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The "New Judicial Federalism" Before Its Time: A Comprehensive Review Of Economic Substantive Due Process Under State Constitutional Law Since 1940 And The Reasons For Its Recent Decline, Anthony B. Sanders Dec 2005

The "New Judicial Federalism" Before Its Time: A Comprehensive Review Of Economic Substantive Due Process Under State Constitutional Law Since 1940 And The Reasons For Its Recent Decline, Anthony B. Sanders

American University Law Review

The coming of the New Deal may have spelled the end of the Lochner era in the federal courts, but in the state courts Lochner's doctrine of economic substantive due process lives on. Since the New Deal, courts in almost every state have rebuffed the United States Supreme Court and have interpreted their own state constitutions' due process clauses to provide substantive protections to economic liberties. This Article presents a comprehensive survey of state court use of economic substantive due process since the New Deal. It includes an enumeration of every instance since 1940 of a state court of highest …


Theorizing Agency, Susan Carle Dec 2005

Theorizing Agency, Susan Carle

American University Law Review

Progressive legal scholars today exhibit contrasting views on the scope of legal actors' agency in making "choices" about how to lead their lives. Feminist legal scholar Joan C. Williams, for example, challenges claims that women who leave the paid workforce to stay home with children have made a voluntary choice to take this path. Critical race scholar Ian Haney López, on the other hand, argues that the social construction of racial identity occurs precisely through the many voluntary choices members of both subordinated and dominant racial groups make about matters that implicate racial meanings. Williams contests the idea of voluntary …


Homegrown Child Pornography And The Commerce Clause: Where To Draw The Line On Interstate Production Of Child Pornography, Lauren Bianchini Dec 2005

Homegrown Child Pornography And The Commerce Clause: Where To Draw The Line On Interstate Production Of Child Pornography, Lauren Bianchini

American University Law Review

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Balancing Deterrence, Comity Considerations, And Judicial Efficiency: The Use Of The D.C. Circuit's Proximate Cause Standards For Determining Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Extraterritorial Antitrust Cases, Stephanie Casy Dec 2005

Balancing Deterrence, Comity Considerations, And Judicial Efficiency: The Use Of The D.C. Circuit's Proximate Cause Standards For Determining Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Extraterritorial Antitrust Cases, Stephanie Casy

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Historical Amendability Of The American Constitution: Speculations On An Empirical Problematic, Darren R. Latham Oct 2005

The Historical Amendability Of The American Constitution: Speculations On An Empirical Problematic, Darren R. Latham

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Shades Of Grey: Can The Copyright Fair Use Defense Adapt To New Re-Contextualized Forms Of Music And Art?, Nicholas B. Lewis Oct 2005

Shades Of Grey: Can The Copyright Fair Use Defense Adapt To New Re-Contextualized Forms Of Music And Art?, Nicholas B. Lewis

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Epilogue: Overcriminalizing: An Agenda For Change, Paul Rosenzweig Jan 2005

Epilogue: Overcriminalizing: An Agenda For Change, Paul Rosenzweig

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


2004 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Bruce J. Goldner, Kenneth A. Plevan Jan 2005

2004 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Bruce J. Goldner, Kenneth A. Plevan

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Jurisdiction And Separation Of Powers Strategies To Limit The Expansion Of Federal Crimes, John S. Baker Jr. Jan 2005

Jurisdiction And Separation Of Powers Strategies To Limit The Expansion Of Federal Crimes, John S. Baker Jr.

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ethics And The Problem Of White Collar Crime, John Hasnas Jan 2005

Ethics And The Problem Of White Collar Crime, John Hasnas

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Overcriminalization Phenomenon, Erik Luna Jan 2005

The Overcriminalization Phenomenon, Erik Luna

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Many Faces Of Overcriminalization: From Morals And Mattress Tags To Overfederalization, Sara Sun Beale Jan 2005

The Many Faces Of Overcriminalization: From Morals And Mattress Tags To Overfederalization, Sara Sun Beale

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Historicism: An Examination Of The Eighth Amendment Evolving Standards Of Decency Test, William C. Heffernan Jan 2005

