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Ethical Visions Of Copyright Law, James Grimmelmann Jan 2009

Ethical Visions Of Copyright Law, James Grimmelmann

Fordham Law Review

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"Free Seeds, Not Free Beer": Participatory Plant Breeding, Opensource Seeds, And Acknowledging User Innovation In Agriculture, Keith Aoki Jan 2009

"Free Seeds, Not Free Beer": Participatory Plant Breeding, Opensource Seeds, And Acknowledging User Innovation In Agriculture, Keith Aoki

Fordham Law Review

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Reconciling Classified Evidence And A Petitioner's Right To A "Meaningful Review" At Guantanamo Bay: A Legislative Solution, Sarah Lorr Jan 2009

Reconciling Classified Evidence And A Petitioner's Right To A "Meaningful Review" At Guantanamo Bay: A Legislative Solution, Sarah Lorr

Fordham Law Review

In Boumediene v. Bush, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the detainees held at Guantánamo Bay have a constitutional right to a writ of habeas corpus and are entitled to a “meaningful review” of their habeas petitions. This Note attempts to reconcile the need for a “meaningful review” with the government’s reliance on classified evidence that is completely inaccessible to the detainee-petitioners. After examining three other contexts in which the reliance on classified evidence has been sanctioned—federal criminal courts, immigration cases, and the ongoing military commissions at Guantánamo—this Note concludes that a “meaningful review” of the Guantánamo habeas petitions requires …


How The Decisions In Favor Of The Stein Thirteen Will Affect The Litigation Of Corporate Crime And Department Of Justice Policies And Expand The Sixth Amendment Right To Counsel, Christopher Mcnamara Jan 2009

How The Decisions In Favor Of The Stein Thirteen Will Affect The Litigation Of Corporate Crime And Department Of Justice Policies And Expand The Sixth Amendment Right To Counsel, Christopher Mcnamara

Fordham Law Review

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the first appellate court in nearly thirty years to uphold the dismissal of criminal indictments for a Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel vilation. United States v. Stein is a unique case that intertwines constitutional interpretation, constitutional remedies, white collar crime, and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) policy. The immediate effects of the Stein decisions not only reflect the changing attitudes at the DOJ on how to prosecute white collar crime but have simultaneously caused the Doj to implement such changes. As the Sixth Amendment has developed and augmented such changes, so has …


The Public Value Of Settlement, Samuel Issacharoff, Robert H. Klonoff Jan 2009

The Public Value Of Settlement, Samuel Issacharoff, Robert H. Klonoff

Fordham Law Review

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The History Of An Idea, Owen M. Fiss Jan 2009

The History Of An Idea, Owen M. Fiss

Fordham Law Review

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Mediation Exceptionality, Jacqueline Nolan-Haley Jan 2009

Mediation Exceptionality, Jacqueline Nolan-Haley

Fordham Law Review

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Toward Effective Implementation Of 11 U.S.C. § 522(D)(11)(E): Invigorating A Powerful Bankruptcy Exemption, Uriel Rabinovitz Jan 2009

Toward Effective Implementation Of 11 U.S.C. § 522(D)(11)(E): Invigorating A Powerful Bankruptcy Exemption, Uriel Rabinovitz

Fordham Law Review

This Note explores how bankruptcy courts have analyzed and applied the 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(11)(E) bankruptcy exemption and the confusion generated by its conflicting interpretations. This Note reviews and scrutinizes the history of the Bankruptcy Law, its goals and purposes, the differences between its underlying themes, and specific mechanisms involved in the implementation of bankruptcy exemptions. With a broader understanding of the rationale behind bankruptcy laws in combination with the relevant legislative history, this Note sets the stage and advocates for an increased consistency in the analysis and application of the 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(11)(E) exemption.


Dean Mary Daly: A Tribute, William Michael Treanor Jan 2009

Dean Mary Daly: A Tribute, William Michael Treanor

Fordham Law Review

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Dean Mary Daly: A Eulogy, John D. Feerick Jan 2009

Dean Mary Daly: A Eulogy, John D. Feerick

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Foreword, Bruce A. Green Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Foreword, Bruce A. Green

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, Lawyering Loyalties: Speech Rights And Duties Within Twenty-First-Century New Governance, Orly Lobel Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, Lawyering Loyalties: Speech Rights And Duties Within Twenty-First-Century New Governance, Orly Lobel

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, The Corporate Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Colin Marks, Nancy B. Rapoport Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, The Corporate Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Colin Marks, Nancy B. Rapoport

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, Lawyers In Fragile Democracies And The Challenges Of Democratic Consolidation: The Nigerian Experience, Okechukwu Oko Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, Lawyers In Fragile Democracies And The Challenges Of Democratic Consolidation: The Nigerian Experience, Okechukwu Oko

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, Government Lawyers, Democracy, And The Rule Of Law, W. Bradley Wendel Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, Government Lawyers, Democracy, And The Rule Of Law, W. Bradley Wendel

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Equalizers And Translators: Lawyers' Ethics In A Constitutional Democracy, Martin Bohmer Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Equalizers And Translators: Lawyers' Ethics In A Constitutional Democracy, Martin Bohmer

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, The Challenge Of Democratic Lawyering, Ascanio Piomelli Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, The Challenge Of Democratic Lawyering, Ascanio Piomelli

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Way To Represent: The Role Of Black Lawyers In Contemporary American Democracy, Carla D. Pratt Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Way To Represent: The Role Of Black Lawyers In Contemporary American Democracy, Carla D. Pratt

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Rethinking The Public In Lawyers' Public Service: Pro Bono, Statgic Philanthropy, And The Bottom Line, Deborah L. Rhode Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access To Justice And Government Institutions, Rethinking The Public In Lawyers' Public Service: Pro Bono, Statgic Philanthropy, And The Bottom Line, Deborah L. Rhode

