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Restating Environmental Law, Joel A. Mintz
Restating Environmental Law, Joel A. Mintz
Faculty Scholarship
Although environmental law springs from deep roots in centuries of common law, during the last forty years in particular it has grown into a well-established and important legal field in the United States with enormous practical consequences. Maturity, however, has also made it notoriously complex, and environmental law’s overlapping statutory schemes and inconsistent federal and state programs have sparked recurring conflict, controversy, and criticism.
People Of The Book: Judaism’S Influence On American Legal Scholarship, My Journey From Judaism To Jewish Law, Donna Litman
People Of The Book: Judaism’S Influence On American Legal Scholarship, My Journey From Judaism To Jewish Law, Donna Litman
Faculty Scholarship
My personal study of the Torah and the Talmud as an adult has enhanced my legal scholarship and helped shape my current thinking on legal theory. At the same time, my professional legal training and experience as a law professor has shaped my understanding of Judaism and provided a legal terminology and a lens by which to view the array of Jewish laws. A confluence of events helped shape my personal and professional journey.
Beg, Borrow, Or Steal: Ten Lessons Law Schools Can Learn From Other Educational Programs In Evaluating Their Curriculums, Debra Curtis
Beg, Borrow, Or Steal: Ten Lessons Law Schools Can Learn From Other Educational Programs In Evaluating Their Curriculums, Debra Curtis
Faculty Scholarship
INDISPUTABLY, LAW SCHOOLS are under attack.' Because of concerns about the legal field and legal education's responsibility in the crisis of new graduates without jobs, law schools are clamoring to respond by seeking and working toward curriculum change. Generally, higher education institutions acknowledge a "responsibility to endeavour to prepare graduates who are able to manage and respond effectively to change and its inherent demands challenges and tensions." However, there are questions about law schools' ability to do just that. There have been many years of repeated criticisms of the case method and active discussions regarding curriculum reform.
Barking Dogs: Code Enforcement Is All Barkand No Bite (Unless The Inspectors Have Assult Rifles), Marilyn Uzdavines
Barking Dogs: Code Enforcement Is All Barkand No Bite (Unless The Inspectors Have Assult Rifles), Marilyn Uzdavines
Faculty Scholarship
In Detroit, Michigan, in 2014, 1 broken windows, a roof caving in, and a yard that had not been maintained for years is the view for its residents in a blighted and unstable neighborhood. Code enforcement inspectors are nowhereto be found. The local code enforcement department lacks the resources, manpower, and strategic plan to deal with blight on a massive scale
Dog Days In The Law Library: Philosophical, Financial, And Administrative Issues Raised By Faculty Summer Grant Programs, Robert M. Jarvis, Phyllis G. Coleman
Dog Days In The Law Library: Philosophical, Financial, And Administrative Issues Raised By Faculty Summer Grant Programs, Robert M. Jarvis, Phyllis G. Coleman
Faculty Scholarship
Our law school has a faculty summer grant program, as do most law schools. Our program's rules, set out in the appendix to this article, are simple in theory: interested professors submit applications in January, get funded in June, and are expected to have a completed manuscript sometime thereafter.
Jewish Law: Deciphering The Code By Global Process And Analogy, Donna Litman
Jewish Law: Deciphering The Code By Global Process And Analogy, Donna Litman
Faculty Scholarship
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