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Full-Text Articles in Law
Raise The Proof: A Default Rule For Indigent Defense, Adam M. Gershowitz
Raise The Proof: A Default Rule For Indigent Defense, Adam M. Gershowitz
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Almost everyone agrees that indigent defense in America is underfunded, but workable solutions have been hard to come by. For the most part, courts have been unwilling to inject themselves into legislative budget decisions. And, when courts have become involved and issued favorable decisions, the benefits have been only temporary because once the pressure of litigation disappears so does a legislature's desire to appropriate more funding. This Article proposes that if an indigent defense system is under-funded, the state supreme court should impose a default rule raising the standard of proof to "beyond all doubt" to convict indigent defendants. The …
Challenging Political Boundaries In Post-Conflict States, Angela M. Banks
Challenging Political Boundaries In Post-Conflict States, Angela M. Banks
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No abstract provided.
Religious V. Secular Ideologies And Sex Education: A Response To Professors Cahn And Carbone, Vivian E. Hamilton
Religious V. Secular Ideologies And Sex Education: A Response To Professors Cahn And Carbone, Vivian E. Hamilton
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No abstract provided.
Will Marriage Promotion Work?, Vivian E. Hamilton
Will Marriage Promotion Work?, Vivian E. Hamilton
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No abstract provided.
Federalism And The Tug Of War Within: Seeking Checks And Balance In The Interjurisdictional Gray Area, Erin Ryan
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Federalism and the Tug of War Within explores tensions that arise among the underlying values of federalism when state or federal actors regulate within the "interjurisdictional gray area" that implicates both local and national concerns. Drawing examples from the failed response to Hurricane Katrina and other interjurisdictional problems to illustrate this conflict, the Article demonstrates how the trajectory set by the New Federalism's "strict-separationist" model of dual sovereignty inhibits effective governance in these contexts. In addition to the anti-tyranny, pro-accountability, and localism-protective values of federalism, the Article identifies a problem-solving value inherent in the capacity requirement of American federalism's subsidiarity …
A Constitutional Conundrum Of Second Amendment Commas, William W. Van Alstyne
A Constitutional Conundrum Of Second Amendment Commas, William W. Van Alstyne
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Prompted by the court’s decision in Parker v. District of Columbia, this series of correspondence discusses the effect possible forms of punctuation may have on the Second Amendment. The article makes comments on the important grammars during the founding and also two possible writings of the Second Amendment that contain different sets of punctuation.
Naked And Covered In Monte Carlo: A Reappraisal Of Option Taxation, Eric D. Chason
Naked And Covered In Monte Carlo: A Reappraisal Of Option Taxation, Eric D. Chason
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The market for equity options and related derivatives is staggering, covering trillions of dollars worth of assets. As a result, the taxation of these instruments is inherently important. Moreover, the importance is made even more acute by the use of options in creating more complex transactions and in avoiding taxes. Consider an equity call option, which entitles, but does not obligate, its holder to buy stock at a set price at a set time in the future. Option theory gives us a way to break the option down into more fundamental units. For example, an equity call option over 10,000 …
The Failure Of Economic Interpretations Of The Law Of Contact Damages, Nathan B. Oman
The Failure Of Economic Interpretations Of The Law Of Contact Damages, Nathan B. Oman
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The law of contracts is complex but remarkably stable. What we lack is a widely accepted interpretation of that law as embodying a coherent set of normative choices. Some scholars have suggested that either economic efficiency or personal autonomy provide unifying principles of contract law. These two approaches, however, seem incommensurable, which suggests that we must reject at least one of them in order to have a coherent theory. This Article dissents from this view and has a simple thesis: Economic accounts of the current doctrine governing contract damages have failed, but efficiency arguments remain key to any adequate theory …
International Courts And Tribunals, Lee M. Caplan, Nancy Amoury Combs, Carl Magnus Nesser, Ucheora O. Onwuamaegbu, Cesare P.R. Romano
International Courts And Tribunals, Lee M. Caplan, Nancy Amoury Combs, Carl Magnus Nesser, Ucheora O. Onwuamaegbu, Cesare P.R. Romano
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This article summarizes significant developments in 2006 concerning international courts and tribunals, particularly events relating to the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, and arbitral tribunals constituted under the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States. This article covers the period of activity from December 1, 2005, to November 30, 2006.
Can We Make The Constitution More Democratic?, Ilya Somin, Neal Devins
Can We Make The Constitution More Democratic?, Ilya Somin, Neal Devins
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No abstract provided.
Pay Now, Execute Later: Why Counties Should Be Required To Post A Bond To Seek The Death Penalty, Adam M. Gershowitz
Pay Now, Execute Later: Why Counties Should Be Required To Post A Bond To Seek The Death Penalty, Adam M. Gershowitz
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No abstract provided.
Politique Partisane Et Indépendence Judiciare, Neal Devins
Politique Partisane Et Indépendence Judiciare, Neal Devins
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No abstract provided.
