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Private Rights And Public International Law: Why Competition Among International Economic Law Tribunals Is Not Working, Andrea K. Bjorklund

UC Law Journal

This Article discusses the problematic consequences that result from individuals having multiple international economic tribunals available to redress grievances. The Article describes the proliferation of international courts and tribunals, and discusses the jurisdictional and subject matter authorities of the International Court of Justice, the World Trade Organization Settlement Body, and various regional dispute settlement bodies and municipal courts. The author notes the most problematic consequences of utilizing a system involving multiple forums are the promotion of fragmentation and duplication of tribunal and court authority. In addition, the author discusses the effect of public and private law principles on fragmentation and …

Letting Katz Out Of The Bag: Cognitive Freedom And Fourth Amendment Fidelity, Christian M. Halliburton

UC Law Journal

What would life be like if it became impossible to keep a secret? We may find out with the advent of a new technology called "Brain Fingerprinting" and other technologies that allow access to our very thoughts. This Article first discusses the advent of technology like Brain Fingerprinting and its kin, and their impact on cognitive autonomy. The Article then posits the question, what would the Constitution have to say about evidentiary inquiries into the mind through the use of such technology? The author argues that current Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, including Katz v. United States, is inadequate to address such …

Of Elephants And Embryos: A Proposed Framework For Legal Personhood, Jessica Berg

UC Law Journal

What is a person? What responsibilities or obligations do we have to entities that we recognize as persons under the law? These are not simply theoretical questions. Questions of legal personhood have already faced courts and legislatures and are likely to become more relevant as technology advances.

Legal personhood has largely been ignored outside of the corporate context. Yet there is a pressing need to answer the question of what constitutes a person. This Article's focus is on legal status and the ways in which the law should recognize rights and interests of certain entities.

There are two bases for …

Extending The Conference Through Blogtracks: Reflections From The First Year Of A New Presentation Format, Richard E. West, Michael K. Barbour

Faculty Publications

The recently concluded annual convention for the Association for Educational Communications and Technology added a new presentation format: the BlogTrack. These were groups of bloggers who conducted their presentation through blogs in the weeks leading up to the convention, as well as during the convention. Because this was the inaugural year for the BlogTrack format, there were some inevitable growing pains. In this article, we discuss the purpose for the BlogTrack, summarize the two BlogTrack presentations offered this year, and reflect on the process while offering suggestions for more effective BlogTrack presentations in the future.

An Examination Of Time Use Patterns Influence On Academic Achievement Among African American And Hispanic Male High School Stude, Keith Riley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation is to contribute to the body of knowledge in the area of effective time management skills among African American and Hispanic male student athletes and their academic achievement utilizing the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) Base year thru the First follow-up database. The researcher has assessed indicators (socioeconomic status, time use patterns, sports participation, and race) within the construct of academic achievement among African American and Hispanic male high school student athletes. Their contribution to the main effects revealed that statistically significant differences exist between the non-sports participant and sports participant groups. After …

John Rawls’S Proffer To Believers: A Bargain Called, ‘The Idea Of Public Reason’, William J. Wagner

Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

Oaths Of Office, Office Of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez

1.1 Documents

This series consists of materials generated by the Office of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez relating to legislative accomplishments and campaign materials.

Speeches, Statements, And/Or Remarks - 2007, Office Of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez

1.3. Speeches/statements/remarks

This series consists of materials generated by the Office of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez relating to speeches, remarks, and statements made by Rep. Gutiérrez.

The Bulletin, Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2008 (2007), Minnesota State University Moorhead

Undergraduate Bulletins (Catalogs)

No abstract provided.

Baby Dragons: The Story Of Moorhead's Campus School 1888-1972, Steve Grineski

Histories of MSUM

No abstract provided.

A Study On How Completion Of High School, Bachelor’S, And Master’S Degrees Affects Earnings - February 2005, Divya Ashok

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

This project indicates that individuals who completed a high school degree, a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree have substantial differences in earnings. Drawing data from the Current Population Survey for February 2005 and employing an Ordinary Least Square regression technique, this paper examines the determinants that significantly influence the logarithmic hourly earnings of an individual who completed a high school degree, a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree. Overall, this project suggests that level of education, sex, age, gender, union membership, geographical region and race are the relevant factors that play an important role in determination of hourly earnings …

Measuring Safety Culture In A Non-Us Airline Using The Commercial Aviation Safety Survey, Terry L. Von Thaden, Sólveig Ragnarsdóttir

International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2007

The purpose of this present study was twofold: firstly to test the psychometric appropriateness of the Commercial Aviation Safety Survey (CASS) for flight operations developed at the University of Illinois, in non-US environment, and secondly to assess the current state of organizational safety culture at a European airline. To achieve these objectives the CASS was administered in a web-based format to the flight operations department at a major European air carrier. The respondents reflected a representative employee distribution and a response rate of 31 percent. The internal consistency of the CASS indicated adequate reliability (all scores above 0.70). The survey …

A Human Factors Analysis Of Miscommunication Between Pilots And Air Traffic Controllers In Taiwan, Wen-Jiang Chang, Eric Min-Yang Wang, Wen-Ling Tsai, Wei Hsu, Jin-Ru Yen, Hero Ho

International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2007

The objective of this research was to analyze the human factors, which involved in specific types of miscommunication between pilots and air traffic controllers (ATCs). The study was based on the transcripts of pilot and ATC communication, which including the thirty flight incidents filed by local ATC authority. The research team consisted of an experienced air traffic controller, a pilot, and professors of linguistics, transportation management, human factors, and several assistants. The cases were analyzed and discussed thoroughly; as a result, seventeen types of communication error were identified from these incidents. Among these communication errors, three of seventeen types were …

College Catalog, 2007-2009, Buffalo State College

Academic Catalogs, 1871-2018

No abstract provided.

