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Abroad In The Land: Legal Strategies To Effectuate The Rights Of The Physically Disabled, Ann Powers
Abroad In The Land: Legal Strategies To Effectuate The Rights Of The Physically Disabled, Ann Powers
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
In view of limited legislative action, the handicapped may be forced to resort to the courts in order to vindicate their rights. To do so, they must develop new legal strategies by using existing theories in previously unexplored ways. This Note will consider the development of such strategies in the areas of education, physical access and employment.
Securities, John A. Humbach
Securities, John A. Humbach
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
During the past year, the Second Circuit again had occasion to decide several cases in which significant issues under the federal securities law were raised. Although none of last year's lot seems destined to become a landmark, these cases do contain some important refinements and clarifications of earlier, broad policy thrusts. The flurry of new regulatory promulgations by the Securities and Exchange Commission may have commanded the focus of the securities bar in recent months, but the decisions of the Second Circuit in the securities area, last year as usual, also deserve the securities lawyer's careful attention.
Laird V. Tatum: The Supreme Court And A First Amendment Challenge To Military Surveillance Of Lawful Civilian Political Activity, Ralph Michael Stein
Laird V. Tatum: The Supreme Court And A First Amendment Challenge To Military Surveillance Of Lawful Civilian Political Activity, Ralph Michael Stein
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Comment will explore the salient issues raised by Laird v. Tatum and will attempt to answer the following questions: Did the Supreme Court err in denying the political activists an opportunity to present witnesses at a District Court hearing and in deciding the issues on the original papers and appellate brief? Was the Military Intelligence (hereinafter MI) program complained of an impermissible abridgment of First Amendment rights? Did Justice Rehnquist behave improperly by participating in the Laird v. Tatum decision? Last, to what extent has the Supreme Court's decision in this case affected future adjudication of First Amendment class …