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The Value Of Government Tort Liability: Washington State's Journey From Immunity To Accountability, Debra L. Stephens, Bryan P. Harnetiaux Jan 2006

The Value Of Government Tort Liability: Washington State's Journey From Immunity To Accountability, Debra L. Stephens, Bryan P. Harnetiaux

Seattle University Law Review

Part I of this Article traces Washington's history with the common law doctrine of government immunity from tort liability. It also identifies other distinct common law immunities protecting executive, legislative, and judicial functions-immunities that lay dormant during the reign of sovereign immunity. Part II discusses the legislature's broad waiver of sovereign immunity in 1961 and the legislature's subsequent reaffirmation of the waiver. It also notes isolated instances in which the legislature has partially restored immunity or otherwise limited tort liability. Part III addresses the development of case law interpreting the scope of government tort liability in light of the legislative …

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Introductory Essays, Kellye Testy, Thomas J. Holdych, Robert Medved Jan 2006

Introductory Essays, Kellye Testy, Thomas J. Holdych, Robert Medved

Seattle University Law Review

Congratulations to the Law Review for its first thirty years and many thanks to each and every graduate who, during their tenure on the Law Review, made it what it is today. May your outstanding work be an inspiration for those whom follow. After all, look at what four students with typewriters and carbon paper did in 1975!

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Corporate Investigations, Attorney-Client Privilege, And Selective Waiver: Is A Half-Privilege Worth Having At All?, Colin P. Marks Jan 2006

Corporate Investigations, Attorney-Client Privilege, And Selective Waiver: Is A Half-Privilege Worth Having At All?, Colin P. Marks

Seattle University Law Review

This article will explore both the various problems that arise with a policy that essentially mandates waiver of the attorney-client privilege as well as the limited appeal of the selective waiver theory as a compromise position. It concludes that selective waiver is inadequate in addressing the many problems created by policies that coerce waiver and that a more desirable solution is to eliminate or amend the governmental policies that coerce waiver. Part II of this article explains and explores the metes and bounds of the attorney-client privilege and work-product protection. Part III explains the development of the selective waiver theory, …

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Indecent Standards: The Case Of U.S. Versus Weldon Angelos, Eva Nilsen Jan 2006

Indecent Standards: The Case Of U.S. Versus Weldon Angelos, Eva Nilsen

Faculty Scholarship

In today's highly punitive culture, perhaps Weldon Angelos' fifty-five-year sentence does not seem unusual. He's a 25-year-old man who was convicted in December 2003 of selling marijuana, possessing firearms while drug dealing, and money laundering. 3 The facts proven at trial are that on three occasions in June and July, 2002, Angelos sold eight one-ounce bags of marijuana for $350 each to a government informant. 4 The purchaser testified that a firearm was visible during two of these drug sales.5 Police seized another gun from Angelos' home five months later pursuant to a warrant.6 At no time was …

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Treaty Obligations And National Law: Emerging Conflicts In International Arbitration, William W. Park, Alexander A. Yanos Jan 2006

Treaty Obligations And National Law: Emerging Conflicts In International Arbitration, William W. Park, Alexander A. Yanos

Faculty Scholarship

In determining the effect of treaties, the adage pacta sunt servanda ("agreements are to be kept") remains a foundation of international law? By contrast, when American courts consider international conventions, the principle barely rises to the rank of analytic starting point.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The Judge As Celebrity, David J. Seipp Jan 2006

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The Judge As Celebrity, David J. Seipp

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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The U.S. Supreme Court And Medical Ethics: From Contraception To Managed Health Care, George J. Annas Jan 2006

The U.S. Supreme Court And Medical Ethics: From Contraception To Managed Health Care, George J. Annas

Faculty Scholarship

Review of The U.S. Supreme Court and Medical Ethics: From Contraception to Managed Health Care (2004) by Bryan Hilliard

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Determining Information Requirements For E-Business Systems From Activity Space To Information Space, Kecheng Liu, Lily Sun Jan 2006

Determining Information Requirements For E-Business Systems From Activity Space To Information Space, Kecheng Liu, Lily Sun

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

The study of information requirements for e-business systems reveals that the level of detail, granularity, format of presentation, and a broad range of information types are required for the applications. The provision of relevant information affects how e-business systems can efficiently support the business goals and processes. This paper presents an approach for determining information requirements for e-business systems (DIRES) which will allow the user to describe the core business processes, whose specification maps onto a business activity space. It further aids a configuration of information requirements into an information space. A case study of a logistics company in China …

