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Somos & Estamos, Otoño/Fall 2013, Western Michigan University

Somos y Estamos

For Friends of the Department of Spanish at Western Michigan University. In both Spanish and English.

Professional Occupations, Knowledge-Driven Firms, And Entrepreneurship – A National And Regional Analysis, Mark Holtzblatt

Business Faculty Publications

Baker Hughes’ FCPA experiences illustrate the corruption risks and difficulties that multinational corporations encounter in conducting international business. The subsequent creation of a new Baker Hughes Code of Conduct, FCPA Compliance Guide, and Anti-Corruption Compliance Program provide you with a view of the corporate governance policies that companies can implement to help avoid costly penalties and investigations.

Amicus (Fall 2013), University Of Colorado Law School

Amicus

Issue at a glance:

• Describes the importance of mentoring and individualized legal education
• Illustrates curriculum initiatives
• Highlights outstanding accomplishments of current students
• Explains the importance of legacy gifts and the Heritage Society
• Highlights from the Colorado Law Action Plan
• Profiles of new faculty and staff
• Updates on Colorado Law alumni

Trick Or Treat: The Application Of The State Udap Statutes To Government Agencies In The Florida Dependency Process, Michael Flynn

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

2013 Cardozo Life (Fall), Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Life Magazine

Table of Contents:

Campus News, page 3

Clinics News, page 16

Faculty Briefs, page 18

Felix Wu, page 22

Booting Up, page 24

Michel Rosenfeld, page 36

Legal Style, page 40

Our New York, page 44

Peter Markowitz, page 46

Alumni News & Class Notes, page 58

Floyd Abrams, page 68

Pro Bono Newsletter, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Fall 2013 issue of the University of Michigan Law School Pro Bono Program's newsletter.

Faculty News, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Crane: one foot in the academy and one foot in practice; Hakimi:enhancing the student experience; Santacroce: the human dimension to practicing law; L. Hart Wright award goes to legal practice Prof. Vettorello; Prof. Bloom debuts new transactional lab; Prof. Carr chosen for state commission on human trafficking; MLaw, Cambridge team up to guide UN Refugee Convention; Reimann to complete long tenure as EIC of American Journal of Comparative Law; Andrias and Hannon join faculty; Herzog "cheerfully demolishes" beliefs about gender roles in early modern England; the legality of delaying obamacare's employer mandate.

Class Notes, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Judge Cohn at age 89: "why stop"; Barner, '82: leader in IP law; the incredible, edible, plant-based egg; Hendricks, '03: film, change, and conscious consumerism; Brumm, '01: major league bankruptcies; remembrance, Richard Katcher, '43.

Montanan, Fall 2013, University Of Montana--Missoula

Montanan Magazine, 1969-2024

This is the magazine of the University of Montana with news about the University for UM alumni as well as current faculty, students, staff, and administrators. This is volume 30, number 3.

Japan As A Postmodern Legal Reality, Rosemary L. Harding, Antonios E. Platsas

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Senate: Political Opinion Among Cameroonian Youth, Rebeccah Rendall

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper seeks to examine the political opinions of Cameroon youth in regards to the newly-introduced Senate. Research was conducted with students at the University of Yaoundé I and the University of Yaoundé II over the course of a four-week period. This paper discusses the potential and stated purposes of the Senate within the Cameroonian context. It will also discuss the various particular reasons that the Senate was implemented in 2013. Finally, it will convey the opinions of and the hopes for the Senate as stated by university students. First, I conclude that the Senate’s main role is to be …

Sovereign Debt And The Three And A Half Minute Transaction: What Sticky Boilerplate Reveals About Contract Law And Practice, Andrea Boyack

Faculty Publications

The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contractual Design, by Mitu Gulati and Robert E. Scott, is a cautionary tale about modern legal practice where the protagonist is the standard sovereign debt contract. The book discloses an undeniable flaw in sovereign bond boilerplate (the widely used pari passu clause) that, in spite of expensive, sophisticated lawyering, perpetuates a risky disconnect between party intent and contract terms. The fact that boilerplate terms persist even in elite sovereign-lending practices suggests that the problem of over-reliance on standard form language is ubiquitous.When contract terms diverge from client risk …

Lessons From Teaching Students To Negotiate Like A Lawyer, John M. Lande

Faculty Publications

This article reports my observations from teaching those courses and offers suggestions for future efforts to improve legal education. My experience supports the (1) focus on negotiation in a wide range of situations in addition to the final resolution of disputes and transactions, (2) addition of "ordinary legal negotiation" to the two traditional theories of negotiation, and (3) use of multi-stage simulations in addition to traditional single-stage simulations. These approaches were critical in providing students with a more realistic understanding of negotiation. This article also describes experiments with other teaching techniques in my courses.

