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Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall-Winter 1997 Oct 1997

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall-Winter 1997

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Comment: Seminole Tribe V. Florida, Gordon G. Young Oct 1997

Comment: Seminole Tribe V. Florida, Gordon G. Young

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Nonrecourse Debt In Excess Of Fair Market Value: The Confluence Of Basis, Realization, Subchapter K And The Need For Consistency, Daniel S. Goldberg Oct 1997

Nonrecourse Debt In Excess Of Fair Market Value: The Confluence Of Basis, Realization, Subchapter K And The Need For Consistency, Daniel S. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Cancer Genetic Susceptibility Testing: Ethical And Policy Implications For Future Research And Clinical Practice, Benjamin S. Wilfond, Karen H. Rothenberg, Elizabeth J. Thomson, Caryn Lerman Oct 1997

Cancer Genetic Susceptibility Testing: Ethical And Policy Implications For Future Research And Clinical Practice, Benjamin S. Wilfond, Karen H. Rothenberg, Elizabeth J. Thomson, Caryn Lerman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Environmental Law At Maryland, No. 6, Summer-Fall 1997 Jul 1997

Environmental Law At Maryland, No. 6, Summer-Fall 1997

Environmental Law at Maryland

No abstract provided.


Legal Regulation Of Marriage: From Status To Contract And Back Again?, Jana B. Singer Jun 1997

Legal Regulation Of Marriage: From Status To Contract And Back Again?, Jana B. Singer

Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this paper is to give a brief historical overview of the way in which the American legal system has traditionally regulated marriage.


Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 1997 Apr 1997

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 1997

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Government Precommitment To Tax Incentive Subsidies: The Impact Of United States V. Winstar Corp. On Retroactive Tax Legislation, Daniel S. Goldberg Apr 1997

Government Precommitment To Tax Incentive Subsidies: The Impact Of United States V. Winstar Corp. On Retroactive Tax Legislation, Daniel S. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Genetic Information And The Workplace: Legislative Approaches And Policy Challenges, Karen H. Rothenberg, Barbara Fuller, Mark Rothstein, Troy Duster, Mary Jo Ellis Kahn, Rita Cunningham, Beth Fine, Kathy Hudson, Mary-Claire King, Patricia Murphy, Gary Swergold, Francis Collins Mar 1997

Genetic Information And The Workplace: Legislative Approaches And Policy Challenges, Karen H. Rothenberg, Barbara Fuller, Mark Rothstein, Troy Duster, Mary Jo Ellis Kahn, Rita Cunningham, Beth Fine, Kathy Hudson, Mary-Claire King, Patricia Murphy, Gary Swergold, Francis Collins

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Emergency Care And Managed Care - A Dangerous Combination, Diane E. Hoffmann Mar 1997

Emergency Care And Managed Care - A Dangerous Combination, Diane E. Hoffmann

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Fiduciary Duty, Contract, And Waiver In Partnerships And Limited Liability Companies, Richard A. Booth Marbury Research Professor Of Law Jan 1997

Fiduciary Duty, Contract, And Waiver In Partnerships And Limited Liability Companies, Richard A. Booth Marbury Research Professor Of Law

Faculty Scholarship

Among the controversies swirling around the promulgations of new uniform statutes governing partnerships and LLCs is the question whether and to what extend fiduciary duties should be made mandatory or waivable. Although courts and commentators have not traditionally focused on the costs of fiduciary duties, the costs are significant in that such duties may preclude agents from engaging in other legitimate ventures. Indeed, fiduciary duty may be used by those to whom it is owed to prevent competition or extort side benefits form participants. Mandatory duties effectively require participants who may identify multiple business opportunities to overinvest their human capital …


Legal Ethics & Practical Politics: Musings On The Public Perception Of Lawyer Discipline, Paula A. Monopoli Jan 1997

Legal Ethics & Practical Politics: Musings On The Public Perception Of Lawyer Discipline, Paula A. Monopoli

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Judging The Judges: Racial Diversity, Impartiality And Representation On State Trial Courts, Sherrilyn A. Ifill Jan 1997

Judging The Judges: Racial Diversity, Impartiality And Representation On State Trial Courts, Sherrilyn A. Ifill

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Religion Clauses And Freedom Of Speech In Australia And The United States: Incidental Restrictions And Generally Applicable Laws, David S. Bogen Jan 1997

