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Voter Knowledge And Constitutional Change: Assessing The New Deal Experience, Ilya Somin Dec 2003

Voter Knowledge And Constitutional Change: Assessing The New Deal Experience, Ilya Somin

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Political Economy Of International Antitrust Harmonization, John O. Mcginnis Dec 2003

The Political Economy Of International Antitrust Harmonization, John O. Mcginnis

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Patent First, Ask Questions Later: Morality And Biotechnology In Patent Law, Margo A. Bagley Dec 2003

Patent First, Ask Questions Later: Morality And Biotechnology In Patent Law, Margo A. Bagley

William & Mary Law Review

This Article explores the U.S. "patent first, ask questions later" approach to determining what subject matter should receive patent protection. Under this approach, the US. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or the Agency) issues patents on "anything under the sun made by man," and to the extent a patent's subject matter is sufficiently controversial, Congress acts retrospectively in assessing whether patents should issue on such inventions. This practice has important ramifications for morally controversial biotechnology patents specifically, and for American society generally. For many years ajudicially created "moral utility" doctrine served as a type of gatekeeper of patent subject matter …


"Critical Stage": Extending The Right To Counsel To The Motion For New Trial Phase, Jonathan G. Neal Dec 2003

"Critical Stage": Extending The Right To Counsel To The Motion For New Trial Phase, Jonathan G. Neal

William & Mary Law Review

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The Purpose Of Lawyer Discipline, Fred C. Zacharias Dec 2003

The Purpose Of Lawyer Discipline, Fred C. Zacharias

William & Mary Law Review

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Curbing The Federal Circuit's Enthusiasm: An Argument For A Rebuttable Presumption Against Application Of The Doctrine Of Equivalents To Disclosed But Unclaimed Subject Matter, Jeffrey M. Connor Dec 2003

Curbing The Federal Circuit's Enthusiasm: An Argument For A Rebuttable Presumption Against Application Of The Doctrine Of Equivalents To Disclosed But Unclaimed Subject Matter, Jeffrey M. Connor

William & Mary Law Review

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The Logical Structure Of Fraudulent Transfers And Equitable Subordination, David Gray Carlson Oct 2003

The Logical Structure Of Fraudulent Transfers And Equitable Subordination, David Gray Carlson

William & Mary Law Review

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The Neglected Value Of The Legislative Privilege In State Legislatures, Steven F. Huefner Oct 2003

The Neglected Value Of The Legislative Privilege In State Legislatures, Steven F. Huefner

William & Mary Law Review

Forty-three state constitutions contain a provision, analogous to the U.S. Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1), granting state legislators a legal privilege in connection with their legislative work. While some of these states' provisions have never been applied, recent judicial interpretations in other states have departed from settled federal interpretations of the legislative privilege, failing to apply it broadly to protect the legislative process and instead unduly favoring ideals of open government. This Article defends the value of a broad constitutional privilege for state legislators to protect the integrity of the deliberative process, and presents …


Inevitable Disclosure Through An Internet Lens: Is The Doctrine's Demise Truly Inevitable?, Joseph F. Phillips Oct 2003

Inevitable Disclosure Through An Internet Lens: Is The Doctrine's Demise Truly Inevitable?, Joseph F. Phillips

William & Mary Law Review

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State Income Tax Jurisdiction: A Jurisprudential And Policy Perspective, John A. Swain Oct 2003

State Income Tax Jurisdiction: A Jurisprudential And Policy Perspective, John A. Swain

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Surviving The Shipwreck: A Proposal To Revive The Failing Division Defense, Amanda L. Wait Oct 2003

Surviving The Shipwreck: A Proposal To Revive The Failing Division Defense, Amanda L. Wait

William & Mary Law Review

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A Beautiful Mend: A Game Theoretical Analysis Of The Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, Maxwell L. Stearns Oct 2003

A Beautiful Mend: A Game Theoretical Analysis Of The Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, Maxwell L. Stearns

William & Mary Law Review

While the Commerce Clause neither mentions federal courts nor expressly prohibits the exercise of state regulatory powers that might operate concurrently with Congressional commerce powers, the Supreme Court has long used the dormant Commerce Clause doctrine to limit the power of states to regulate across a diverse array of subject areas in the absence of federal legislation. Commentators have criticized the Court less for creating the doctrine than for applying it in a seemingly inconsistent, or even haphazard way. Past commentators have recognized that a game theoretical model, the prisoners' dilemma, can explain the role of the dormant Commerce Clause …


The Wto: Biting The Hand That Fed It, Curtis S. Miller Apr 2003

The Wto: Biting The Hand That Fed It, Curtis S. Miller

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Virginia's Capital Jurors, Stephen P. Garvey, Paul Marcus Apr 2003

