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Varying Death Perceptions And Their Implications, Arthur R. Landever
Varying Death Perceptions And Their Implications, Arthur R. Landever
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Arthur Landever discusses the Implications of differing perceptions of Death.
Consular Officer's Amenability As Witness, Stephen J. Werber
Consular Officer's Amenability As Witness, Stephen J. Werber
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The purpose of this paper is to examine various treaty provisions in an effort to ascertain the manner in which a consular officer's obligation to testify is set forth, the immunities given such an officer and some of the problems raised by both the obligation and the immunities.
Automotive "Crashworthiness:" An Untenable Doctrine, Stephen J. Werber
Automotive "Crashworthiness:" An Untenable Doctrine, Stephen J. Werber
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
It is the purpose of this article to review the decisional law of automobile crashworthiness and to place it in the context of important policy considerations which justify such judicial determinations. It will be shown that the great majority of these decisions are entirely consistent with the doctine of "strict tort liability" as enunciated in section 402A of the Restatement of Torts, Second; that the questions sought to be submitted to juries in these cases are properly the subject of highly technical and complex legislative and administrative action on both a state and federal level; and that the few decisions …
War Tax Refusal: Some Code Problems, William Tabac
War Tax Refusal: Some Code Problems, William Tabac
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Throughout our history, many individuals and groups have employed tax refusal to make their points. Frustration with government policies and cynicism about the leaders who create them are driving more and more Americans toward radical forms of dissent. Civil disobedience is on the increase and struggling for status among protestors. So far attacks against the "establishment," its mores and property, have alternated between passive law breaking, such as tax and draft refusal, to the increasingly commonplace destruction of that which the protestors detests. But the mix is not equal, and this is demonstrated dramatically in the case of tax refusal. …