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The Affects Of Apprendi V. New Jersey On The Use Of Dna Evidence At Sentencing—Can Dna Alone Convict Of Unadjudicated Prior Acts?, Katharine C. Lester Sep 2010

The Affects Of Apprendi V. New Jersey On The Use Of Dna Evidence At Sentencing—Can Dna Alone Convict Of Unadjudicated Prior Acts?, Katharine C. Lester

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Brady's Bunch Of Flaws, Daniel S. Medwed Sep 2010

Brady's Bunch Of Flaws, Daniel S. Medwed

Washington and Lee Law Review

The 1970s television program The Brady Bunch provided a lighthearted and optimistic portrayal of American family life. A divorced man with three brown-haired boys married a divorced woman with three blonde daughters. They melded together into a happy, well-adjusted crew committed to mad-cap adventures accompanied by syrupy background music. Yet the promise of The Brady Bunch was illusory. Divorce has wreaked havoc on this country. The problems that derive from divorce and remarriage are multifaceted; they seldom lend themselves to tidy resolution in thirty minutes, let alone a lifetime. The show provided a distractionand a disservice. It sent an inaccurate …


The Worldwide Accountability Deficit For Prosecutors, Ronald F. Wright, Marc L. Miller Sep 2010

The Worldwide Accountability Deficit For Prosecutors, Ronald F. Wright, Marc L. Miller

Washington and Lee Law Review

In democratic governments committed to the rule of Law, prosecutors should be accountable to the public, just like other powerful government agents who make important decisions. The theoretical need for prosecutor accountability, however, meets practical shortcomings in criminal justice systems everywhere. Individual prosecutors everywhere express allegiance to the rule of Law through the wise decisions made by each prosecutor and across offices as a whole. But the claim "trust us" does not in fact generate the level of public trust that one should expect in a government of Laws. Institutional strategies to guarantee prosecutor accountability all fall short of the …


The Tainted Federal Prosecutor In An Overcriminalized Justice System, Ellen S. Podgor Sep 2010

The Tainted Federal Prosecutor In An Overcriminalized Justice System, Ellen S. Podgor

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Prosecutors As Judges, Erik Luna, Marianne Wade Sep 2010

Prosecutors As Judges, Erik Luna, Marianne Wade

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Complicated Environment: The Problem With Extending Victims' Rights To Victims Of Environmental Crimes, Andrew Atkins Sep 2010

A Complicated Environment: The Problem With Extending Victims' Rights To Victims Of Environmental Crimes, Andrew Atkins

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


If It Looks Like A Duck ... : Private International Arbitral Bodies Are Adjudicatory Tribunals Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(A), Brandon Hasbrouck Sep 2010

If It Looks Like A Duck ... : Private International Arbitral Bodies Are Adjudicatory Tribunals Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(A), Brandon Hasbrouck

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Problem Of Parental Relocation: Closing The Loophole In The Law Of International Child Abduction, Maryl Sattler Sep 2010

The Problem Of Parental Relocation: Closing The Loophole In The Law Of International Child Abduction, Maryl Sattler

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Predatory Bundling And The Exclusionary Standard, J. Shahar Dillbary Sep 2010

Predatory Bundling And The Exclusionary Standard, J. Shahar Dillbary

Washington and Lee Law Review

Recent decisions-all relying on a stylized example first provided by the Ortho court-hold that a multi-product seller that uses a bundled discount in a way that excludes an equally or more efficient competitor engages in predatory bundling. According to these decisions, a bundle can be considered 'predatory" even when the price of the bundle exceeds its cost. This Article shows that the Ortho court's stylized example and its monopoly leveraging theory are erroneous. This Article further demonstrates that even when a bundle's price excludes more efficient competitors and even when a component in the bundle is priced below cost, and …


The French Prosecutor In Question, Jacqueline S. Hodgson Sep 2010

The French Prosecutor In Question, Jacqueline S. Hodgson

Washington and Lee Law Review

Both the pre-trial and dispositive roles of the French prosecutor have continued to expand over the last decades with a resulting shift in power away from the trial judge and the juge d'instruction. The recommendations of the Liger Commission in 2009 went beyond the redistribution of authority and proposed the abolition of the juge d'instruction, placing the prosecutor in charge of all criminal investigations, even the most serious, complex, and sensitive. At the same time, the prosecutor's role and status has been challenged in a number of ways-in particular concerning her function as judicial supervisor of the detention and interrogation …


