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F12rs Sgr No. 8 (Evac Plan), Campbell, Taylor

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request the reevaluation of the emergency evacuation plan on campus and in its surrounding areas when the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) orders a mandatory evacuation of campus

F12rs Sgb No. 4 (Election Code), Pace

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the Student Government Election Code

F12rs Sgb No. 3 (So Points), Glorioso, Latusek

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amemd the Student Government Bylaws

F12rs Sgb No. 5 (Budget), Beadle, Faulkner

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

to budget the funds of the Student Government of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College for the fiscal year 2012-2013; to appropriate funds for activities, projects, and programs of the Student Government; and to appropriate grants to certain student groups and organizations according to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Student Government.

F12rs Sgfb No. 1 (Computers), Beadle

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of five thousand one hundred twenty three dollars and eighty-five cents ($5,123.85) from the Student Government Surplus Account to fund computers and software for Student Government Branch Offices.

F12rs Sgfb No. 2 (Library Furniture), Frias

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of five thousand eight hundred eighty seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($5,887.25) from the Student Government Surplus Account to fund the purchase of tables and chairs for Middleton Library.

F12rs Sgfb No. 5 (Snow), Griffin

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To Allocate a Maximum of Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($4,200) from the Student Government Senate Contingency Account to the Residence Hall Association to Fund the Snowing in the South Program

F12rs Sgfb No. 4 (Gbod), Beadle, Grashoff

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Finance Bill

To allocate a maximum of four thousand dollars ($4000.00) from the Student government Contingency account to fund the Greek board of Directors (GBOD) EMPOWER Leadership Program

F12rs Sgr No. 1 (Tsgfrc), Westbrook

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To create the Temporary Student Government Financial Restructure Committee

F12rs Sgr No. 3 (Athletics), Fias, Neal, Geymann, Hasty, Ardoin, Thompson, Mcmillan, Et Al

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To acknowledge and thank the Athletic Department at Louisiana State University for its ongoing contributions to the University.

F12rs Sgr No. 6 (Bomb Threat), Mcmillan, Ardoin

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To thank the LSU Police Department, the LSU Emergency Operations Center, the Baton Rouge City Police Department, East baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office, the FBI, ATF, the Department of Homeland Security, Dr. William Jenkins, Herb Vincent, LSU Parking, University Relations and all other individuals and agencies which aided in the emergency evacuation, response and the investigation following the bomb threat at Louisiana State University on Monday, September 17, 2012

F12rs Sgr No. 4 (Hurricane Isaac), Beard

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To thank the LSU students, faculty, and staff who volunteered prior to, during, and in the aftermath of Hurricane Issac, and to offer our condolences for all those who experienced a loss of life or property due to Hurricane Issac

F12rs Sgr No. 9 (Plus-Minus), Schwartzenburg

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To reaffirm LSU Student Government’s position of opposition toward the proposed Plus/Minus Grading System and to advocate for student representation in discussions on this topic.

F12rs Sgr No. 10 (Best Buddies), Schroeder

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To honor and recognize the members of the best buddies LSU chapter on their leadership and hospitable volunteer work

F12rs Sgr No. 13 (Stop Light), Arceneaux

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To thank the city of Baton Rouge and the State of Louisiana for installing red lights at the intersection of West Parker and Burbank.

F12rs Sgr No. 14 (Recycling), Cavell, Schwartzenburg, Swinburn

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request LSU recycling to Create more descriptive signage on the campus receptacles dedicated to recyclable materials that would properly display what can and cannot be recycled.

Whose Invention Is It Anyway? Employee Invention-Assignment Agreements And Their Limits, Parker A. Howell

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

Pre-invention assignment provisions have become important and commonplace facets of employment agreements, supplanting common law rules for invention ownership. Yet statutes in seven states—including California, Washington, and Minnesota—restrict invention assignment. These statutes make agreements unenforceable when a worker invents on his or her own time without use of employer resources and the invention does not relate to the employer’s business or the employee’s work. Employers should be ready to argue why a given invention is not excluded from assignment by statute, although judicial decisions suggest many disputed inventions nonetheless belong to the employer. Statutory arguments notwithstanding, employee-inventors may challenge the …

