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Wishful Thinking And Public Policy, Dean Roger I. Abrams Jan 1987

Wishful Thinking And Public Policy, Dean Roger I. Abrams

Nova Law Review

Wouldn't it be nice if we could eliminate illegal drug use by American workers?


San Francisco's Worker Privacy Ordinance Jan 1987

San Francisco's Worker Privacy Ordinance

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mass Round-Up Urinalysis And Original Intent, Robert L. Stone Jan 1987

Mass Round-Up Urinalysis And Original Intent, Robert L. Stone

Nova Law Review

On Constitution Day, September 17, 1986, forty-eight days before the national elections, the Federal Register published President Ronald Reagan's Executive Order 12564, "Drug-Free Federal Workplace," ordering "all agencies in the Executive Branch" to develop and implement plans to collect and test urine from all government employees in "sensitive positions."


Toward A New Federal Right To Privacy, Loren Siegel Jan 1987

Toward A New Federal Right To Privacy, Loren Siegel

Nova Law Review

Drug testing in the American workplace is the new panacea.


Products Liability Statute Of Repose-A Florida Perspective, Linda D. Caldwell Jan 1987

Products Liability Statute Of Repose-A Florida Perspective, Linda D. Caldwell

Nova Law Review

On November 21, 1979, a seventeen-year-old boy, Dana Lamb, was a passenger in a 1967 Volkswagen.


Why The Drug War Is Unstoppable, Thomas Szasz M.D. Jan 1987

Why The Drug War Is Unstoppable, Thomas Szasz M.D.

Nova Law Review

The purpose of this symposium is to search for a breakthrough in drug policy, or, to put it more simply, to stop the War on Drugs.


A Proposal For Regulation And Taxation Of Drugs, Lester Grinspoon M.D. Jan 1987

A Proposal For Regulation And Taxation Of Drugs, Lester Grinspoon M.D.

Nova Law Review

H.L. Mencken said of the alcohol problem during the 1920s that between the distillers and saloonkeepers on one side and the Prohibitionists on the other, no intelligent man thought there was any solution at all.


The National Strategy-An Overview, Leon B. Kellner Jan 1987

The National Strategy-An Overview, Leon B. Kellner

Nova Law Review

Over the past two decades, the use of illegal drugs in the United States has spread at an unprecedented rate and has reached into every segment of society.


Towards New Perspectives On Drug Control: A Negotiated Settlement To The War On Drugs, David A.J. Richards Jan 1987

Towards New Perspectives On Drug Control: A Negotiated Settlement To The War On Drugs, David A.J. Richards

Nova Law Review

The terms of American drug policy are conceived on the model of the current rhetoric of a war on drugs in which victory must be unconditional, namely, no drug use.


Introduction: In Search Of A Breakthrough In The War On Drugs, Steven Wisotsky Jan 1987

Introduction: In Search Of A Breakthrough In The War On Drugs, Steven Wisotsky

Nova Law Review

I have convened this symposium because my research has brought me to the conclusion that the War on Drugs is a serious mistake, inflicting on society the worst of both worlds: a rapidly rising tide of drug abuse exacerbated by the pernicious effects of a drug trafficking parasite of international dimensions.


Nova Law Review Full Issue Jan 1987

Nova Law Review Full Issue

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Law School And The Profession: A Need For Bridges, Judge Frank M. Coffin Jan 1987

The Law School And The Profession: A Need For Bridges, Judge Frank M. Coffin

Nova Law Review

It is singularly appropriate that a judge address the twin subjects of the law school and the profession...


The Five-Year Residence Requirement For Naturalization. Its Operation And Employment-Related Exceptions And Ameliorations, Judge Juan M. Bracete Jan 1987

The Five-Year Residence Requirement For Naturalization. Its Operation And Employment-Related Exceptions And Ameliorations, Judge Juan M. Bracete

Nova Law Review

Congress, since the first naturalization statute, has insisted that aliens pass through a trial period of residence in the United States before they are admitted to citizenship pursuant to article one, section eight, clause four, of the Constitution.


Breaking The Impasse In The War On Drugs: A Search For New Directions, Norman E. Zinberg M.D. Jan 1987

Breaking The Impasse In The War On Drugs: A Search For New Directions, Norman E. Zinberg M.D.

