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Child Care Quality And Workforce Characteristics In Four Midwestern States, Helen Raikes, Brian Wilcox, Carla Peterson, Susan Hegland, Jane Atwater, Jean Ann Summers, Kathy Thornburg, Julia C. Torquati, Carolyn P. Edwards, Abbie Raikes

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

The purpose of the Year 1 Studies of the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium was to describe hypothesized and potential indicators of quality, to measure observed quality, and to conduct preliminary analyses to determine relationships between the hypothesized and potential indicators and observations of quality, using a representative, randomly selected sample of the provider population. The states studied—Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska—comprise U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region VII. Following an examination of the child care policy context in the four states, a telephone survey of 2,022 child care providers, and observations of 365 providers, were completed during …

Paper Use And Recycling In Academic Libraries, Michele Calloway, Darren Callahan

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

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While it is difficult to predict what the future may hold in regard to paper use and recycling, without a doubt, academic libraries are sites of enormous consumption and they should be proactive in institutional improvements in waste management. A paperless society is unlikely to become a reality for a very long time, if ever, but what can libraries do now to discourage paper waste and encourage recycling? According to the results of this survey, libraries are taking steps to divert recyclables from the garbage. In the future, as people become even more accustomed to working in the electronic …

Reflections On Ranganathan’S Five Laws Of Library Science, Richard Leiter

Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library

This article is adapted from a column that I wrote for Legal Assistant Today in 1996. The column’s audience was legal assistants, some of whom, I discovered over my seven years as a columnist for the publication, had responsibility for managing law firm libraries or library resources in addition to their other duties. So from time to time my column drifted into advice about managing libraries. This particular column came about at a time when I was mentoring some younger librarians and discovered to my surprise that they did not know of Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science. When I …

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Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - Judicial Report On The Adjudication And Sanctioning Of Hard-Core Drinking Drivers, Robyn Robertson, Herb Simpson

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Impaired driving is the most frequently committed crime in America. It has been an issue of debate and concern for the judiciary, as courtrooms across the country hear cases involving a majority of the 1.4 million annual DWI arrests. Since the early 1980s, concerned citizens have lobbied for and won considerable changes to the way these cases are approached from a public-policy perspective, often resulting in legislative initiatives and changes in criminal practice. Until now, however, little comprehensive research has been conducted on the implications of these system-wide changes for criminal justice professionals.

In December 2002, the Traffic Injury Research …

Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - Editor's Note

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We begin this issue by reprinting Burke’s remarks at the Rehnquist Award ceremony. Burke tries to identify the key ingredients needed to let a court fulfill its promise to the public. His list includes fairness and respect, listening and understanding, and accountability. We think you’ll find his comments of interest. We invite your response, either via a letter to the editor or a responsive essay.

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Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - A Court And A Judiciary That Is As Good As Its Promise, Kevin S. Burke

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Today the dissatisfaction with the administration of justice is at a level that none of us should tolerate or accept, for it threatens our democracy as much or more than any terrorist. The nation’s dissatisfaction with the administration of justice is our issue of homeland security. In Pound’s speech, he spoke first of the popular assumption that the administration of justice is an easy task to which anyone is competent. The fact that I am the recipient of the Rehnquist Award proves to many that Pound was correct.

Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - President’S Column, Michael R. Mcadam

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As I wrote this, the National Center for State Courts had just completed the Eighth Court Technology Conference (CTC8) in Kansas City, Missouri. I was fortunate to be able to participate in CTC8 as your president and as a local host. My thoughts about CTC8 follow several lines of analysis, one about the role of technology in our courts, another about the impact of the National Center, and a third about the international nature of technology.

Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - Recent Criminal Decisions Of The United States Supreme Court: The 2002-2003 Term, Charles H. Whitebread

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In criminal cases, this term of the United States Supreme Court had several important decisions, but no landmark cases. The Court continued to favor law enforcement. One significant development was the substantial impact of section 2254(d) of the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act is having in closing the door of federal courts to state prisoners petitioning for the writ of habeas corpus. Here are several of the important criminal decisions decided this term.

Children At Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs: Helping Meth’S Youngest Victims, Karen Swetlow

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

Contents:

Message from the Director
What Is Methamphetamine?
Meth Production Site: Not Really a Laboratory
Methamphetamine Trends in the United States
Dangers to Children Living at Meth Labs
Children Involved in Methamphetamine Lab-Related Incidents in the United States
Children Found in Meth Lab Homes
Multidisciplinary Teams: Elements of Success
Promising Practices in the Field
Conclusion

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Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Children As Witnesses: What We Hear Them Say May Not Be What They Mean, David B. Battin, Stephan J. Ceci

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Children present a special challenge when they become participants in the legal system. Jean Piaget said that the work of a child is to play. That is the basis for most interactions between children and adults. The child plays and the consequences of that play are unimportant to adult affairs—that is, unless the child is under the age of 6 or 7 and is required to serve as a witness. In that situation the consequences of what the child says or chooses not to say can be truly significant. The special challenge for adults hearing the child’s testimony is to …

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Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - A Survey Of Judges’ Knowledge And Beliefs About Eyewitness Testimony, Richard A. Wise, Martin A. Safer

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Forensic DNA testing suggests that potentially large numbers of innocent persons are being convicted of crimes. Case studies conducted both prior to and following the advent of DNA testing indicate that eyewitness error is at least partially responsible for the majority of wrongful convictions. Empirical research has shown which factors contribute to eyewitness error and has identified procedural changes that could be made in the criminal justice system to significantly reduce the number of erroneous eyewitness identifications.

