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The Multiple Roles Of Corporate Boards Of Directors, Lynne L. Dallas Aug 2003

The Multiple Roles Of Corporate Boards Of Directors, Lynne L. Dallas

San Diego Law Review

This Article discusses the multiple roles of corporate boards, including the manager-monitoring, relational, and strategic management roles. The author begins by discussing the developments in the manager-monitor role of boards of directors in the United States, including the trends toward having a greater number of outside directors, the creation of specialized committees, and ensuring board member’s expertise in certain areas. Next, the author examines developments in the relational monitoring role of board of directors. The author then goes on to address the several theories and empirical studies regarding the roles of corporate boards. Based upon meta-analysis that insider-dominated and outsider-dominated …


Statutory Interpretation, Comparative Law, And Economic Theory: Discovering The Grund Of Income Taxation, William B. Barker Aug 2003

Statutory Interpretation, Comparative Law, And Economic Theory: Discovering The Grund Of Income Taxation, William B. Barker

San Diego Law Review

This Article examines the interpretation of tax statutes and the changing concept of income. The author begins by explaining the traditional view of how tax statutes were interpreted both in the United Kingdom and the United States. He then discusses the United States Supreme Court’s early approach to the concept of income as found in Eisner v. Macomber. Next, the author addresses the change from a formalistic interpretation regarding income to a more purposive approach associated with the legal process theory. The author then discusses the history and context of income taxation in America, including the purpose of Congress and …


Spontaneous Mutation: A Sudden Change In The Evolution Of The Written Description Requirement As It Applies To Genetic Patents, Duane M. Linstrom Aug 2003

Spontaneous Mutation: A Sudden Change In The Evolution Of The Written Description Requirement As It Applies To Genetic Patents, Duane M. Linstrom

San Diego Law Review

This Article examines the recent history of the ways in which the courts have applied the written description requirement to gene patents, with a particular focus on the changes in the law wrought by the July 2002 decision in Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Gen-Probe Inc. The author begins by describing the written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112 for a patent application. Then, the author discusses recent case law influencing the evolution of the written description requirement for patenting genetic material. Next, he discusses the decision in the first Enzo case, which seemed to follow established case law and …


Undercutting Premises Liability: Reflections On The Use And Abuse Of Causation Doctrine, Julie Davies Aug 2003

Undercutting Premises Liability: Reflections On The Use And Abuse Of Causation Doctrine, Julie Davies

San Diego Law Review

This Article discusses the California Supreme Court’s affirmance of summary judgment for the defendants in Saelzler v. Advanced Group 400, a case in which a victim was attacked on property where she worked because of negligent security measures. Normally, these tort cases are resolved by looking at the element of “duty,” but this case was decided on causation grounds. The author begins by analyzing the Saelzler case and its implications on future litigation. She argues that the decision erodes the balance between judge and jury and conflicts with every goal of tort law, whether corrective, compensatory, or deterrent. The author …


Court Delay And The Waiting Child, Jessica K. Heldman Aug 2003

Court Delay And The Waiting Child, Jessica K. Heldman

San Diego Law Review

This Comment addresses the failure of our legal system when adopted children are forced to wait years before it is determined who will have legal custody of them. The author begins by exposing the problem and the devastating effects of these delays by providing evidence of delay in both private adoption and foster care placement cases. Then, the author explores the current legal framework within which courts make these life-altering child placement decisions. Next, the author confronts the question of why delay occurs, including several contributing factors, such as a lack of specific guidelines based on a child’s sense of …


The Bajagua Project: Finding A Solution To The San Diego-Tijuana Sewage Crisis, Ross Campbell Aug 2003

The Bajagua Project: Finding A Solution To The San Diego-Tijuana Sewage Crisis, Ross Campbell

San Diego Law Review

This Comment discusses the problem of raw and partially treated sewage flowing from the Tijuana River into the San Diego region. The author begins by explaining how the problem was created by a population growth in Tijuana and a lack of an adequate sewage system. The author then goes on to discuss historical developments and lessons learned from past attempts to alleviate this problem. Next, the author examines the Bajagua project, an effort to solve the problem by constructing a large secondary treatment in Mexico. The author argues that this is the most comprehensive solution because of the added benefit …


The Hoynes Code, Patricia A. O'Hara Aug 2003

The Hoynes Code, Patricia A. O'Hara

Hoynes Code

This code governs legal education at the University of Notre Dame in all programs and in all locations.


