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The Evolution Of Efficiency Principle From Utilitarianism To Wealth Maximization, Qi Zhou

qi zhou

No abstract provided.

Sulla Natura Del Termine Per La Notificazione Da Parte Del Convenuto Delle Generalità Dell'arbitro Ex Art. 810 C.P.C. (E Sull'obbligo Della Corte Di Cassazione Di Motivare Le Proprie Sentenze), Valerio Sangiovanni

Valerio Sangiovanni

No abstract provided.

Extract From National Conference Of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws Agenda Document Relying On Levinson-Tillman Exchange On Continuity Of Congress, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

This is an extract from an NCCUSL agenda document relying on the Levinson-Tillman exchange.

See generally National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Agenda -- New Business: Proposal for Emergency Legislative Authority 3 (July 8, 2006).

[March 29, 2010]

Extract From United States Code Service, Section On Article V, Citing Tillman's A Textualist Defense, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

Extract from USCS.

[January 21, 2009]

Extract From United States Code Annotated, Section On Article V, Citing Tillman's A Textualist Defense, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

Extract from USCA.

[January 21, 2009]

Extract From Continuity Of Government Commission Web Page Citing Levinson-Tillman Exchange On The Continuity Of Congress, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

Extract from Continuity of Government Commission web page maintained by the Brookings Insitution and by the American Enterprise Institute citing Levinson-Tillman exchange on the continuity of Congress.

[August 23, 2010]

Personal Medical Information: Privacy Or Personal Data Protection? A Theoretical Approach To Understanding The Canadian Environment, Wilhelm Peekhaus

Wilhelm Peekhaus

No abstract provided.

“Forty-Two:” A Hitchhikers Guide To Teaching Legal Research To The Google Generation, Ian Gallacher

Ian Gallacher

This article seeks to answer the questions of what students should learn about legal research and who should teach them. It identifies the cultural tension between those who endorse traditional book-based research and those who embrace computer-assisted legal research, looks at the virtues and pitfalls of both approaches, and reflects on some pedagogical strategies the legal research teaching community might adopt in order to help improve law students' ability to conduct effective and efficient legal research.

Constitutional Jurisprudence Of Sandra Day O'Connor: A Refusal To "Foreclose The Unanticipated", Wilson R. Huhn

Wilson R. Huhn

Earlier this year, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor retired from the Supreme Court of the United States after 25 years of service. It would be difficult to overstate the impact that Justice O’Connor has had on the interpretation of the Constitution during her tenure on the Court. Her importance to the development of American constitutional law stems from her central position on the Supreme Court. Professor Erwin Chemerinsky has described her role in these terms:

O’Connor is in control. In virtually every area of constitutional law, her key fifth vote determines what will be the majority’s position and what will be …

State Action Doctrine And The Principle Of Democratic Choice, Wilson R. Huhn

Wilson R. Huhn

The state action doctrine is somewhat of a mystery to law students, legal scholars, lawyers, and judges. It is a key component of the Fourteenth Amendment--a threshold requirement that must be satisfied before triggering protection of our fundamental rights--but the doctrine itself seems to be curiously without purpose, a collection of arbitrary rules that impede constitutional protection of liberty, equality, and fairness for no good reason. Nearly forty years ago, Professor Charles Black called the state action doctrine “a conceptual disaster area” and characterized scholarly commentary upon it as “a torchless search for a way out of a damp echoing …