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, The Juridification Of Social Demands And The Application Of Statutes: An Analysis Of The Legal Treatment Of Antiracism Social Demands In Brazil, Marta Rodriguez De Assis Machado, Flavia Portella Puschel, Jose Rodrigo Rodriguez Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, The Juridification Of Social Demands And The Application Of Statutes: An Analysis Of The Legal Treatment Of Antiracism Social Demands In Brazil, Marta Rodriguez De Assis Machado, Flavia Portella Puschel, Jose Rodrigo Rodriguez

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, Debunking The Myth Of Civil Rights Liberalism: Visions Of Racial Justice In The Thought Of T. Thomas Fortune, 1880-1890, Susan D. Carle Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, Debunking The Myth Of Civil Rights Liberalism: Visions Of Racial Justice In The Thought Of T. Thomas Fortune, 1880-1890, Susan D. Carle

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, The Lawyer As Catalyst Of Social Change, James E. Moliterno Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, The Lawyer As Catalyst Of Social Change, James E. Moliterno

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, True Confessions About The Role Of Lawyers In A Democracy, Fred C. Zacharias Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Social Change And Political Values, True Confessions About The Role Of Lawyers In A Democracy, Fred C. Zacharias

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Tensions Between Various Conceptions Of The Lawyer's Role, Rethinking The Legal Reform Agenda: Will Raising The Standards For Bar Admission Promote Or Undermine Democracy, Human Rights, And Rule Of Law?, Samuel J. Levine, Russell G. Pearce Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Tensions Between Various Conceptions Of The Lawyer's Role, Rethinking The Legal Reform Agenda: Will Raising The Standards For Bar Admission Promote Or Undermine Democracy, Human Rights, And Rule Of Law?, Samuel J. Levine, Russell G. Pearce

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Tensions Between Various Conceptions Of The Lawyer's Role, Statesman Or Scribe? Legal Independence And The Problem Of Democratic Citizenship, Aziz Rana Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Tensions Between Various Conceptions Of The Lawyer's Role, Statesman Or Scribe? Legal Independence And The Problem Of Democratic Citizenship, Aziz Rana

Fordham Law Review

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Tensions Between Various Conceptions Of The Lawyer's Role, Lawyering At The Extremes: The Representation Of Tom Mooney, 1916-1939, Rebecca Roiphe Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Tensions Between Various Conceptions Of The Lawyer's Role, Lawyering At The Extremes: The Representation Of Tom Mooney, 1916-1939, Rebecca Roiphe

Fordham Law Review

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The Coming Showdown Over University Endowments: Enlisting The Donors, Sarah E. Waldeck Jan 2009

The Coming Showdown Over University Endowments: Enlisting The Donors, Sarah E. Waldeck

Fordham Law Review

This Essay focuses on the discordance between universities with particularly large endowments and what is occurring in the rest of higher education, particularly with respect to skyrocketing tuition and a growing institutional wealth gap. The Essay considers absolute endowment values, the amount of endowment per student, and expense-endowment ratios at sixty private universities. It concludes that a small number of schools have an excess endowment, and then provides a convenient proxy for determining when an endowment is so large that it should receive less preferential tax treatment. The Essay then considers the effects that large endowments have at their home …


Presidential Popular Constitutionalism, Jedidiah Purdy Jan 2009

Presidential Popular Constitutionalism, Jedidiah Purdy

Fordham Law Review

This Article adds a new dimension to the most important and influential strand of recent constitutional theory: popular or democratic constitutionalism, the investigation into how the U.S. Constitution is interpreted (1) as a set of defining national commitments and practices, not necessarily anchored in the text of the document, and (2) by citizens and elected politicians outside the judiciary. Wide-ranging and ground-breaking scholarship in this area has neglected the role of the President as a popular constitutional interpreter, articulating and revising normative accounts of the nation that interact dynamically with citizens’ constitutional understandings. This Article sets out a “grammar” of …


Ending The Widow Penalty: Why Are Surviving Alien Spouses Of Deceased Citizens Being Deported?, Jayme A. Feldheim Jan 2009

Ending The Widow Penalty: Why Are Surviving Alien Spouses Of Deceased Citizens Being Deported?, Jayme A. Feldheim

Fordham Law Review

Although our nation generally permits aliens to apply to become lawful permanent residents of this country through their marriages to American citizens, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) automatically denies these applications when the citizen spouse dies within two years of the marriage. Termed the “widow penalty,” certain federal courts have rejected this policy as being both unreasonable and in opposition to the plain meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1151, the statute which categorizes aliens as immediate relatives of U.S. citizens and thus grants them this opportunity. This conflict between the Agency and the judiciary, in turn, has caused a …


Structural Strength: Resolving A Circuit Split In Boyle V. United States With A Pragmatic Proof Requirement For Rico Associated-In-Fact Enterprises, Michael Morrissey Jan 2009

Structural Strength: Resolving A Circuit Split In Boyle V. United States With A Pragmatic Proof Requirement For Rico Associated-In-Fact Enterprises, Michael Morrissey

Fordham Law Review

This Note addresses the circuit split among the U.S. Courts of Appeals over whether proving an associated-in-fact RICO enterprise requires proof of some ascertainable structure distinct from the underlying pattern of racketeering. After discussing the history of RICO and RICO enterprises, this Note dissects the three-way circuit split and details the facts and positions of Boyle v. United States. Finally, this Note argues that the U.S. Supreme Court needs to resolve the split with the common-sense position that some ascertainable-structure proof requirement is needed—although the enterprise need not have a purpose distinct from the pattern of racketeering—to balance the potential …