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The Communal Lyric: Poetry In Devotional And Oppressed Communities, Michael N. Yacoub

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates the interaction between lyric and community; it asks what a communal lyric is, how it functions, and to what ends. In Chapter One, I compare Jonathan Culler’s performative model of lyric with the theory of Takhyīl as expounded by Arab philosopher-critics al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, and al-Qartajanni to argue that a communal lyric is a form of audience-oriented public discourse distinguished by formal features that prompt the poem’s (re-)iteration and establish an interpersonal relationship with the audience in order to influence them and make shareable value claims about the world. In Chapters Two and Three I provide close-reading …

The Sealed Palace: How Direct Access To The Supreme Constitutional Court Can Bridge The Gaps In Constitutional Review In Egypt, Ahmed Sameh Fahmi

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the limitations of Egypt’s current constitutional review system and argues for the introduction of a direct access mechanism to the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC). Under Egypt’s centralized model of judicial review, individuals are restricted to indirect access through ordinary courts, which has resulted in significant procedural and substantive inefficiencies. The referral-based mechanism of judicial review of legislation has caused delays in adjudicating constitutional claims, the insulation of certain laws from review, legislative omissions, and excessive gatekeeping by lower courts. Through a comparative analysis of direct access models in Colombia, Germany, Turkey, and South Africa, the thesis identifies …

A Tragedy Of Incommensurability: Indigenous Rights And The Limits Of Human Rights Law, Zeina Ali

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the tragedy of incommensurability between indigenous rights and international human rights law. Despite the emergence of frameworks like the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), indigenous calls for sovereignty remain fundamentally unintelligible within a liberal order structured to preserve settler-state legitimacy. Tracing the historical and theoretical evolution of indigenous advocacy, this study critiques the strategic shift from demands for self-determination to claims of cultural rights. It argues that this shift offers no real alternative: self-determination and cultural rights are functionally equivalent, as both are ultimately filtered through legal and political frameworks that cannot …

Exploring The Interplay Between Kidney Dysfunction And Cardiovascular Disease, Rajesh Yadav, Aqsa Kaim Abubakar, Richa Mishra, Saurabh Gupta, Neelesh Kumar Maurya, Vivek Kashyap, Sarvesh Rustagi, Deependra Pratap Singh, Sanjay Kumar

School of Medicine Publications

This article reveals the various types of complications that are associated with dialysis and kidney-associated disease, including left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, vascular heart disease, arrhythmias, diabetes mellitus, intradialytic hypertension, and coronary heart disease. The molecular mechanisms underlying the development of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including the role of nitric oxide (NO) signaling, have been extensively studied. Patients suffering from CKD need treatment with hemodialysis at the end stages. The kidney is considered the chief excretory organ in humans, which excretes various types of waste materials from the body and balances the acid–base ratio, due …

Matter Of Hudson Val. Prop. Owners Assn. Inc. V. City Of Kingston

All Decisions

The Court of Appeals affirmed the City of Kingston's declaration of a housing emergency and its opt-in to the ETPA, rejecting the property owners' challenge to the vacancy study's methodology as insufficiently proven unreliable. The Court also upheld the Kingston Rent Guidelines Board's "fair market rent" guideline and rent adjustment guideline, finding no impermissible retroactivity under *Regina Metro.* The petitioners' claims regarding the 15% rent reduction were not preserved for appeal. This landmark decision clarifies municipal authority to implement rent stabilization under HSTPA.

Munjal V. Ziebke

All Decisions

A landlord's holdover petition was dismissed because it failed to properly plead the Good Cause Eviction Law (GCEL) status of the premises. The landlord attempted to amend the petition to claim a "small landlord" exemption, but the proposed amendment was deemed conclusory and lacked specific details required by RPAPL § 741(5-b) and RPL § 214(1), such as the names of all owners, the number of units they own statewide, and their addresses (excluding principal residences). The court held that proper pleading of the GCEL exemption is an essential element of a landlord's prima facie case.

Ai-Enabled System For Efficient Data Storage, Debdeep Bandyopadhyay, Alok Roy, Prajna Shetty

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for efficiently storing data based on reinforcement learning and actor-critic models. An agent, comprising a “chunking actor” and a “redundancy critic” can segment various types of computer files into “dynamic segments” and “redundant segments” and store those segments in a dynamic datastore and a redundant datastore respectively. In general terms, redundant segments can comprise segments of files that exist “redundantly” among multiple files stored by the system, such as header information. Dynamic data segments can comprise data segments that are unique or generally unique to their respective files. By identifying redundant data …

The Journal Of Texas History

Journal of Texas History

Published by: The Alliance for Texas History in cooperation with the University of Texas at Arlington Vol. 1, No. 1 June 2025

State Constitutional Prohibitions Against Unnecessary Rigor In Arrest And Confinement, Kristen Bell

Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Front Matter

Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy

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The Common Law And Sec Rule 10b-5(B): Narrowing The Securities "Fraud" Exception To The First Amendment, Matthew Lambertson

Florida Law Review

Courts have read Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and regulations promulgated thereunder as requiring less than every element of common law fraud. In particular, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 10b-5(b), which prohibits merely false or misleading statements about securities, often proscribes and deters speech that does not constitute common law fraud. Namely, in prosecuting a Rule 10b-5(b) claim, the SEC currently does not need to prove reliance, causation, and harm—three essential elements of common law fraud. Though the First Amendment generally protects false speech, it does not shield fraud. Upon adopting the First Amendment, …

Troubled Waters: Equitable Apportionment And The Future Of Interstate Groundwater Wars, Julia C. Kitt

Florida Law Review

Although water is the most abundant natural resource on the planet, fresh and potable water is limited. Surface water has long supported human development. However, technological improvements in the mid-twentieth century facilitated and ultimately encouraged states to look below the surface to groundwater. The extraction of groundwater from aquifers at tremendous rates has since transformed the once little-understood resource into one that states depend on to meet the needs of their citizens. Unlike surface water, however, groundwater has historically faced exclusion from regulatory regimes. Groundwater is simple to extract and often sourced near its point of use, making it easy …

Compelled Speech, Speaker Preception, And Plausibility, David S. Han

Florida Law Review

In Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a baker raised a compelled speech claim when his bakery was sanctioned by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission for refusing to make a customized cake for a same-sex wedding. This argument raised a number of difficult questions regarding the existence, attribution, and interpretation of speech that the Supreme Court ultimately left unanswered. Is making a customized cake protected “speech” for First Amendment purposes? When a baker makes a customized cake for a wedding, what exactly does that cake communicate (if anything)? And to whom should any message expressed by the …

Katz'S Imperfect Circle: An Empirical Study Of Reasonable Expectations Of Privacy, Tonja Jacobi, Christopher Brett Jaeger

Florida Law Review

Under Katz v. United States, the Fourth Amendment restricts government actions that infringe upon expectations of privacy that society recognizes as reasonable. This foundational test has long been criticized as circular, both because courts can shape the very expectations they seek to identify through their decisions and because governments can manipulate those expectations to expand the reach of their own power. But how do members of society decide what expectations are reasonable, and how do judges ascertain those expectations? And are expectations of privacy malleable even without deliberate manipulation?

This Article shows that the circularity critique is both understated …

Tribal Courts Are Courts Of General Jurisdiction, Grant Christensen

Florida Law Review

Twenty years ago, the Supreme Court misread its precedents and took a shortcut to do what was “simpler” instead of what was right. It determined, without examining the origins of tribal judicial power, that tribal courts are not courts of general jurisdiction. Writing for the majority in Nevada v. Hicks, Justice Antonin Scalia concluded that in order to find that tribal courts were able to interpret federal law, the Court would have to “attribute to tribal courts jurisdiction that is not apparent.” But power often exists even if it is not apparent at first glance. Unwilling to do even …

The Originalist Case Against The Insular Cases, Michael D. Ramsey

Florida Law Review

Concurring in United States v. Vaello Madero, Justice Neil Gorsuch argued that the Insular Cases are contrary to the Constitution’s original meaning and should be overruled. The Supreme Court’s decisions in the Insular Cases, which created a second-class constitutional status for U.S. overseas territories, have also been criticized by leading originalist scholars such as Professors Gary Lawson and Michael Paulsen. However, there is no fully developed scholarly assessment of the Insular Cases from an originalist perspective; their inconsistency with an originalist approach is more assumed than proven. This Article fills that gap. Using the methodology of original public …

The Big Cost Of Small Farms, Tammi S. Etheridge

Florida Law Review

Americans love meat. We celebrate our independence with steaks on the grill, we enjoy our favorite pastime with hot dogs, and we give thanks with turkey. Our love of meat is so ingrained in our culture that, historically, small increases in meat prices have driven the populace to riot. Today, meat prices are rising. Simultaneously, the largest meat processors and packagers are seeing record profits. Consumers, in turn, are outraged. Their emotions are being fueled by politicians who blame rising profits on a pandemic of greed and collusion and then argue that rigid antitrust enforcement is the only solution.

