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Isolated Wetland Commons And The Constitution, Blake Hudson, Mike Hardig

BYU Law Review

Isolated wetlands provide great ecological and economic value to the United States. While some states provide protection for isolated wetlands, a great many do not. These wetlands are also left outside the ambit of federal wetland regulatory protections under the Clean Water Act, with its murky jurisdictional reach. Notwithstanding jurisdictional questions under current federal statutes, the U.S. Supreme Court has gone so far as to call into question the constitutionality of federal isolated wetland regulation. This Article makes a normative argument that, in the absence of state or local programs providing holistic isolated wetland protection, federal action is needed. The …

Adapting The Law Of Armed Conflict To Autonomous Weapon Systems, Kenneth Anderson, Daniel Reisner, Matthew Waxman

International Law Studies

As increasingly automated—and in some cases fully autonomous—weapon systems enter the battlefield or become possible, it is important that international norms to regulate them head down a path that is coherent and practical. Contrary to the claims of some advocates, autonomous weapon systems are not inherently illegal or unethical. The technologies involved potentially hold promise for making armed conflict more discriminating and causing less harm on the battlefield. They do pose great challenges, however, with regard to law of armed conflict rules regulating the use of weapons. To adapt existing law to meet those challenges, we propose a three-tiered approach …

Agglomerama, Lee Anne Fennell

BYU Law Review

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Local Governments And Global Commons, Jonathan Rosenbloom

BYU Law Review

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Coordinating The Oil And Gas Commons, Hannah J. Wiseman

BYU Law Review

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Table Of Contents

Louisiana Law Review

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Masthead

Louisiana Law Review

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Awards

Louisiana Law Review

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The Perma Project

Louisiana Law Review

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Remanding Multidistrict Litigation, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the procedural, substantive, and communal benefits of remanding multidistrict litigation (MDL). Topics discussed include efforts of plaintiff's lawyer in increasing their fees by implementing various fee provisions in settlement, the views of Judge John G. Heyburn on remand of MDL, and the importance of remanding MDL cases in dispute resolution.

Centripetal Forces: Multidistrict Litigation And Its Parts, Catherine R. Borden, Emery G. Lee Iii, Margaret S. Williams

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on various issues related to multidistrict litigation (MDL). Topics discussed include the regulation of MDL proceedings under the Multidistrict Litigation Act of 1968, the role of the U.S. lawyers in centralized proceedings of tag-along cases, and the role of panel of judges in adjudicating MDL.

When Remand Is Appropriate In Multidistrict Litigation, Edward F. Sherman

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the need of remand in multidistrict litigation under the 1968 Multidistrict Litigation Act (MDL Act). Topics discussed include transfer of multiple cases with common facts to the same federal judge for pretrial proceeding under the MDL Act, transfer of cases without any consideration of personal jurisdiction, and the need of resolving MDL cases favoring aggregation.

Difficulties With Sharing: A Proposal To Define The Voluntary Unit And Protect The Rights Of Surface Co-Owners And Mineral Servitude Holders In Louisiana, W. Drew Burnham

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the co-ownership principles and nature of the mineral servitude in Louisiana. Topics discussed include the importance of implementing reforms in the Mineral Code, solutions for equitable remedies for surface co-owners, and the judicial opinion of the Supreme Court of Louisiana on the case Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Sailing's Heirs.

Symposium Panelist Transcripts

Louisiana Law Review

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Testamentary Formalism In Louisiana: Curing Notarial Will Defects Through A Likelihood-Of-Fraud Analysis, George Holmes

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on remedial doctrines applied by the U.S. courts in resolving issues of testamentary formalism. Topics discussed include analysis of the substantial compliance doctrine in Louisiana jurisprudence, laws signifying the importance of attestation and presence of witness, and the law for limiting validation of testator's intent through minimis errors.

State V. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.: Louisiana Revised Statutes Section 30:29 And Its Effect On The Amount Of Remediation Damages Available To Plaintiffs, Julia L. Taylor

Louisiana Law Review

The article discusses land contamination litigation at oil and gas exploration sites State v. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. Topics discussed include claims for remediation of environmental damages, laws for mineral leases and remediation damages, and the judicial opinion of the Supreme Court of Louisiana on the cases related to environmental damages.

Massachusetts Community Mediation Center Grant Program: Fiscal Year 2014 Report & Evaluation, Susan Jeghelian, Madhawa Palihapitiya, Kaila O. Eisenkraft

Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration Publications

The Community Mediation Center Grant Program, funded by the commonwealth and administered by the state’s office of dispute resolution, was established to “promote the broad use of community mediation in all regions of the state” by awarding operating grants to eligible community mediation centers. This annual report describes the progress made in broadening access to community mediation by the grant program under the challenge of reduced state funding in FY 2014. Due to the funding cut, fewer centers were funded in FY 2014 compared to FY 2013, which reduced the quantity of services provided. However, the amount of money per …

