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International Legal Developments In Review: 2003 [Foreign Law Review], Roger P. Alford

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Contents

• Introduction

Volume 38 Issues 2 (Summer) and 3 (Fall) are titled "International Legal Developments in Review: 2003." This Fall issue covers specific country laws. In previous volumes the Fall issue was titled "Foreign Law Year in Review..." and covered specific country laws.

The Globalization Of Human Rights: Consciousness, Law And Reality, Douglass Cassel

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Human rights have suffered sharp setbacks in the four years since the paper that follows was delivered in London in the summer of 2000. The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, and the Bush Administration’s ensuing “war on terrorism,” have led not only to a demotion of human rights on the list of American foreign policy priorities, but also to gross violations of human rights by Washington. Among other recent assaults on the rule of law are the prolonged detentions of hundreds of prisoners without trial or due process of law at the United States Naval …

Does Title Ix Protect Academic Whistle Blowers? An Analysis Of Jackson V. Birminghan Board Of Education, Barbara J. Fick

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This article previews the Supreme Court case Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, 544 U.S. 167 (2005). The author expected the Court to decide whether Title IX's ban on discrimination allows a private individual to sue for retaliation when a recipient of federal funds engages in adverse action against that individual because of his complaints that the recipient is violating Title IX?

What Is The Time Limit For Filing A Lawsuit? It Depends On What Your Definition Of "Arising Under" Is! An Analysis Of Jones V. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Barbara J. Fick

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This article previews the Supreme Court case Jones et. al. v. R.R. Donnelly & Sons Co., 541 U.S. 369 (2004). The author predicted that the case would require the court to determine the appropriate statute of limitations to apply in a class action race-discrimination lawsuit filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1981.

What Is An Employer's Liability For Constructive Discharge Under Title Vii? An Analysis Of Pennsylvania State Police V. Suders, Barbara J. Fick

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This article previews the Supreme Court case Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders, 542 U.S. 129 (2004). In this case involving Title VII, the author expected the Court to analyze whether whether a constructive discharge caused by supervisory harassment is a tangible employment action for purposes of imposing striet liability.

On The Historical School Of Jurisprudence, Robert E. Rodes

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Legal theory has tended to treat the Historical School as a poor relation, but it has important contributions to make. Developed in opposition to the one-size-fits-all form of natural law that eventuated in the Code Napoleon, it attributes law to a Volksgeist, the spirit of a people, as developed in the peculiar historical experience of that people. The original German proponents of the school had trouble explaining the reception of Roman law in Germany, but despite the importation of technical elements from without, a people's laws are in fact part of their culture and of their spiritual heritage as these …

Helping Enact Unjust Laws Without Complicity In Injustice, John M. Finnis

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The form of enactments must be distinguished from their legal meaning (their "juridical effect"), that is, from the propositions of law which those enactments, properly interpreted, make legally valid. This distinction makes it possible, and rationally necessary, to conclude that, in certain contexts, a certain statute which declares or textually implies that some abortions are legally permitted (but others prohibited) is not apermissive law within the meaning of the principle, assumed in this article to be true, that permissive abortion laws are intrinsically unjust and may never be voted for. A permissive statute, in that sense, is one which has …

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Missouri Law Review

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Copyright Nonconsequentialism, David Mcgowan

Missouri Law Review

This Article explores the foundations of copyright law. It tries to explain why those who debate copyright often seem to talk past each other. I contend the problem is that copyright scholars pay too much attention to instrumental arguments, which are often indeterminate, and too little to the first principles that affect how one approaches copyright law.

Let In A Little Sunshine: Limiting Confidential Settlements In Missouri, Rhiana Sharp

Missouri Law Review

This Comment will first address the different ways that parties are able to keep secret information obtained during discovery and litigation. Next, it will address how different jurisdictions control public access, focusing specifically on the current laws and rules in Missouri. Finally, the Comment will suggest components of an ideal “sunshine in litigation” statute and how the law in Missouri currently compares to that ideal.

Disrespectful, Offensive, Boorish & (And) Decidedly Immature Behavior Is Not Sufficient To Meet The Requirements Of Title Vii , Melissa Null

Missouri Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has stated that when considering whether conduct reaches the threshold of actionable sexual harassment it is necessary to look at the totality of the circumstances. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) also advances this approach. However, a circuit split exists in applying the totality of the circumstances approach. One approach includes considering the work environment as part of the totality of the circumstances, while the other approach specifically reject considering whether the environment is blue-collar or professional. This Note explains that while the Eighth Circuit has not specifically adopted one approach, it seems apparent form …

Should A Lawyer Ever Be Allowed To Lie? People V. Pautler And A Proposed Duress Exception, Livingston Keithley

University of Colorado Law Review

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To See The Mountains: Restoring Colorado's Clear And Healthy Air, The Honorable Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr.

