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Slides: Dam Building And Removal On The Elwha: A Prototype Of Adaptive Mismanagement And A Tribal Opportunity, William H. Rodgers, Jr. Jun 2007

Slides: Dam Building And Removal On The Elwha: A Prototype Of Adaptive Mismanagement And A Tribal Opportunity, William H. Rodgers, Jr.

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

Presenter: William H. Rodgers, Jr., Stimson Bullitt Professor of Environmental Law, University of Washington School of Law

77 slides


Studying The Death Penalty In Tennessee, Dwight Aarons Jun 2007

Studying The Death Penalty In Tennessee, Dwight Aarons

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.


An Uninvited Guest: The Federal Death Penalty And The Massachusetts Prosecution Of Nurse Kristen Gilbert, John P. Cunningham May 2007

An Uninvited Guest: The Federal Death Penalty And The Massachusetts Prosecution Of Nurse Kristen Gilbert, John P. Cunningham

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Dialectical Regulation Of Rule 14a-8: Intersystemic Governance In Corporate Law, Robert B. Ahdieh May 2007

The Dialectical Regulation Of Rule 14a-8: Intersystemic Governance In Corporate Law, Robert B. Ahdieh

Faculty Scholarship

In recent years, Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act - first adopted more than sixty years ago to increase shareholder participation in corporate governance - has been the subject of a flurry of litigation, scholarly analysis, and SEC rulemaking. Most recently, following several years of debate, the SEC issued a significant clarification of the rule, reversing the Second Circuit's hotly contested interpretation of it in AFSCME v. AIG. For the most part, the debates surrounding Rule 14a-8 - including in the latter case - have focused on the scope of the rule's exceptions. This paper, selected for reprinting in …


State Sovereignty In Bankruptcy After Katz, Thomas E. Plank Apr 2007

State Sovereignty In Bankruptcy After Katz, Thomas E. Plank

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.


Erisa Preemption: A Product Rule And The Neglected Workhorse, Joseph Snoe Mar 2007

Erisa Preemption: A Product Rule And The Neglected Workhorse, Joseph Snoe

Joseph Snoe

ERISA preemption of state laws has troubled courts and commentators for over two decades. This article under the umbrellas label the "Product Rule" concludes that a state has broad discretion to regulate products and services marketed in the state, even products and services marketed to ERISA plans.

The article then explans how ERISA section 502 is the exclusive vehicle for Employee Benefit Plan participants and beneficiaries to bring civil suits against HMOs, insurance companies and others doing busienss with the ERISA plans. By contracting with an ERISA plan, a company or person offering services or products to an ERISA plan …


Airline Liability For Loss, Damage, Or Delay Of Passenger Baggage, M. R. Franks Jan 2007

Airline Liability For Loss, Damage, Or Delay Of Passenger Baggage, M. R. Franks

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Fall And Rise Of Federal Corporation Law - Foreword, Richard A. Booth Jan 2007

The Fall And Rise Of Federal Corporation Law - Foreword, Richard A. Booth

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Birth Certificates, Elizabeth Samuels Jan 2007

Birth Certificates, Elizabeth Samuels

All Faculty Scholarship

Birth certificates in the United States, which are issued by the states, have two different sections, and each section involves different privacy concerns. The first section, the legal record of birth, is always available to the adult whose birth it registers; access by other persons varies widely from state to state, ranging from a short list of specified relatives to the public at large. The second section of the certificate - which records health and medical information about the parents, the birth, and the infant - is used only for data collection and analysis, under regulations that protect the privacy …


Ethics: Inherent In Islamic Finance Through Shari'a Law; Resisted In American Business Despite Sarbanes-Oxley, Christine Walsh Jan 2007

Ethics: Inherent In Islamic Finance Through Shari'a Law; Resisted In American Business Despite Sarbanes-Oxley, Christine Walsh

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


State Initiatives, David Hodas Dec 2006

State Initiatives, David Hodas

David R. Hodas

No abstract provided.