Symposium: Introduction, Ann Maclean Massie Sep 2010

Symposium: Introduction, Ann Maclean Massie

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Duty Paradox: Getting It Right After A Decade Of Litigation Involving The Risk Of Student Suicide, Daryl J. Lapp Sep 2010

The Duty Paradox: Getting It Right After A Decade Of Litigation Involving The Risk Of Student Suicide, Daryl J. Lapp

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


What Psychiatry, Developmental Psychology, And Neuroscience Can Teach Us About At- Risk Students, Eileen P. Ryan Sep 2010

What Psychiatry, Developmental Psychology, And Neuroscience Can Teach Us About At- Risk Students, Eileen P. Ryan

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Detecting And Engaging At-Risk Students, Ann P. Haas Sep 2010

Detecting And Engaging At-Risk Students, Ann P. Haas

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


What The Governor’S Panel Learned, Aradhana "Bela" Sood Sep 2010

What The Governor’S Panel Learned, Aradhana "Bela" Sood

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


A Failure To Communicate: Did Privacy Laws Contribute To The Virginia Tech Tragedy?, Richard Brusca, Colin Ram Sep 2010

A Failure To Communicate: Did Privacy Laws Contribute To The Virginia Tech Tragedy?, Richard Brusca, Colin Ram

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Three Ps Of The Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Unaccompanied Undocumented Minors And The Forgotten P In The William Wilberforce Trafficking Prevention Reauthorization Act, Jennifer Nguyen Sep 2010

The Three Ps Of The Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Unaccompanied Undocumented Minors And The Forgotten P In The William Wilberforce Trafficking Prevention Reauthorization Act, Jennifer Nguyen

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Virginia Gardasil Law: A Constitutional Analysis Of Mandated Protection For Schoolchildren Against The Human Papillomavirus, Christina O. Hud Sep 2010

The Virginia Gardasil Law: A Constitutional Analysis Of Mandated Protection For Schoolchildren Against The Human Papillomavirus, Christina O. Hud

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Uncertainty And The Search For Truth At Trial: Defining Prosecutorial "Objectivity" In German Sexual Assault Cases, Shawn Marie Boyne Sep 2010

Uncertainty And The Search For Truth At Trial: Defining Prosecutorial "Objectivity" In German Sexual Assault Cases, Shawn Marie Boyne

Washington and Lee Law Review

According to German legal scholar, Claus Roxin, German prosecutors are the "most objective civil servants" in the world. Roxin 's assessment of German prosecution practice reflects the conviction of many German legal scholars that prosecutors in Germany's inquisitorial system function as second judges dedicated to finding the objective "truth." In this Article I investigate how prosecutors "translate" the normative duty of objectivity enshrined in the German penal code into observable practices on the ground I examine prosecutorial decision-making in three sexual assault trials. Sexual assault cases pose unique challenges to prosecutors as well as to the definition of objectivity. Because …


Virginia Bar Exam, July 2010, Section 1 Jul 2010

Virginia Bar Exam, July 2010, Section 1

Virginia Bar Exam Archive

No abstract provided.


Virginia Bar Exam, July 2010, Section 2 Jul 2010

Virginia Bar Exam, July 2010, Section 2

Virginia Bar Exam Archive

No abstract provided.


