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A Realistic Approach To The Obviousness Of Inventions, Daralyn J. Durie, Mark A. Lemley
A Realistic Approach To The Obviousness Of Inventions, Daralyn J. Durie, Mark A. Lemley
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Failure Of Punitive Damages In Employment Discrimination Cases: A Call For Change, Joseph A. Seiner
The Failure Of Punitive Damages In Employment Discrimination Cases: A Call For Change, Joseph A. Seiner
William & Mary Law Review
Punitive damages were described by one early court as "an unsightly and an unhealthy excrescence." Although views toward punitive relief have changed over the years, the debate over the availability of exemplary damages in the judicial system has remained controversial. No place is that controversy more aptly demonstrated than in employment discrimination law, where punitive damages first became available in an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after a bitter congressional debate. Almost a decade ago, in Kolstad v. American Dental Association, the Supreme Court provided guidance on how punitive damages should be applied in …
State Regulation Of Sexuality In International Human Rights Law And Theory, Aaron Xavier Fellmeth
State Regulation Of Sexuality In International Human Rights Law And Theory, Aaron Xavier Fellmeth
William & Mary Law Review
In Part I, this Article presents the first published, worldwide survey of international practice in interpreting and applying various international human rights norms to the issue of sexual freedom, with a special emphasis on the rights to privacy, family life, and freedom from arbitrary discrimination based on sexual orientation. Although progress toward general recognition of such rights by international authorities and states has been extremely rapid over a very short period, such recognition continues to vary geographically and according to the subject matter. For example, some rights, such as the right to consensual, adult, private intercourse have achieved more widespread …
Giving Dissenters Back Their Rights: How The White House Presidential Advance Manual Changes The First Amendment And Standing Debates, Kimberly Albrecht-Taylor
Giving Dissenters Back Their Rights: How The White House Presidential Advance Manual Changes The First Amendment And Standing Debates, Kimberly Albrecht-Taylor
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Imperial And Imperiled: The Curious State Of The Executive, Saikrishna B. Prakash
Imperial And Imperiled: The Curious State Of The Executive, Saikrishna B. Prakash
William & Mary Law Review
In the last four decades, the presidency has been characterized both as the "imperial presidency" as well as the "imperiled presidency. "From an originalist perspective, both camps have elements of truth on their side. When it comes to the conduct and initiation of wars, modern Presidents exercise powers that rival those the Crown possessed in England. Presidents claim the power to start wars, notwithstanding Congress's power to declare war. Moreover, Presidents insist that they have the sole right to determine how the armed forces will wage all wars, even though Congress clearly has considerable power over the armed forces. Law …
I'Ll Make You A Deal: How Repeat Informants Are Corrupting The Criminal Justice System And What To Do About It, Emily Jane Dodds
I'Ll Make You A Deal: How Repeat Informants Are Corrupting The Criminal Justice System And What To Do About It, Emily Jane Dodds
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Introduction: How We Vote: Electronic Voting And Other Voting Practices In The United States, Davison M. Douglas
Introduction: How We Vote: Electronic Voting And Other Voting Practices In The United States, Davison M. Douglas
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Voting System Risk Assessment Via Computational Complexity Analysis, Dan S. Wallach
Voting System Risk Assessment Via Computational Complexity Analysis, Dan S. Wallach
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Any voting system must be designed to resist a variety of failures, ranging from inadvertent misconfiguration to intentional tampering. The problem with conducting analyses of these issues, particularly across widely divergent technologies, is that it is very difficult to make apples-to-apples comparisons. This paper considers the use of a standard technique used in the analysis of algorithms, namely complexity analysis with its "big-O" notation, which can provide a high-level abstraction that allows for direct comparisons across voting systems. We avoid the need for making unreliable estimates of the probability a system might be hacked or of the cost of bribing …
Voting Technology And The 2008 New Hampshire Primary, Michael C. Herron, Walter R. Mebane, Jonathan N. Wand
Voting Technology And The 2008 New Hampshire Primary, Michael C. Herron, Walter R. Mebane, Jonathan N. Wand
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Voter Registration And Election Reform, Daniel P. Tokaji
Voter Registration And Election Reform, Daniel P. Tokaji
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Machine Errors And Undervotes In Florida 2006 Revisited, Walter R. Mebane
Machine Errors And Undervotes In Florida 2006 Revisited, Walter R. Mebane
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
The 2006 election for U.S. House of Representatives District 13 in Sarasota County, Florida, attracted extensive controversy because an unusually high proportion of the ballots cast lacked a vote for that office, and the unusual number of undervotes probably changed the election outcome. Intensive technical studies based on examining software and hardware from the iVotronic touchscreen voting machines used to conduct the election failed to find mechanical flaws sufficient to explain the undervotes. Studies that examined the ballots used in Sarasota and in some other counties concluded the high undervote rate was caused by peculiar features of the ballot's format …
