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Bypassing Civil Gideon: A Legislative Proposal To Address The Rising Costs And Unmet Legal Needs Of Unrepresented Immigrants, Erin B. Corcoran Dec 2012

Bypassing Civil Gideon: A Legislative Proposal To Address The Rising Costs And Unmet Legal Needs Of Unrepresented Immigrants, Erin B. Corcoran

West Virginia Law Review

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Can Law And Literature Be Practical? The Crucible And The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Martin H. Pritikin Dec 2012

Can Law And Literature Be Practical? The Crucible And The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Martin H. Pritikin

West Virginia Law Review

Counter-intuitively, one of the best ways to learn the practice-oriented topic of evidence may be by studying a work of fiction-specifically, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which dramatizes the seventeenth-century Salem witch trials. The play puts the reader in the position of legal advocate, and invites strategic analysis of evidentiary issues. A close analysis of the dialogue presents an opportunity to explore both the doctrinal nuances of and policy considerations underlying the most important topics covered by the Federal Rules of Evidence, including the mode and order of interrogation, relevance, character evidence and impeachment, opinion testimony, and hearsay.


Democratizing The Economic Sphere: A Case For The Political Boycott, Theresa J. Lee Dec 2012

Democratizing The Economic Sphere: A Case For The Political Boycott, Theresa J. Lee

West Virginia Law Review

The political boycott, though recently under attack through litigation aimed at compelled disclosure regimes, is a critical tool in constructing American democracy. Defining political boycotts as those refusals by consumers to buy goods or patronize businesses in order to effect political or social change, this Article is the first paper to place the political boycott at home in all three classic theories underlying the First Amendment: the marketplace of ideas, democracy and self-governance, and self-expression and autonomy. It also situates the boycott alongside current campaign finance doctrine via Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 130 S. Ct. 876 (2010). Just …


Polley V. Ratcliff: A New Way To Address An Original Sin?, Atiba R. Ellis Dec 2012

Polley V. Ratcliff: A New Way To Address An Original Sin?, Atiba R. Ellis

West Virginia Law Review

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Youngstown Sheet To Boumediene: A Story Of Judicial Ethos And The (Un)Fastidious Use Of Language, Laura A. Cisneros Dec 2012

Youngstown Sheet To Boumediene: A Story Of Judicial Ethos And The (Un)Fastidious Use Of Language, Laura A. Cisneros

West Virginia Law Review

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Talking Chalk: Defacing The First Amendmen In The Public Forum, Marie A. Failinger Dec 2012

Talking Chalk: Defacing The First Amendmen In The Public Forum, Marie A. Failinger

West Virginia Law Review

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Can Damages Be Too Damaging Examining Mason County And Its Progeny, Amber Marie Moore Dec 2012

Can Damages Be Too Damaging Examining Mason County And Its Progeny, Amber Marie Moore

West Virginia Law Review

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Presumed Disadvantaged: Constitutional Incongruit In Federal Contract Procurement And Acquisition Regulations, William J. Bogard Dec 2012

Presumed Disadvantaged: Constitutional Incongruit In Federal Contract Procurement And Acquisition Regulations, William J. Bogard

West Virginia Law Review

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Public-Sector Unions, Public Employees: May You Live In Interesting Times, Anne M. Lofaso Nov 2012

Public-Sector Unions, Public Employees: May You Live In Interesting Times, Anne M. Lofaso

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Baker's Autonomy Theory Of Free Speech, Anne Marie Lofaso Sep 2012

Baker's Autonomy Theory Of Free Speech, Anne Marie Lofaso

West Virginia Law Review

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In The Language Of Pictures: How Copyright Law Fails To Adequately Account For Photography, Teresa M. Bruce Sep 2012

In The Language Of Pictures: How Copyright Law Fails To Adequately Account For Photography, Teresa M. Bruce

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Give It To Me Uniformly: West Virginia Wants Initial Disclosure, Evan Olds Sep 2012

Give It To Me Uniformly: West Virginia Wants Initial Disclosure, Evan Olds

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Horse Of A Different Color: Distinguishing The Judiciary From The Political Branches In Campaign Financing, Anthony J. Delligatti Sep 2012

A Horse Of A Different Color: Distinguishing The Judiciary From The Political Branches In Campaign Financing, Anthony J. Delligatti

West Virginia Law Review

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Always Ask For A Brand-Name Drug: Trying To Untangle The Holding In Pliva V. Mensing, Elizabeth M. Lafayette Sep 2012

Always Ask For A Brand-Name Drug: Trying To Untangle The Holding In Pliva V. Mensing, Elizabeth M. Lafayette

