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Taxing Nonprofits Out Of Business, Diane L. Fahey Mar 2005

Taxing Nonprofits Out Of Business, Diane L. Fahey

Washington and Lee Law Review

In the last twenty years, the number of nonprofit organizations has exploded; there are more than 1.2 million organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service. Donations and government grants have decreased, while at the same time, nonprofits are facing increasing demands on their services. As a result, nonprofit organizations have been forced to devise new strategies for acquiring funds. Some nonprofit organizations have resorted to renting their mailing lists to businesses and other nonprofit organizations and have licensed their names and logos to be displayed on affinity credit cards offered by banks to consumers. Nonprofit organizations have argued that these …


Walled Gardens, Dan Hunter Mar 2005

Walled Gardens, Dan Hunter

Washington and Lee Law Review

The most significant recent development in scholarly publishing is the open-access movement, which seeks to provide free online access to scholarly literature. Though this movement is well developed in scientific and medical disciplines, American law reviews are almost completely unaware of the possibilities of open-access publishing models. This Essay explains how open-access publishing works, why it is important, and makes the case for its widespread adoption by law reviews. It also reports on a survey of law review publication policies conducted in 2004. This survey shows, inter alia, that few law reviews have embraced the opportunities of open-access publishing, and …


Saving The Family Farm Through Federal Tax Policy: Easier Said Than Done Alex, Alex E. Snyder Mar 2005

Saving The Family Farm Through Federal Tax Policy: Easier Said Than Done Alex, Alex E. Snyder

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Internet Hate Speech: The European Framework And The Emerging American Haven, Christopher D. Van Blarcum Mar 2005

Internet Hate Speech: The European Framework And The Emerging American Haven, Christopher D. Van Blarcum

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recapturing The Transformative Potential Of Employment Discrimination Law, Michelle A. Travis Jan 2005

Recapturing The Transformative Potential Of Employment Discrimination Law, Michelle A. Travis

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Epa's Hpv Challenge Program: A Tort Liability Trap? Jan 2005

The Epa's Hpv Challenge Program: A Tort Liability Trap?

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Private Harms In The Cyber-World: The Conundrum Of Choice Of Law For Defamation Posed By Gutnick V. Dow Jones & Co., Shawn A. Bone Jan 2005

Private Harms In The Cyber-World: The Conundrum Of Choice Of Law For Defamation Posed By Gutnick V. Dow Jones & Co., Shawn A. Bone

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Defamation In The Digital Age: Some Comparative Law Observations On The Difficulty Of Reconciling Free Speech And Reputation In The Emerging Global Village, Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. Jan 2005

Defamation In The Digital Age: Some Comparative Law Observations On The Difficulty Of Reconciling Free Speech And Reputation In The Emerging Global Village, Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comment On For Whom The Court Tolls: Equitable Tolling Of The Aedpa Statute Of Limitations In Capital Habeas Cases, Roger D. Groot Jan 2005

Comment On For Whom The Court Tolls: Equitable Tolling Of The Aedpa Statute Of Limitations In Capital Habeas Cases, Roger D. Groot

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pervasive Computing: Embedding The Public Sphere, Kang Lang, Dana Cuff Jan 2005

Pervasive Computing: Embedding The Public Sphere, Kang Lang, Dana Cuff

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Rediscovering Williston, Mark L. Movsesian Jan 2005

Rediscovering Williston, Mark L. Movsesian

Washington and Lee Law Review

This Article is an intellectual history of classical contracts scholar Samuel Williston. Professor Movsesian argues that the conventional account of Williston's jurisprudence presents an incomplete and distorted picture. While much of Williston 's work can strike a contemporary reader as arid and conceptual, there are strong elements of pragmatism as well. Williston insists that doctrine be justified in terms of real-world consequences, maintains that rules can have only presumptive force, and offers institutional explanations for judicial restraint. As a result, his scholarship shares more in common with today's new formalism than commonly supposed. Even the undertheorized quality of Williston 's …


A Comment On Private Harms In The Cyber-World, Christopher Wolf Jan 2005

A Comment On Private Harms In The Cyber-World, Christopher Wolf

Washington and Lee Law Review

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For Whom The Court Tolls: Equitable Tolling Of The Aedpa Statute Of Limitations In Capital Habeas Cases, Aaron G. Mccullough Jan 2005

For Whom The Court Tolls: Equitable Tolling Of The Aedpa Statute Of Limitations In Capital Habeas Cases, Aaron G. Mccullough

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.