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The Use Of Restraint And Seclusion On Disabled Students Is A Violation Of Their Procedural And Sustantive Due Process Rights, Jennifer Noud Jan 2015

The Use Of Restraint And Seclusion On Disabled Students Is A Violation Of Their Procedural And Sustantive Due Process Rights, Jennifer Noud

Nova Law Review

In public and private schools, disabled children are being restrained

and secluded against their will.1 One Florida disabled student was restrained

in a hot dog roll, which is when teachers roll the student up in blankets


The United Nation's Approach To Trade, The Environment And Sustainable Development, Shawkat Alam Jan 2006

The United Nation's Approach To Trade, The Environment And Sustainable Development, Shawkat Alam

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The complex and transboundary nature of current environmental problems has turned them into global issues that intricately link ecology, economics and politics.


Is International Law A Threat To Democracy: Framing The Question, Andrew Strauss Jan 2006

Is International Law A Threat To Democracy: Framing The Question, Andrew Strauss

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

I'm Andrew Strauss and welcome to our panel: "Is International Law a Threat to Democracy?" We are lucky this afternoon to have with us a very esteemed and ideologically diverse panel.


A Bill Of Rights For The European Union, Elizabeth F. Defeis Jan 2005

A Bill Of Rights For The European Union, Elizabeth F. Defeis

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The inclusion of the Charter of Fundamental Rights' in the Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe 2 has a curious history that in some ways is similar to the history of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution.


Protocol To Prevent, Suppress And Punish Trafficking In Persons-A New Approach, Elizabeth F. Defeis Jan 2004

Protocol To Prevent, Suppress And Punish Trafficking In Persons-A New Approach, Elizabeth F. Defeis

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Trafficking in persons, the illegal and highly profitable recruitment, transport, or sale of human beings into all forms of forced labor and servitude is a tragic and complex human rights abuse.


The Plight Of The Street Children Of Latin America Who Are Addicted To Sniffing Glue, And The Role And Responsibilities Of Transnational Corporations, Charmaine J. Comprosky Jan 2002

The Plight Of The Street Children Of Latin America Who Are Addicted To Sniffing Glue, And The Role And Responsibilities Of Transnational Corporations, Charmaine J. Comprosky

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

A great concern for the international community is protecting the rights of children around the world.'


Economic And Social Actors In The World Trade Organization, Steve Charnovitz Jan 2001

Economic And Social Actors In The World Trade Organization, Steve Charnovitz

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization composed of Members that are states or customs territories


The Road To Recognition And Application Of The Fundamental Constitutional Right To Marry Of Sexual Minorities In The United States, The Netherlands, And Hungary: A Comparative Legal Study, Marilyn Sanchez-Osorio Jan 2001

The Road To Recognition And Application Of The Fundamental Constitutional Right To Marry Of Sexual Minorities In The United States, The Netherlands, And Hungary: A Comparative Legal Study, Marilyn Sanchez-Osorio

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The scope of this work is to shed some light on the vigorously debated and delicate subject of same-sex marriages, as well as to review how some countries have reached the point of recognition and application of the legal rights that homosexual individuals have within this global society.


Taxation In The Republic Of Armenia: An Overview And Discussion From The Perspectives Of Law, Economics And Ethics, Robert W. Mcgee Jan 2000

Taxation In The Republic Of Armenia: An Overview And Discussion From The Perspectives Of Law, Economics And Ethics, Robert W. Mcgee

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Like many economies in transition, the Republic of Armenia is in the process of adopting market-oriented policies and laws.


Fifty Years Of Disability Law: The Relevance Of The Universal Declaration, Charles D. Siegal Jan 1999

Fifty Years Of Disability Law: The Relevance Of The Universal Declaration, Charles D. Siegal

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

This discussion is about the relevance of the Universal Declaration to disability rights law. There has been a good deal of discussion historically about the status of the Declaration.


Achieving Consistent Disposition Of Frozen Embryos In Marital Dissolution Under Florida Law, Brenda L. Henderson Jan 1992

Achieving Consistent Disposition Of Frozen Embryos In Marital Dissolution Under Florida Law, Brenda L. Henderson

Nova Law Review

Medical technology has now added a new dimension to human reproduction through in vitro fertilization aided by cryopreservation.


