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Proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: A Balanced Retributive Account, Alec Walen Dec 2015

Proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: A Balanced Retributive Account, Alec Walen

Louisiana Law Review

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Comparative Jury Procedures: What A Small Island Nation Teaches The United States About Jury Reform, Kenneth S. Klein Dec 2015

Comparative Jury Procedures: What A Small Island Nation Teaches The United States About Jury Reform, Kenneth S. Klein

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Choosing Among Imprecise American State Parentage Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness Dec 2015

Choosing Among Imprecise American State Parentage Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness

Louisiana Law Review

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The Odd Couple: The Estate Tax And Family Law, Margaret Ryznar Dec 2015

The Odd Couple: The Estate Tax And Family Law, Margaret Ryznar

Louisiana Law Review

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Money In The Bank And Boots On The Ground: A Law-Policy Proposal To Make The Affordable Care Act Work In Louisiana, Lucas Self Dec 2015

Money In The Bank And Boots On The Ground: A Law-Policy Proposal To Make The Affordable Care Act Work In Louisiana, Lucas Self

Louisiana Law Review

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Death In The City: Gorman’S Flawed Application Of The Direct Action Statute To Insured Political Subdivisions, Grant Tolbird Dec 2015

Death In The City: Gorman’S Flawed Application Of The Direct Action Statute To Insured Political Subdivisions, Grant Tolbird

Louisiana Law Review

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A Watery Grave For Unseaworthiness Punitive Damages: Mcbride V. Estis Well Service, L.L.C., Phillip M. Smith Dec 2015

A Watery Grave For Unseaworthiness Punitive Damages: Mcbride V. Estis Well Service, L.L.C., Phillip M. Smith

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Policing Charitable Organizations: Whose Responsibility Is It?, Maxwell B. Kallenberger Dec 2015

Policing Charitable Organizations: Whose Responsibility Is It?, Maxwell B. Kallenberger

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Necessity Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 And The Difficulty Of Overcoming Almost A Century Of Voting Discrimination, Paul Finkelman Nov 2015

The Necessity Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 And The Difficulty Of Overcoming Almost A Century Of Voting Discrimination, Paul Finkelman

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Perma Project Nov 2015

The Perma Project

Louisiana Law Review

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Tempering Society's Looking Glass: Correcting Misconceptions About The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 And Securing American Democracy, Orville Vernon Burton Nov 2015

Tempering Society's Looking Glass: Correcting Misconceptions About The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 And Securing American Democracy, Orville Vernon Burton

Louisiana Law Review

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The Irony Of Intent: Statutory Interpretation And The Constitutionality Of Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Joshua S. Sellers Nov 2015

The Irony Of Intent: Statutory Interpretation And The Constitutionality Of Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Joshua S. Sellers

Louisiana Law Review

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Equal Sovereignty As A Right Against A Remedy, Seth Davis Nov 2015

Equal Sovereignty As A Right Against A Remedy, Seth Davis

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Justice Thurgood Marshall And Shelby County V. Holder, Wendy B. Scott Nov 2015

Reflections On Justice Thurgood Marshall And Shelby County V. Holder, Wendy B. Scott

Louisiana Law Review

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The Forgotten Provision Of The Fourteenth Amendment: Section 2 And The Evolution Of American Democracy, Earl M. Maltz Nov 2015

The Forgotten Provision Of The Fourteenth Amendment: Section 2 And The Evolution Of American Democracy, Earl M. Maltz

Louisiana Law Review

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A Court's Guide On How To Gut Precedent By Relying On It: Halliburton Ii's Puzzling Effect On Securities-Fraud Class Actions, Leah Neupert Nov 2015

A Court's Guide On How To Gut Precedent By Relying On It: Halliburton Ii's Puzzling Effect On Securities-Fraud Class Actions, Leah Neupert

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Putting The House Back Together Again: The Scope Of Copyright Protection For Architectural Works, Lauren Jean Bradberry Nov 2015

