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The Ultimate Association: Same-Sex Marriage And The Battle Against Jim Crow's Other Cousin, Bryan K. Fair Oct 2008

The Ultimate Association: Same-Sex Marriage And The Battle Against Jim Crow's Other Cousin, Bryan K. Fair

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Florida's "Stand Your Ground" Law: The Actual Effects And The Need For Clarification, Zachary L. Weaver Oct 2008

Florida's "Stand Your Ground" Law: The Actual Effects And The Need For Clarification, Zachary L. Weaver

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Belief In A Just World, Blaming The Victim, And Hate Crime Statutes, Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa, Richard H. Mcadams Oct 2008

Belief In A Just World, Blaming The Victim, And Hate Crime Statutes, Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa, Richard H. Mcadams

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

The earliest economic theory of discrimination proposed the subsequently neglected idea of a "vicious circle" of discrimination (Myrdal, 1944). We draw on psychological evidence (that people derive utility from believing that the world is just) to propose a behavioral economic model in which the vicious circle envisaged by Myrdal can arise. We demonstrate the power of this approach through an application to the issue of whether and how to justify penalty enhancements for hate crimes against members of disfavored groups. The crucial assumption is that individuals engage in biased inference in order to preserve their Belief in a Just World, …


The Political Economy Of Criminal Law And Procedure: The Pessimists' View, Richard H. Mcadams Oct 2008

The Political Economy Of Criminal Law And Procedure: The Pessimists' View, Richard H. Mcadams

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

In The Pathological Politics of Criminal Law, Bill Stuntz provides a powerful critique of the modern American criminal justice system. Other commentators have criticized legislatures for constantly adding to an already overbroad set of criminal prohibitions. Stuntz explains the political dynamic that makes this outcome inevitable. The ultimate result is that the modern prosecutor defines what is criminal by her selection of cases to charge, while criminal legislation is a mere “side-show.” Stuntz concludes that this state of affairs is “lawless” and pathological. As a solution, he proposes that courts resurrect or expand certain constitutional doctrines to reclaim some of …


Determining The Character Of Section 357(C) Gain, Fred B. Brown Oct 2008

Determining The Character Of Section 357(C) Gain, Fred B. Brown

All Faculty Scholarship

Under section 351, a person transferring property to a controlled corporation generally recognizes no gain or loss on the transaction. An exception to tax-free treatment is contained in section 357(c), which generally provides that a transferor in a section 351 transaction recognizes gain to the extent that any liabilities assumed by the corporation on the transfer exceed the transferor's aggregate adjusted basis in the assets transferred. An issue under section 357(c) is whether the recognized gain should be capital gain or ordinary income. The statute suggests that the character of section 357(c) gain should be based on the character of …


Some Realism About Legal Certainty In The Globalization Of The Rule Of Law, James Maxeiner Oct 2008

Some Realism About Legal Certainty In The Globalization Of The Rule Of Law, James Maxeiner

All Faculty Scholarship

The rule of law is at the heart of globalization. It promises both international and domestic routes to peace, security, democracy, human rights and sustainable development worldwide. A central tenet of the rule of law is legal certainty. For most modern jurists, it is a matter of course that legal certainty is a systemic goal, even if that goal is not always fully realized. But for American jurists who count themselves legal realists, legal certainty is not even a flawed goal; it is a childish myth. This address seeks to raise awareness of this fundamental difference and to show its …


Step Right Up: Using Consumer Decision Making Theory To Teach Research Process In The Electronic Age, Amy E. Sloan Oct 2008

Step Right Up: Using Consumer Decision Making Theory To Teach Research Process In The Electronic Age, Amy E. Sloan

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


World Bank’S Inspection Panel: Promoting True Accountability Through Arbitration, Enrique R. Carrasco, Alison K. Guernsey Oct 2008

World Bank’S Inspection Panel: Promoting True Accountability Through Arbitration, Enrique R. Carrasco, Alison K. Guernsey

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Self-Defense - From The Wild West To 9/11: Who, What, When, Amos N. Guiora Oct 2008

Self-Defense - From The Wild West To 9/11: Who, What, When, Amos N. Guiora

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Another King Of Justice: Transitional Justice As Recognition, Frank Haldemann Oct 2008

Another King Of Justice: Transitional Justice As Recognition, Frank Haldemann

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Preeminent State: National Dominance In The Effort To Try Saddam Hussein, Jordan Engelhardt Oct 2008

The Preeminent State: National Dominance In The Effort To Try Saddam Hussein, Jordan Engelhardt

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude: Why The Void-For-Vagueness Argument Is Still Available And Meritorious, Derrick Moore Oct 2008

Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude: Why The Void-For-Vagueness Argument Is Still Available And Meritorious, Derrick Moore

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Freedom To Err: The Idea Of Natural Selection In Politics, Schools, And Courts, Paul D. Carrington Oct 2008

Freedom To Err: The Idea Of Natural Selection In Politics, Schools, And Courts, Paul D. Carrington

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Metaphors And Modalities: Meditations On Bobbit's Theory Of The Constitution, Ian C. Bartrum Oct 2008

Metaphors And Modalities: Meditations On Bobbit's Theory Of The Constitution, Ian C. Bartrum

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Changing State Laws To Prohibit The Display Of Hangman's Nooses: Tightening The Knot Around The First Amendment?, Allison Barger Oct 2008

Changing State Laws To Prohibit The Display Of Hangman's Nooses: Tightening The Knot Around The First Amendment?, Allison Barger