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Theoretical And Pragmatic Framework For Outsourcing Of It Services, Haidar M. Fraihat Jan 2006

Theoretical And Pragmatic Framework For Outsourcing Of It Services, Haidar M. Fraihat

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Since previous research in the information technology (IT) field focused on successes and failures of IT outsourcing (ITO) by organizations, this paper investigates the critical success factors (CSF) for IT outsourcing in the existing global environment. It is intended to provide assistance for the consideration of business professionals and IT managers when they make, examine or evaluate ITO decisions. Fifty four IT outsourcing CSFs were identified through an extensive literature review research. Some of the factors were utilized more frequently than others, while some CSFs have been given more importance than other by IT researchers. A 2-part theoretical framework (conceptual …

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An Empirically Derived Taxonomy Of Information Systems Integration, Thawatchai Jitpaiboon, T.S. Ragu-Nathan, Mark A. Vonderembse Jan 2006

An Empirically Derived Taxonomy Of Information Systems Integration, Thawatchai Jitpaiboon, T.S. Ragu-Nathan, Mark A. Vonderembse

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Information systems integration (ISI) represents the degree of cooperation in information system practices between business functions within a firm and between a firm and its trading partners. Although the establishment of information systems integration objective has been reported as one of the key concerns of top management because ISI enhances the firms’ competitiveness and growth, the classification of the information system practices and its managerial implications are still vaguely developed. The two objectives of this paper are: (1) to develop a taxonomy of information systems integration (ISI) called ISI-Matrix, and (2) to report managerial implications for matching each information system …

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The Role Of Convergence In Information Systems And Business Planning, Sharath Sasidharan, Jiming Wu, Dennis Pearce, Grover S. Kearns, Albert L. Lederer Jan 2006

The Role Of Convergence In Information Systems And Business Planning, Sharath Sasidharan, Jiming Wu, Dennis Pearce, Grover S. Kearns, Albert L. Lederer

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

A key challenge to top management is the alignment of IS and business plans for the purpose of producing an IT-based competitive advantage. This study uses a well known communication theory to provide new insight into the impact of CEO and CIO planning participation on IS and business alignment via the convergence of views between the CEO and CIO regarding the current and future strategic impact of IT on the firm’s success. One hundred and nine matched pairs of questionnaire responses from CIOs and CEOs were collected using a postal survey. Results indicated that CIO participation in business planning predicted …

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Grey Situation Decision-Making Algorithm To Optimize Silicon Wafer Slicing, Che-Wei Chang, William Yu Chung Wang Jan 2006

Grey Situation Decision-Making Algorithm To Optimize Silicon Wafer Slicing, Che-Wei Chang, William Yu Chung Wang

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

The slicing of Silicon wafer is a complex manufacturing process in producing the raw materials for electronic chips and requires the efforts to effectively monitor the stability in production line and ensure the quality for the products composed of different shapes and materials. Human decision failure and other analytical errors are the most common source of management problems in such manufacturing stage. This paper presents a case regarding the silicon wafer manufacturing to examine the response to quality errors. The study has adopted the approach of grey situation decision-making algorithm for problem detection that suggests a technique to attain the …

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Aicpa Professional Standards: Peer Review As Of June 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Peer Review Board Jan 2006

Aicpa Professional Standards: Peer Review As Of June 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Peer Review Board

AICPA Professional Standards

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Aicpa Professional Standards: Code Of Professional Conduct And Bylaws As Of June 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Jan 2006

Aicpa Professional Standards: Code Of Professional Conduct And Bylaws As Of June 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

AICPA Professional Standards

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Aicpa Professional Standards: Statement On Responsibilities In Personal Financial Planning Practice As Of June 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee Jan 2006

Aicpa Professional Standards: Statement On Responsibilities In Personal Financial Planning Practice As Of June 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee

AICPA Professional Standards

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Aicpa Professional Standards: Statements On Standards For Tax Services As Of June 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee Jan 2006

Aicpa Professional Standards: Statements On Standards For Tax Services As Of June 1, 2006, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee

AICPA Professional Standards

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Acceptance Or Offering Of Gifts Or Entertainment. (Ethics Ruling, No. 113 Under Rule 102. Effective Jan. 31, 2006. Also Published In The Journal Of Accountancy, V. 201, Jan. 2006, P. 99.), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee. Jan 2006

Acceptance Or Offering Of Gifts Or Entertainment. (Ethics Ruling, No. 113 Under Rule 102. Effective Jan. 31, 2006. Also Published In The Journal Of Accountancy, V. 201, Jan. 2006, P. 99.), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee.

AICPA Professional Standards

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