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Freedom Of Speech, Cyberspace, Harassment Law, And The Clinton Administration, Eugene Volokh
Freedom Of Speech, Cyberspace, Harassment Law, And The Clinton Administration, Eugene Volokh
Law and Contemporary Problems
Volokh presents four cyberspace speech controversies that involve an interesting modern body of speech restrictions: hostile environment harassment law. These examples illustrate three things--in most of the controversies, the result should be driven not by the medium, but by the underlying free speech principles; that the Clinton Administration's role in these areas has been comparatively slight; and that each of the controversies shows that there is considerable truth to the much-maligned concept of the slippery slope.
The Effect Of A Domestic Amnesty On The Ability Of Foreign States To Prosecute Alleged Perpetrators Of Serious Human Rights Violations, Roman Boed
Cornell International Law Journal
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The First Amendment And Cyberspace: The Clinton Years, James Boyle
The First Amendment And Cyberspace: The Clinton Years, James Boyle
Law and Contemporary Problems
Both in terms of speech regulation and in terms of providing raw material for the legal controversies that shape the law of the First Amendment, the legacy of Pres Clinton's Administration is considerable, and nowhere more than in cyberspace. The most visible example of the Clinton Administration's role in cyberspeech regulation are the Communications Decency Act, which was struck down by unanimous vote of the Supreme Court in 1997, and the Child Online Protection Act, which is now before the courts.
Arbitrator Liability: Reconciling Arbitration And Mandatory Rules, Andrew T. Guzman
Arbitrator Liability: Reconciling Arbitration And Mandatory Rules, Andrew T. Guzman
Duke Law Journal
In this Article, Professor Guzman resolves the tension that exists between mandatory legal rules and the widespread use of arbitration. In recent years, U. S. courts have expanded the range of enforceable arbitration agreements to include agreements that cover areas of law previously thought to be within the exclusive domain of courts. Among the disputes that are now deemed arbitrable are those that implicate mandatory rules such as securities and antitrust laws. Under current law, the willingness of courts to enforce arbitration agreements and to uphold the resulting arbitral awards with minimal judicial review makes it possible for the parties …