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Calming Unsettled Waters: A Proposal For Navigating The Tenuous Power Divide Between The Federal Courts And The Uspto Under The American Invents Act, William Rose Dec 2013

Calming Unsettled Waters: A Proposal For Navigating The Tenuous Power Divide Between The Federal Courts And The Uspto Under The American Invents Act, William Rose

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Dying For A Solution: Incidental Taking Under The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Andrew G. Ogden Dec 2013

Dying For A Solution: Incidental Taking Under The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Andrew G. Ogden

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

The almost century-old Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”) is straining to fulfill its statutory purpose of protecting migratory birds from the changing and growing threats of a modern industrial society. With approximately 600 million bird deaths per year from a host of anthropogenic activities and infrastructure, including alternative energy projects, oil and gas development, antennas, power lines and buildings, migratory bird populations are under stress that will increase significantly in the near future from a momentous growth in wind energy activity.

Since the 1970s, the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) has attempted to reconcile the MBTA’s conservation policy and strict …


Introduction: A Global Approach To Reproductive Justice—Psychosocial And Legal Aspects And Implications, Joan C. Chrisler Dec 2013

Introduction: A Global Approach To Reproductive Justice—Psychosocial And Legal Aspects And Implications, Joan C. Chrisler

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Factual Precedents, Allison Orr Larsen Dec 2013

Factual Precedents, Allison Orr Larsen

Faculty Publications

Lawyers and judges speak to each other in a language of precedents—decisions from cases that have come before. The most persuasive precedent to cite, of course, is an on-point decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. But Supreme Court opinions are changing. They contain more factual claims about the world than ever before, and those claims are now rich with empirical data. This Supreme Court factfinding is also highly accessible; fast digital research leads directly to factual language in old cases that is perfect for arguments in new ones. An unacknowledged consequence of all this is the rise of what I …


The Last Should Be First—Flip The Order Of The Chevron Two-Step, Richard Murphy Dec 2013

The Last Should Be First—Flip The Order Of The Chevron Two-Step, Richard Murphy

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Seizing A Cell Phone Incident To Arrest: Data Extraction Devices, Faraday Bags, Or Aluminum Foil As A Solution To The Warrantless Cell Phone Search Problem, Adam M. Gershowitz Dec 2013

Seizing A Cell Phone Incident To Arrest: Data Extraction Devices, Faraday Bags, Or Aluminum Foil As A Solution To The Warrantless Cell Phone Search Problem, Adam M. Gershowitz

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


"Data, Views, Or Arguments": A Rumination, Michael Herz Dec 2013

"Data, Views, Or Arguments": A Rumination, Michael Herz

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Bad Medicine: Abortion And The Battle Over Who Speaks For Women's Health, Andrea D. Friedman Dec 2013

Bad Medicine: Abortion And The Battle Over Who Speaks For Women's Health, Andrea D. Friedman

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Members Only: Undocumented Students & In-State Tuition, Angela M. Banks Dec 2013

Members Only: Undocumented Students & In-State Tuition, Angela M. Banks

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


"Soaring" Gas Prices: Policy Considerations For The European Union Emissions Trading System And Aviation, Kaylin Gaal Dec 2013

"Soaring" Gas Prices: Policy Considerations For The European Union Emissions Trading System And Aviation, Kaylin Gaal

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


The Resilience Of Property, Lynda L. Butler Dec 2013

The Resilience Of Property, Lynda L. Butler

Faculty Publications

Resilience is essential to the ability of property to face transforming social and environmental change. For centuries, property has responded to such change through a dialectical process that identifies emerging disciplinary perspectives and debates conflicting values and norms. This dialectic promotes the resilience of property, allowing it to adapt to changing conditions and needs. Today the mainstream economic theory dominating common law property is progressively being intertwined with constitutionally protected property, undermining its long-term resilience. The coupling of the economic vision of ordinary property with constitutional property embeds the assumptions, choices, and values of the economic theory into both realms …


Hierarchically Variable Deference To Agency Interpretations, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl Dec 2013

Hierarchically Variable Deference To Agency Interpretations, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl

Faculty Publications

When courts review agency action, they typically accord agency decisions a degree of deference. As many courts and commentators have recognized, the law in this area is complicated because it features numerous standards of review, including several distinct regimes for evaluating agencies’ legal interpretations. There is, however, at least one important respect in which uniformity rather than variety prevails: the applicable standards of review do not vary depending on which court is reviewing the agency. Whichever standard governs a particular case—Chevron, Skidmore, or something else—all courts in the judicial hierarchy are supposed to apply that same standard.

