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In The Federal Government We Trust - Federal Funding For Tribal Water Rights Settlements And The Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, Erin B. Agee Oct 2011

In The Federal Government We Trust - Federal Funding For Tribal Water Rights Settlements And The Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, Erin B. Agee

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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Losing The War Against Dirty Money: Rethinking Global Standards On Preventing Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing, Richard K. Gordon Apr 2011

Losing The War Against Dirty Money: Rethinking Global Standards On Preventing Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing, Richard K. Gordon

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

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Constitutional Contracts Clause Challenges In Public Pension Litigation, Paul M. Secunda Jan 2011

Constitutional Contracts Clause Challenges In Public Pension Litigation, Paul M. Secunda

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

The recent spate of high profile efforts by state governors to roll back public employee pension rights in light of recent budgetary challenges has shone the light directly on the importance to public employees of the Contracts Clause provisions of the federal and state constitutions. Using as an example the controversial budget repair bill in Wisconsin and the application of the bill’s pension provisions to Milwaukee City employee pension rights, this article has sought to show how, under certain specified circumstances, such legislative attempts may be constitutionally impermissible if such laws substantially impair employee contracts with the state without the …


Keeping Pace?: The Case Against Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing Programs, Prentiss Cox Jan 2011

Keeping Pace?: The Case Against Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing Programs, Prentiss Cox

University of Colorado Law Review

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is a method of public financing for energy improvements through special assessments on local government property taxes. Interest in PACE exploded since its inception in 2008, with almost half the states rapidly enacting legislation enabling local governments to use their property collection power to finance residential energy investments. The growth in PACE has been suspended and existing programs have been put on hold in the face of opposition from the federal secondary mortgage market regulators. Governments and environmental advocates supporting PACE have initiated litigation against federal mortgage and banking regulators and are seeking passage of …