University of Colorado Law Review

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Finding More Pieces For The Takings Puzzle: How Correcting History Can Clarify Doctrine, David A. Thomas

University of Colorado Law Review

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A Different Kind Of Labor Law: Vagrancy Law And The Regulation Of Harvest Labor, 1913-1924, Ahmed A. White

University of Colorado Law Review

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Keeping The Home Team At Home: Antitrust And Trademark Law As Weapons In The Fight Against Professional Sports Franchise Relocation, Don Nottingham

University of Colorado Law Review

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The Property Clause And New Federalism, Allison H. Eid

University of Colorado Law Review

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Judicial Safeguards Of Federalism And The Environment: Yucca Mountain From A Constitutional Perspective, John C. Yoo, Jennifer L. Koester

University of Colorado Law Review

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Hate Crime Depicted In Film, Waylon C. Baker

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Ojibway Women In Transition : The Influence Of The Church On The Traditional Roles Of Objibway Women And Its Effects On Ojibway Society, Anastasia Bowe

Theses and Dissertations

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Remote Sensing And Predictive Modeling Of Saltcedar (Tamarix) In The Northern Great Plains, David A. Brookman

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Article Iii And The Cause Of Action, Anthony J. Bellia Jr.

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This Article undertakes a systematic exploration of the concept of the "cause of action" as it is used by courts and scholars in making arguments about the scope of the federal judicial power. The concept of the cause of action figures prominently in debates about such fundamental questions as what kinds of cases Congress may empower federal courts to adjudicate (jurisdiction), who may initiate a case in federal court (standing), and when a federal court may afford a plaintiff a private remedy for the violation of a federal regulatory scheme (implied rights of action). Federal courts have answered these questions, …

Refreshing The Heart Of The City: Vacant Building Receivership As A Tool For Neighborhood Revitalization And Community Empowerment, James J. Kelly Jr.

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Vacant Building Receivership is a building code enforcement tool that dispossesses and forecloses on owners of vacant buildings who are unwilling or unable to bring their derelict properties into basic conformity with basic building codes. This article examines vacant building receivership as a tool for ensuring the renovation of vacant buildings and as a means by which communities can develop increased confidence in and control of residential development in their neighborhoods. After discussing the need for a vacant house strategy tailored to support mid-level urban neighborhoods, the article, in its second section, will analyze how Baltimore's vacant building receivership remedy …

Alternative Sanctions And The Federal Tax Law: Symbols, Shaming, And Social Norm Management As A Substitute For Effective Tax Policy, Michael S. Kirsch

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On several occasions in the past decade, when confronted with taxpayers taking advantage of the Internal Revenue Code in ways that Congress considered objectionable, Congress responded in an unusual way. Rather than merely modifying the Internal Revenue Code to alter the tax consequences of the taxpayer's actions, or imposing traditional civil or criminal penalties on the taxpayer, Congress turned to alternative sanctions. For example, in response to United States citizens who renounce citizenship to avoid taxes, Congress enacted public shaming provisions that require publication of the individuals' names in the Federal Register and modified the federal immigration laws to banish …

The Prodigal Argument: Mccollum V. Board Of Education, Gerard V. Bradley

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From the Introduction

Judges, lawyers, and scholars all cite the 1947 case, Everson v. Board of Education, as the cornerstone of Establishment Clause doctrine. They are right to do so. The Everson Court took two path-breaking steps: incorporation and strict separation. The justices there held, for the first time, that the Fourteenth Amendment made the Establishment Clause applicable to state action. Then they offered a novel account of what non-establishment meant. In sweeping language (which you can find at 330 U.S. 15 - 16) they held that it meant more than equality among religions. By requiring that all government …

The United States Supreme Court Rulings On Detention Of "Enemy Combatants" - Partial Vindication Of The Rule Of Law, Douglass Cassel

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In three rulings on prolonged military detention of so-called "unlawful enemy combatants" in the "war" against terrorism, the United States Supreme Court in June 2004 shielded the rule of law from some of the more extreme excesses of the Bush Administration. However, the Court also yielded some ground and left open a number of troublesome questions.

Occupation Failures And The Legality Of Armed Conflict: The Case Of Iraqi Cultural Property, Mary Ellen O'Connell

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To wage war consistently with international law, a national leader must be able to answer at least three questions in the affirmative: Is there a right to resort to force? Is the use of force necessary? If it is necessary, can it be carried out in a way that the cost in terms of human lives, property, and damage to the natural environment will not outweigh the value of resorting to force? If the answer to any of these questions is no, the use of force is unlawful. International lawyers tend to focus on the first question, understandably. Why analyze …

American Conversations With(In) Catholicism, Richard W. Garnett

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CATHOLICISM AND AMERICAN FREEDOM: A HISTORY. By John T. McGreevy. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Co. 2003. Pp. 431. $26.95.

John T. McGreevy's Catholicism and American Freedom tells the story of how America or, more particularly, American liberalism has reacted and responded to Catholic claims about the nature and purpose of freedom. It also addresses how these claims were, in turn, shaped by Catholicism's own interactions with, internal conversations about, and adjustment to American liberalism. As McGreevy shows, for many people and for many years, the Roman Catholic Church served as a foil for American values and …

Aesthetic Representation Of Traditional Chinese Painting In Two Fifth-Generation Chinese Films, Yuliyana Gencheva

Theses and Dissertations

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Fluctuations In Federal Indian Policy In The Early 19th Century Using The Cherokee Nation As A Case Study, Helen Elizabeth Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

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