Capital Crime Decisions: 1992 Survey Of Florida Law, Gary Caldwell Jan 1992

Capital Crime Decisions: 1992 Survey Of Florida Law, Gary Caldwell

Nova Law Review

The United States Supreme Court's decision in Espinosa v. Florida, is by far the most important development in Florida capital punishment law during the survey period.


The Anencephalic Baby Theresa: A Prognosticator Of Future Bioethics, Julie Koenig Jan 1992

The Anencephalic Baby Theresa: A Prognosticator Of Future Bioethics, Julie Koenig

Nova Law Review

In re T.A.C.P. is a case of first impression for any jurisdiction in the United States.


Burdens Of Proof Under Title Vii In The 90'S: Wards Cove Vs. The Civil Rights Act Of 1990, Kenni F. Judd Jan 1991

Burdens Of Proof Under Title Vii In The 90'S: Wards Cove Vs. The Civil Rights Act Of 1990, Kenni F. Judd

Nova Law Review

Equal employment opportunity ("EEO") law, despite a roaring

start in the late 1960's and early 70's,1 fell into a quiet decline in the

1980's, under the Reagan/Bush administrations.


Florida Constitutional Law: 1990 Survey Of The State Bill Of Rights*, David C. Hawkins Jan 1991

Florida Constitutional Law: 1990 Survey Of The State Bill Of Rights*, David C. Hawkins

Nova Law Review

This is a comprehensive survey of the decisions of the Supreme

Court of Florida that construed the bill of rights contained

in article I of the state constitution during 1990.


Whose Egg Is It Anyway? Reproductive Rights Of Incarcerated, Institutionalized And Incompetent Women, Susan Stefan Jan 1989

Whose Egg Is It Anyway? Reproductive Rights Of Incarcerated, Institutionalized And Incompetent Women, Susan Stefan

Nova Law Review

The impact of legal decisions concerning the reproductive rights of women who are incarcerated, institutionalized or adjudicated incompetent has never been systematically examined.


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.


Symposium: Workers' Rights And The New Technologies Jan 1984

Symposium: Workers' Rights And The New Technologies

Nova Law Review

That technology is a pervasive aspect of modern society is one of

the commonplaces of the day. Since the first Industrial Revolution less

than two centuries ago, technology has burgeoned and become the real

metaphysic of the twentieth century.


Were The Luddites Necessarily Wrong?: A Note On The Constitutionality Of The "New Technology Bill Of Rights"*, Arthur S. Miller Jan 1984

Were The Luddites Necessarily Wrong?: A Note On The Constitutionality Of The "New Technology Bill Of Rights"*, Arthur S. Miller

Nova Law Review

There is a war on, but only one side is armed: this is the essence

of the technology question today. On the one side is private

capital, scientized and subsidized, mobile and global, and now

heavily armed with military-spawned command, control, and communication

technologies.


A Challenge To Workers' Rights, Anthony Chase Jan 1984

A Challenge To Workers' Rights, Anthony Chase

Nova Law Review

This symposium issue of the Nova Law Journal on workers' rights

and the new technologies has, I think, several important points of reference.


Transferable Development Rights: An Innovative Concept Faces An Uncertain Future In South Florida, R. Barbara Ressler Jan 1983

Transferable Development Rights: An Innovative Concept Faces An Uncertain Future In South Florida, R. Barbara Ressler

Nova Law Review

Once hailed as a novel and exciting land management concept,

transferable development rights1 have met with limited success.


Broadcasters' First Amendment Rights Through The Courts With "The Seven Dirty Words:" F.C.C. V. Pacifica Foundation Jan 1979

Broadcasters' First Amendment Rights Through The Courts With "The Seven Dirty Words:" F.C.C. V. Pacifica Foundation

Nova Law Review

On October 30, 1973, a New York radio station broadcast comedian George Carlin's recorded monologue, "Filthy Words,"' which consisted primarily of the repetitive use of seven four-letter words depicting sexual or excretory organs and activities, which could not be said on the public airways.