Contents Aug 2003

Contents

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Avant Propos (Introduction), Alain A. Levasseur, Jackie Mccreary Aug 2003

Avant Propos (Introduction), Alain A. Levasseur, Jackie Mccreary

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Interrelationship Between Common Law And Civil Law, Guy Canivet Aug 2003

The Interrelationship Between Common Law And Civil Law, Guy Canivet

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Influence Croisée De La Common Law Et Du Droit Civil, Guy Canivet Aug 2003

Influence Croisée De La Common Law Et Du Droit Civil, Guy Canivet

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


La Convergencia De Los Sistemas Jurídicos, Don Luis Martinez-Calcerrada Y Gómez Aug 2003

La Convergencia De Los Sistemas Jurídicos, Don Luis Martinez-Calcerrada Y Gómez

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mixed Jurisdictions: A Model For The Xxist Century?, Jean-Louis Baudouin Aug 2003

Mixed Jurisdictions: A Model For The Xxist Century?, Jean-Louis Baudouin

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Systèmes De Droit Mixte: Un Modèle Pour Le 21e Siècle?, Jean-Louis Baudouin Aug 2003

Systèmes De Droit Mixte: Un Modèle Pour Le 21e Siècle?, Jean-Louis Baudouin

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Capitant Lecture, James L. Dennis Aug 2003

Capitant Lecture, James L. Dennis

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Continuing Influence Of Le Droit Civil And El Derecho Civil In The Private Law Of Louisiana, J.-R. Trahan Aug 2003

The Continuing Influence Of Le Droit Civil And El Derecho Civil In The Private Law Of Louisiana, J.-R. Trahan

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The French Connection And The Spanish Perception: Historical Debates And Contemporary Evaluation Of French Influence On Louisiana Civil Law, Vernon Valentine Palmer Aug 2003

The French Connection And The Spanish Perception: Historical Debates And Contemporary Evaluation Of French Influence On Louisiana Civil Law, Vernon Valentine Palmer

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bijuralism As An Assimilation Tool: Lord Durham's Assessment Of The Louisiana Legal System, Roger K. Ward Aug 2003

Bijuralism As An Assimilation Tool: Lord Durham's Assessment Of The Louisiana Legal System, Roger K. Ward

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Louisiana Judicial System And The Fusion Of Cultures, H. Ward Fontenot Aug 2003

The Louisiana Judicial System And The Fusion Of Cultures, H. Ward Fontenot

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Successions Of States: The French Approach, Evelyne Lagrange Aug 2003

Successions Of States: The French Approach, Evelyne Lagrange

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Principle Of Juridical Certainty And The Discontinuity Of Law, María Elena Lauroba Lacasa Aug 2003

The Principle Of Juridical Certainty And The Discontinuity Of Law, María Elena Lauroba Lacasa

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Les Successions D'Etats : Pratiques Françaises, Evelyne Lagrange Aug 2003

Les Successions D'Etats : Pratiques Françaises, Evelyne Lagrange

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


El Principio De Seguridad Juridica Y La Discontinuidad Del Derecho, María Elena Lauroba Lacasa Aug 2003

El Principio De Seguridad Juridica Y La Discontinuidad Del Derecho, María Elena Lauroba Lacasa

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Pedagogical Code, Michael Mcauley Aug 2003

The Pedagogical Code, Michael Mcauley

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Discontinuité Du Droit Et Sécurité Juridique, Nicolas Molfessis Aug 2003

Discontinuité Du Droit Et Sécurité Juridique, Nicolas Molfessis

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Discontinuity Of Law And Legal Security, Nicolas Molfessis Aug 2003

Discontinuity Of Law And Legal Security, Nicolas Molfessis

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


State Succession, Then And Now, With Special Reference To The Louisiana Purchase (1803), C. Emanuelli Aug 2003

State Succession, Then And Now, With Special Reference To The Louisiana Purchase (1803), C. Emanuelli

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Le Transfert De Territoire En Droit International Selon Vattel Et La Cession De La Louisiane Aux États-Unis D'Amérique, Stéphane Beaulac Aug 2003

Le Transfert De Territoire En Droit International Selon Vattel Et La Cession De La Louisiane Aux États-Unis D'Amérique, Stéphane Beaulac

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


On The Principle Of Legal Certainty In The Louisiana Civil Law Tradition: From The Manifesto To The Great Repealing Act And Beyond, John A. Lovett Aug 2003

On The Principle Of Legal Certainty In The Louisiana Civil Law Tradition: From The Manifesto To The Great Repealing Act And Beyond, John A. Lovett

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


General Index Aug 2003

General Index

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.