Putting The House Back Together Again: The Scope Of Copyright Protection For Architectural Works, Lauren Jean Bradberry

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hold The Phone! "Peer-To-Peer" Ridesharing Services, Regulation, And Liability, Mark Macmurdo Nov 2015

Hold The Phone! "Peer-To-Peer" Ridesharing Services, Regulation, And Liability, Mark Macmurdo

Louisiana Law Review

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In Pursuit Of Bigfoot: Confronting Oil And Gas Mythology In Louisiana, J. Michael Veron May 2015

In Pursuit Of Bigfoot: Confronting Oil And Gas Mythology In Louisiana, J. Michael Veron

Louisiana Law Review

The article offers information related to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 142 on Oil and Gas in Louisiana. It informs Louisiana Democratic Senator Richard Gallot Junior has introduced Resolution No. 142, with aim to request the Department of Revenue and the Department of Natural Resources to work collaboratively with the Office of the Legislative Auditor for verifying accuracy of payments received by the state for oil and gas severance taxes and mineral royalties.


Masthead May 2015

Masthead

Louisiana Law Review

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Louisiana’S Natural Servitude Of Drain, Carson Haddow May 2015

Louisiana’S Natural Servitude Of Drain, Carson Haddow

Louisiana Law Review

In this article, the author discusses related to natural servitude of drainage in Louisiana. Topics discussed include rural landowners in disputes over local flooding, issue of servitude results in water-related injuries, use of Louisiana Civil Code articles 655 and 656 to establish the servitude of drain. It further discusses regulation of drainage.


Table Of Contents May 2015

Table Of Contents

Louisiana Law Review

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Faculty May 2015

Faculty

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Awards May 2015

Awards

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Perma Project May 2015

The Perma Project

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


In Memory Of Professor James Winfield Bowers, Glenn G. Morris May 2015

In Memory Of Professor James Winfield Bowers, Glenn G. Morris

Louisiana Law Review

The article presents the profile of law professor James Winfield Bowers. It informs that Bowers studied his under graduation in economics and law degree in Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. It also informs that Bowers has served Army as an intelligence officer in Vietnam and discusses his teaching career in Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; where he taught commercial law and bankruptcy.


Foreword: Volume 75—Of Legal Scholarship And The Louisiana Law Review, Paul R. Baier May 2015

Foreword: Volume 75—Of Legal Scholarship And The Louisiana Law Review, Paul R. Baier

Louisiana Law Review

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Model Business Corporation Act As Adopted In Louisiana, Glenn G. Morris May 2015

Model Business Corporation Act As Adopted In Louisiana, Glenn G. Morris

Louisiana Law Review

The article looks at the adoption of customized version of the Model Business Corporation Act in Louisiana, replacing Louisiana Business Corporation Law (LBCL) as of January 1, 2015. It informs that Model Act is the product of the Committee on Corporate Laws of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association. It mentions the Model law address set of rules for the execution, filing, and reduces the number of required documents for creating corporation.


Eliminating Landlord Retaliation In England And Wales—Lessons From The United States, Melissa T. Lonegrass May 2015

Eliminating Landlord Retaliation In England And Wales—Lessons From The United States, Melissa T. Lonegrass

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the anti-retaliation legislation in England and Wales for eliminating of landlord system in the country. Topics discussed include implementation of strategies aimed at prohibiting retaliatory eviction in England and Wales, prohibition of landlord retaliation in the U.S. such as Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA) for the protection of tenants, and reporting of tenant eviction.


Sanctions For Frivolous Civil Appeals In Louisiana, Gail S. Stephenson May 2015

Sanctions For Frivolous Civil Appeals In Louisiana, Gail S. Stephenson

Louisiana Law Review

The article offers information related to sanctions for frivolous civil appeals under Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 2164 in Louisiana. Topics discussed include court case of Parker v. Interstate Life & Accident Insurance Co., penalties for frivolous appeal will not be imposed unless clearly due, and creating an exception to the rule.