Re-Examining Acts Of God, Jill M. Fraley Jul 2010

Re-Examining Acts Of God, Jill M. Fraley

Scholarly Articles

For more than three centuries, tort law has included the notion of an act of God as something caused naturally, beyond both man's anticipation and control. Historically, the doctrine applied to extraordinary manifestations of the forces of nature, including floods, earthquakes, blizzards, and hurricanes. Despite the significance of the doctrine, particularly in large-scale disasters, scholars rarely engage the act of God defense critically. However, recently, the doctrine has received more substantial criticism. Denis Binder argued that the doctrine should be repudiated as merely a restatement of existing negligence principles Joel Eagle criticized the doctrine, suggesting that it should not exclude …


Germany's Basic Law And The Use Of Force, Russell A. Miller Jul 2010

Germany's Basic Law And The Use Of Force, Russell A. Miller

Scholarly Articles

The German Basic Law's Regime for the use of force is evidence of and an explanation for the deep difference between Germany and the United States on security matters. It also might say something more grand about the power of law to constrain force.


Judicial Discretion: A Look Back And A Look Forward Five Years After Booker, Erik Luna Jun 2010

Judicial Discretion: A Look Back And A Look Forward Five Years After Booker, Erik Luna

Scholarly Articles

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Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants, Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer Jun 2010

Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants, Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer

Washington and Lee Law Review

The copyright regime and the First Amendment seek to promote the same goals. Both seek the creation and dissemination of more, better, and more diverse literary, pictorial, musical and other works. But, they use significantly different means to achieve those goals. The copyright Laws afford to the creator of a work the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, transform, and perform that work for an extended period of time. The First Amendment, on the other hand, proclaims that Congress "shall make no Law... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, " thus at least nominally indicating that limitations on …


Why Banks Are Not Allowed In Bankruptcy, Richard M. Hynes, Steven D. Walt Jun 2010

Why Banks Are Not Allowed In Bankruptcy, Richard M. Hynes, Steven D. Walt

Washington and Lee Law Review

Unlike most other countries, the United States uses different Procedures to resolve insolvent banks and nonbank firms. The Bankruptcy Code divides control over nonbank firms among the various claimants, and a judge supervises the resolution process. By contrast, the FDIC acts as the receiver for an insolvent bank and has almost complete con trol. Other claimants can sue the FDIC, but they cannot obtain injunctive relief and their damages are limited to the amount that they would have received in liquidation. The FDIC has acted as the receiver of insolvent banks since the Great Depression, and the concentration of power …


What Are We-Laborers, Factories, Or Spare Parts? The Tax Treatment Of Transfers Of Human Body Materials, Lisa Milot Jun 2010

What Are We-Laborers, Factories, Or Spare Parts? The Tax Treatment Of Transfers Of Human Body Materials, Lisa Milot

Washington and Lee Law Review

Transfers of human body materials are ubiquitous. From surrogacy arrangements, to sales of eggs, sperm and plasma to clinics, to black markets for kidneys, to pleas for donations of body materials, these transfers are covered and debated daily in popular and academic discourse. The associated philosophical and legal issues have been explored by a wide range of commentators. The appropriate tax treatment of these transactions, however, is mostly unexamined. Current Law is unclear about what the tax consequences of these transfers are. There are no statutory provisions directly on point, Internal Revenue Service guidance is outdated and conflicting, and the …


State Regulation Of Resale Price Maintenance On The Internet: The Constitutional Problems With The 2009 Amendment To The Maryland Antitrust Act, Katherine M. Brockmeyer Jun 2010

State Regulation Of Resale Price Maintenance On The Internet: The Constitutional Problems With The 2009 Amendment To The Maryland Antitrust Act, Katherine M. Brockmeyer

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Confession Of Error By Administrative Agencies, Alexander L. Merritt Jun 2010

Confession Of Error By Administrative Agencies, Alexander L. Merritt

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Capturing The Judiciary: Carhart And The Undue Burden Standard, Khiara M. Bridges Jun 2010

Capturing The Judiciary: Carhart And The Undue Burden Standard, Khiara M. Bridges

Washington and Lee Law Review

In Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey,' the Supreme Court replaced the trimester framework, first articulated nineteen years earlier in Roe v. Wade,2 with a new test for determining the constitutionality of abortion regulations-the "undue burden standard."3 The Court's 2007 decision in Gonzales v. Carhart 4 was its most recent occasion to use the undue burden standard, as the Court was called upon to ascertain the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, a federal statute proscribing certain methods of performing second- and third-trimester abortions.5 A majority of the Court held that the regulation was constitutionally permissible, finding that …