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Judgment, Philippe Nonet Dec 2015

Judgment, Philippe Nonet

Philippe Nonet

No abstract provided.


The Routinization Of Debt Collection: An Essay On Social Change And Conflict In The Courts, Robert Kagan Dec 2015

The Routinization Of Debt Collection: An Essay On Social Change And Conflict In The Courts, Robert Kagan

Robert Kagan

No abstract provided.


Western Scholarship On Chinese Law: Past Accomplishments And Present Challenges, Stanley Lubman Dec 2015

Western Scholarship On Chinese Law: Past Accomplishments And Present Challenges, Stanley Lubman

Stanley Lubman

No abstract provided.


Studying Contemporary Chinese Law: Limits, Possibilities And Strategy, Stanley Lubman Dec 2015

Studying Contemporary Chinese Law: Limits, Possibilities And Strategy, Stanley Lubman

Stanley Lubman

No abstract provided.


Cocaine, Race, And Equal Protection, David Sklansky Dec 2015

Cocaine, Race, And Equal Protection, David Sklansky

David A Sklansky

No abstract provided.


Postwar Legal Scholarship On Judicial Decision Making, Jan Vetter Dec 2015

Postwar Legal Scholarship On Judicial Decision Making, Jan Vetter

Jan Vetter

No abstract provided.


The European Court Of Justice: Of Institutions And Democracy, Martin Shapiro Dec 2015

The European Court Of Justice: Of Institutions And Democracy, Martin Shapiro

Martin Shapiro

No abstract provided.


Do You Sincerely Want To Be Radical, Phillip Johnson Dec 2015

Do You Sincerely Want To Be Radical, Phillip Johnson

Phillip Johnson

No abstract provided.


What Is Positive Law, Philippe Nonet Dec 2015

What Is Positive Law, Philippe Nonet

Philippe Nonet

No abstract provided.


The Law And Economics Of Reverse Engineering, Pamela Samuelson, Suzanne Scotchmer Dec 2015

The Law And Economics Of Reverse Engineering, Pamela Samuelson, Suzanne Scotchmer

Suzanne Scotchmer

No abstract provided.


The Hearsay Rule At Work: Has It Been Abolished De Facto By Judicial Decision, Eleanor Swift Dec 2015

The Hearsay Rule At Work: Has It Been Abolished De Facto By Judicial Decision, Eleanor Swift

Eleanor Swift

No abstract provided.


The Fourth Amendment And Common Law, David Sklansky Dec 2015

The Fourth Amendment And Common Law, David Sklansky

David A Sklansky

No abstract provided.


Social, Cultural, And Temporal Dynamics Of The Aids Case Congregation: Early Years Of The Epidemic, Kriss Drass, Peter Gregware, Michael Musheno Dec 2015

Social, Cultural, And Temporal Dynamics Of The Aids Case Congregation: Early Years Of The Epidemic, Kriss Drass, Peter Gregware, Michael Musheno

Michael Musheno

The article looks at how social and cultural factors shape judicial decisions, with respect to the AIDS epidemic in the United States, with reference to the early years of the epidemic from 1983-1989. The temporal analysis of the opinions of AIDS related cases suggests the emergence of more than one AIDS case congregation, by the end of the 1980s among reported cases. The initial construction of AIDS as a gay disease mobilized gay activists, including gay rights litigators who saw up close the problems that White gay people with AIDS faced in the workplace, housing, and health care. The activists …


On The Social Significance Of Large Law Firm Practice, Robert Kagan, Robert Rosen Dec 2015

On The Social Significance Of Large Law Firm Practice, Robert Kagan, Robert Rosen

Robert Kagan

No abstract provided.


Student's Tribute To Fritz Kessler, A, John Mcnulty Dec 2015

Student's Tribute To Fritz Kessler, A, John Mcnulty

John K. McNulty

No abstract provided.


Why Have-Nots Win In The Hiv Litigation Arena: Socio-Legal Dynamics Of Extreme Cases, Jane Aiken, Michael Musheno Dec 2015

Why Have-Nots Win In The Hiv Litigation Arena: Socio-Legal Dynamics Of Extreme Cases, Jane Aiken, Michael Musheno

Michael Musheno

Focuses on extreme cases in which people with HIV (PWAs) win HIV-related disputes. Socio-legal explanation of how PWAs managed to win claims against insurance companies, government agencies and other institutional plaintiffs; Judicial preoccupation with PWAs as carriers of contagion; Shifting epidemiology of HIV in the United States.


The Return Of The Christian Burial Speech Case, Phillip Johnson Dec 2015

The Return Of The Christian Burial Speech Case, Phillip Johnson

Phillip Johnson

No abstract provided.


Forming Families By Law - Adoption In America Today, Joan Hollinger, Naomi Cahn Dec 2015

Forming Families By Law - Adoption In America Today, Joan Hollinger, Naomi Cahn

Joan Hollinger

The article focuses on the laws related to adoption in the U.S. It is stated that there is a long history in the U.S. of some children being raised by adults other than their biological parents, but legal recognition of these families was not generally available until states began enacting formal adoption laws in the mid-nineteenth century. By legitimizing a parent-child relationship between biogenetic strangers, adoption strikes some skeptics.


Special Masters In Complex Cases: Extending The Judiciary Or Reshaping Adjudication, Wayne Brazil Dec 2015

Special Masters In Complex Cases: Extending The Judiciary Or Reshaping Adjudication, Wayne Brazil

Wayne Brazil

No abstract provided.


Toward A Textualist Paradigm For Interpreting Emoticons, John Ehrett Dec 2014

Toward A Textualist Paradigm For Interpreting Emoticons, John Ehrett

John Ehrett

This Essay evaluates the dimensions of courts’ current interpretive dilemma, and subsequently sketches a possible framework for extending traditional statutory interpretation principles into this new domain. Throughout the analysis, the Essay describes the process of attaching cognizable linguistic referents to emoticons and emojis throughout as symbolical reification, and proposes a normative way forward for those tasked with deriving meaning from emoji-laden communications.