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Table Of Contents May 2017

Table Of Contents

Louisiana Law Review

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Awards May 2017

Awards

Louisiana Law Review

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Solidarity In Overlapping Insurance Coverage: Rethinking Hoefly, Alex Robertson May 2017

Solidarity In Overlapping Insurance Coverage: Rethinking Hoefly, Alex Robertson

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the Louisiana Civil Code on solidarity and its interpretation of solidarity arising from the law and its application in the insurance and discusses Hoefly v. Government Employees Insurance Company court case on same.


Faculty May 2017

Faculty

Louisiana Law Review

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The Def’S Of Liga: An Update To The Abc’S Of Liga, Stephanie B. Laborde, James E. Moore Jr., Heather Landry May 2017

The Def’S Of Liga: An Update To The Abc’S Of Liga, Stephanie B. Laborde, James E. Moore Jr., Heather Landry

Louisiana Law Review

The article offers information on ABC's of Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA), and discusses its role in interpreting and understanding the law applicable to the LIGA, and discusses its benefits to legal practitioners.


Boudreaux V. Cummings: Time To Interrupt An Erroneous Approach To Acquisitive Prescription, Cody J. Miller May 2017

Boudreaux V. Cummings: Time To Interrupt An Erroneous Approach To Acquisitive Prescription, Cody J. Miller

Louisiana Law Review

The article offers information on Louisiana Supreme Court case Boudreaux v. Cummings, focusing on problems that arise from the Court's failure in distinguishing between a servitude and the underlying land and incompetency of Court's application of civilian interpretation of the Civil Code.


Out Of House And Home: The Disparate Application Of Louisiana’S Eviction Laws To Mobile Home Owners, Jared A. Clark May 2017

Out Of House And Home: The Disparate Application Of Louisiana’S Eviction Laws To Mobile Home Owners, Jared A. Clark

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the mobile home eviction laws in Louisiana and discusses disparate application of Louisiana's eviction laws to mobile home owners, background on mobile homes and the demographics of the people who own these homes; and problems caused by these laws to mobile home owners.


Real Rights Of Noncompetition: Louisiana Public Policy And The Civil Tradition, Alex Hotard May 2017

Real Rights Of Noncompetition: Louisiana Public Policy And The Civil Tradition, Alex Hotard

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the enforceability of real rights of noncompetition in Louisiana, and discusses background of Louisiana real rights and personal obligations; role of Louisiana courts in embracing certain real rights of noncompetition; and its impact on public policy.


Masthead May 2017

Masthead

Louisiana Law Review

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Reorienting Home Rule: Part 2–Remedying The Urban Disadvantage Through Federalism And Localism, Paul A. Diller May 2017

Reorienting Home Rule: Part 2–Remedying The Urban Disadvantage Through Federalism And Localism, Paul A. Diller

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the impact of the urban disadvantage on federal preemption in Louisiana, and discusses remedying the urban disadvantage through federalism and localism; and use of constitutional home rule for helping urban disadvantage that exists in state legislatures.


To Kill A Cuckoo Bird: Louisiana’S Dual Paternity Problem, Henry S. Rauschenberger May 2017

To Kill A Cuckoo Bird: Louisiana’S Dual Paternity Problem, Henry S. Rauschenberger

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the Louisiana's law of filiation and the way it has given rise to the doctrinal problem of dual paternity, and discusses Department of Children and Family Services ex rel. A.L. v. Lowrie court case on same; and problem of forced dual paternity.


Hey Employer, Did You “Notice” My Text Message?, Melissa J. Shaffer Mar 2017

Hey Employer, Did You “Notice” My Text Message?, Melissa J. Shaffer

Louisiana Law Review

The article reports on the issues of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in the U.S., and mentions federal laws focusing on the purpose of the 2009 revisions of the FMLA; ambiguous language of the FMLA notice provisions; and implications of the current laws on employers and employees.


Unveiling Management’S Crystal Ball, Eric R. Harper Mar 2017

Unveiling Management’S Crystal Ball, Eric R. Harper

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the item 303 disclosures of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for preventing private securities fraud causes of action by the companies, and mentions reporting companies to disclose information about the companies' plans for the future of their businesses.


Mind The Gap: Bridging Gender Wage Inequality In Louisiana, Katilyn Hollowell Mar 2017

Mind The Gap: Bridging Gender Wage Inequality In Louisiana, Katilyn Hollowell

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on issues of gender wage inequality in the U.S., and mentions history of the gender wage gap; federal and state statutory frameworks governing wage discrimination; and federal and state laws governing equal pay rights and unlawful employment practices.


Inconsistency With The Internal Consistency Test, Mackenzie Catherine Schott Mar 2017

Inconsistency With The Internal Consistency Test, Mackenzie Catherine Schott

Louisiana Law Review

The article examines the constitutionality of a Maryland tax law focusing on the U.S. Supreme Court case Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne, and mentions history of state taxation under the dormant Commerce Clause; and use of internal consistency test by the Supreme Courts in Wynne.


Table Of Contents Mar 2017

Table Of Contents

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Faculty Mar 2017

Faculty

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Awards Mar 2017

Awards

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Precarious Possession, John A. Lovett Mar 2017

Precarious Possession, John A. Lovett

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the precarious possession cases in Louisiana, and mentions acquisitive prescription in civil law; issues of bad-faith acquisitive prescription overcoming the rights of formal titleholders; and Louisiana Supreme Court case Boudreaux v. Cummings case on same.


A First Amendment Deference Approach To Reforminganti-Bullying Laws, Emily Suski Mar 2017

A First Amendment Deference Approach To Reforminganti-Bullying Laws, Emily Suski

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the problems of bullying among students and the use of U.S. First Amendment deference approach for reforming anti-bullying laws in the U.S., it also mentions effects of bullying; First Amendment anti-bullying law doctrine on overbreadth; and deferential standards.


Seeking A Definition Of Medical Futility With Reference To The Louisiana Natural Death Act, Frederick R. Parker Jr. Mar 2017

Seeking A Definition Of Medical Futility With Reference To The Louisiana Natural Death Act, Frederick R. Parker Jr.

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the issues of medical futility with respect to Louisiana Natural Death Act, and mentions concept of personhood and the right of a severely incapacitated patient to accept or refuse treatment; and conceptual issues of the medical futility.


Domestic Drone Surveillance: The Court’S Epistemic Challengeand Wittgenstein’S Actional Certainty, Robert Greenleaf Brice, Katrina L. Sifferd Mar 2017

Domestic Drone Surveillance: The Court’S Epistemic Challengeand Wittgenstein’S Actional Certainty, Robert Greenleaf Brice, Katrina L. Sifferd

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on the domestic drone surveillance in the U.S. and mentions U.S. Fourth Amendment and the different legal standards of proof that might apply to law enforcement for the use of drones; and role of U.S. Supreme Court in determining epistemic challenge of privacy.


Masthead Mar 2017

Masthead

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.