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"The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm The Reader Became The Book", Burt Neuborne
"The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm The Reader Became The Book", Burt Neuborne
Vanderbilt Law Review
Professor Neuborne argues that we err in reading the Bill of Rights "in splendid isolation" as a randomly ordered set of clause-bound norms. Instead, he argues that the disciplined order and placement of the thirty-three ideas in the Bill of Rights, especially the six textual ideas united in the First Amendment, reveals a deep contextual structure imposed by the Founders that sheds important light on the meaning of the constitutional text. He argues that the "vertical" order of the first ten amendments, as well as the "horizontal" order of ideas within each amendment, provides important clues to a judge seeking …
Corruption Of A Term: The Problematic Nature Of 18 U.S.C. §1512(C), The New Federal Obstruction Of Justice Provision, Daniel A. Shtob
Corruption Of A Term: The Problematic Nature Of 18 U.S.C. §1512(C), The New Federal Obstruction Of Justice Provision, Daniel A. Shtob
Vanderbilt Law Review
The year 2002 may be remembered in the annals of the law as the year that corporate America became accountable for its actions. The boardroom, equated with the smoke-filled room of corrupt enterprise and political machination, came under fire as industry giants sank amidst charges of misconduct. In response to high profile allegations of corporate fraud, Congress commenced a fervent bipartisan effort to draft and implement a law to counter corporate obstruction of justice. On July 1, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The bill included a section that prescribes strong penalties for individuals who corruptly impede …