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Protecting Consumers As Sellers, Jim Hawkins

Indiana Law Journal

When the majority of modern contract and consumer protection laws were written in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, consumers almost always acted as buyers, and businesses almost always acted as sellers. As a result, these laws reflect a model of strong sellers and weak buyers. But paradigms are shifting. Advances in technology and constraints on consumers’ financial lives have pushed consumers into new roles. Consumers today often act as sellers—hawking gold to make ends meet, peddling durable goods on eBay, or offering services in the sharing economy to make a profit. Consumers and business models have changed, but the laws …

Removing Disfavored Faces From Facebook: The Freedom Of Speech Implications Of Banning Sex Offenders From Social Media, John Hitz

Indiana Law Journal

This Note scrutinizes the constitutionality of statutes that ban sex offenders who are no longer under any form of probation, parole, or supervised release from using social media. This Note argues that the incarnations of three of the social media ban statutes that have been examined by the federal judiciary were properly found unconstitutional because they violate the free speech rights of the sex offenders that they ban from social media. This Note goes on to argue that states can secure the interests they were seeking to protect in adopting these statutes through other means.

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Environmental Law Outside The Canon, Todd S. Aagaard

Indiana Law Journal

It is time to rethink the domination of environmental law by a canon of major federal statutes enacted in the 1970s. Environmental law is in a malaise. Despite widespread agreement that existing laws are inadequate to address current environmental problems, Congress has not passed a major environmental statute in more than twenty years. If it is to succeed, the environmental law of this new century may need to evolve into something that looks quite different than the extant environmental law canon. The next generation of environmental laws must be viable for creation and implementation even in an antagonistic political climate; …

Facial Challenges And Separation Of Powers, Luke Meier

Indiana Law Journal

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Toward A Syntax Of The Unsaid: Construing The Sounds Of Congressional And Constitutional Silence, Lawrence H. Tribe

Indiana Law Journal

Addisson C. Harris Lecture delivered on March 21, 1983, Indiana University School of Law.

Public Law 94-103: An Implied Private Right Of Action To Enforce The Right To Treatment For Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Persons, John Cahalan

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Pins Jurisdiction, The Vagueness Doctrine, And The Rule Of Law, All Katz, Lee E. Teitelbaum

Indiana Law Journal

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Parental Consent Abortion Statutes: The Limits Of State Power, Barbara Freedman Wand

Indiana Law Journal

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A Constitutional Analysis Of Indiana's "Fleeing A Police Officer" Statute, Jane Mallor

Indiana Law Journal

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Delegation To Private Parties In American Constitutional Law, George W. Liebmann

Indiana Law Journal

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Judicial Reasoning And Social Change, David Dittfurth

Indiana Law Journal

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Statutory Interpretation: A Peek Into The Mind And Will Of A Legislature, Reed Dickerson

Indiana Law Journal

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Judicial "Legisputation" And The Dimensions Of Legislative Meaning, Julius Cohen

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium on Judicial Lawmaking in Relation to Statutes, presented at the Association of American Law Schools' Round Table on Legislation, Philadelphia, December, 1960.

The Essential Focus Of Statutory Interpretation, Joseph P. Witherspoon

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium on Judicial Lawmaking in Relation to Statutes, presented at the Association of American Law Schools' Round Table on Legislation, Philadelphia, December, 1960.

Admission Of Extrinsic Evidence In Cases Involving The Validity Of Statutes And Ordinances In Indiana

Indiana Law Journal

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Construction Of Written Instruments, Richard R. Powell

Indiana Law Journal

This article is part of a series of lectures delivered before the Law Institute of the Indianapolis Bar Association in December 1938. A further installment will appear in the April issue of the Journal.

Statutes-Time Of Taking Effect

Indiana Law Journal

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Statutes-Title--Service Of Process On Non-Resident Motorists

Indiana Law Journal

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Statutes-Construction-General And Specific Words

Indiana Law Journal

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The Statute Of Frauds - A Legal Anachronism (Part 2), Hugh Evander Willis

Indiana Law Journal

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The Statute Of Frauds - A Legal Anachronism, Hugh Evander Willis

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.