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Best Interests And Parental Presumptions: Bringing Same-Sex Custody Agreements Beyond Preclusion By The Federal Defense Of Marriage Act, Alison M. Schmieder Oct 2008

Best Interests And Parental Presumptions: Bringing Same-Sex Custody Agreements Beyond Preclusion By The Federal Defense Of Marriage Act, Alison M. Schmieder

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Giving Up The Ghost: A Proposal For Dealing With Attorney "Ghostwriting" Of Pro Se Litigants' Court Documents Through Explicit Rules Requiring Disclosure And Allowing Limited Appearances For Such Attorneys, Michael W. Loudenslager Oct 2008

Giving Up The Ghost: A Proposal For Dealing With Attorney "Ghostwriting" Of Pro Se Litigants' Court Documents Through Explicit Rules Requiring Disclosure And Allowing Limited Appearances For Such Attorneys, Michael W. Loudenslager

Marquette Law Review

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It's Not Just What You Think, But Also How You Think About It: The Effect Of Situationally Primed Mindsets On Legal Judgments And Decision Making, Barbara O'Brien, Daphna Oyserman Oct 2008

It's Not Just What You Think, But Also How You Think About It: The Effect Of Situationally Primed Mindsets On Legal Judgments And Decision Making, Barbara O'Brien, Daphna Oyserman

Marquette Law Review

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The Family Medical Leave Act: Calculating The "Hours Of Service" For The Reinstated Employee, Joan M. Shepard Oct 2008

The Family Medical Leave Act: Calculating The "Hours Of Service" For The Reinstated Employee, Joan M. Shepard

Marquette Law Review

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What Plagarism Was Not: Some Preliminary Observations On Classical Chinese Attitudes Toward What The West Calls Intellectual Property, Charles R. Stone Oct 2008

What Plagarism Was Not: Some Preliminary Observations On Classical Chinese Attitudes Toward What The West Calls Intellectual Property, Charles R. Stone

Marquette Law Review

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Table Of Contents For Volume 92 Issue 1, Marquette University Oct 2008

Table Of Contents For Volume 92 Issue 1, Marquette University

Marquette Law Review

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Reforming Humanitarian Rescue, Brent J. Steele Oct 2008

Reforming Humanitarian Rescue, Brent J. Steele

Human Rights & Human Welfare

There is much to commend in Morton Abramowitz and Thomas Pickering’s article “Making Intervention Work.” They propose to reform the United Nations’ capacity for intervention with the creation of an autonomous U.N. force largely constituted with forces contributed by the Security Council’s member-states. If such a force were kept to a minimal operational mission, “a small rapid-deployment force with special engineering, logistical, medical, and police skills,” as the authors suggest, then I think this is a good idea. If such a force would, however, become more than this—an autonomous army of military personnel meant to intervene with force into any …


Land & Water Planning In The Middle Valley, Sandy Fish Oct 2008

Land & Water Planning In The Middle Valley, Sandy Fish

Publications

No abstract provided.


Overview Of The City's Demand Management Programs - Providing Water For Future Growth, Dale Lyons Oct 2008

Overview Of The City's Demand Management Programs - Providing Water For Future Growth, Dale Lyons

Publications

No abstract provided.


Land Use, Water Conservation And Other Things To Think About, Dale Dekker Oct 2008

Land Use, Water Conservation And Other Things To Think About, Dale Dekker

Publications

No abstract provided.


Are We Making The Land/Water Connection?, Lora A. Lucero Oct 2008

Are We Making The Land/Water Connection?, Lora A. Lucero

Publications

No abstract provided.


What Is Urban Health Policy And What's Law Got To Do With It?, Larry I. Palmer Oct 2008

What Is Urban Health Policy And What's Law Got To Do With It?, Larry I. Palmer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Step Right Up: Using Consumer Decision Making Theory To Teach Research Process In The Electronic Age, Amy E. Sloan Oct 2008

Step Right Up: Using Consumer Decision Making Theory To Teach Research Process In The Electronic Age, Amy E. Sloan

All Faculty Scholarship

The legal academy has framed legal research as a professional skill, and much research pedagogy centers around replicating a controlled professional environment to allow students to learn how to do research by simulating legal practice. Although this is a valid way to conceptualize research, it is not the only way. Another way to conceptualize research is as a consumer transaction. Legal information is, in many ways, a product that information providers market to lawyers and students, as the promotions and contests that LexisNexis and Westlaw sponsor demonstrate. Once legal information is understood as a product, the process of research can …


Just A Concern For Good Manners: The Second Circuit Strikes Down The Fcc's Broadcast Indecency Regime, Michael Strocko Oct 2008

Just A Concern For Good Manners: The Second Circuit Strikes Down The Fcc's Broadcast Indecency Regime, Michael Strocko

University of Miami Business Law Review

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus, Constructive Custody And The Future Of Federal Jurisdiction After Munaf, Karen Shafrir Oct 2008

Habeas Corpus, Constructive Custody And The Future Of Federal Jurisdiction After Munaf, Karen Shafrir

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

In 2004-05, two American Citizens, Shaqir Omar and Mohamed Munaf were separately arrested in Iraq and placed in the Camp Cropper Military Facility, pending adjudication. Both prisoners filed writs of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The primary issue that the lower courts grappled with was whether or not the courts had jurisdiction to hear the petitions. After various appeals, the United States Supreme Court concluded that the federal courts did have jurisdiction to entertain the habeas petitions but that the petitions would fail on the merits. This paper argues that the standard …