Lingnan University Annual Report : 2006-2007 = 嶺南大學年報 : 2006-2007, Lingnan University

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Annual Report On Research Activities 2006-2007, Lingnan University (Hong Kong, China)

Annual Report on Research Activities to Research Grants Council

No abstract provided.

Lingnan University : Calendar 2007-2008, Lingnan University

Lingnan University Calendar

No abstract provided.

2007 South Dakota Beef Report, Department Of Animal And Range Sciences, South Dakota State University, Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University, Cooperative Extension Service, South Dakota State University

South Dakota Beef Report, 2007

This is the 2007 South Dakota Beef Report. The articles published in this report summarize many of the beef cattle research activities conducted at South Dakota State University during 2007. The articles in this report have many levels of application. Some information has immediate application for your farm, ranch, or agribusiness. The articles include information on nutrition, feed management, reproductive management, health, growth and development, and economics of the cattle and beef industry in South Dakota.

The Health Insurance Debate In Canada: Lessons For The United States?, Mary Anne Bobinski

Faculty Articles

This Essay begins with an intentionally ambiguous title. Are comparisons to Canada relevant and useful for policy-makers in the United States and, if so, what lessons can we learn? Part II of this Essay highlights some of the risks and benefits of cross-border comparisons between the United States and Canada. In Part III, I analyze some of the key data points often cited in comparing the two health care systems. Part IV explores the current Canadian debate about private health insurance. Finally, in Part V, I focus on the lessons from Canada for the health insurance debate in the United …

A Constitutional Significance For Precedent: Originalism, Stare Decisis, And Property Rights, Polly J. Price

Faculty Articles

The discussions in this Article proceed as follows. Part I briefly introduces several areas of contemporary debate for which this inquiry is relevant. In Part II, I examine previous scholarly evaluations of the doctrine of precedent in the formative period. I provide an alternative explanation for the adoption by American courts of rhetoric favoring stare decisis, one that links the rhetoric used by these courts with the predominant property discourse of the Founding period and with the Marshall Court’s subsequent emphasis on vested rights and the Contracts Clause. I suggest that the stare decisis property rule gained widespread acceptance as …

Competence And The Three Branches Of Government, Muriel Morisey

University of Dayton Law Review

Symposium: Enacting and Interpreting Statutes in the Constitution's Shadows

Final Frictives*-S And *-H In Proto T'In Lexicon, Theraphan L-Thongkum

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Final /-s/ does not exist in modern T ʾ in; however, *-s in Proto-T ʾ in can be reconstructed. The distinction between *-s and *-h in Proto-T ʾ in phonology is suggested by two types of final correspondences, i.e., *-s has become /-yh/ in Mal but /-t/ in Pray, and *-h has been kept as /-h/ in both Mal and Pray. This fact was pointed out by Filbeck in 1978; however, no Proto-T ʾ in forms were reconstructed by him. To show a clearer picture of the phonological history of T ʾ in, 68 Proto-T ʾ in forms were reconstructed, …

Donotcall.Gov: Do Not Call It Up With Firefox, Roger V. Skalbeck

Law Faculty Publications

This article examines a critical design error with the website DoNotCall.gov.

Peer Guide Website For New Csumb Students, Maura Mecchella, Alexandra Davis

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

We studied the needs of incoming students because we wanted to find out how they can more effectively acclimate to CSUMB's unique culture. Our goal was to produce an addition to the current CSUMB website containing information that we and other students found lacking to our acclimation to CSUMB. We also applied for a capstone grant to try and make a booklet to distribute the information in more than one media. We did not get the grant and all our information is being presented in the form of a website. We used the information provided by the CSUMB Prospective Student …

Emergency!: Send A Tv Show To Rescue Paramedic Services!, Paul Bergman

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Scheme For Law Films, Stefan Machura

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.

Assessing Baxi’S Thesis On The Emergence Of A Trade-Related Market-Friendly Human Rights Paradigm: Recent Evidence From Nigerian Labour-Led Struggles, Obiora Chinedu Okafor

Articles & Book Chapters

The objective of the article is to assess some of the sub-claims that emerge from Baxi’s thesis on an emergent trade-related market-friendly human rights paradigm in the light of the available evidence regarding the intense contestations and confrontations that have occurred between Nigeria’s politically and economically transitional Obasanjo regime and a local labour-led coalition. The piece sets out to ascertain the contextual and localised validity of these ‘Baxian’ sub-claims, within the wider context of the government vs. labour confrontations in Nigeria during the neo-liberal socio-economic reforms undertaken in that country between 1999 and 2005.

The Rise And Fall Of Chinese Tax Incentives An Implications For International Tax Debates, Jinyan Li

Articles & Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

Breaching Indigenous Law: Canadian Mining In Guatemala, Shin Imai, Ladan Mehranvar, Jennifer Sander

Articles & Book Chapters

This is a case study of a small Indigenous community in Guatemala that defied a powerful Canadian mining company by holding a community vote on whether to allow mining on its territory. The result of the vote – to stop mining activity on its territory – has not been honoured by the Canadian mining company. The dispute is being played out against a backdrop of intimidation and violence. The study reviews the major players in the dispute – the mining company, the Guatemalan government, the World Bank and the Canadian government – and concludes that they all have a stake …

Recent International Developments In The Law Of Negotiable Instruments And Payment And Settlement Systems, Benjamin Geva

Articles & Book Chapters

This paper surveys four recent major developments worldwide in the areas of negotiable instruments and payment and settlement systems. Only private or commercial law aspects are considered. Topics covered are checks, payment cards, securities transfers, and payment transactions. A common theme is the adaptation by statute of the law to tile world of electronic banking as it keeps evolving.