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Focus Emu, May 10, 2011, Office Of Public Information Jan 2011

Focus Emu, May 10, 2011, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.


2011 Annual Report, Office Of Research Development Jan 2011

2011 Annual Report, Office Of Research Development

ORDA Annual Reports​

No abstract provided.


Teaching Intersections, Not Assessments: Celebrating The Surprise Of Gift Giving And Gift Getting In The Cultural Commons, Anne Dalke, Alice Lesnick Jan 2011

Teaching Intersections, Not Assessments: Celebrating The Surprise Of Gift Giving And Gift Getting In The Cultural Commons, Anne Dalke, Alice Lesnick

Literatures in English Faculty Research and Scholarship

Unlike current assessment protocols, which emphasize prediction and control—often at the expense of engagement with the unknown, emergent, and new—we explore here our experiences as professors opening to surprise, in pedagogical interactions that have unpredictable outcomes. We imagine and advocate for institutional structures that, rather than predetermining goals and measuring how well we have achieved them, necessitate surprise and strengthen us to respond creatively and liberally to it. Without room for surprise, we argue, education is denied, and distorted by the loss of, one of its central energies: the circulation of the gifts of chance and serendipity.


The Applicability Of International Law In American Detention Policy: Why Al Maqaleh May Be Stuck, Paul Morgan Bumbarger Jan 2011

The Applicability Of International Law In American Detention Policy: Why Al Maqaleh May Be Stuck, Paul Morgan Bumbarger

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Massachusetts State Public Worker Retirees: How Are They Doing?, Ellen A. Bruce, Lauren A. Martin Jan 2011

Massachusetts State Public Worker Retirees: How Are They Doing?, Ellen A. Bruce, Lauren A. Martin

Gerontology Institute Publications

Although much has been made of the Massachusetts State Retirement System’s funding and abuses, little has been written about the benefits it provides. A retirement system should be judged first on whether it meets its goal of providing for workers in retirement.


Three Meta-Lessons Government And Industry Should Learn From The Bp Deepwater Horizon Disaster And Why They Will Not, Alyson C. Flournoy Jan 2011

Three Meta-Lessons Government And Industry Should Learn From The Bp Deepwater Horizon Disaster And Why They Will Not, Alyson C. Flournoy

UF Law Faculty Publications

There are many law and policy lessons to be learned from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and its aftermath. Some are lessons specific to the BP oil well blowout. Regrettably, Congress has failed to enact even these critical reforms, although some important regulatory reforms have been adopted. This Article focuses on three broader lessons that this disaster should also teach, but that are very unlikely to be learned; lessons that could help to reduce the risk of future disasters. These meta-lessons suggest the need to: (1) learn from the next disaster—not the last one; (2) learn from the blueprint of …


Spilling Secrets: Trade Secret Disclosure And Takings In Offshore Drilling Regulation, Michael A. Greene Jan 2011

Spilling Secrets: Trade Secret Disclosure And Takings In Offshore Drilling Regulation, Michael A. Greene

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

This Article will explore whether the law may require the disclosure of adequate proprietary information to enable effective regulation. Part II will discuss the settled law regarding the property status of trade secrets, the regulatory takings doctrine, the applicability of the Takings Clause of the United States Constitution to proprietary data, and the exactions doctrine. Part III will explore the validity of the mandatory submission of proprietary health, safety, and environmental data to government regulators, with the guarantee that such data will be kept secret from competitors and the public. Part IV will then explore the validity of regulation mandating …


Risk In Sentencing: Constitutionally Suspect Variables And Evidence-Based Sentencing, J. C. Oleson Jan 2011

Risk In Sentencing: Constitutionally Suspect Variables And Evidence-Based Sentencing, J. C. Oleson

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Zoning And Land Use, Arthur J. Anderson Jan 2011

Zoning And Land Use, Arthur J. Anderson

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Anti-Cyber Bullying Statutes: Threat To Student Free Speech, John O. Hayward Jan 2011

Anti-Cyber Bullying Statutes: Threat To Student Free Speech, John O. Hayward

Cleveland State Law Review

On October 17, 2006, Megan Meier, a thirteen-year-old girl in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, who had been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and depression, committed suicide because of postings on MySpace, an Internet social networking site, saying she was a bad person whom everyone hated and the world would be better off without. As a result, the state revised its harassment and stalking statutes to prohibit using electronic means to knowingly "frighten, intimidate, or cause emotional distress to another person."' At the time of this writing, twenty-one states have passed similar legislation with others sure to follow. Many of these statutes …


Tale Of Two Policies: A Defense Of China's Population Policy And An Examination Of U.S. Asylum Policy, Mona Ma Jan 2011

Tale Of Two Policies: A Defense Of China's Population Policy And An Examination Of U.S. Asylum Policy, Mona Ma