West Virginia Law Review

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The Legality Of Drilling Sideways: Horizontal Drilling And Its Future In West Virginia, Jason A. Proctor Sep 2012

The Legality Of Drilling Sideways: Horizontal Drilling And Its Future In West Virginia, Jason A. Proctor

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Baker Tribute, Anne Marie Lofaso Sep 2012

Baker Tribute, Anne Marie Lofaso

West Virginia Law Review

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The Regulation Of Private Police, Stephen Rushin Sep 2012

The Regulation Of Private Police, Stephen Rushin

West Virginia Law Review

Private police assume many of the same roles as traditional law enforcement. But courts and legislatures regulate public and private police very differently. This Article evaluates the statutory and judicial regulation of private police. By collecting and coding all state statutes related to the regulation of private police, I theorize on the inadequacies of the current regulatory scheme. I show that most state statutes only regulate a certain category of private police officers, leaving a substantial portion of the private policing industry virtually unregulated. Many state regulations of private police misunderstand, and thus inadequately protect against the threat posed by …


Confronting The Invisible Witness: The Use Of Narrative To Neutralize Capital Jurors' Implicit Racial Biases, Pamela A. Wilkins Sep 2012

Confronting The Invisible Witness: The Use Of Narrative To Neutralize Capital Jurors' Implicit Racial Biases, Pamela A. Wilkins

West Virginia Law Review

How can capital defense lawyers craft narratives that neutralize jurors' unconscious racial and ethnic biases? A well-developed body of research in cognitive psychology indicates that despite even the best of intentions and the absence of conscious prejudice, most Americans harbor unconscious biases against African Americans. These biases influence what we actually perceive, how we interpret what we perceive, and how we act. For reasons related to the content and structure of capital sentencing trials, these unconscious biases are particularly likely to influence capital jurors. In effect, unconscious racial bias acts as an invisible witness against the African American defendant, buttressing …


The Reactionary Road To Free Love: How Doma, State Marriage Amendments, And Social Conservatives Undermine Traditional Marriage, Scott Titshaw Sep 2012

The Reactionary Road To Free Love: How Doma, State Marriage Amendments, And Social Conservatives Undermine Traditional Marriage, Scott Titshaw

West Virginia Law Review

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Preface Sep 2012

Preface

West Virginia Law Review

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The Intellectual Integrity Of Ed Baker, Vincent Blasi Sep 2012

The Intellectual Integrity Of Ed Baker, Vincent Blasi

West Virginia Law Review

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Formal Equality, Formal Autonomy, And Political Legitimacy: A Response To Ed Baker, James Weinstein Sep 2012

Formal Equality, Formal Autonomy, And Political Legitimacy: A Response To Ed Baker, James Weinstein

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Bakerian Response To Weinstein's Free Speech Theory, Anne Marie Lofaso Sep 2012

A Bakerian Response To Weinstein's Free Speech Theory, Anne Marie Lofaso

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Delinquent And Non-Entered Lands And Due Process, John W. Fisher Ii Sep 2012

Delinquent And Non-Entered Lands And Due Process, John W. Fisher Ii

West Virginia Law Review

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Are Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Exempted From The Overtime-Pay Requirements Of The Fair Labor Standards Act?, Anne M. Lofaso Apr 2012

Are Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Exempted From The Overtime-Pay Requirements Of The Fair Labor Standards Act?, Anne M. Lofaso

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Funk Brothers - An Exercise Obviousness, Shine Tu Apr 2012

Funk Brothers - An Exercise Obviousness, Shine Tu

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Total Eclipse Of Human Rights-Illustrated By Mohamed V. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., John P. Blanc Apr 2012

A Total Eclipse Of Human Rights-Illustrated By Mohamed V. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., John P. Blanc

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Nonviolent Law? Linking Nonviolent Social Change And Truth And Reconciliation Commissions, James W. Mccarty Iii Apr 2012

Nonviolent Law? Linking Nonviolent Social Change And Truth And Reconciliation Commissions, James W. Mccarty Iii

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Resistance And The Law: Nonviolent Transitions To Democracy, Charles R. Disalvo Apr 2012

Civil Resistance And The Law: Nonviolent Transitions To Democracy, Charles R. Disalvo

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Holding Teachers Accountable And Rewarding Those Who Perform: Evaluating A Performance-Based Pay System For West Virginia, Laura K. Omps Apr 2012

Holding Teachers Accountable And Rewarding Those Who Perform: Evaluating A Performance-Based Pay System For West Virginia, Laura K. Omps

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.