Texas Groundwater And Tragically Stable “Crossovers”, Zachary Bray

BYU Law Review

One recurring question in the academic literature on common-pool resources relates to the persistence of “tragic” commons regimes—systems that encourage, or at least tolerate, the inefficient, wasteful, hazardous, or unfair exploitation of a resource that is easily accessed for and diminished by individual use and consumption. Of course, not all commons are tragic: some common-pool resources invite individual access in efficient, fair, and durable ways. Yet many commonly held resources do lie under systems of governance that are not just tragic but persistently and stubbornly so. Often the tragic aspects of such commons regimes are well known; indeed, for some …

Naming The Tragedy, Eric T. Freyfogle

BYU Law Review

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Introduction: To Economic Justice

City University of New York Law Review

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Book Review The Leiden Legacy: Concepts Of Law In Indonesia, M. Yahdi Salampessy

Indonesia Law Review

The Indonesian civil law system is often taken for granted, when it is actually a product of “institutional transplantation” and inherited from the Dutch Colonization. Long before the arrival of colonial powers in Indonesia several centuries ago, many local communities had operated within their self-regulating systems with multiple political entities. When colonization came to power, however, there was a massive shift from judge-made law to a centralized statute-based legal system imposed by the colonial order.

Theoretical Review On Indonesian Academic Legal Education In Conjunction With Asean Economic Community Era, Ariawan Gunadi

Indonesia Law Review

Indonesia will be welcoming the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 as a multilateral agreement to create integrated regions such as: (a) a single market and production base, (b) a highly competitive economic region, (c) a region of equitable economic development, and (d) a region fully integrated into the global economy. These characteristics are interrelated and mutually reinforcing in a sense that overall development would not be complete without total completion of the previous sector. This article discusses the participation of Indonesia as part of ASEAN as a single market and production base, through free flow of services which targets higher …

Future War And The War Powers Resolution, Eric Talbot Jensen

Faculty Scholarship

Since its passage in 1973 over the veto of then-President Nixon, the War Powers Resolution (WPR) has been laden with controversy. Labeled as everything from ineffective to unconstitutional, the WPR has generally failed in its design to require notification and consultation to Congress by the President. Despite numerous proposals to amend the WPR, it continues to languish in the twilight of Executive war powers, and its future is bleak. With emerging technologies such as drones, cyber tools, nanotechnology, and genomics, the ineffectiveness of the WPR will prove even more profound. The WPR’s reliance on “armed forces” and “hostilities” as triggers …

Summary Of City Of Reno V. Int’L Ass’N Of Firefighters, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 100, Scott Lundy

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court concluded that the International Association of Firefighters’ (IAFF) grievance was not arbitrable under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement (CBA) because the CBA explicitly stated the City of Reno’s statutory right to lay off any employee due to a lack of funds. Thus, the district court did not have authority under NRS Chapter 38 to grant injunctive relief.

Summary Of Stockmeier V. Green, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 99, Tom Stewart

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The court determined that Nevada’s Chief Medical Officer’s examination of inmate diets and her resulting report to the Board fell well short of what was required by NRS 209.382(1)(b) in that included no analysis of the diets of general population inmates, addressed diets at only one of Nevada's correctional facilities, and generally lacked any indication as to how the required examination was conducted.

David K Gillett, An Individual, And Majestic Airlines Incorporated, A Utah Corporation, Plaintiffs/Appellants Vs. Boyd J Brown, An Individual, Sentry Financial Corporation, A Utah Corporation, And Sfc Aircraft Corp I, A Utah Corporation, Defendants/Appell, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– )

Appeal from the Third Judicial District Court in and for Salt Lake County The Honorable L.A. Dever, District Judge

State Of Utah, In The Interest Of B.L.D., (Dob: 6/28/1999), A Person Under 18 Years Of Age, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– )

Appeal from a dispositional order entered after an adjudication for one count of curfew violation, a juvenile status offense, see Davis County Code 9.08.010, entered in the Third District Juvenile Court, in and for Salt Lake County, State of Utah, the Honorable C. Dane Nolan presiding

State Of Utah, Plaintiff/ Appellee, V. Cooper John Anthony Van Huizen, Defendant/ Appellant., Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– )

Appeal from the juvenile court's decision under the Seriou$ Youth Offender Act to bind Defendant over for trial in the district court on charges of aggraiated robbery and aggravated burglary, in the Second Judicial District Juvenile , Court Weber .County, the Honorable Michelle Jvl. Heward presiding ·

Federated Capital Corporation Dba Federated Financial Corporation Of America, Plaintiff/Appellant, Vs. Neal Deutsch, Individually And Dba Aone Media, Inc., Defendant/Appellee. : Reply Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– )

REPLY BREIF OF APPELLANT

ON APPEAL FROM THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, UTAH
COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, BEFORE THE HONORABLE KEITH KELLY

Federated Capital Corp. D.B.A. Federated Financial Corp Of America, Plaintiff/Appellant, Vs. Neal Deutsch, Dba Aone Media, Inc, Defendant/Appellee. : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– )

BRIEF OF APPELLEE

APPEAL FROM THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE
COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, THE HONORABLE KEITH KELLY, DISTRICT COURT NO. 139918085.