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"Guilty But Mentally Ill": The Real Verdict Is Guilty, Linda C. Fentiman Jan 1985

"Guilty But Mentally Ill": The Real Verdict Is Guilty, Linda C. Fentiman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This article will first explore the reasons for the controversy over the insanity defense to provide insights, both historical and contemporary, into the purposes and functions of that defense. A brief examination will be made of judicial decisions in the last twenty years, which have largely, but not completely, eliminated the distinctions drawn historically between the "civilly" and "criminally" mentally ill. The article will then examine the growing numbers of "Guilty But Mentally Ill" (GBMI) laws, with some emphasis upon the Michigan statute as the archetypal GBMI law. It will be argued that the GBMI laws are fatally flawed in …


Commentary, Ralph Michael Stein Jan 1985

Commentary, Ralph Michael Stein

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

During the past year, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided a number of significant appeals involving constitutional issues. As is generally the case, most of the issues presented to the Second Circuit were also under judicial scrutiny in other federal appellate courts. Four first amendment cases decided by the court—three dealing primarily with freedom of religion and a fourth with freedom of the press—are particularly noteworthy and merit review.


Strengthening Of The Resource Conservation And Recovery Act In 1984: The Original Loopholes, The Amendments, And The Political Factors Behind Their Passage, Richard L. Ottinger Jan 1985

Strengthening Of The Resource Conservation And Recovery Act In 1984: The Original Loopholes, The Amendments, And The Political Factors Behind Their Passage, Richard L. Ottinger

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This commentary discusses the nature of the legal loopholes that existed in the original RCRA statute, and highlights several of the provisions of the 1984 RCRA amendments that serve to either rectify or ameliorate the prior deficiencies. It also examines the political factors that affected the passage of the 1984 amendments, enabling them to pass during a period of anti-regulatory emphasis.


Review Of The Reign Of Error: Psychiatry, Authority, And Law, Linda C. Fentiman Jan 1985

Review Of The Reign Of Error: Psychiatry, Authority, And Law, Linda C. Fentiman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Western Ideology, Japanese Product Safety Regulation And International Trade, David S. Cohen Jan 1985

Western Ideology, Japanese Product Safety Regulation And International Trade, David S. Cohen

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

For the purposes of this paper, the barriers to an open Japanese market will be divided into two categories: Direct Official Barriers, and Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs). The first category consists of positive restraints on imports such as tariffs and quotas. In response to Western criticism the Japanese government has, since the early 1960s, undertaken measures to dismantle gradually the aggressive protectionist wall which may have been necessary to revive the Japanese economy after the Second World War. In fact, in terms of quotas and tariffs, many observers presently consider Japan to be less protectionist than many North American and European …


Review Of Regulating Paradise: Land Use Controls In Hawaii, Ralph Michael Stein Jan 1985

Review Of Regulating Paradise: Land Use Controls In Hawaii, Ralph Michael Stein

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Regulation Of Quality, Products, Services, Workplaces And The Environment, David S. Cohen Jan 1985

Review Of The Regulation Of Quality, Products, Services, Workplaces And The Environment, David S. Cohen

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


How Do You Decide On A Nonlegal Career?, Gary A. Munneke Jan 1985

How Do You Decide On A Nonlegal Career?, Gary A. Munneke

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Recent surveys have indicated that many young lawyers are dissatisfied with the direction that their careers have taken. There are always other options, and an increasingly attractive choice for many young lawyers is the nonlegal career.


Bleeding Hearts And Peeling Floors: Compensation For Economic Loss At The House Of Lords, David S. Cohen Jan 1984

Bleeding Hearts And Peeling Floors: Compensation For Economic Loss At The House Of Lords, David S. Cohen

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The decision of the House of Lords in Junior Books Ltd. v. Veitchi Ltd. represents an unwarranted development in the law of tort and contract, unless its rationale and limitations are fully appreciated. This reform in such an important area is premature "in the absence of hard data on the probable impact of such an extension of liability.” Much of the published commentary on recovery of economic loss in tort, and on this decision in particular, has been written from the ex post perspective of accident compensation doctrine and theory. Most writers have been concerned with the development of positive …


The Public And Private Law Dimensions Of The Uffi Problem: Part Ii, David S. Cohen Jan 1984

The Public And Private Law Dimensions Of The Uffi Problem: Part Ii, David S. Cohen

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The subject of this paper, then, is the private and public law dimensions of the formaldehyde problem. The topics which I have chosen to discuss are directly relevant to any inquiry into the nature of the bureaucratic and entrepreneurial processes which together created the UFFI problem. My concern is not to fix blame, and I have chosen not to draw conclusions in respect of the doctrinal and policy issues which I discuss. Rather, I have attempted to describe the regulatory process which was associated with the development of the product, and to discuss the role of the courts in reviewing …


Curtailment Of Early Election Predictions: Can We Predict The Outcome?, Leslie Yalof Garfield Jan 1984

Curtailment Of Early Election Predictions: Can We Predict The Outcome?, Leslie Yalof Garfield

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This note analyzes the constitutional ramifications of legislative attempts to restrict early election predictions. First, specific congressional proposals and state legislative enactments will be examined. Secondly, the various standards of review the Supreme Court applies when government regulation threatens to infringe upon first amendment free speech will be examined. Lastly, this paper will examine the competing interests involved in early election predictions and will conclude that limitations on this process would be an unconstitutional impairment of the public's first amendment rights.


