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Students Choosing Traditional Law Practice
Students Choosing Traditional Law Practice
Sheldon Plager (1977-1984)
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Community Property After Hisquierdo V. Hisquierdo, Marie Stefanini Newman
Community Property After Hisquierdo V. Hisquierdo, Marie Stefanini Newman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Comment will briefly discuss California's community property system, and the standards traditionally required by the Supreme Court for federal pre-emption of state property law. It will also examine the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Railroad Retirement Act which led the Court to conclude that the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution and demanded federal pre-emption in this case. It will discuss the Hisquierdo test for federal pre-emption, which the Supreme Court has since used to override state community property systems. Finally, it will evaluate whether the case was correctly decided.
Surrogate Gestation And The Protection Of Choice, Louise E. Graham
Surrogate Gestation And The Protection Of Choice, Louise E. Graham
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Proponents of surrogate gestation contracts base their case on both the constitutional privacy rights of persons involved in the contract and the notion that contractual agreements are capable of sufficiently protecting all interests involved. This article first speculates on how courts might handle surrogate gestation contracts under existing laws and offers arguments for and against such contracts. Although some commentary on the contractual aspect of the agreement exists, little attention has been given to the privacy arguments of the parties. The major focus of this article, therefore, is upon the nature of the privacy claims asserted by the prospective parents …