The Case Of The Disappearing Votes: Lessons From The Jennings V. Buchanan Congressional Election Contest, Jessica Ring Amunson, Sam Hirsch
The Case Of The Disappearing Votes: Lessons From The Jennings V. Buchanan Congressional Election Contest, Jessica Ring Amunson, Sam Hirsch
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Gatekeeping Vs. Balancing In The Constitutional Law Of Elections: Methodological Uncertainty On The High Court, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Edward B. Foley
Gatekeeping Vs. Balancing In The Constitutional Law Of Elections: Methodological Uncertainty On The High Court, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Edward B. Foley
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
This Essay examines the methodological upheaval created by the quartet of constitutional election law cases decided during October Term 2007. Prior to this Term, the ascendant analytic approach called for a threshold characterization of the burden on the plaintiff's rights, which characterization determined whether the court would apply strict scrutiny or lax, rational-basis-like review. The characterization was generally formal in nature. But in light of the Supreme Court's latest decisions, it is now open to a lower court adjudicating a First Amendment or Equal Protection challenge to an election law-absent a Supreme Court precedent squarely on point- (1) to engage …
A Constitutional Anomaly: Safeguarding Confidential National Security Information Within The Enigma That Is The American Vice Presidency, Todd Garvey
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Early Voting Reforms And American Elections, Paul Gronke
Early Voting Reforms And American Elections, Paul Gronke
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Reconstructing The Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, Brannon P. Denning
Reconstructing The Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, Brannon P. Denning
William & Mary Law Review
In this Article, I argue that the alleged incoherence and unpredictability of the dormant Commerce Clause doctrine (DCCD) is rooted in the Supreme Court's search, through the years, for a stable set of rules enabling it to distinguish permissible from impermissible state regulations of interstate commerce and commercial actors. Its lack of success, the Article argues, is due in large part to the Court's inability to settle on the constitutional command the doctrine was to enforce. Historically, the Court would promulgate a set of rules, apply them for a time, then alter or modify them as the rules became unsatisfactory. …
Murderous Madonna: Femininity, Violence, And The Myth Of Postpartum Mental Disorder In Cases Of Maternal Infanticide And Filicide, Heather Leigh Stangle
Murderous Madonna: Femininity, Violence, And The Myth Of Postpartum Mental Disorder In Cases Of Maternal Infanticide And Filicide, Heather Leigh Stangle
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Procrastination, Deadlines, And Statutes Of Limitation, Andrew J. Wistrich
Procrastination, Deadlines, And Statutes Of Limitation, Andrew J. Wistrich
William & Mary Law Review
Statutes of limitation are deadlines. Although psychologists have discovered a great deal about how people respond to deadlines during the past thirty years, the basic structure of statutes of limitation has not changed since at least 1623. This Article explores the question of whether the received model of statutes of limitation remains optimal in light of what we now know about procrastination, the planning fallacy, loss aversion, intertemporal discounting, the student syndrome, and other features of human cognition. It concludes by suggesting a more modern approach to statutes of limitation that is based on a better understanding of how people …
How Wide Should The Actual Innocence Gateway Be? An Attempt To Clarify The Miscarriage Of Justice Exception For Federal Habeas Corpus Proceedings, Jennifer Gwynne Case
How Wide Should The Actual Innocence Gateway Be? An Attempt To Clarify The Miscarriage Of Justice Exception For Federal Habeas Corpus Proceedings, Jennifer Gwynne Case
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Dangers Of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Much Ado About Nothing?, Steve P. Calandrillo, Ewa M. Davison
The Dangers Of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Much Ado About Nothing?, Steve P. Calandrillo, Ewa M. Davison
William & Mary Law Review
In 1998, Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a landmark piece of legislation aimed at protecting copyright holders from those who might manufacture or traffic technology capable of allowing users to evade piracy protections on the underlying work. At its core, the DMCA flatly prohibits the circumvention of "technological protection measures "in order to gain access to copyrighted works, but provides no safety valve for any traditionally protected uses. While hailed as a victory by the software and entertainment industries, the academic and scientific communities have been far less enthusiastic. The DMCA's goal of combating piracy is a …
The Continuing Drift Of Federal Sovereign Immunity Jurisprudence, Gregory C. Sisk
The Continuing Drift Of Federal Sovereign Immunity Jurisprudence, Gregory C. Sisk
William & Mary Law Review
With the enduring doctrine of federal sovereign immunity, it is too late in the day to suggest that the United States should be treated as an ordinary party in the federal courts. Yet as the Supreme Court has become more comfortable with the increasingly common encounter with a statutory waiver of immunity, the rigidity of interpretive approach has eased. An early jaundiced judicial attitude has resolved into a greater respect for the legislative promise of relief to those harmed by their government. After sketching the history of statutory waivers over the past century-and-a-half and examining Supreme Court decisions across the …