Personal Jurisdiction In Federal Question Suits: Toward A Unified And Rational Theory For Personal Jurisdiction Over Non-Domiciliary And Alien Defendants, Irene D. Johnson Jan 1984

Personal Jurisdiction In Federal Question Suits: Toward A Unified And Rational Theory For Personal Jurisdiction Over Non-Domiciliary And Alien Defendants, Irene D. Johnson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No coherent or cohesive procedure or theory has emerged either in regard to the entire question of personal jurisdiction in federal courts or in regard to federal question cases. The cases and courts are in disarray, both as to when a federal standard should apply to the question of amenability to service of process and as to what a federal standard might require. The purpose of this article is to examine the problem in the context of the various types of cases in which it might arise and to prescribe some consistent, sensible scheme of personal jurisdiction in federal question …


The Juridical Status Of The Gulf Of Taranto: A Brief Reply, Gayl S. Westerman Jan 1984

The Juridical Status Of The Gulf Of Taranto: A Brief Reply, Gayl S. Westerman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The special problem of identifying the juridical nature of coastal indentations is but one aspect of a more fundamental problem: the need to accommodate the legitimate exclusive interests of coastal states in maximizing wealth, power, and national security with the inclusive interests of the community of states in maximizing freedom of the seas. Throughout historical cycles of mares liberum and clausum, this fundamental accommodation has remained the central focus of the international law of the sea. Even today, after thoroughgoing codification efforts in 1958 and 1982: the legal regime of the oceans remains in transition.


Review Of Kanter On Hiring: A Lawyer's Guide To Lawyer Hiring, Gary A. Munneke Jan 1984

Review Of Kanter On Hiring: A Lawyer's Guide To Lawyer Hiring, Gary A. Munneke

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Torts, Ralph Michael Stein Jan 1984

Torts, Ralph Michael Stein

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Tort law remains the most exciting and challenging area of private law to teach and practice. Tort law reflects, sometimes elegantly, often crudely, the evolving standards of civil conduct. New York courts last year were, as usual, confronted with litigants seeking to broaden the scope of duty and expand the range of damages. Most decisions conservatively preserved the legal status quo, some ventured forth intellectually. Most of the decisions were sound, but a few cases were wrongly decided.


Rethinking Selective Enforcement In The First Amendment Context, Karl S. Coplan Jan 1984

Rethinking Selective Enforcement In The First Amendment Context, Karl S. Coplan

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This Note argues for the use of a balancing-of-interests approach in place of the current two-part test when enforcement policies are challenged on first amendment grounds. The Note begins by explaining the current two-part test and analyzing how it conflicts with other first amendment doctrines. Next, an inquiry into the development of current law reveals that the origins of both the selective prosecution defense and its motive requirement lie in equal protection review of administrative action. These roots suggest a defect in the application of an equal protection test in place of a direct application of the first amendment. The …


Due Process In Decisions Relating To Tenure In Higher Education, James J. Fishman Jan 1984

Due Process In Decisions Relating To Tenure In Higher Education, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The Special Committee on Education and the Law first interested itself in tenure procedures when a subcommittee looked into recent cases that challenged the confidentiality of votes in tenure decisions. That inquiry led to a broader examination of the processes that are or should be used when universities decide whether to confer tenure, or (less frequently) move to terminate a tenured appointment. This report is the outcome of that study.


Protecting The Public Fisc: Fighting Accrual Abuse With Section 446 Discretion, Karl S. Coplan Jan 1983

Protecting The Public Fisc: Fighting Accrual Abuse With Section 446 Discretion, Karl S. Coplan

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This Note suggests an approach under the current Code and current legal doctrine that would enable the Commissioner to disallow accrual accounting when manipulated to avoid taxation. At the outset, the Note defines and illustrates tax avoidance through accounting manipulation. The Note then considers within the framework of judicial review of agency action the source and nature of the Commissioner's discretion to reject accounting methods. This analysis demonstrates the validity of the Commissioner's action whenever it is based on legally relevant factors. The Note then develops the emerging content of the “clearly reflect income” language as the source of the …


"The Right Of The People": Reconciling Collective And Individual Interests Under The Fourth Amendment, Donald L. Doernberg Jan 1983

"The Right Of The People": Reconciling Collective And Individual Interests Under The Fourth Amendment, Donald L. Doernberg

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Professor Doernberg examines a tension within fourth amendment jurisprudence and sugqests a means of resolving it. On the one hand, the Supreme Court has conferred fourth amendment standing only upon those whose personal privacy interests have been disturbed. On the other hand, the Court has allowed such persons to invoke the exclusionary rule only in circumstances where, in the Court's view, it would serve as an effective deterrent. Professor Doernberg traces these two po1icies to different conceptions of the fourth amendment: the first interprets the amendment as a guarantor of individual rights; the second construes it as an instrument for …


Family Choice: An Idea Whose Time Has Come And Gone?, James J. Fishman Jan 1983

Family Choice: An Idea Whose Time Has Come And Gone?, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The heart of the criticism of the existing educational system is the feeling that public schools no longer meet the needs of society, educational bureaucracies account to no one, parents have little say or choice in the educational options for their children, there is little diversity in public schools, and the public school establishment has resisted any attempts at reform or distributing data that could be used to challenge the present system.