Family Structure, Children, And Law, Vivian E. Hamilton
Family Structure, Children, And Law, Vivian E. Hamilton
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No abstract provided.
Against Mix-And-Match Lawmaking, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
Against Mix-And-Match Lawmaking, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
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No abstract provided.
The Administrative Judiciary's Independence Myth, James E. Moliterno
The Administrative Judiciary's Independence Myth, James E. Moliterno
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No abstract provided.
How Congress Paved The Way For The Rehnquist Court's Federalism Revival: Lessons From The Federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban, Neal Devins
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No abstract provided.
A Windfall For The Magnates: The Development Of Woodland Ownership In Denmark, Eric Kades
A Windfall For The Magnates: The Development Of Woodland Ownership In Denmark, Eric Kades
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No abstract provided.
Active Sovereignty, Timothy Zick
Culture Change, Lan Cao
The Forum Defendant Rule In Arkansas, Scott Dodson
The Forum Defendant Rule In Arkansas, Scott Dodson
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Section 1441(b) of the removal statute prohibits removal of a diversity case if a defendant is a citizen of the state in which the case was originally filed. The bar to removal is known as the Forum Defendant Rule. Is removal in violation of the Forum Defendant Rule a jurisdictional or nonjurisdictional defect? The characterization matters because a jurisdictional defect can be raised at any time, while a nonjurisdictional defect must be raised within a specific period of time or is waived. The Supreme Court has not resolved the characterization, but a number of circuit courts, including the Eighth Circuit, …
Symposium Introduction: The Religion Clauses In The 21st Century, William P. Marshall, Vivian E. Hamilton, John E. Taylor
Symposium Introduction: The Religion Clauses In The 21st Century, William P. Marshall, Vivian E. Hamilton, John E. Taylor
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No abstract provided.
Clouds, Cameras, And Computers: The First Amendment And Networked Public Places, Timothy Zick
Clouds, Cameras, And Computers: The First Amendment And Networked Public Places, Timothy Zick
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It seems to be a common assumption that physical places like parks, sidewalks, and public squares, and "cyber-places" like the Web, constitute separate locations of communication. In reality, however, the intersection and collision of these two spaces is imminent. In some respects it has already occurred. Entire cities and counties are erecting wireless "clouds" that will bring the Internet to vast public spaces. Technologies of surveillance continue to proliferate. What one does and says in public places is increasingly subject to surveillance by means of a combination of hand-held devices and official surveillance tools like closed circuit television cameras (CCTV). …
Attorney-Client Privilege In The Public Sector: A Survey Of Government Attorneys, Nancy Leong
Attorney-Client Privilege In The Public Sector: A Survey Of Government Attorneys, Nancy Leong
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Jurisdictionality And Bowles V. Russell, Scott Dodson
Jurisdictionality And Bowles V. Russell, Scott Dodson
Faculty Publications
On June 14, 2007, the Supreme Court decided Bowles v. Russell, a case watched primarily by procedure geeks but one which may have enormous impact for courts and litigators. It addressed a ubiquitous but confusing question of jurisdictional characterization: when is a limitation “jurisdictional,” and when is it not? Litigators encounter these questions all the time in statutory coverage issues, in time limitations, and in a host of other preconditions. Whether a particular limitation is jurisdictional or not can be an important question, for jurisdictional limitations are not subject to waiver or equitable exceptions, may be raised at any time, …
A Return To Descartes: Property, Profit, And The Corporate Ownership Of Animals, Darian M. Ibrahim
A Return To Descartes: Property, Profit, And The Corporate Ownership Of Animals, Darian M. Ibrahim
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No abstract provided.
If The Judicial Confirmation Process Is Broken, Can A Statute Fix It?, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
If The Judicial Confirmation Process Is Broken, Can A Statute Fix It?, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
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No abstract provided.
Dark Ages Of Human Rights?, Linda A. Malone
Dark Ages Of Human Rights?, Linda A. Malone
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No abstract provided.
Beyond Disability Civil Rights, Michael Ashley Stein, Penelope J.S. Stein
Beyond Disability Civil Rights, Michael Ashley Stein, Penelope J.S. Stein
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No abstract provided.
Book Review Of Engaging The Law In China: State, Society, And Possibilities For Justice, Michael Ashley Stein
Book Review Of Engaging The Law In China: State, Society, And Possibilities For Justice, Michael Ashley Stein
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No abstract provided.
Anti-Federalist Procedure, A. Benjamin Spencer
Anti-Federalist Procedure, A. Benjamin Spencer
Faculty Publications
"[T]he new federal government will ... be disinclined to invade the rights of the individual States, or the prerogatives of their governments."
"[T]he Constitution of the United States ... recognizes and preserves the autonomy and independence of the States-independence in their legislative and independence in their judicial departments. . . . Any interference with either, except as [constitutionally] permitted, is an invasion of the authority of the State and, to that extent, a denial of its independence."
The understanding expressed by these opening quotes-that the national government was designed to be one of limited powers that would refrain from encroaching …