This Article proposes …


Articulating Moral Bases For Regional Responses To Deforestation And Climate Change: Africa, Amelia Chizwala Peterson Dec 2013

Articulating Moral Bases For Regional Responses To Deforestation And Climate Change: Africa, Amelia Chizwala Peterson

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Deforestation and desertification, archenemies of efforts to maintain forests as sinks for greenhouse gas emissions, are marching on unabated in Africa, where 90 percent of forests were lost in West Africa over the last century alone. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, whose work to restore some of Kenya’s decimated forests predates the connections made by the climate science community between deforestation and climate change, wrote:

Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its lifesupport system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal …


See Repose Run: Setting The Boundaries Of The Rule Of Repose In Environmental Trespass And Nuisance Cases, Jill E. Evans Dec 2013

See Repose Run: Setting The Boundaries Of The Rule Of Repose In Environmental Trespass And Nuisance Cases, Jill E. Evans

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Application of the rule of repose to environmental contamination claims for trespass and nuisance will preclude recovery for plaintiffs who discover the harm or injury outside the repose period. The rule of repose is subject neither to the discovery rule or other equitable tolling devices and runs from the date of the defendant’s culpable conduct. As a consequence, the rule extinguishes claims regardless of accrual of the cause of action. Environmental plaintiffs suffering property damage are particularly vulnerable to the repose bar as harm can occur over many years through the migration of unseen contaminants. Operation of the rule of …


Tick Toxic: The Failure To Clean Up Tsca Poisons Public Health And Threatens Chemical Innovation, Kristen Ekey Dec 2013

Tick Toxic: The Failure To Clean Up Tsca Poisons Public Health And Threatens Chemical Innovation, Kristen Ekey

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Good Vibrations: The Push For New Laws And Industry Practices In American Instrument Making, Patrick Genova Dec 2013

Good Vibrations: The Push For New Laws And Industry Practices In American Instrument Making, Patrick Genova

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Mandatory Settlements In Cercla Enforcement: Fixing A Broken System By Removing The Courts, Brian Carrico Dec 2013

Mandatory Settlements In Cercla Enforcement: Fixing A Broken System By Removing The Courts, Brian Carrico

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Promising Protection: 911 Call Records As Foundation For Family Violence Intervention, James G. Dwyer Dec 2013

Promising Protection: 911 Call Records As Foundation For Family Violence Intervention, James G. Dwyer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Remembering Our Friend And Colleague, Professor Charles Koch (1944-2012), Davison M. Douglas Dec 2013

Remembering Our Friend And Colleague, Professor Charles Koch (1944-2012), Davison M. Douglas

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Remarks On Charles H. Koch, Jr., Paul R. Verkuil Dec 2013

Remarks On Charles H. Koch, Jr., Paul R. Verkuil

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


On Candor, Free Enterprise Fund, And The Theory Of The Unitary Executive, Michael J. Gerhardt Dec 2013

On Candor, Free Enterprise Fund, And The Theory Of The Unitary Executive, Michael J. Gerhardt

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Charles Koch, Jr. — The Casebook And The Scholarship, William S. Jordan Iii Dec 2013

Charles Koch, Jr. — The Casebook And The Scholarship, William S. Jordan Iii

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Administrative Judges And Agency Policy Development: The Koch Way, Ronald M. Levin Dec 2013

Administrative Judges And Agency Policy Development: The Koch Way, Ronald M. Levin

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Among the creative contributions that the late Charles H. Koch, Jr., made to administrative law thinking was his exploration of the present and potential role of administrative judges as policymakers. Charles stood in firm opposition to recent trends that, in his view, had served to strengthen the policymaking role of administrative judges at the expense of agency heads. He insisted that ultimate control over the policy direction of a program should rest with the officials who have been appointed to administer that program. While adhering to this baseline, however, Charles gravitated over time toward a nuanced view that sought to …


Chevron And The Legitimacy Of "Expert" Public Administration, Sidney Shapiro, Elizabeth Fisher Dec 2013

Chevron And The Legitimacy Of "Expert" Public Administration, Sidney Shapiro, Elizabeth Fisher

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


An Essay On Due Process And The Endowment Effect, Paul R. Verkuil Dec 2013

An Essay On Due Process And The Endowment Effect, Paul R. Verkuil

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Private Standards Organizations And Public Law, Peter L. Strauss Dec 2013

Private Standards Organizations And Public Law, Peter L. Strauss

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Simplified, universal access to law is one of the important transformations worked by the digital age. With the replacement of physical by digital copies, citizens ordinarily need travel only to the nearest computer to find and read the texts that bind them. Lagging behind this development, however, has been computer access to standards developed by private standards development organizations, often under the umbrella of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and then converted by agency actions incorporating them by reference into legal obligations. To discover what colors the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires for use in work-place caution …


Deadly Drones, Due Process, And The Fourth Amendment, William Funk Dec 2013

Deadly Drones, Due Process, And The Fourth Amendment, William Funk

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Administrative Searches, Technology And Personal Privacy, Russell L. Weaver Dec 2013

Administrative Searches, Technology And Personal Privacy, Russell L. Weaver

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Flexibility In International Patent Law, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec Dec 2013

Evaluating Flexibility In International Patent Law, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec

Faculty Publications

Global patent law has raced toward harmonization over the past decades. Countries with vastly different industries, values, and levels of development now offer robust patent rights with similar contours through membership in the World Trade Organization and consequent adoption of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS”). However, patent law is still far from harmonized among countries or static within countries. Jurisdictions tailor their patent laws to accommodate differences between industries, unforeseen inefficiencies, and diverse views of the costs and benefits associated with offering patent rights to stimulate innovation. Prior scholarly work consists of either doctrinal analyses …


True Feminism: Identifying The Real Threats To Women, Cynthia Noland Dunbar Dec 2013

True Feminism: Identifying The Real Threats To Women, Cynthia Noland Dunbar

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.