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Full-Text Articles in Law
Sorry, But It's The Law: The Westernization Of Islam, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis
Sorry, But It's The Law: The Westernization Of Islam, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis
Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis
The last quartile of the 20th Century vastly changed the religio-cultural landscape of the West. Previously the stronghold of Christianity, the West has entered into a period of deep diversity as a result of the unprecedented level of migration of non-Western, non-Christian peoples to western destinations. These new immigrants, with their foreign cultures and unfamiliar religions, came westward with the full expectation that they--like the diverse array of Christian emigrants who migrated westward decades before--would fully enjoy religious liberty in nations long heralded for their commitment to democratic principles and respect for civil rights. How are these immigrants faring on …
Let's Try Performance-Based Regulation To Attack Our Smoking And Obesity Problems, Stephen D. Sugarman
Let's Try Performance-Based Regulation To Attack Our Smoking And Obesity Problems, Stephen D. Sugarman
Stephen D Sugarman
Instead of "command and control" regulation, and instead of litigation, let's try "performance-based regulation" as a way to force enterprises that are responsible for our obesity and smoking problems to solve them.
Technology For Justice Customers: Bridging The Digital Divide Facing Self-Represented Litigants, Ronald W. Staudt
Technology For Justice Customers: Bridging The Digital Divide Facing Self-Represented Litigants, Ronald W. Staudt
Ronald W Staudt
No abstract provided.
Law's Box: Law, Jurisprudence And The Information Ecosphere, Paul D. Callister
Law's Box: Law, Jurisprudence And The Information Ecosphere, Paul D. Callister
Paul D. Callister
For so long as it has been important to know “what the law is,” the practice of law has been an information profession. Nonetheless, just how the information ecosphere affects legal discourse and thinking has never been systematically studied. Legal scholars study how law attempts to regulate information flow, but they say little about how information limits, shapes, and provides a medium for law to operate.
Part I of the paper introduces a holistic approach to “medium theory”—the idea that methods of communication influence social development and ideology—and applies the theory to the development of legal thinking and institutions. Part …
The Failure Of The Rule Of Law In Cyberspace? Reorienting The Normative Debate On Borders And Territorial Sovereignty, H. Brian Holland
The Failure Of The Rule Of Law In Cyberspace? Reorienting The Normative Debate On Borders And Territorial Sovereignty, H. Brian Holland
H. Brian Holland
No abstract provided.
Grounding Nike: Exposing Nike's Quest For A Constitutional Right To Lie, Tamara R. Piety
Grounding Nike: Exposing Nike's Quest For A Constitutional Right To Lie, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
This article discusses how Nike's procedural posture in the 2003 Nike v. Kasky case amounted to a request for a constitutional right to lie.
Making The Food And Beverage Industry Take Responsibility For Reducing Childhood Obesity: A Market-Based Approach To Public Health, Stephen D. Sugarman
Making The Food And Beverage Industry Take Responsibility For Reducing Childhood Obesity: A Market-Based Approach To Public Health, Stephen D. Sugarman
Stephen D Sugarman
How we might attack childhood obesity through performance based regulation, requiring food and beverage companies to solve the problem they have created.
Fighting Crime: An Economists View, John Donohue