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The Malpractice Law Suit: Prevention And Process, Rogelio Lasso

Rogelio A. Lasso

No abstract provided.

Brave New Eugenics: Regulating Assisted Reproductive Technologies In The Name Of Better Babies, Kerry Macintosh

Kerry L Macintosh

Infertile men and women have been using assisted reproductive technologies (“ART”) to conceive children since the first “test-tube baby” was born in 1978. During the past decade, however, the federal government has begun to clamp down on ART, asserting safety concerns as grounds for banning novel technologies such as cloning, nuclear transfer, and ooplasm transfer. Some scholars and policymakers now want to extend governmental regulation to include conventional ART such as in vitro fertilization (“IVF”) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (“ICSI”). They claim children conceived through ART face an increased risk of birth defects and other health problems. This Article examines …

Democracy Will Live As Long As Citizens Maintain Respect, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

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The Curse Of Bigness And The Optimal Size Of Class Actions, Alexandra Lahav

Alexandra D. Lahav

How big is too big when it comes to class actions? This short essay, written for the Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc roundtable on Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. examines that question. Size in itself should not be a barrier to certification, but courts may rightly be concerned with variation within the class. Variation causes manageability problems, but in some cases (like Dukes) variation can be managed within the class context by judicious use of statistical methods. I also demonstrate why the related argument that this class ought not be certified because it is too big and Wal-Mart will be …

History Of American Legal Education, With An Emphasis On Clinical Education, Robert Bloom

Robert M. Bloom

No abstract provided.

Restoring The Balance Of Power In Corporate Management: Enforcing An Officer's Duty Of Obedience, Megan Wischmeier Shaner

Megan Wischmeier Shaner

No abstract provided.

Nulidad Procesal: ¿Es Realmente Una Sanción?, Renzo Cavani

Renzo Cavani

In civil law context, it is common to identify the nullity in civil procedure as a sanction or a penalty because of the influence of the legislative technique. This essay, however, pretends to show that nullity is, actually, a consequence from a violation of a legal rule and not a sanction.

É comum identificar a nulidade no processo civil como uma sanção ou uma pena, por causa da influência da técnica legislativa. Este ensaio, porém, pretende demonstrar que a nulidade é, na verdade, uma consequência da violação de uma regra e não uma sanção.

Es común identificar la nulidad en …

Llm Cyberlaw: Information Technology, Law And Society, Subhajit Basu

Subhajit Basu

LLM in Cyberlaw: information technology, law and society enables you to develop knowledge and skills in relation to the legal rules regulating cyberlaw activity in the UK and Europe, and at a global level.

Quién Responde? Las Sanciones A Las Organizaciones Políticas Y Sus Directivos, Juan F. Jaramillo, Javier Revelo-Rebolledo

Javier Revelo-Rebolledo

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Filiación Y Reproducción Asistida, Enrique Varsi Dr.

Enrique Varsi Rospigliosi

No abstract provided.

Hacia Un Enfoque De Derechos Fundamentales En El Derecho De Familia: Reflexiones Sobre La Regulación Del Los Alimentos A Propósito De Una Sentencia Del Tribunal Constitucional., Beatriz Ramirez

Beatriz Ramirez

Compliance Requirements For Chinese Automobile Market Players, Tao Liang

Tao LIANG

The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act And Constitutional Challenges, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

Having undergone an extensive process of political discussion and debate, the Health Care Reform Act (properly the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) is now under intensive legal challenge with at least 20 different cases from both states and organizations and individuals currently under way. Although this litigation is at an early stage, there has already been considerable academic (and other) interest with a number of websites tracking the development of the litigation and providing links to the considerable commentary which has already been developed (albeit much of it inevitably speculative in nature). There have now been five substantive rulings …

The Defense Of Marriage Act (Doma), Equal Protection And State Authority – Gill V Office Of Personnel Management And Commonwealth Of Massachusetts V United States Dept Of Health And Human Services, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

The issue of the recognition of same-sex marriages and the constitutionality of a refusal to recognize such marriages has received considerable attention in the US state courts in the last decade. A number of state courts have ruled that, state constitutions require the recognition of same-sex marriages. However, relatively few cases had reached the federal courts and in almost all these cases the restrictions had been upheld. However, two recent challenges to a ban on same-sex marriages in California (Proposition 8) and restrictions of the rights of same-sex couples under federal law (DOMA) have now been successful before federal district …

What Tax Lawyers Need To Know Before Choosing A Forum For Their Next Federal Civil Tax Litigation Dispute, Robert D. Probasco

Robert Probasco

No abstract provided.

Foreign Investment Catalogues And Investment Environment In China, Tao Liang

Tao LIANG

Drafting New York Civil-Litigation Documents: Part Iii—The Complaint, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

No abstract provided.

Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer

Joseph P. Bauer

The copyright regime and the First Amendment seek to promote the same goals. Both seek the creation and dissemination of more, better and more diverse literary, pictorial, musical and other works. But, they use significantly different means to achieve those goals. The copyright laws afford to the creator of a work the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, transform and perform that work for a extended period of time. The First Amendment, on the other hand, proclaims that Congress “shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press,” thus at least nominally indicating that limitations on …

A Description Of An Individual's Shared Responsibility Requirement In The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010, James S. Cole

James S Cole

The individual responsibility requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has become the focus of litigation and public policy debates. Surprising aspects of the statute emerge when its rather dense verbiage is analyzed. The “individual conscience exception” applies primarily, if not exclusively, to self-employed Amish individuals who renounce Social Security coverage in its entirety. Conscientious objections to other aspects of the statute are not acknowledged. A taxpayer is assessed a penalty for his own failure to obtain minimum necessary health coverage beginning in 2014 and also for dependents’ penalties. The dependents are also liable for their …

Why Foreclosure Robo-Signers Should Be Everyone's Concern, Juliet Moringiello

Juliet M Moringiello

No abstract provided.

Immortality For Foundations Can Pose Big Challenges In Shifting Times, Ray Madoff

Ray D. Madoff

No abstract provided.

Extract From United States Code Service, Section On Article Ii, Section 2, Clause 2, Citing Bailey-Tillman Exchange, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

Extract from USCS.

[January 29, 2010]

Healthcare In Cuba, Carmen M. Cusack J.D.

Carmen M Cusack

Poor Americans who lack health-insurance or have little opportunity to access specialized or non-emergency medical treatment in the U.S. should be permitted by the U.S. State Department to spend money in Cuba in order to receive inexpensive medical treatment, and should be allowed to stay (and spend) in Cuba as long as necessary in order to receive inexpensive medical treatment. If Americans were permitted by an exception in the Helms-Burton Act to spend money in Cuba and visit for medical purposes, then Cuba would likely treat these Americans for a very low cost. This can be argued because 1) Cuba …

Can The Federal Reserve Adopt An Inflation Targeting Regime Under The Current Statutory Arrangements?, Hong Kyoon Cho

Hong Kyoon Cho

This paper discussed legal perspectives in institutional framework of central banking, keyed to monetary policy framework. The statutory objectives of monetary policy provide an environment under which the central bank can design its monetary policy framework, in that the choice of the monetary policy framework could lie within the scope of the spirits embodied in the statutory objectives of monetary policy. Monetary policy framework could illuminate legal aspects of debate, as specifically seen in the Federal Reserve’s case that has adopted not an explicit but an implicit monetary policy framework, namely the Just-Do-It approach. Under the current legal mandate, i.e., …

Off The Roads & Out Of The Courts: Enter A Technology Fix For Drunk Driving, Nora J. Pasman-Green

Nora J. Pasman-Green

More than 1.4 million people are arrested annually for drunk driving, a crime that results in over 10,000 fatalities, more than 225,000 non-fatal injuries, and economic costs exceeding $50 billion. Drunk driving has become a major public health problem. This article traces development of the technology – the alcohol ignition interlock – which prevents drunk drivers from operating their vehicles. Ongoing research is underway to equip new automobiles with alcohol detection devices as standard equipment. The article explores the possibility of eliminating drunk driving once all vehicles are manufactured with pre-market interlocks installed. The article examines the impact of current …

Cyber Crimes; Obsoleting The Guns, Bombs And Knives, Chinedu Chibueze Ihenetu-Geoffrey

Chinedu Chibueze Ihenetu-Geoffrey

It is of no doubt that electronic commerce holds the key to present and future global and local economic and social growth. However, like every other concept of human invention, e-commerce has some undeniable teething problems that tend to bedevil its full applicability. This paper hopes to throw light on some of these challenges. It does not claim to be exhaustive; rather it is only a guiding light for further research.

Arizona V. Gant And Its Impact On Search And Seizure Law And Vehicle Searches, Michael Gizzi, R Curtis

Michael C Gizzi

The decision in Arizona v. Gant, handed down in April of 2009, was a surprise for law enforcement and Supreme Court observers alike. For law enforcement, it took away their unfettered discretion to search a car anytime they engaged in a routine traffic stop, which was a commonly used tool for drug interdiction and combating gangs. For Court observers, it not only was a rare decision to suppress evidence in a Fourth Amendment case but it also presented an unusual line up of justices. This study considers the implications of Gant both for law enforcement and for observers of the …

Questioning The Un's Immunity In The Dutch Courts; Unresolved Issues In The Mothers Of Srebrenica Litigation, Benjamin E. Brockman-Hawe

Benjamin E. Brockman-Hawe

Providing victims with a judicial forum where they can air their grievances and obtain redress for violations of their rights is regarded as the cornerstone of an international culture of accountability, and restrictions on the right of access to a court must not run afoul of international law's prohibition on the denial of justice. The operation of international organisations, on the other hand, is predicated on the notion that shielding them from the normal processes of the law by providing for their immunity before national courts is the only way to ensure their effectiveness. When an international organization tasked with …

The Right To Food And Buyer Power, Aravind Ganesh

Aravind Ganesh

Modern global food supply chains are characterised by extreme levels of concentration in the middle of those chains. This paper argues that such concentration leads to excessive buyer power, which harms the consumers and food producers at the ends of the supply chains. This paper argues that the harms suffered by farmers are serious enough as to constitute violations of the international human right to food as it is expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Political Rights, and further argues that world competition law regimes cannot ignore these human rights …

Extract From United States Code Service, Section On Amendment I, Citing Stone-Tillman Exchange, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

Extract from USCS.

[August 31, 2010]