Virginia's Capital Jurors, Stephen P. Garvey, Paul Marcus

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Statutory Inflation And Institutional Choice, Lawrence M. Solan Apr 2003

Statutory Inflation And Institutional Choice, Lawrence M. Solan

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Establishment And Disestablishment At The Founding, Part I: Establishment Of Religion, Michael W. Mcconnell Apr 2003

Establishment And Disestablishment At The Founding, Part I: Establishment Of Religion, Michael W. Mcconnell

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regulating Political Parties Under A "Public Rights" First Amendment, Gregory P. Magarian Apr 2003

Regulating Political Parties Under A "Public Rights" First Amendment, Gregory P. Magarian

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Treating The Pen And The Sword As Constitutional Equals: How And Why The Supreme Court Should Apply Its First Amendment Expertise To The Great Second Amendment Debate, David G. Browne Apr 2003

Treating The Pen And The Sword As Constitutional Equals: How And Why The Supreme Court Should Apply Its First Amendment Expertise To The Great Second Amendment Debate, David G. Browne

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Behind Bars: Are Corporate Counsel Captive To State Licensure?, Elizabeth A. Wickerham Mar 2003

Behind Bars: Are Corporate Counsel Captive To State Licensure?, Elizabeth A. Wickerham

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Diaspora Of Ethnic Economies: Beyond The Pale?, Lan Cao Mar 2003

The Diaspora Of Ethnic Economies: Beyond The Pale?, Lan Cao

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sharing Sacred Secrets: Is It (Past) Time For A Dangerous Person Exception To The Clergy-Penitent Privilege?, R. Michael Cassidy Mar 2003

Sharing Sacred Secrets: Is It (Past) Time For A Dangerous Person Exception To The Clergy-Penitent Privilege?, R. Michael Cassidy

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Remedy Gone Awry: Weighing In On Weighted Voting, Keith R. Wesolowski Mar 2003

Remedy Gone Awry: Weighing In On Weighted Voting, Keith R. Wesolowski

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


State Courts As Agents Of Federalism: Power And Interpretation In State Constitutional Law, James A. Gardner Mar 2003

State Courts As Agents Of Federalism: Power And Interpretation In State Constitutional Law, James A. Gardner

William & Mary Law Review

In the American constitutional tradition, federalism is commonly understood as a mechanism designed to institutionalize a kind of permanent struggle between state and national power. The same American constitutional tradition also holds that courts are basically passive institutions whose mission is to apply the law impartially while avoiding inherently political power struggles. These two commonplace understandings conflict on their face. The conflict may be dissolved for federal courts by conceiving their resistance to state authority as the impartial consequence of limitations on state power imposed by the United States Constitution. This reconciliation, however, is unavailable for state courts, which, by …


Muddy Property: Generating And Protecting Information Privacy Norms In Bankruptcy, Edward J. Janger Mar 2003

Muddy Property: Generating And Protecting Information Privacy Norms In Bankruptcy, Edward J. Janger

William & Mary Law Review

Bankruptcy law does not deal well with website promises to protect personal information. The legal treatment of privacy policies in bankruptcy currently turns on whether such policies are viewed as creating contract rights or property rights. Neither characterization fits well, and any attempt to shoehorn information privacy into either category has significant costs. Contract obligations are subject to discharge in bankruptcy, and any consumer expectations of privacy (contractual or otherwise) are likely to be defeated. By contrast, if personal information is deemed property of the website customer, information transfers that might benefit consumers will be stifled. This Article develops an …


Disaggregating Antidiscrimination And Accommodation, J. H. Verkerke Feb 2003

Disaggregating Antidiscrimination And Accommodation, J. H. Verkerke

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Americans With Disabilities Act As Welfare Reform, Samuel R. Bagenstos Feb 2003

The Americans With Disabilities Act As Welfare Reform, Samuel R. Bagenstos

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Disability-Based Harrassment: Standing And Standards For A "New" Cause Of Action, Holland M. Tahvonen Feb 2003

Disability-Based Harrassment: Standing And Standards For A "New" Cause Of Action, Holland M. Tahvonen

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Discredited" And "Discreditable:" The Search For Political Identity By People With Psychiatric Diagnoses, Susan Stefan Feb 2003

"Discredited" And "Discreditable:" The Search For Political Identity By People With Psychiatric Diagnoses, Susan Stefan

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Union Of Formalism And Flexibility: Allowing Employers To Set Their Own Liability Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws, Darren M. Creasy Feb 2003

A Union Of Formalism And Flexibility: Allowing Employers To Set Their Own Liability Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws, Darren M. Creasy

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Foreword: Disability And Identity, Michael Ashley Stein Feb 2003

Foreword: Disability And Identity, Michael Ashley Stein

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.