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Florida’S Past And Future Roles In Education Finance Reform Litigation, Scott R. Bauries Jul 2006

Florida’S Past And Future Roles In Education Finance Reform Litigation, Scott R. Bauries

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In federalist parlance, the states often are called laboratories of democracy. Nowhere is this truer than in the field of education, and almost no subset of the education field lends itself to this label more than education finance. Since 1973, with very few notable exceptions, the entire development of the practice of education finance has proceeded through state-specific reforms. These reforms have occurred mostly through legislative policymaking, but the courts have played an important role in directing that policy development.

If one were to seek to observe one of these laboratories in action—to witness the interaction of the courts, the …


Look Homeward Candidate: Evaluating And Reforming Kentucky's Residency Definition And Bona Fides Challenges In Order To Avoid A Potential Crisis In Gubernatorial Elections, S. Chad Meredith Jan 2006

Look Homeward Candidate: Evaluating And Reforming Kentucky's Residency Definition And Bona Fides Challenges In Order To Avoid A Potential Crisis In Gubernatorial Elections, S. Chad Meredith

Kentucky Law Journal

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Turning Jails Into Prisons—Collateral Damage From Kentucky's War On Crime, Robert G. Lawson Jan 2006

Turning Jails Into Prisons—Collateral Damage From Kentucky's War On Crime, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The primary purpose of this article is to scrutinize Kentucky's ever-increasing reliance on local jails for the incarceration of state prisoners. This objective cannot be achieved without an examination of the problems that compel counties and cities to allow (and even encourage) the state to capture their jails for this use. The first half of the article (Parts I-IV) provides general information about jails (including some pertinent history), contains a detailed description of jail functions (including some that have descended upon jails by default), and concludes with a discussion of what the state has done over two decades to convert …


The Legislative Privilege To Judge The Qualifications, Elections, And Returns Of Members, Paul E. Salamanca, James E. Keller Jan 2006

The Legislative Privilege To Judge The Qualifications, Elections, And Returns Of Members, Paul E. Salamanca, James E. Keller

Kentucky Law Journal

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Preemption Of State Tort Law By Federal Safety Statutes: Supreme Court Preemption Jurisprudence Since Cipollone, Richard C. Ausness Jan 2004

Preemption Of State Tort Law By Federal Safety Statutes: Supreme Court Preemption Jurisprudence Since Cipollone, Richard C. Ausness

Kentucky Law Journal

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Lending A Helping Hand?: A Guide To Kentucky's New Predatory Lending Law, Kent H. Barnett Jan 2004

Lending A Helping Hand?: A Guide To Kentucky's New Predatory Lending Law, Kent H. Barnett

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Ramifications Of Rejecting Wrongful Birth: A Closer Look At Grubbs V. Barbourville Family Health Center, Johanna L. Frantz Jan 2004

The Ramifications Of Rejecting Wrongful Birth: A Closer Look At Grubbs V. Barbourville Family Health Center, Johanna L. Frantz

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Constitutionality Of An Executive Spending Plan, Paul E. Salamanca Jan 2003

The Constitutionality Of An Executive Spending Plan, Paul E. Salamanca

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Operation of government in the absence of appropriations has become relatively common in the United States, particularly when projected expenses exceed projected revenue, making adoption of a budget a difficult task for the legislature. This Article focuses on the budget crisis in the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 2002 through 2003. In Part I, this Article recapitulates the history of the spending plan, including the action filed in Franklin Circuit Court to affirm its constitutionality. In Part II, this Article discusses certain theoretical, historical, and legal principles that inform analysis of the plan. In Part III, it considers certain deviations and …


Why Are Victims Of Domestic Violence Still Dying At The Hands Of Their Abusers? Filling The Gap In State Domestic Violence Gun Laws, Sharon L. Gold Jan 2003

Why Are Victims Of Domestic Violence Still Dying At The Hands Of Their Abusers? Filling The Gap In State Domestic Violence Gun Laws, Sharon L. Gold

Kentucky Law Journal

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Federalism And The Federal Prosecution Of State And Local Corruption, Peter J. Henning Jan 2003

Federalism And The Federal Prosecution Of State And Local Corruption, Peter J. Henning

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Constitutionality Of An Executive Spending Plan, Paul E. Salamanca Jan 2003

The Constitutionality Of An Executive Spending Plan, Paul E. Salamanca

Kentucky Law Journal

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A Parent's Rights Under The Fourteenth Amendment: Does Kentucky's De Facto Custodian Statute Violate Due Process?, Elizabeth Ashley Bruce Jan 2003