We report the results of a brief survey of what U.S. judges know and believe about eyewitness testimony. The present survey highlights what …

Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Recent Civil Decisions Of The United States Supreme Court: The 2002-2003 Term, Charles H. Whitebread

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The past term of the United States Supreme Court was dramatic, unexpected, and produced constitutional decisions that affect the nature and fabric of our society. The term had three or four “star” cases: the approval of affirmative action, the striking down of bans on gay sexual relations, the U-turn in the Court’s federalism revolution, and the restriction on punitive damage awards. These decisions and the other rulings in constitutional law outside the criminal field made up the bulk of the Court’s opinions for the 2002-2003 term.

Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Editor's Note

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The lead article in this issue gives you a chance to test your beliefs about what leads to accurate—or to mistaken—eyewitness testimony. For 14 separate propositions on which research has given relatively clear answers, researchers Richard Wise and Martin Safer summarize the conclusions of researchers in the field. They also report the results of a survey of judges that tested judicial knowledge in these 14 areas, plus a few others. Thus, a review of this article will let you compare your knowledge both to other judges and to the best research available today.

Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - President's Column, Michael R. Mcadam

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I’m very honored and humbled to be your President. The American Judges Association is a special organization with special attributes that no other judicial organization possesses. We are uniquely an association of judges, run by judges, for judges. And, we are uniquely an independent association of all judges. Every other judicial organization that I’m aware of has either a limited membership criterion (trial judges, Missouri judges, juvenile judges, federal judges, appellate judges, presiding judges, etc.) or it has an open membership but is controlled by someone else and is divided into impervious sections. These are all important and vital associations …

Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - The Ignition Interlock System: An Evidentiary Tool Becomes A Sentencing Element, Andrew Fulkerson

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Technology is becoming an increasingly pervasive aspect of the criminal justice system. One of the earliest technological innovations in the investigation of crimes was the use of fingerprints for identification of suspects. Fingerprinting began as an investigatory tool and by the early 20th century was accepted as scientific evidence in court proceedings. Courts now increasingly rely upon expert witnesses to explain scientific evidence, which is often critical in the decision- making process for criminal and civil courts. While technology has routinely been utilized as both investigatory and evidentiary devices, only in the last decade has a technological device made the …

The Registration Convention: Background And Historical Context, Frans G. Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

Recounts the history and background of the 1976 Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, otherwise known as the "Registration Convention." This convention, drawn up by the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, was the fourth treaty exclusively dedicated to outer space. A mere 44 states are parties to the Convention, and it is suggested here that greater enforcement of the Convention as it stands may be the best tool to encourage other parties' ratification of the Convention.

Quis Vadit Cum Vobis, Galileo?, Frans G. Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

With the decision early 2002 to develop Galileo, the second generation European GNSS-system, and to have it fully operational by 2008, the member states of the European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have taken a large step forward. The question "Quo vadis, Galileo?' has therefore, by and large, been answered - 'Into orbit!' However, many legal parameters for the future system have yet to be defined; amongst those one of the most important is the definition and establishment of the institutional structure which should bring Galileo there and make sure it remains there, in a safe, sensible …

Review Of From Manganese Nodules To Lunar Regolith: A Comparative Legal Study Of The Utilization Of Natural Resources In The Deep Seabed And Outer Space, By Lotta Viikari, Frans G. Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

Apart from a few minor mistakes or debatable statements— e.g. in the context of the discussion of the legal status of outer space vis à vis the Moon, private appropriation is too easily equated with the “national appropriation” of Article II, Outer Space Treaty, which is prohibited whether “by claim of sovereignty…or by any other means”—the only criticism which might be levelled would apply to Chapter 8 (“Conclusions”). It is a bit disappointing to find that this concluding chapter provides little more than a short and flat description of some of the possible solutions for a future regime for exploitation …

Towards One Captain On The European Spaceship— Why The Eu Should Join Esa, Frans G. Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

The current European Convention, aimed at shaping the future of the EU, is considering inclusion of “space” as an area of competence in the EU treaties, in order to strengthen the position of Europe in space. While the Commission in this context has contemplated turning ESA into a “space agency of the EU,” a much more fruitful approach would be the other way around: for the EU to become a member of ESA. As argued, this solution would have a few interesting precedents, be relatively easy and quick to implement, and kill a number of birds with one stone.

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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - The Day Sars Came To Town: The Court’S Role In Preventing Epidemics, Ian B. Cowan

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PROTOCOL FOR HPPA APPLICATIONS IN THE DAVIS COURT BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH