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Non-Prisoner Pro Se Litigation In The United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Kentucky: Analyzing 2004 And 2007 Cases From Filing To Termination, Timothy D. Thompson Jan 2011

Non-Prisoner Pro Se Litigation In The United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Kentucky: Analyzing 2004 And 2007 Cases From Filing To Termination, Timothy D. Thompson

Kentucky Law Journal

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An Unnecessary Conflict: Bifurcated Civil Trials And States' Need For An Alternate Rule For Alternate Jurors, Craig M. Brunson Jan 2011

An Unnecessary Conflict: Bifurcated Civil Trials And States' Need For An Alternate Rule For Alternate Jurors, Craig M. Brunson

Kentucky Law Journal

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State Constitutions And Individual Rights: Conceptual Convergence In School Finance Litigation, Scott R. Bauries Jan 2011

State Constitutions And Individual Rights: Conceptual Convergence In School Finance Litigation, Scott R. Bauries

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This Article begins by reviewing Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld's “fundamental conceptions” and expanding his theory to the arena of state constitutional rights, building on recent work by other scholars. From this foundation, it moves to a discussion of the sources of rights to education. The Article then examines the text of relevant state constitutional provisions, as well as the ever-changing landscape of school finance litigation, the principal vehicle through which litigants assert constitutional claims based on ostensible education rights. Next, it systematically analyzes the population of reported cases from the highest state courts to identify Hohfeldian conceptions of education rights held …