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Feticide In Illinois: Legislative Amelioration Of A Common Law Rule, Michael Kevin Nowak

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An overview of the new Illinois feticide statute, considering the judicial reaction to similar legislation in other jurisdictions.

The Challenge Of Transsexuality: Legal Responses To An Assertion Of Rights, L. Anita Richardson

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A summary of the current status of civil and legal rights for transsexuals in the areas of equal employment opportunity, sex-reassignment surgery, marital rights, child custody and visitation. The leading cases in each area are reviewed.

Nonrecourse Financing: Does It Still Generate Tax Advantages After Gibson Products Co. V. United States And Brountas V. Commissioner?, Gregory A. Biegel

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of the three analytical approaches-the "all events" test, basis analysis and Section 636 analysis applied by the courts in evaluating the benefits of non-recourse financing as a tax shelter.

Adoption Of A Flexible Standard For Analyzing Informants' Tips In Illinois V. Gates, Joseph E. Kolar

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of Illinois v. Gates, wherein the Supreme Court abandoned the strict requirements of the Aguilar-Spinelli two-pronged test for evaluating informants' tips in favor of a more flexible "totality-of-the-circumstances" approach.

How Are You Going To Keep Them Down On The (Collective) Farm After They've Seen Chicago? A Minor's Right To Political Asylum Against His Parents' Wishes, Michael G. Hillinger

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A commentary on the constitutional doctrine of parental autonomy as circumscribed by maturing children's interests in making significant life decisions, focusing on the Walter Polovchak defection case.

Interpersonal Privacy And The Fourth Amendment, Albert W. Alschuler

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A preliminary examination of the extent to which the fourth amendment protects the privacy of interpersonal relationships and of information or property that one person has shared with another, focusing particularly on the need for subjecting the informant system to additional judicial control.

The Pelham Decision, Attorney Malpractice And Third-Party Nonclient Recovery: The Rise And Fall Of Privity, Patrick Edward Braun

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Theories extending recovery to third-party nonclients for attorney negligence are analyzed with a particular emphasis on the impact of Pelham v. Griesheimer on Illinois law.

Land Acquisition And Coastal Resource Management: A Pragmatic Perspective, David Owens

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Sony Impact On Home Videorecording: Time For A Legislative Solution, Denise M. Higgins

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An in-depth examination of the controversial Sony decision which held that the home videorecording of copyrighted materials broadcast over the public airwaves constituted an infringement of copyright. Since traditional remedies do not adequately address the divergent interests at stake in home videorecording, it is suggested that a legislative response is warranted.

Civil Forfeiture And Innocent Third Parties, Dennis R. Hewitt

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An examination of the rights of innocent parties whose property is subject to civil forfeiture when used in the commission of an illegal act. The history of forfeiture, the constitutional implications, and various remedies are discussed.

The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: An Introduction, Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An overview of the influence of government regulation on American agriculture.

The Bankruptcy Improvements Act -- An Update, Robert E. Ginsberg

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An update on the author's article in Volume 3, Number 1 of the Northern Illinois Law Review which analyzed the proposed Bankruptcy Improvements Act. This article focuses on the proposed Consumer Credit Amendments of the pending Omnibus Bankruptcy Improvements Act of 1983.

The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Implications Of Tax Policy For Agriculture, Neil E. Harl

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An analysis of the impact of tax policies on the structure of agriculture, focusing on the uniqueness of agriculture from a tax perspective and on identified policy concerns.

The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Biting The Hand That Feeds Us?, James B. Wadley

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of the negative implications stemming from current agricultural regulations and their impact on the farming community.

The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Finance And Credit, J. W. Looney

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of the conflicting forces in agricultural credit, the goals and programs of the Farmers Home Administration, and privatization of the farm credit system.

Law At Western: 1968-1982, Philip Slayton

Dalhousie Law Journal

How to assess a decade or more at a law school? Bare facts - the numbers of students and professors, growth in budgets, courses added and dropped, etc. - have the advantage of objectivity (colleagues cannot disagree even were the facts uncongenial), but will leave some important things unsaid. For example, what have been "environmental" advantages and disadvantages, and how has the School responded to them? And what has been the change in the quality of the School's endeavours; especially, has the Faculty become better? These questions -and particularly the second - are not easy to address. A law school's …

Civil Rico And Parens Patriae: Lowering Litigation Barriers Through State Intervention, Beth S. Schipper

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Creditor Process Against Negotiable Notes: The Case For A New Ucc § 3-420, Bruce H. Matson

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Standing Of The Terminated Employee Under Section 4 Of The Clayton Act, Stephen J. Horvath Iii

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

I.R.C. Section 2518 And The Law Of Disclaimers An Update, Don J. Jaret

Nova Law Review

The Tax Reform Act of 19761 introduced Code section 2518,2

which attempted to create definite standards for a disclaimer to be

valid for federal tax purposes.

A Common Law For The Age Of Statutes. By Guido Calabresi. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1982, Pp. 319. $25.00, Ronald Benton Brown

Nova Law Review

In common law days, the law evolved gradually on a case by case basis as courts applied the general principles to new and different fact situations.

Commentary: Taking The Law Firm-Ly Into His Own Hands, Mike Royko

University of Baltimore Law Forum

No abstract provided.

Entrapment: A Review Of The Principles Of Law Governing This Defense As Applied By The Eleventh Circuit Court Of Appeals, David M. Lazarus

Nova Law Review

Certain types of criminal activity are consensual and covert. Hence

they are virtually undetectable without the use of a government

agent or informer.

Anarchy-Law, East-West, North-South, Jonathan Bingham

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Aspects Of The Legal, Political And Policy Issues That Will Confront The U.S.-Japan Trading Community During The Remainder Of The 1980'S, William L. Dickey

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.