Nova Law Review

Although virtually all illicit drugs in use today have been available for many decades-Havelock Ellis experimented with and then recounted his use of psychedelics in Godey's Ladies Book in 1898-most people date the Drug Revolution from 1962.


Milestones In The War On Drugs Jan 1987

Milestones In The War On Drugs

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Contracts, Keara M. O'Dempsey Jan 1987

Contracts, Keara M. O'Dempsey

Nova Law Review

It was a relatively quiet year in Contracts.


Towards The Elimination Of Gender Bias In The Florida Courts, Sandy Karlan Jan 1987

Towards The Elimination Of Gender Bias In The Florida Courts, Sandy Karlan

Nova Law Review

Florida's judicial system is beginning to respond.


The Securities Industry Standards Act Of 1986: Significant Changes In Florida's Blue Sky Laws, Marilyn B. Cane Jan 1987

The Securities Industry Standards Act Of 1986: Significant Changes In Florida's Blue Sky Laws, Marilyn B. Cane

Nova Law Review

National attention has often focused on Florida as a base for con-artists.


An Argument Against Judicial Immunity For Employment Decisions, Robert S. Glazier Jan 1987

An Argument Against Judicial Immunity For Employment Decisions, Robert S. Glazier

Nova Law Review

A state supreme court justice allegedly makes improper advances toward a female court employee.


A Spirited Call To Require Alcohol Manufacturers To Warn Of The Dangerous Propensities Of Their Products, Donna D'Amico Jan 1987

A Spirited Call To Require Alcohol Manufacturers To Warn Of The Dangerous Propensities Of Their Products, Donna D'Amico

Nova Law Review

Alcoholism affects approximately twenty-two million Americans.


Understanding Florida's New Limited Partnership Act, Richard R. Thames Jan 1987

Understanding Florida's New Limited Partnership Act, Richard R. Thames

Nova Law Review

Last year, the Florida Legislature responded to a need to replace Florida's antiquated limited partnership laws with the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.


Nova Law Review Full Issue Jan 1987

Nova Law Review Full Issue

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Ethics, Howard R. Messing Jan 1987

Legal Ethics, Howard R. Messing

Nova Law Review

The most important event in legal ethics in the past year was the adoption of Florida's Rules of Professional Conduct (hereinafter referred to as the "Florida Rules" or "Rules").


Vice Policy In A Liberal Society: An Analysis Of The Impasse In The War On Drugs, Mark A.R. Kleiman Jan 1987

Vice Policy In A Liberal Society: An Analysis Of The Impasse In The War On Drugs, Mark A.R. Kleiman

Nova Law Review

The liberal order rests on the assumption that individuals making their own choices about their own well-being will make better choices for themselves than the state could choose for them.


Torts, Michael L. Richmond Jan 1987

Torts, Michael L. Richmond

Nova Law Review

Sparked in large part by concerns raised by the skyrocketing cost of insurance, particularly in medical malpractice cases, the Florida Legislature enacted the Tort Reform and insurance Act of 1986.


Drug-Use Testing: Scientific Perspectives, Kurt M. Dubowski Jan 1987

Drug-Use Testing: Scientific Perspectives, Kurt M. Dubowski

Nova Law Review

Through a coalescence of various events and interests during the past fifteen years, a massive public concern in nonmedical drug-use has developed, resulting in increasingly widespread and large-scale drug-use testing in the United States.


Evidence, Mark M. Dobson Jan 1987

Evidence, Mark M. Dobson

Nova Law Review

This article discusses major Florida evidentiary case law developments occurring primarily during 1986.


Criminal Law, Mark R. Brown Jan 1987

Criminal Law, Mark R. Brown

Nova Law Review

This article surveys the important decisions of the Florida Supreme Court handed down between December 1, 1985, and November 30, 1986, in the field of substantive criminal law.


The War On Drugs: Predicting The Status Quo, John Kaplan Jan 1987

The War On Drugs: Predicting The Status Quo, John Kaplan

Nova Law Review

I regard the chances of a major breakthrough which will dramatically change the amount of drug use and abuse among the citizenry or the problems caused by it at the governmental level, as somewhat between small and non-existent.


Coda: What Impasse? A Skeptical View, Peter Reuter Jan 1987

Coda: What Impasse? A Skeptical View, Peter Reuter

Nova Law Review

Certain substances are harmful to health but, at least after a while, become very attractive to their users.