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Judgment, Philippe Nonet
The Routinization Of Debt Collection: An Essay On Social Change And Conflict In The Courts, Robert Kagan
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
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
Studying Contemporary Chinese Law: Limits, Possibilities And Strategy, Stanley Lubman
Stanley Lubman
No abstract provided.
Cocaine, Race, And Equal Protection, David Sklansky
Cocaine, Race, And Equal Protection, David Sklansky
David A Sklansky
No abstract provided.
Postwar Legal Scholarship On Judicial Decision Making, Jan Vetter
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
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
Do You Sincerely Want To Be Radical, Phillip Johnson
Phillip Johnson
No abstract provided.
What Is Positive Law, Philippe Nonet
The Law And Economics Of Reverse Engineering, Pamela Samuelson, Suzanne Scotchmer
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.