The Religion Clauses And Freedom Of Speech In Australia And The United States: Incidental Restrictions And Generally Applicable Laws, David S. Bogen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Generally Applicable Laws And The First Amendment, David S. Bogen Jan 1997

Generally Applicable Laws And The First Amendment, David S. Bogen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Legal Process And Choice Of Law, William L. Reynolds Jan 1997

Legal Process And Choice Of Law, William L. Reynolds

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Keynote Address: Redefining Our Roles In The Battle For Inclusion Of People Of Color In Legal Education, Phoebe A. Haddon Jan 1997

Keynote Address: Redefining Our Roles In The Battle For Inclusion Of People Of Color In Legal Education, Phoebe A. Haddon

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


In Defense Of The Superfund Liability System: Matching The Diagnosis And The Cure, Rena I. Steinzor, Linda E. Greer Jan 1997

In Defense Of The Superfund Liability System: Matching The Diagnosis And The Cure, Rena I. Steinzor, Linda E. Greer

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Judicial Lawmaking In A Code Jurisdiction: A French Saga On Certainty Of Price In Contract Law, Edward A. Tomlinson Jan 1997

Judicial Lawmaking In A Code Jurisdiction: A French Saga On Certainty Of Price In Contract Law, Edward A. Tomlinson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Limited Liability Company And The Search For A Bright Line Between Corporations And Partnerships, Richard A. Booth Marbury Research Professor Of Law Jan 1997

The Limited Liability Company And The Search For A Bright Line Between Corporations And Partnerships, Richard A. Booth Marbury Research Professor Of Law

Faculty Scholarship

Despite the potential loss in tax revenue, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is making it easier and easier to avoid corporate taxes. Witness the advent of limited liability companies and the proposed "check-the-box" regulations. This article takes a look at the real distinctions between -- and policy supporting -- pass-through and entity level taxation and draws the conclusion that entity level taxation will probably become limited to publicly traded entities only.


Learning From Colleagues: A Case Study In The Relationship Between "Academic" And "Ecological" Clinical Legal Education, Robert J. Condlin Jan 1997

Learning From Colleagues: A Case Study In The Relationship Between "Academic" And "Ecological" Clinical Legal Education, Robert J. Condlin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Contested Terrains Of Compensation: Equality, Affirmative Action And Diversity In The United States, Taunya L. Banks Jan 1997

Contested Terrains Of Compensation: Equality, Affirmative Action And Diversity In The United States, Taunya L. Banks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Advocates At Cross-Purposes: The Briefs On Behalf Of Zoning In The Supreme Court, Garrett Power Jan 1997

Advocates At Cross-Purposes: The Briefs On Behalf Of Zoning In The Supreme Court, Garrett Power

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Desperately Ducking Slavery: Dred Scott And Contemporary Constitutional Theory, Mark A. Graber Jan 1997

Desperately Ducking Slavery: Dred Scott And Contemporary Constitutional Theory, Mark A. Graber

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Vive No Différence, Martha M. Ertman Jan 1997

Vive No Différence, Martha M. Ertman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


What Happens When Parties Fail To Prove Foreign Law?, William L. Reynolds Jan 1997

What Happens When Parties Fail To Prove Foreign Law?, William L. Reynolds

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Can Poverty Lawyers Play Well With Others? Including Lawyers In Integrated, School-Based Service Delivery Programs, Leigh S. Goodmark Jan 1997

Can Poverty Lawyers Play Well With Others? Including Lawyers In Integrated, School-Based Service Delivery Programs, Leigh S. Goodmark

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Law & Health Care Newsletter, V. 4, No. 3, Fall- Winter 1997 Jan 1997

Law & Health Care Newsletter, V. 4, No. 3, Fall- Winter 1997

Law & Health Care Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Law & Health Care Newsletter, V. 4, No. 2, Spring 1997 Jan 1997

Law & Health Care Newsletter, V. 4, No. 2, Spring 1997

Law & Health Care Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Baltimore Bound: Article Xiii, Section 1, "New Counties," Of The Maryland Constitution And The Baltimore City Annexation Acts Of 1888 And 1918, Michele Lefaivre Jan 1997

Baltimore Bound: Article Xiii, Section 1, "New Counties," Of The Maryland Constitution And The Baltimore City Annexation Acts Of 1888 And 1918, Michele Lefaivre

Legal History Publications

This paper examines the extension of Baltimore's boundaries in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century within the legal process which authorized it.