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Saint Louis University School of Law

2011

America

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The Missing Ingredient: How Oft-Overlooked Modern Conflict Of Laws Principles Will Dictate The Reach Of Same-Sex Marriage In America, Alexander V. Maugeri Jan 2011

The Missing Ingredient: How Oft-Overlooked Modern Conflict Of Laws Principles Will Dictate The Reach Of Same-Sex Marriage In America, Alexander V. Maugeri

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

With the start of same-sex marriage in New York, fifteen U.S. states and the nation’s capital now celebrate a form of homosexual union, whether marriage, civil union or domestic partnership. Litigants and scholars—both in favor of and opposed to these legal statuses—have routinely claimed that in the absence of state-level Defense of Marriage Acts, these relationships must be recognized by other states for the full range of purposes including adoption, health and welfare benefits, taxes, and alimony, unless those states have a public policy to the contrary. They claim this consequence follows because of the long-standing American legal rule that …


What’S Wrong With The Picture? Reviewing Prison Arts In America, Lindsey R. Hammitt Jan 2011

What’S Wrong With The Picture? Reviewing Prison Arts In America, Lindsey R. Hammitt

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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