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Comprehensive Rezonings, Sara C. Bronin May 2020

Comprehensive Rezonings, Sara C. Bronin

BYU Law Review

Of all powers given to local governments, the power to zone is one of the most significant. Zoning dictates everything that gets built in a locality—and thus effectively dictates all of the key activities that take place within it. Nationwide, most zoning codes were adopted in the first half of the twentieth century. Many, including the zoning codes of New York City and Chicago, were significantly revised in the 1960s. While these codes have been revised piecemeal, just a few American cities have undergone a comprehensive revision: replacing the old code with a completely new one.

A comprehensive rezoning can …


Cultivating Professional Identity And Resilience Through The Study Of Federal Indian Law, Michalyn Steele May 2019

Cultivating Professional Identity And Resilience Through The Study Of Federal Indian Law, Michalyn Steele

BYU Law Review

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The Accreditation Of Religious Law Schools In Canada And The United States, John Boersma Oct 2016

The Accreditation Of Religious Law Schools In Canada And The United States, John Boersma

BYU Law Review

Ongoing litigation in Canada suggests that the legal status of religiously affiliated law schools could be in jeopardy. In Canada, regulatory authorities have sought to deny accreditation status to a religiously affiliated law school (Trinity Western University) due to its commitment to a traditional Christian understanding of marriage. According to Canadian provincial authorities, this commitment has a discriminatory effect on LGBT students. Similar events could potentially occur in the United States. It is possible that American regulatory bodies could seek either to rescind or withhold accreditation from a religiously affiliated law school because of the discriminatory effects of its policies. …


The Legal Revolution Against The Place Of Religion: The Case Of Trinity Western University Law School, Barry W. Bussey Oct 2016

The Legal Revolution Against The Place Of Religion: The Case Of Trinity Western University Law School, Barry W. Bussey

BYU Law Review

The special legal status of religion and religious freedom in liberal democracies has become an issue of controversy among legal academics and lawyers. There is a growing argument that religion is not special and that the law should be amended to reflect that fact. This Article argues that religion is special. It is special because of the historical, practical, and philosophical realities of liberal democracies. Religious freedom is a foundational principle that was instrumental in creating the modern liberal democratic state. To remove religion from its current legal station would be a revolution that would put liberal democracy in a …


Teaching “Thinking Like A Lawyer”: Metacognition And Law Students, Cheryl B. Preston, Penée Wood Stewart, Louise R. Moulding Nov 2014

Teaching “Thinking Like A Lawyer”: Metacognition And Law Students, Cheryl B. Preston, Penée Wood Stewart, Louise R. Moulding

BYU Law Review

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Reproducing Gender On Law School Faculties, Ann C. Mcginley Mar 2009

Reproducing Gender On Law School Faculties, Ann C. Mcginley

BYU Law Review

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Socratic Misogyny?--Analyzing Feminist Criticisms Of Socratic Teaching In Legal Education, David D. Garner Nov 2000

Socratic Misogyny?--Analyzing Feminist Criticisms Of Socratic Teaching In Legal Education, David D. Garner

BYU Law Review

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In Memoriam: Rex E. Lee, H. Reese Hansen May 1996

In Memoriam: Rex E. Lee, H. Reese Hansen

BYU Law Review

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Ten Reasons To Attend Law School, C. Steven Bradford Sep 1993

Ten Reasons To Attend Law School, C. Steven Bradford

BYU Law Review

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I Want To Know What Bearer Paper Is And I Want To Meet A Holder In Due Course: Reflections On Instruction In Ucc Articles Three And Four, Marianne M. Jennings May 1992

I Want To Know What Bearer Paper Is And I Want To Meet A Holder In Due Course: Reflections On Instruction In Ucc Articles Three And Four, Marianne M. Jennings

BYU Law Review

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2010: A Clinical Odyssey, Paul Bergman May 1992

2010: A Clinical Odyssey, Paul Bergman

BYU Law Review

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Humor As The Enemy Of Death, Or Is It "Humor As The Enemy Of Depth?", Kenney Hegland May 1992

Humor As The Enemy Of Death, Or Is It "Humor As The Enemy Of Depth?", Kenney Hegland

BYU Law Review

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Introduction: Humor In Legal Education And Scholarship, James D. Gordon Iii May 1992

Introduction: Humor In Legal Education And Scholarship, James D. Gordon Iii

BYU Law Review

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Minutes Of The Faculty Meeting, Anthony D'Amato May 1992

Minutes Of The Faculty Meeting, Anthony D'Amato

BYU Law Review

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The Jurisprudential Cab Ride: A Socratic Dialogue, Daniel A. Farber May 1992

The Jurisprudential Cab Ride: A Socratic Dialogue, Daniel A. Farber

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Education And The Theatre Of The Absurd:, Paul A. Lebel May 1992

Legal Education And The Theatre Of The Absurd:, Paul A. Lebel

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections Of A 3l-A Thought Piece, Grant M. Sumsion May 1992

Reflections Of A 3l-A Thought Piece, Grant M. Sumsion

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Humor, The Law, And Judge Kozinski's Greatest Hits, David A. Golden May 1992

Humor, The Law, And Judge Kozinski's Greatest Hits, David A. Golden

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Waste Land, Arthur Austin Sep 1991

The Waste Land, Arthur Austin

BYU Law Review

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Teaching Parol Evidence, James D. Gordon Iii May 1990

Teaching Parol Evidence, James D. Gordon Iii

BYU Law Review

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Medieval Universities, Germany And The United States: On Comparative Legal Education, Walter Otto Weyrauch May 1987

Medieval Universities, Germany And The United States: On Comparative Legal Education, Walter Otto Weyrauch

BYU Law Review

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The Role Of Legal Education In Defining Modern Legal Professions, David S. Clark May 1987

The Role Of Legal Education In Defining Modern Legal Professions, David S. Clark

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Warren E. Burger And The Administration Of Justice, Edward A. Tamm, Paul C. Reardon Sep 1981

Warren E. Burger And The Administration Of Justice, Edward A. Tamm, Paul C. Reardon

BYU Law Review

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What Role For The Law School In American Legal Education? Purposefully Restructuring The Law School Curriculum, Malcolm Richard Wilkey Mar 1981

What Role For The Law School In American Legal Education? Purposefully Restructuring The Law School Curriculum, Malcolm Richard Wilkey

BYU Law Review

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The Tension Between Practical And Theoretical Legal Education: A Judge's View Of The Gap, Sherman G. Finesilver Nov 1977

The Tension Between Practical And Theoretical Legal Education: A Judge's View Of The Gap, Sherman G. Finesilver

BYU Law Review

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Clinical Education At The Crossroads: The Need For Direction, David R. Barnhizer Nov 1977

Clinical Education At The Crossroads: The Need For Direction, David R. Barnhizer

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Law Schools, Lawyers, And Tightly Closed Circles, Robert B. Mckay Nov 1977

Law Schools, Lawyers, And Tightly Closed Circles, Robert B. Mckay

BYU Law Review

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Bridging The Gap: Legal Education And Lawyer Competency, E. Gordon Gee, Donald W. Jackson Nov 1977

Bridging The Gap: Legal Education And Lawyer Competency, E. Gordon Gee, Donald W. Jackson

BYU Law Review

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The Future Of Legal Education For Practical Skills, Charles D. Kelso, M. Jane Kelso Nov 1977

The Future Of Legal Education For Practical Skills, Charles D. Kelso, M. Jane Kelso

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond Mere Competence, A. Leo Levin Nov 1977

Beyond Mere Competence, A. Leo Levin

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.