Toward A Common Law For Undercover Investigations - A Book Review Of Abscam Ethics: Moral Issues And Deception In Law Enforcement, Bennett L. Gershman Jan 1983

Toward A Common Law For Undercover Investigations - A Book Review Of Abscam Ethics: Moral Issues And Deception In Law Enforcement, Bennett L. Gershman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Defending Superfund And Rcra Imminent Hazard Cases, Jeffrey G. Miller Jan 1983

Defending Superfund And Rcra Imminent Hazard Cases, Jeffrey G. Miller

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Early development of a strategy involves a thorough knowledge of the facts of the case, a knowledge of possible legal defenses, and an ability to predict governmental concerns and actions. Since the facts will differ from case to case, no single strategy can be recommended although a number are suggested. The following discussion of possible legal defenses is by no means exhaustive. The government's announced intentions and attitudes are examined, together with some of the relevant forces at work on and in the government. From considering the facts, possible defenses, are probable government reactions, strategies can be developed and tactics …


Review Of "The Limits Of Law Enforcement" By Hans Zeisel, Bennett L. Gershman Jan 1983

Review Of "The Limits Of Law Enforcement" By Hans Zeisel, Bennett L. Gershman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Managing The Recruitment Process, Gary A. Munneke Jan 1983

Review Of Managing The Recruitment Process, Gary A. Munneke

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Educational Policymaking And The Courts: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Activism" By Michael A. Rebell And Arthur R. Block, James J. Fishman Jan 1983

Review Of "Educational Policymaking And The Courts: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Activism" By Michael A. Rebell And Arthur R. Block, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Common-Law Conception Of Leasing: Mitigation, Habitability, And Dependence Of Covenants, John A. Humbach Jan 1983

The Common-Law Conception Of Leasing: Mitigation, Habitability, And Dependence Of Covenants, John A. Humbach

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Property law may be the most eternal of secular law. Its basic precepts and conceptions are largely stable and long settled. An aspect of property law undergoing notable change, however, is the law of landlord and tenant. The most important recent change in landlord-tenant law involves the reversal of responsibility for the quality of leased premises. In place of the tenant's traditional burden of caveat emptor and duty of repair, many courts now recognize an implied warranty of habitability, at least for residential tenancies. These same courts typically reject the traditional doctrine that mutual obligations in leases are "independent," that …


The Public And Private Law Dimensions Of The Uffi Problem: Part I, David S. Cohen Jan 1983

The Public And Private Law Dimensions Of The Uffi Problem: Part I, David S. Cohen

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The subject of this paper, then, is the private and public law dimensions of the formaldehyde problem. The topics which I have chosen to discuss are directly relevant to any inquiry into the nature of the bureaucratic and entrepreneurial processes which together created the UFFI problem. My concern is not to fix blame, and I have chosen not to draw conclusions in respect of the doctrinal and policy issues which I discuss. Rather, I have attempted to describe the regulatory process which was associated with the development of the product, and to discuss the role of the courts in reviewing …


Review Of Land Use Conflicts: Organizational Design And Resource Management; Environmental Impact Review And Housing: Process Lessons From The California Experience; Creative Land Development: Bridge To The Future; And Toward Eden, Nicholas A. Robinson Jan 1983

Review Of Land Use Conflicts: Organizational Design And Resource Management; Environmental Impact Review And Housing: Process Lessons From The California Experience; Creative Land Development: Bridge To The Future; And Toward Eden, Nicholas A. Robinson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Seqra's Siblings: Precedents From Little Nepa's In The Sister States, Nicholas A. Robinson Jan 1982

Seqra's Siblings: Precedents From Little Nepa's In The Sister States, Nicholas A. Robinson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The technique of environmental impact assessment has emerged as the principal regulatory tool for assuring that each person acts "so that due consideration is given to preventing environmental damage." Just as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires that each of the federal government's agencies assure that its decisions will be environmentally sound, so have many of the various states decreed that their agencies and political subdivisions shall maximize environmental protection.


Pass In Review: Due Process And Judicial Scrutiny Of Classification Decisions Of The Selective Service System, Donald L. Doernberg Jan 1982

Pass In Review: Due Process And Judicial Scrutiny Of Classification Decisions Of The Selective Service System, Donald L. Doernberg

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The Article suggests a better basis for retaining the requirement that the Selective Service System state reasons for its denial of a registrant's deferment request than the two reasons most often stated: facilitation of administrative decisions and of judicial review. The Selective Service System determines whether a person shall be required involuntarily to serve two years in the military, possibly at the risk of life and limb. Certainly those deprivations are as real and as severe as any to which the due process clause is addressed. The Article concludes that due process, not administrative or judicial convenience, should be held …