Constitutional Historicism: An Examination Of The Eighth Amendment Evolving Standards Of Decency Test, William C. Heffernan

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comment: Does Hiibel Redefine Terry? The Latest Expansion Of The Terry Doctrine And The Silent Impact Of Terrorism On The Supreme Court's Decision To Compel Identification, Jamie L. Stulin Jan 2005

Comment: Does Hiibel Redefine Terry? The Latest Expansion Of The Terry Doctrine And The Silent Impact Of Terrorism On The Supreme Court's Decision To Compel Identification, Jamie L. Stulin

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Federal Marriage Amendment: To Protect The Sanctity Of Marriage Or Destroy Constitutional Democracy?, Joan Schaffner Jan 2005

The Federal Marriage Amendment: To Protect The Sanctity Of Marriage Or Destroy Constitutional Democracy?, Joan Schaffner

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comment: Agency And Liability In Sexual Harassment Law: Toward A Broader Definition Of Tangible Employment Actions, Aric G. Elsenheimer Jan 2005

Comment: Agency And Liability In Sexual Harassment Law: Toward A Broader Definition Of Tangible Employment Actions, Aric G. Elsenheimer

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pennsylvania State Police V. Suders, Leilani J. Hart Jan 2005

Pennsylvania State Police V. Suders, Leilani J. Hart

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Textual Harassment: A New Historicist Reappraisal Of The Parol Evendence Rule With Gender In Mind, Hila Keren Jan 2005

Textual Harassment: A New Historicist Reappraisal Of The Parol Evendence Rule With Gender In Mind, Hila Keren

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Fair V. Rumsfeld, Michael J. Collins Jan 2005

Fair V. Rumsfeld, Michael J. Collins

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Return Of J. Edgar Hoover: The Fbi's Reversion To Political Intelligence Gathering , Zehra Naqvi Jan 2005

The Return Of J. Edgar Hoover: The Fbi's Reversion To Political Intelligence Gathering , Zehra Naqvi

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


American Indian And Alaskan Native Health Care Today: The United States Government's Disparate Treatment Leaves Tribal People Trailing , Deborah Broken Rope Jan 2005

American Indian And Alaskan Native Health Care Today: The United States Government's Disparate Treatment Leaves Tribal People Trailing , Deborah Broken Rope

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


It's All About The Benjamins: Economic Obstacles Plugging The Diversity Pipeline Into The Practice Of Law , Vanessa Johnson Jan 2005

It's All About The Benjamins: Economic Obstacles Plugging The Diversity Pipeline Into The Practice Of Law , Vanessa Johnson

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos And Blacks And What It Means For America , Leeann O’Neill Jan 2005

The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos And Blacks And What It Means For America , Leeann O’Neill

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Preparing For America's Future: Latinos In Education, Roopa Nemi Jan 2005

Preparing For America's Future: Latinos In Education, Roopa Nemi

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Volume 1, Issue 2, The Modern American Jan 2005

Volume 1, Issue 2, The Modern American

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Spotlight On Kevin Jennings: Executive Director And Co-Founder Of The Gay, Lesbian, And Straight Education Network (Glsen) , Lydia Edwards Jan 2005

Spotlight On Kevin Jennings: Executive Director And Co-Founder Of The Gay, Lesbian, And Straight Education Network (Glsen) , Lydia Edwards

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Letter From The Executive Board, The Modern American Jan 2005

Letter From The Executive Board, The Modern American

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


A Direct Approach To Reparations: Municipal Efforts To Ensure Social Justice , Samuel Emiliano Brown Jan 2005

A Direct Approach To Reparations: Municipal Efforts To Ensure Social Justice , Samuel Emiliano Brown

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Surviving Racism And Sexual Assault: American Indian Women Left Unprotected, Talib Ellison Jan 2005

Surviving Racism And Sexual Assault: American Indian Women Left Unprotected, Talib Ellison

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Save A Hunter, Shoot A Hmong, Aimee J. Baldillo, Jeanette Mendy, Vincent A. Eng Jan 2005

Save A Hunter, Shoot A Hmong, Aimee J. Baldillo, Jeanette Mendy, Vincent A. Eng

The Modern American

No abstract provided.