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Why Monuments Are Government Speech: The Hard Case Of Pleasant Grove City V. Summun, 58 Cath. U. L. Rev. 7 (2008), Mary Jean Dolan Jan 2008

Why Monuments Are Government Speech: The Hard Case Of Pleasant Grove City V. Summun, 58 Cath. U. L. Rev. 7 (2008), Mary Jean Dolan

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

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Magic Words And Millionaires: The Supreme Court's Assault On Campaign Funding, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1 (2008), Michael J. Kasper Jan 2008

Magic Words And Millionaires: The Supreme Court's Assault On Campaign Funding, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1 (2008), Michael J. Kasper

UIC Law Review

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An Analysis Of Historical And Legal Sanctuary And A Cohesive Approach To The Current Movement, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. 135 (2008), Pamela Begaj Jan 2008

An Analysis Of Historical And Legal Sanctuary And A Cohesive Approach To The Current Movement, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. 135 (2008), Pamela Begaj

UIC Law Review

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An Immoral Fight: Shielding Moral Rights With First Amendment Jurisprudence When Fair Use Battles With Actual Malice, 8 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 190 (2008), Mark A. Petrolis Jan 2008

An Immoral Fight: Shielding Moral Rights With First Amendment Jurisprudence When Fair Use Battles With Actual Malice, 8 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 190 (2008), Mark A. Petrolis

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

Moral rights give an artist personal rights to her work. Because an artist puts her personality, spirit, and soul into the creation of her work, her honor and reputation may be harmed if her works are mistreated. In 1990, the Visual Artists Rights Act incorporated moral rights into U.S. copyright law. However, fair use became an absolute defense to moral rights violations. This comment proposes that fair use should not be an absolute defense, and applies First Amendment jurisprudence developed from defamation law to both fair use and moral rights. Defamation shares similarities with both. Like moral rights, defamation law …


Roth At Fifty: Reconsidering The Common Law Antecedents Of American Obscenity Doctrine, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 393 (2008), James R. Alexander Jan 2008

Roth At Fifty: Reconsidering The Common Law Antecedents Of American Obscenity Doctrine, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 393 (2008), James R. Alexander

UIC Law Review

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