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Antiquities Act Monuments: The Elgin Marbles Of Our Public Lands?, James R. Rasband
Antiquities Act Monuments: The Elgin Marbles Of Our Public Lands?, James R. Rasband
Celebrating the Centennial of the Antiquities Act (October 9)
13 pages.
Includes bibliographical references
Slides: The Monumental Legacy Of The Antiquities Act Of 1906: The Rainbow Bridge National Monument In Context, Mark Squillace
Slides: The Monumental Legacy Of The Antiquities Act Of 1906: The Rainbow Bridge National Monument In Context, Mark Squillace
Celebrating the Centennial of the Antiquities Act (October 9)
Presenter: Professor Mark Squillace, Director, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law
35 slides
Slides: The Centennial Of The Antiquities Act: A Cause For Celebration?, James R. Rasband
Slides: The Centennial Of The Antiquities Act: A Cause For Celebration?, James R. Rasband
Celebrating the Centennial of the Antiquities Act (October 9)
Presenter: Professor James R. Rasband, Brigham Young University School of Law
20 slides
Triptych: Sectarian Disputes, International Law, And Transnational Tribunals In Drinan's "Can God And Caesar Coexist?", Christopher J. Borgen
Triptych: Sectarian Disputes, International Law, And Transnational Tribunals In Drinan's "Can God And Caesar Coexist?", Christopher J. Borgen
Faculty Publications
Can international law be used to address conflicts that arise out of questions of the freedom of religion? Modern international law was born of conflicts of politics and religion. The Treaty of Westphalia, the seed from which grew today's systems of international law and international relations, attempted to set out rules to end decades of religious strife and war across the European continent. The treaty replaced empires and feudal holdings with a system of sovereign states. But this was within a relatively narrow and historically interconnected community: Protestants and Catholics, yes, but Christians all. Europe was Christendom.
To what extent …
Law, Ideology, And Strategy In Judicial Decisonmaking: Evidence From Securities Fraud Actions, Michael A. Perino
Law, Ideology, And Strategy In Judicial Decisonmaking: Evidence From Securities Fraud Actions, Michael A. Perino
Faculty Publications
Legal academics and political scientists continue to debate whether the legal, attitudinal, or strategic model best explains judicial decision making. One limitation in this debate is the high-court bias found in most studies. This article, by contrast, examines federal district court decisions, specifically interpretations of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Initial interpretations of the Act articulated distinct liberal and conservative positions. The data compiled here support the hypothesis that the later emergence of an intermediate interpretation was the result of strategic statutory interpretation rather than simply judges acting consistently with their ideological preferences, although there is some …