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The American Judicial Review Quagmire: A Canadian Proposal, Caroline S. Earle
The American Judicial Review Quagmire: A Canadian Proposal, Caroline S. Earle
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Can Practice Do Without Theory? Differing Answers In Western Legal Education, Richard Stith
Can Practice Do Without Theory? Differing Answers In Western Legal Education, Richard Stith
Law Faculty Publications
The demise of the Soviet bureaucratic state and the rebirth of laissez-faire economics worldwide- as well as the scholarship of people such as Richard Rorty- have created a crisis not only for planning but for theory itself. If it still desirable to think thoroughly about what we see and do?
With regard to the study of law, two of the most powerful world culture provide sharply different answers to this question. Legal education in the United States of America is far less theoretical than it is in European nations. The aim of this paper is two-fold: first to summarize briefly …
In Defense Of Environmental Rights In East European Constitutions, Elizabeth F. Brown
In Defense Of Environmental Rights In East European Constitutions, Elizabeth F. Brown
Elizabeth F Brown
This Article analyzes how the environmental rights in East European constitutions could have been drafted to make them enforceable, rather than merely aspirational.
Some Worries About Sentencing Guidelines, William T. Pizzi
Some Worries About Sentencing Guidelines, William T. Pizzi
Publications
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Negotiated Sovereignty: Intergovernmental Agreements With American Indian Tribes As Models For Expanding First Nations’ Self-Government, David H. Getches
Negotiated Sovereignty: Intergovernmental Agreements With American Indian Tribes As Models For Expanding First Nations’ Self-Government, David H. Getches
Publications
Constitutional issues related to First Nations sovereignty have dominated Aboriginal affairs in Canada for a considerable period. The constitutional entrenchment of Aboriginal self-government has, however, received a setback with the recent failure of the Charlottetown Accord in October of 1992. Nonetheless, day-to-day issues must be accommodated, even while this more fundamental constitutional question remains unresolved. This paper illustrates the American experience with negotiated intergovernmental agreements between tribes and individual states. These agreements have, for example, resolved jurisdictional disputes over taxation, solid waste disposal, and law enforcement between state governments and tribal authorities. The author suggests that these intergovernmental agreements in …
Organic Goods: Legal Understandings Of Work, Parenthood, And Gender Equality In Comparative Perspective, Paolo G. Carozza
Organic Goods: Legal Understandings Of Work, Parenthood, And Gender Equality In Comparative Perspective, Paolo G. Carozza
Journal Articles
The United States and Italy have taken quite different approaches toward providing legal protections for working parents. This Article uses a comparative perspective to highlight crucial aspects of the American legal and cultural attitudes towards parental leave. The author demonstrates how deeply rooted beliefs about equality, work, and family life have influenced the development of parental leave law. In particular, the Article describes how Italian law rests on notions of fundamental social equality, as well as on views concerning the importance of the interests of children and the family. As a result of this broad conception of the interests involved, …
Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion In The United States: The Limits Of Comparative Criminal Procedure As An Instrument Of Reform, William T. Pizzi
Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion In The United States: The Limits Of Comparative Criminal Procedure As An Instrument Of Reform, William T. Pizzi
Publications
No abstract provided.