This …

The Chilling Effects Of Dobbs, Jonathon W. Penney, Danielle Keats Citron, Alexis Shore Ingber

Florida Law Review

The Supreme Court’s evisceration of the federal constitutional right to abortion has raised the specter of criminal and civil liability for abortion providers and patients. Police and prosecutors have easy access to commercial reservoirs of intimate data. As individual accounts made clear in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, corporate surveillance of intimate life chilled expressive activities, such as searching for information about reproductive health and using period tracking apps. Health professionals did not feel safe to speak out about the impact of new abortion laws. Harassment and threats directed at abortion clinics and at …

No Eyes In The Skies: State Of Alaska V. Mckelvey’S Impact On Aerial Surveillance In Alaska, Lauren Beizer, Johanna Crisman

Alaska Law Review

Alaska contains a dynamic and complex aviation culture. As one of the most visually captivating places on earth, Alaska also hosts enthralling scenery that could be deemed a photographer’s dream landscape, creating an interesting desire for aerial capture of certain scenes. The Alaska Supreme Court considered whether Alaska’s unique aviation culture, in conjunction with aerial police surveillance, infringes on residents’ right to privacy in State of Alaska v. McKelvey. While the United States Constitution contains no express right to privacy, the Alaskan Constitution explicitly ensures that the right to privacy of Alaskan residents will not be infringed upon. The United …

In Re: Caleb Mcgillvary

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Usa V. James King

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Caste Discrimination In Ny - Starting A Conversation, Pranathi Charasala, Gali Racabi

Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers

Despite rapid socioeconomic ascent of Indian Americans in the U.S., caste hierarchies continue to structure inequality within the Indian diaspora. This working paper examines caste discrimination in contemporary New York, situating it within broader civil rights frameworks and legal precedents. Drawing from headline cases, emerging local laws, and collective bargaining agreements, the paper shows how caste operates as a social category—legally unrecognized yet experientially real. It explores both the possibilities and pitfalls of folding caste into existing categories like race, color, national origin, and religion, while grappling with arguments that frame caste protections as anti-Hindu bias. The paper concludes with …

Transperfect Holdings Llc V. Robert Pincus

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Stratégies Discursives De Lutte Contre Le Terrorisme Dans Les Discours Royaux Au Maroc, Badreddine El-Kacimi

Al-Kīmiyā

Morocco is confronted with terrorist threats stemming from its strategic geographical position and ongoing geopolitical conflicts, exacerbated by the Salafist movement. In response, the regime has taken measures such as suppressing Islamist groups and integrating them into the political process. King Mohammed VI has adopted a holistic approach, combining security measures, human development, and the promotion of tolerance values to counter terrorism and ensure national stability. These discourses firmly denounce terrorism and jihadism, highlighting their threat to Morocco’s security and cohesion. The royal metadiscourse aims to promote principles of tolerance and fraternity, rejecting extremism and racism, with the objective of …

Just A Spark Of Imagination: Examining Professional Development For Gifted Educators, Jennifer J. Tucker

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study explored how teachers of gifted education in a large southeastern school district perceive the high points of professional development to reimagine learning courses to encourage professional learning. In today’s changing field of education, there is an urgent need to foster teachers’ professional growth to create an environment where they feel supported to retain their expertise in the educational field. Many studies focus on students' needs, but the voice of the teacher's needs is missing from the study. Gathering narratives from teachers of gifted students empowers the teachers’ perspectives to be included in discovering how to reimagine professional …

The Corporate Governance Of The Biggest Corporations You’Ve Never Heard Of, Aaron M. Schutt

Alaska Law Review

When Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in 1971, it directed the creation of twelve regional and over two hundred village corporations chartered under Alaska state law. ANCSA subjected these corporations to Alaska’s corporate governance framework, including the laws and regulations governing corporate elections. This Article examines the statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to ANCSA corporations, including the various requirements around ANCSA corporation annual shareholder meetings. It also analyzes relevant state and federal case law interpreting and applying these requirements. Finally, the Article explores the rights and responsibilities of corporate directors and officers, as well as the …

Rediscovering Alaska’S Right To Housing, Helen Malley

Alaska Law Review

In the wake of Grants Pass v. Johnson, state constitutions provide an alternative avenue to protect the rights of people experiencing homelessness. While some states contemplate amending their constitutions to encompass a right to housing, this Article argues that such a right already exists in the Alaska Constitution. Article VII, Sections 4 and 5 explicitly direct the legislature to provide for the public health and welfare, and Article I, Section 22 recognizes all Alaskans’ fundamental right to privacy. When read together, these provisions provide for a dual right to housing, encompassing both an affirmative right to adequate and affordable housing, …

A Qualitative Exploration Of Paraprofesionals' Use Of Mobile Technology To Coordinate Behavioral Support, Sean Erreger

Social Work Doctoral Dissertations

Technology that is utilized to track and assess behavior is being used more frequently in social work practice. Social Workers frequently participate and lead organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) face significant workforce challenges, but mobile technology may assist with reducing their administrative burden, assist in training needs, and increase the level of support felt by their supervisors. One of those technologies is the use of mobile devices to record behavior. The developmental disabilities field has started to implement the use of such mobile devices. The …

Coming Soon To A State Near You? Does Louisiana’S Public Trust Doctrine Encompass A Right To A “Clean And Healthful Environment?”, Ryan M. Seidemann

LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources

No abstract provided.

What Is A Mineral In The Green Energy Age?, Jonathan J. Rose

LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources

No abstract provided.