Access To Civil & Family Justice: A Roadmap For Change, Action Committee On Access To Justice In Civil And Family Matters

Canadian Forum on Civil Justice

There is a serious access to justice problem in Canada. The civil and family justice system is too complex, too slow and too expensive. It is too often incapable of producing just outcomes that are proportional to the problems brought to it or reflective of the needs of the people it is meant to serve. While there are many dedicated people trying hard to make it work and there have been many reform efforts, the system continues to lack coherent leadership, institutional structures that can design and implement change, and appropriate coordination to ensure consistent and cost effective reform. Major …

The Osgoode Brief (Fall 2013), Osgoode Hall Law School Of York University

The Osgoode Brief

No abstract provided.

Vienna Convention On Consular Relations: In Retrospect And Into The Future, John B. Quigley

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

In the half-century since the adoption of its text, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations has done great service by providing specificity on the obligations of receiving States to let consuls do their work, in particular their work of protecting co-nationals who find themselves in the receiving State.  By virtue of a jurisdictional protocol appended to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the International Court of Justice has been opened to state parties who seek to hold other state parties to their consular law obligations.  In recent years, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations has featured prominently as a protective …

Public Policy And The Recognition Of Foreign Judgments In Canada, Lucien J. Dhooge

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Specialization In Law And Business: A Proposal For A J.D./'Mbl' Curriculum, Robert J. Rhee

UF Law Faculty Publications

This paper provides the specific details of how an interdisciplinary program of law and business can be structured in a three-year J.D. program. The program envisioned is a J.D./”M.B.L.”, which is distinguished from the better known J.D./M.B.A. The “M.B.L.” stands for “masters of business law,” which is simply an idea tag. The moniker can represent a program conferring a supplemental degree in law and business, or simply a specialized course of study to complete a J.D. Either way, the program is an interdisciplinary program of concentrated study in core transaction-oriented law courses and core business courses. The most effective education …

Nearing Thirty Years: The Burger Court, Strickland V. Washington, And The Parameters Of The Right To Counsel, Joshua Kastenberg

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Systematically Thinking About Law Firm Ethics: Conference On The Ethical Infrastructure And Culture Of Law Firms, Susan Saab Fortney

Faculty Scholarship

To advance the discourse related to law firm ethics and the impact of formal controls and informal influences on lawyer conduct, we convened on April 5, 2013 the Conference on the Ethical Infrastructure and Culture of Law Firms ("Conference" or "Symposium"). The Conference, conducted under the auspices of the Hofstra Law Review and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University's Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics, was funded in part by the Abraham J. Gross '78 Conference and Lecture Fund at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. Experts who have studied issues …

Taking Rules Seriously: The Rise Of Lawyer Rules As Substantive Law And The Public Policy Exception In Contract Law, Benjamin P. Cooper

Cardozo Law Review

Are the Rules of Professional Conduct "law?" In disciplinary proceedings, there is no question that they are, but their impact beyond the disciplinary realm remains a matter of controversy. As the Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers aptly states: "The legal effect of officially adopted lawyer codes is fundamental and diverse." Scholars have examined the non-disciplinary impact of the professional rules in a variety of areas, but this Article examines a largely unexplored question: the enforceability of certain agreements (e.g. lawyers splitting fees with nonlawyers) that are prohibited by the professional rules. If lawyers enter into these prohibited agreements, they …

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

The Legal Minute, Fall 2013, St. Mary's University School Of Law

Legal Minute

No abstract provided.

Is The Invocation Of Inherent Jurisdiction The Same As The Exercise Of Inherent Powers? Re Nalpon Zero Geraldo Mario [Case Note], Siyuan Chen

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In Re McC (A Minor), Lord Bridge of Harwich remarked that few words have been ‘used with so many different shades of meaning in different contexts’ and ‘have so freely acquired new meanings’ as the word ‘jurisdiction’. The definitional conundrum deepens when ‘jurisdiction’ is combined with the adjective ‘inherent,’ yet common law courts around the world routinely claim to invoke inherent jurisdiction for a wide array of purposes in civil and criminal matters, ranging from the reception of evidence to the ensuring of a fair trial, and this necessarily raises questions about the limits of such an exercise.

The Federal Medical Loss Ratio: A Permissible Federal Regulation Or An Encroachment On State Power?, Meghan S. Stubblebine

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Civil Society In Environmental Governance In The United States And China, Robert V. Percival, Zhao Huiyu

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Creating A Law School That Emphasizes Public Interest Law, Erwin Chemerinsky

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Lawnotes, The St. Mary's University School Of Law Newsletter, St. Mary's University School Of Law

Law Notes

No abstract provided.

Knowing The Standard American Diet By Its Fruits: Is Unrestrained Omnivorism Spiritually Beneficial?, Matthew C. Halteman

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

This essay aims to challenge the standard [North] American diet's (SAD) default status in church and among North American Christians generally. It attempts to allay some common concerns about the suitability of food ethics as a topic for serious Christian discernment, and argues that SAD is not spiritually beneficial, drawing support from five traditional sources for Christian moral deliberation, including and especially general revelation and discernment of the fruits of the spirit.

Pro Bono Collaborative E-Newsletter (No. 11) (October 2013), Roger Williams University School Of Law

Pro Bono Collaborative Newsletter

No abstract provided.