Cleveland State Law Review

The U.S. asylum law presents a distorted view of China's policy to the world and unfairly taints China's image in the international arena. It also undermines the effectiveness of the policy by encouraging Chinese citizens to break the law. This article advocates the repeal of IIRAIRA § 601 by demonstrating that China's population policy is a necessary and responsible social policy. Part II gives a brief history of the U.S. asylum law relating to China's population policy, including the pre-1996 court split on whether to grant Chinese nationals asylum based on violations of China's population policy. In re Chang, a …


Racial Profiling-Separate And Unequal Keeping The Minorities In Line - The Role Of Law Enforcement In America, April Walker Jan 2011

Racial Profiling-Separate And Unequal Keeping The Minorities In Line - The Role Of Law Enforcement In America, April Walker

St. Thomas Law Review

This article will explore the history of modern policing and examine police brutality at the early stages of the implementation of law enforcements in this country. Also, this article will address whether race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnicity contributes to higher incidents of police brutality and review common misconceptions by the public about police brutality and retaliation against citizens who report police brutality. This article will define the term qualified immunity and highlight its application towards police officials and district attorneys, while also analyzing highly publicized cases and their dispositions. Lastly, this article will address possible solutions to combating …


Fear Itself: The Impact Of Allegations Of Gang Affiliation On Pre-Trial Detention, K. B. Howell Jan 2011

Fear Itself: The Impact Of Allegations Of Gang Affiliation On Pre-Trial Detention, K. B. Howell

St. Thomas Law Review

This article addresses the impact of alleged gang membership at the initial detention/bail determination for three reasons. First, the right to non-excessive bail is guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment. Second, although the impact of trial testimony about gangs presents a number of issues meriting exploration, the vast majority of criminal cases are either dismissed or resolved by plea. This is particularly so when charges are less serious. When misdemeanors or low-level felonies are charged, the incarceration of the defendant on excessive pre-trial bail will alter negotiation dynamics such that a defendant is likely to plead guilty in order to obtain …


The Emperor's New Scanner: Muslim Women At The Intersection Of The First Amendment And Full-Body Scanners, Rohen Peterson Jan 2011

The Emperor's New Scanner: Muslim Women At The Intersection Of The First Amendment And Full-Body Scanners, Rohen Peterson

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

This Note focuses on the intersection of religious freedom and the need for public safety at airport security checkpoints. The main text of Islam, the Qur'an, instructs women to express their faith through modesty. This religiously prescribed practice gives rise to an important privacy interest for Muslim women, protected by the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause. Faced with a growing public concern about airport security, the Transportation Security Administration has chosen to expand the use fullbody scanners at airport security checkpoints. The state has established a strong interest in the use of such devices in order to maintain public safety. …


Brief Of The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, The Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic At Thomas Jefferson School Of Law, The Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic At The College Of William & Mary, Michael J. Wishnie As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, Witt V. United States Of America, 131 S.Ct. 3058 (Supreme Court Of The United States 2011) (No. 10-885), John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, Michael P. Seng, Et Al Jan 2011

Brief Of The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, The Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic At Thomas Jefferson School Of Law, The Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic At The College Of William & Mary, Michael J. Wishnie As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, Witt V. United States Of America, 131 S.Ct. 3058 (Supreme Court Of The United States 2011) (No. 10-885), John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic, Michael P. Seng, Et Al

Court Documents and Proposed Legislation

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Terrorism And Universal Jurisdiction: Opening A Pandora's Box?, Luz E. Nagle Jan 2011

Terrorism And Universal Jurisdiction: Opening A Pandora's Box?, Luz E. Nagle

Georgia State University Law Review

The relationship between terrorism and international criminal law has provoked a good deal of discussion in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York City and at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A particularly challenging issue pertains to whether terrorism is an international crime or a transnational crime, and if and in what context offenders and offenses, to which we affix the label of terrorist and terrorism, should or can be subject to the limited jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other international and national criminal tribunals.


Ancient Laws, Yet Strangely Modern: Biblical Contract And Tort Jurisprudence, Richard H. Hiers Jan 2011

Ancient Laws, Yet Strangely Modern: Biblical Contract And Tort Jurisprudence, Richard H. Hiers

UF Law Faculty Publications

People generally, and even most biblical scholars, tend to view biblical law as, at best, a random patchwork of odd and antiquated commandments and rules. The present Article demonstrates that many biblical laws can be understood to have functioned in biblical time, in ways remarkably similar to various laws characterized in modern Anglo-American jurisprudence as contract and tort law. In particular, the Article points out that the biblical tort laws found in Exodus 21:18 through 22:17 are structured along lines closely parallel to concepts found in modern tort law jurisprudence. Many of the biblical laws considered here give expression to …


