was 91%, which is within four percentage points of its on-campus course retention rate (Schreck, 2002). This appears to contradict a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that stated, "Although there is significant variation among institutions with some reporting course-completion rates of more than 80% and others finding that fewer than 50% of distance-education students finish their courses, several administrators concur that course-completion rates are often 10-20 percentage points higher in traditional courses than in distance offerings" (Carr, 2000). Recent studies (Beatty-Gunter 2001; …


The Trouble With Taxes: Fairness, Tax Policy, And The Constitution, Leo P. Martinez Jan 2004

The Trouble With Taxes: Fairness, Tax Policy, And The Constitution, Leo P. Martinez

Faculty Scholarship

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Tax Legislation And Democratic Discourse: The Rhetoric Of Revenue And Politics, Leo P. Martinez Jan 2004

Tax Legislation And Democratic Discourse: The Rhetoric Of Revenue And Politics, Leo P. Martinez

Faculty Scholarship

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The New Formalism: Requiem For Tiered Scrutiny?, Calvin R. Massey Jan 2004

The New Formalism: Requiem For Tiered Scrutiny?, Calvin R. Massey

Faculty Scholarship

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Elites, Identity Politics, Guns, And The Manufacture Of Legal Rights, Calvin R. Massey Jan 2004

Elites, Identity Politics, Guns, And The Manufacture Of Legal Rights, Calvin R. Massey

Faculty Scholarship

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Claims For Protection Based On Religion Or Belief: Analysis And Proposed Conclusions, Karen Musalo Jan 2004

Claims For Protection Based On Religion Or Belief: Analysis And Proposed Conclusions, Karen Musalo

Faculty Scholarship

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The Interrelations Between Investor Beliefs, Information And Market Liquidity, Stephanie Yates Rauterkus Jan 2004

The Interrelations Between Investor Beliefs, Information And Market Liquidity, Stephanie Yates Rauterkus

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

I use two datasets to test the relation between trading volume, the heterogeneity of beliefs and the heterogeneity of belief revisions. The first dataset allows me to construct two groups that proxy for ‘holders’ and ‘non-holders’ of a traded asset. This construct allows me to test the relation between changes in trading volume and changes in the dispersion of beliefs both within and across these two groups. I examine changes in within- and across-group dispersion separately and simultaneously. The second dataset allows me to examine belief revisions more closely by analyzing only those prior and posterior beliefs surrounding an information …


Identification Of Soybean Cultivars Tolerance To Waterlogging Through Analyses Of Leaf Nitrogen Concentration, Curt Jude Riche Jan 2004

Identification Of Soybean Cultivars Tolerance To Waterlogging Through Analyses Of Leaf Nitrogen Concentration, Curt Jude Riche

LSU Master's Theses

Irrigation to soybean can cause unintended water to pond on the soil surface for more than a desired amount of time. Most soybean acreage in Louisiana is planted on poorly drained clay soils and waterlogging of soybean can cause substantial yield reductions. Although cultural practices are available for ameliorating the adverse effects of waterlogging, little is known about genotypic tolerance, therefore our objectives were to determine if percent leaf nitrogen concentration could be used as a criterion for screening for cultivar tolerance to waterlogging and to identify waterlogging tolerance among 48 commercially available soybean cultivars. Forty-eight soybean cultivars were planted …


Seasons In Hell: Charles S. Johnson And The 1930 Liberian Labor Crisis, Phillip James Johnson Jan 2004

Seasons In Hell: Charles S. Johnson And The 1930 Liberian Labor Crisis, Phillip James Johnson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

In 1930, African American sociologist Charles S. Johnson of Fisk University traveled to the Republic of Liberia as the American member of a League of Nations commission to investigate allegations of slavery and forced labor in that West African nation. In the previous five years, the face of Liberia had changed after the large-scale development of rubber plantations on land leased by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, with headquarters in Akron, Ohio. Political turmoil greeted Johnson in Liberia, an underdeveloped nation teetering on the brink of economic collapse. This dissertation focuses on Johnson’s role as the key member of …