Patently Protectionist? An Empirical Analysis Of Patent Cases At The International Trade Commission, Colleen V. Chien
Patently Protectionist? An Empirical Analysis Of Patent Cases At The International Trade Commission, Colleen V. Chien
William & Mary Law Review
The International Trade Commission (ITC) provides a special forum for adjudicating patent disputes involving imports. It offers several advantages over United States district courts to patentees, including relaxed jurisdictional requirements, speed, and unique remedies. Unlike district courts, the ITC almost automatically grants injunctive relief to prevailing patentees, and does not recognize certain defenses to infringement. These features have been justified as needed to prosecute foreign infringers who would otherwise evade U.S. district courts. They have also led to charges that the ITC is protectionist and unfair to defendants and that it fosters inconsistency in U.S. patent law. Based on an …
Possession Is Nine Tenths Of The Law: But Who Really Owns A Church's Property In The Wake Of A Religious Split Within A Hierarchical Church?, Meghaan Cecilia Mcelroy
Possession Is Nine Tenths Of The Law: But Who Really Owns A Church's Property In The Wake Of A Religious Split Within A Hierarchical Church?, Meghaan Cecilia Mcelroy
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Maintaining The Presumption Of Innocence In Date Rape Trials Through The Use Of Language Orders: State V. Safi And The Banning Of The Word "Rape", Jason Wool
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
This note evaluates the use of language orders in date rape trials in which the defense is consent through a case study of State v. Safi, in which Tory Bowen claims that Pamir Safi date raped her. In that case, the trial judge granted a motion by the defense to prevent the prosecution and any of their witnesses from using words such as "rape" and "sexual assault." Using State v. Safi as a starting point, the author examines the use of such trial orders from the perspective of both defendants and victims. The author concludes that a modified version of …
From Hillary Clinton To Lady Macbeth: Or, Historicizing Gender, Law, And Power Through Shakespeare's Scottish Play, Carla Spivack
From Hillary Clinton To Lady Macbeth: Or, Historicizing Gender, Law, And Power Through Shakespeare's Scottish Play, Carla Spivack
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Female rule was anomalous in the sixteenth century, therefore, Elizabeth I developed a complex set of symbols, rooted in claims traditionally made by male rulers, to legitimate her claim to rule. Nonetheless, her reign was anxiety-provoking, and this article argues that the years after her death saw a backlash against female power. Part of this backlash consisted of the reworking of the symbols Elizabeth had used. This article examines this process of revision in Shakespeare's play Macbeth and, later, in the responses of King James I to claims of demonic possession.
This article draws together three historical moments - Queen …
The Taxation Of Private Equity Carried Interests: Estimating The Revenue Effects Of Taxing Profit Interests As Ordinary Income, Michael S. Knoll
The Taxation Of Private Equity Carried Interests: Estimating The Revenue Effects Of Taxing Profit Interests As Ordinary Income, Michael S. Knoll
William & Mary Law Review
In this Article, I estimate the tax revenue effects of taxing private equity carried interests as ordinary income rather than as long-term capital gain as under current law. Under reasonable assumptions, I conclude that the expected present value of additional tax collections would be between 1 percent and 1.5 percent of capital invested in private equity funds, or between $2 billion and $3 billion a year. That estimate, however, makes no allowance for changes in the structure of such funds or the composition of the partnerships, which might substantially reduce tax revenues below those estimates.
Death By A Thousand Cases: After Booker, Rita, And Gall, The Guidelines Still Violate The Sixth Amendment, David C. Holman
Death By A Thousand Cases: After Booker, Rita, And Gall, The Guidelines Still Violate The Sixth Amendment, David C. Holman
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tempest In An Empty Teapot: Why The Constitution Does Not Regulate Gerrymandering, Larry Alexander, Saikrishna B. Prakash
Tempest In An Empty Teapot: Why The Constitution Does Not Regulate Gerrymandering, Larry Alexander, Saikrishna B. Prakash
William & Mary Law Review
Judges and scholars are convinced that the Constitution forbids gerrymandering that goes "too far"--legislative redistrictings that are too partisan, too focused on race, etc. Gerrymanders are said to be unconstitutional for many reasons-they dilute votes, they are anti-democratic, and they generate uncompetitive elections won by extremist candidates. Judges and scholars cite numerous clauses that gerrymanders supposedly violate- the Equal Protection Clause, the Guarantee Clause, and even the First Amendment. We dissent from this orthodoxy. Most of these claims rest on the notion that the Constitution establishes certain ideals about representation in legislatures and about the outcome and conduct of elections. …
International Consensus And U.S. Climate Change Litigation, Andrew Long
International Consensus And U.S. Climate Change Litigation, Andrew Long
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
No abstract provided.
Nuclear Nonsense: Why Nuclear Power Is No Answer To Climate Change And The World's Post-Kyoto Energy Challenges, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Christopher Cooper
Nuclear Nonsense: Why Nuclear Power Is No Answer To Climate Change And The World's Post-Kyoto Energy Challenges, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Christopher Cooper
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
No abstract provided.