Regulating The Science Of Forensic Evidence: A Broken System Requires A New Federal Agency, Jessica D. Gabel, Ashley D. Champion Jan 2011

Regulating The Science Of Forensic Evidence: A Broken System Requires A New Federal Agency, Jessica D. Gabel, Ashley D. Champion

Faculty Publications By Year

Professor Gabel and Ms. Champion agree with Mr. Goldstein's argument that serious validity and reliability problems plague forensic science, but, using the recent Troy Davis case in Georgia as an illustration, they argue for federal rather than state oversight. Gabel and Champion assert that many states lack the funding to construct an adequate system and that the fragmentation caused by different state systems would be a significant impediment to reform. They suggest a federal agency that, like the Environmental Protection Agency, would set minimum standards but allow states to experiment with enhanced regulation.


The Key To The Courthouse Door: The Effect Of Ashcroft V. Iqbal And The Heightened Pleading Standard, Michael Eaton Jan 2011

The Key To The Courthouse Door: The Effect Of Ashcroft V. Iqbal And The Heightened Pleading Standard, Michael Eaton

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence-Based Law By Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Shai Wozner Jan 2011

Evidence-Based Law By Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Shai Wozner

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Disaster Mythology And The Law, Lisa Grow Sun Jan 2011

Disaster Mythology And The Law, Lisa Grow Sun

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Under Attack: Terrorism Risk Insurance Regulation, Alexia Brunet Marks Jan 2011

Under Attack: Terrorism Risk Insurance Regulation, Alexia Brunet Marks

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ultra-Low Power Electronics For Autonomous Micro-Sensor Applications, Rebeka Davidova Jan 2011

Ultra-Low Power Electronics For Autonomous Micro-Sensor Applications, Rebeka Davidova

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presented the research, design and fabrication associated with a unique application of rectenna technology combined with lock-in amplification. An extremely low-power harmonic transponder is conjoined with an interrogator base-station, and utilizing coherent demodulation the Remote Lock-In Amplifier (RLIA) concept is realized. Utilizing harmonic re-radiation with very low-power input, the 1st generation transponder detects a transmitted interrogation signal and responds by retransmitting the second harmonic of the signal. The 1st generation transponder performs this task while using no additional power besides that which accompanies the wireless signal. Demonstration of the first complete configuration provided proof of concept …


Bulletin: General Catalog Issue 2011-2012, Portland State University Jan 2011

Bulletin: General Catalog Issue 2011-2012, Portland State University

Bulletin & Curriculum Change Documents

No abstract provided.


Essays On Applications Of Behavioral Decision Making In Public Management And Policy, Navid Ghaffarzadegan Jan 2011

Essays On Applications Of Behavioral Decision Making In Public Management And Policy, Navid Ghaffarzadegan

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This is a three-essay dissertation on examination of behavioral decision making phenomena in the contexts of public management and policy analysis. I study how policymakers, government employees, and citizens behave, make decisions and learn from decision outcomes. I move toward prescriptive analysis and offer solutions that can improve government performance.


Crumbling Infrastructure, Crumbling Democracy: Infrastructure Privatization Contracts And Their Effects On State And Local Governance, Ellen Dannin Jan 2011

Crumbling Infrastructure, Crumbling Democracy: Infrastructure Privatization Contracts And Their Effects On State And Local Governance, Ellen Dannin

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

Key arguments for privatizing public infrastructure range from providing money so cash-strapped governments can fix crumbling infrastructure and build much needed new infrastructure to shifting future financial risk from the public to a private contractor. The reality, though, is far different. Provisions commonly found in infrastructure privatization contracts make the public the guarantor of private contractors' expected revenues. Indeed, were it not for provisions that protect contractors from diminution of their expected returns, the contracts would be far shorter and much less complex. An effect of those contract provisions is to give private contractors a quasi-governmental status with power over …


Prepared Keynote Remarks: Minimizing Youth Incarceration: A Civilizing Aspiration?, Bart Lubow Jan 2011

Prepared Keynote Remarks: Minimizing Youth Incarceration: A Civilizing Aspiration?, Bart Lubow

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.


2011 Annual Report, Children's Advocacy Institute, University Of San Diego School Of Law Jan 2011

2011 Annual Report, Children's Advocacy Institute, University Of San Diego School Of Law

CAI Annual Reports

No abstract provided.


Regulating Morality Through The Common Law And Exclusionary Zoning, George P. Smith Ii, Gregory P. Bailey Jan 2011

Regulating Morality Through The Common Law And Exclusionary Zoning, George P. Smith Ii, Gregory P. Bailey

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Reasonable Necessary For The Implement Of Telecommunications Interception And Access Laws, Nazzal M. Kisswani Jan 2011

The Reasonable Necessary For The Implement Of Telecommunications Interception And Access Laws, Nazzal M. Kisswani

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.