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Tripping On The Threshold: Federal Courts’ Failure To Observe Controlling State Law Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Charles Davant Iv Oct 2001

Tripping On The Threshold: Federal Courts’ Failure To Observe Controlling State Law Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Charles Davant Iv

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Federalism And The Double Standard Of Judicial Review, Lynn A. Baker, Ernest A. Young Oct 2001

Federalism And The Double Standard Of Judicial Review, Lynn A. Baker, Ernest A. Young

Duke Law Journal

From 1937 to 1995, federalism was part of a “Constitution in exile.” Except for the brief interlude of the National League of Cities doctrine2—which, like Napoleon’s ill-fated return from Elba, met with crushing defeat3—the post–New Deal Supreme Court has been almost completely unwilling to enforce constitutional limits on national power vis-à-vis the states. The reason, by all accounts, has much to do with federalism’s historic link to other aspects of our expatriate constitution—e.g., economic substantive due process, legislative nondelegation— which were banished for their collusion against the New Deal.


Taking What They Give Us: Explaining The Court’S Federalism Offensive, Keith E. Whittington Oct 2001

Taking What They Give Us: Explaining The Court’S Federalism Offensive, Keith E. Whittington

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Narratives Of Federalism: Of Continuities And Comparative Constitutional Experience, Vicki C. Jackson Oct 2001

Narratives Of Federalism: Of Continuities And Comparative Constitutional Experience, Vicki C. Jackson

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Toward A Pragmatic Understanding Of Status-Consciousness: The Case Of Deregulated Education, Tomiko Brown-Nagin Dec 2000

Toward A Pragmatic Understanding Of Status-Consciousness: The Case Of Deregulated Education, Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Duke Law Journal

This Article discusses the relationship between federal equal protection doctrine and the states' experiment with deregulated education-in particular, charter schools whose student bodies are identifiable on the basis of status. I argue that the states' experiment with deregulated education and the Supreme Court's understanding of the limitations imposed by the federal Equal Protection Clause on status-conscious state action are substantially in conflict, though not inevitably so. Reconciling state policy and federal constitutional law requires, first, that state legislatures draft laws that are consistent with the Court's skepticism of explicitly status-conscious state action, and its ambivalence toward state action that addresses …


The Amended Gun-Free School Zones Act: Doubt As To Its Constitutionality Remains, Seth J. Safra Nov 2000

The Amended Gun-Free School Zones Act: Doubt As To Its Constitutionality Remains, Seth J. Safra

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Negotiating Federalism: State Bargaining And The Dormant Treaty Power, Edward T. Swaine Mar 2000

Negotiating Federalism: State Bargaining And The Dormant Treaty Power, Edward T. Swaine

Duke Law Journal

The orthodox view that states have no role in U. S. foreign relations is not only inconsistent with their place in the modern global economy, but the constitutional basis for a "dormant" bar on state participation-that is, absent a controlling federal statute or treaty-is obscure. Revisionist scholarship and recent Supreme Court case law suggest that Congress alone should decide when the states must stay out of foreign relations. In this Article, Professor Swaine argues that both the orthodox and revisionist views neglect an alternative basis for a judicial role-the Treaty Clause, enforced through the dormant treaty power. The text, structure, …


Preemption And Federalism In Corporate Governance: Protecting Shareholder Rights To Vote, Sell, And Sue, Robert B. Thompson Jul 1999

Preemption And Federalism In Corporate Governance: Protecting Shareholder Rights To Vote, Sell, And Sue, Robert B. Thompson

Law and Contemporary Problems

Thompson examines the changed roles of the state and federal governments since the enactment of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998. He notes that these changes have created a greater dependence on federal law, a greater emphasis on the voting function of shareholders, and the likelihood of additional argument over traditional corporate issues.


Federalism And Investor Protection: Constitutional Restraints On Preemption Of State Remedies For Securities Fraud, Manning Gilbert Warren Iii Jul 1997

Federalism And Investor Protection: Constitutional Restraints On Preemption Of State Remedies For Securities Fraud, Manning Gilbert Warren Iii

Law and Contemporary Problems

Warren discusses the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and the National Securities Market Improvement Act, among other issues. Predominant federalism postulates foreclose the proposed intrusion into investors' tort remedies traditionally allowed by the states under common law.


Variations On A Theory Of Normative Federalism: A Supreme Court Dialogue, Ann Althouse Mar 1993

Variations On A Theory Of Normative Federalism: A Supreme Court Dialogue, Ann Althouse

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Differing Federalisms Of Canada And The United States, Martha A. Field Jan 1992

The Differing Federalisms Of Canada And The United States, Martha A. Field

Law and Contemporary Problems

The differences in the ways in which the US and Canada have structured their federalisms are discussed. Both systems have judicial supremacy, but Canada recognizes far more legislative power in the provinces than the US allows its states.


Exit Rights Under Federalism, Richard A. Epstein Jan 1992

Exit Rights Under Federalism, Richard A. Epstein

Law and Contemporary Problems

Exit rights and their self-help nature are discussed. State and federal courts should not allow state or provincial governments to destroy these important protections of individual property rights.


Federalism Under Fire: The Role Of The Supreme Court Of Canada, Katherine Swinton Jan 1992

Federalism Under Fire: The Role Of The Supreme Court Of Canada, Katherine Swinton

Law and Contemporary Problems

The role of the Supreme Court of Canada in the country's federal system is discussed. Globalization will have an important impact on interpretation of the Canadian Constitution. The special status of Quebec will also have to be taken into account.


The Locus Of Sovereignty: Judicial Review, Legislative Supremacy, And Federalism In The Constitutional Traditions Of Canada And The United States, Calvin R. Massey Dec 1990

The Locus Of Sovereignty: Judicial Review, Legislative Supremacy, And Federalism In The Constitutional Traditions Of Canada And The United States, Calvin R. Massey

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Federalism, Congress, The States And The Tenth Amendment: Adrift In The Cellophane Sea, William Van Alstyne Nov 1987

Federalism, Congress, The States And The Tenth Amendment: Adrift In The Cellophane Sea, William Van Alstyne

Duke Law Journal

Like Gaul, this essay is divided into three parts. The first two parts are adapted from a public address delivered at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as part of its Bicentennial series, in 1987. The third part was added later, originally as an Addendum Note. The general subject was introduced by the moderator, Mr. Robert MacCrate, President of the American Bar Association, who put the following question: "Where does the federalism of the Constitution stand today?" Professor Martha Field of the Harvard Law School presented a paper in first response. This paper then followed, …


The Dormant Commerce Clause And The Constitutional Balance Of Federalism, Martin H. Redish, Shane V. Nugent Sep 1987

The Dormant Commerce Clause And The Constitutional Balance Of Federalism, Martin H. Redish, Shane V. Nugent

Duke Law Journal

Through the passage of time, the dormant commerce clause doctrine has acquired a patina of legitimacy; the doctrine frequently is used by the judiciary to overturn state regulation of commerce. Professor Martin Redish and Shane Nugent argue that time alone cannot legitimize such actions by the courts, and that the Constitution provides no textual basis for the exercise of this authority. Moreover, they contend that the doctrine actually undermines the carefully structured federal balance embodied in the text. They further argue that nontextual rationales are flawed, and that jurisprudence based on the text of the Constitution can deal adequately with …