A Parent's Rights Under The Fourteenth Amendment: Does Kentucky's De Facto Custodian Statute Violate Due Process?, Elizabeth Ashley Bruce

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Social Reform For Kentucky's Judicial System: The Creation Of Unified Family Courts, Erin J. May Jan 2003

Social Reform For Kentucky's Judicial System: The Creation Of Unified Family Courts, Erin J. May

Kentucky Law Journal

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Official Immunity In Kentucky: The New Standard Under Yanero V. Davis, G. Thomas Barker Jan 2002

Official Immunity In Kentucky: The New Standard Under Yanero V. Davis, G. Thomas Barker

Kentucky Law Journal

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Due Process And Kentucky's Non-Claim Statutes: A Call For Legislative Revision, Mark A. Noel Jan 2002

Due Process And Kentucky's Non-Claim Statutes: A Call For Legislative Revision, Mark A. Noel

Kentucky Law Journal

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Modifying The Kentucky Rules Of Evidence--A Separation Of Powers Issue, Robert G. Lawson Jan 2000

Modifying The Kentucky Rules Of Evidence--A Separation Of Powers Issue, Robert G. Lawson

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Future Of Kentucky's Punitive Damages Statute And Jural Rights Jurisprudence: A Call For Separation Of Powers, M. Scott Mcintyre Jan 2000

The Future Of Kentucky's Punitive Damages Statute And Jural Rights Jurisprudence: A Call For Separation Of Powers, M. Scott Mcintyre

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Interpretation Of The Kentucky Rules Of Evidence--What Happened To The Common Law?, Robert G. Lawson Jan 1999

Interpretation Of The Kentucky Rules Of Evidence--What Happened To The Common Law?, Robert G. Lawson

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Choice Of Law In Kentucky, John R. Leathers Jan 1999

Choice Of Law In Kentucky, John R. Leathers

Kentucky Law Journal

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Strengthening Hate Crime Laws In Kentucky, Jennifer Jolly-Ryan Jan 1999

Strengthening Hate Crime Laws In Kentucky, Jennifer Jolly-Ryan

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Disappointed Bidder Standing To Challenge A Government Contract Award: A Proposal For Change In Kentucky Procurement Law, David S. Sullivan Jan 1999

Disappointed Bidder Standing To Challenge A Government Contract Award: A Proposal For Change In Kentucky Procurement Law, David S. Sullivan

Kentucky Law Journal

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Kentucky Law Survey: Family Law, Louise Everett Graham Jan 1998

Kentucky Law Survey: Family Law, Louise Everett Graham

Kentucky Law Journal

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Are Kentucky's Children "At Risk" As A Result Of J.H. V. Commonwealth?, Duane F. Osborne Jan 1998

Are Kentucky's Children "At Risk" As A Result Of J.H. V. Commonwealth?, Duane F. Osborne

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Reemergence Of The Sovereign Immunity Doctrine In Kentucky, Earl F. Hamm Jr. Jan 1998

The Reemergence Of The Sovereign Immunity Doctrine In Kentucky, Earl F. Hamm Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Ethical Implications Of The Limited Liability Status In The Practice Of Law, Elizabeth C. Woodford Jan 1998

The Ethical Implications Of The Limited Liability Status In The Practice Of Law, Elizabeth C. Woodford

Kentucky Law Journal

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Kentucky Law Survey: Evidence, Robert G. Lawson Jan 1998

Kentucky Law Survey: Evidence, Robert G. Lawson

Kentucky Law Journal

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Kentucky Law Survey: Torts, Ronald L. Green Jan 1998

Kentucky Law Survey: Torts, Ronald L. Green

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Past And Future Of Kentucky's Fraudulent Transfer And Preference Laws, Douglas C. Michael Jan 1998

The Past And Future Of Kentucky's Fraudulent Transfer And Preference Laws, Douglas C. Michael

Kentucky Law Journal

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Justice Charles M. Leibson And The Revival Of State Constitutional Law: A Microcosm Of A Movement, Jennifer Digiovanni Jan 1998

Justice Charles M. Leibson And The Revival Of State Constitutional Law: A Microcosm Of A Movement, Jennifer Digiovanni

Kentucky Law Journal

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Morally And Legally: A Parent's Duty To Prevent The Abuse Of A Child As Defined By Lane V. Commonwealth, Rachel S. Zahniser Jan 1998

Morally And Legally: A Parent's Duty To Prevent The Abuse Of A Child As Defined By Lane V. Commonwealth, Rachel S. Zahniser

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.