Before The Doors Closed: A Historical Perspective On Public Access, David S. Tanenhaus Jan 2004

Before The Doors Closed: A Historical Perspective On Public Access, David S. Tanenhaus

Scholarly Works

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Guanajuato: A Virtual Exhibit, Norma Elena Gonzalez Jan 2004

Guanajuato: A Virtual Exhibit, Norma Elena Gonzalez

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis will present a virtual exhibition of a tourist destination in Mexico, Guanajuato City. By applying my previous experiences and the knowledge and skill acquired during this MFA program, I developed a Multimedia exhibition that encompasses a new virtual experience of the Mexican culture. This exhibition demonstrates my proficiency in the area of motion graphics.


Watermarking Using Decimal Sequences, Navneet Kumar Mandhani Jan 2004

Watermarking Using Decimal Sequences, Navneet Kumar Mandhani

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis introduces the use of decimal sequences in watermarking to hide information for authentication. The underlying system is based on code division multiple access (CDMA), which is a form of spread spectrum communication. Different algorithms for the use of decimal sequences have been formulated for use in black and white images. The watermark is spread across the carrier image by using the d- sequences of optimal period and retrieval is made by the use of correlation. Matlab version 6.5 was used to implement the algorithms discussed in this thesis. The advantage of using d-sequences over PN sequences is that …


The Fidelity Of Red Snapper (Lutjanus Campechanus) To Petroleum Platforms And Artificial Reefs In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Megan Blythe Peabody Jan 2004

The Fidelity Of Red Snapper (Lutjanus Campechanus) To Petroleum Platforms And Artificial Reefs In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Megan Blythe Peabody

LSU Master's Theses

The habitat value of petroleum platforms for red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, is poorly understood. However, it is widely recognized by both scientists and fishermen that the presence of platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has affected the distribution of red snapper by the addition of hard substrate habitat. I evaluated the habitat value of standing and toppled platforms by monitoring the fidelity of red snapper to these structures with acoustic telemetry. In May 2003, 125 red snapper were captured with hook and line at several platforms in a 35-km2 portion of the South Timbalier oil and gas lease …


Heidegger's Relationship To Kantian And Post-Kantian Thought, Ryan S. Hellmers Jan 2004

Heidegger's Relationship To Kantian And Post-Kantian Thought, Ryan S. Hellmers

LSU Master's Theses

I provide a close analysis of truth and freedom in Heidegger’s work during the passage from Being and Time (Sein und Zeit) in 1927 to the Contributions to Philosophy (Beiträge zur Philosophie) in 1938. This analysis demonstrates the passage from a Kantian style transcendental analysis of the self to an Idealist inspired study of being-historical thinking. Throughout this shift in thinking, the work of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling is shown to play an increasingly decisive role in Heidegger’s thought, finally leading him to an understanding of the self in terms of freedom, community, culture, and history that carries important …


"Ya Know Frenchy, You Talk A Broken Language": An Analysis Of Syllable-Coda Phonetic Realizations In Creole African American Vernacular English, Rachel Rose Mentz Jan 2004

"Ya Know Frenchy, You Talk A Broken Language": An Analysis Of Syllable-Coda Phonetic Realizations In Creole African American Vernacular English, Rachel Rose Mentz

LSU Master's Theses

Creole African American Vernacular English or CAAVE is a variety of English spoken by African Americans of French ancestry who live primarily in the French Triangle of Louisiana. Dubois and Horvath (2003b) have previously published on glide absence in CAAVE and have suggested that CAAVE is a unique dialect of English. They attribute CAAVE’s glide absence to the contact of Creole African Americans with diverse groups of English speakers and not to language interference from French. This research further pursues these hypotheses by studying the phonological realization of word final syllable-codas for six old male speakers of CAAVE. The reduction …