Social Media Policies For Character And Fitness Evaluations, Jessica Belle

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

In 2009, Florida became the first U.S. jurisdiction to articulate a Character and Fitness Evaluation (CFE) policy of examining the social media accounts of bar applicants who had demonstrated a history of questionable conduct such as substance abuse or seeking to violently overthrow the U.S. government. This policy may allow access to otherwise legally inaccessible data, which creates a risk of the bar unlawfully considering information protected by applicants’ constitutional rights. Over the past 60 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has split on whether bar organizations may constitutionally deny bar admission to applicants who refuse to answer certain questions on …

Bad Faith At Middle Age: Comments On “The Principle Without A Name (Yet),” Insurance Law, Contract Law, Specialness, Distinctiveness, And Difference, Robert H. Jerry Ii

UF Law Faculty Publications

In this article, Robert Jerry expounds on Professor Abraham's article on insurer liability for bad faith by pointing out that the concept of institutional bad faith is not a new phenomenon, but rather, one that is as old as the insurance industry itself. Jerry focuses on Abraham's depiction of the "specialness" and "distinctiveness" of insurance, while exploring additional instances of "rotten to the core" systemic bad faith dating as far back as the nineteenth century. Much like Abraham did in his article on bad faith, Jerry uses these examples of systemic bad faith to further his assertion that the insurance …

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Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.

Arctic Energy Resources: Security And Environmental Implications, Peter Johnston

Journal of Strategic Security

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the Arctic as a source for resources, as a potential zone for commercial shipping, and as a region that might experience conflict due to its strategic importance. With regards to energy resources, some studies suggest that the region contains upwards of 13 percent of global undiscovered oil, 30 percent of undiscovered gas, and multiples more of gas hydrates. The decreasing amount and duration of Arctic ice cover suggests that extraction of these resources will be increasingly commercially viable. Arctic and non-arctic states wish to benefit from the region's resources and the …

The 2011 Mena Revolutions: A Study In U.S. Energy (In)Security, Jessie Rumsey

Journal of Strategic Security

The recent upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have brought into stark relief the conflict between democratic values and strategic interests in U.S. foreign policy. Americans are known for commitment to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, yet the U.S. Government is frequently unwilling to step forward and openly express even rhetorical support for reform movements in foreign countries. In fact, initial American reluctance to support the recent "Arab Spring" uprisings serves as another example of what scholars argue is a general exception in the MENA to broader post-Cold War rising costs of maintaining autocracy. This …

New Zealand's Litigation-Related Name Suppression Policies: A Workable Model For The United States, Candice Lazar

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Technologies-That-Must-Not-Be-Named: Understanding And Implementing Advanced Search Technologies In E-Discovery, Jacob Tingen

Law Student Publications

Even for those who are aware of the existence of advanced search and review tactics beyond keyword search, many questions remain for attorneys and judges alike. First, what are the new and emerging technologies? While courts and commentators mention the existence of the technologies, there is not much guidance with regard to what the new technologies are and what they accomplish. Second, are the new technologies superior to the manual review process? Understandably, attorneys are hesitant to use an unfamiliar e-discovery product that may not work better than the e-discovery process to which they are already accustomed. Third, if attorneys …

Dispatch From The Culture War: Virginia's Failed Hpv Vaccination Mandate, Rachel Reynolds

Law Student Publications

This paper will inquire into what makes Gardasil different from other vaccines, and how that impacts its administration. Part I will describe the specifics of the HPV vaccine: how it works and how Virginia decided to promote its usage. Part II will examine the ways in which jurisdictions have traditionally understood vaccination policy, and contrast it with the ways in which they have handled the HPV vaccine. Part III will examine the disadvantages of continuing the mandate’s ineffective political war of attrition, and suggest a coalition-building strategy to effect policy that honors communal values and meaningfully increases access to the …

Variable Interest Entity Structures In The People's Republic Of China: Is Uncertainty For Foreign Investors Part Of China's Economic Development Plan?, David Schindelheim

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Organized Crime Outlaws: An Evaluation Of Criminal Organization Legislation In Canada, Carol Fleischhaker

PhD Dissertations

This thesis explains how some organized crime outlaws, such as anti-Prohibitionists, the North American Mafia or La Cosa Nostra, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and Aboriginal street gangs, come to exist and thrive in Canadian society. It sets forth the historical development and nature of criminal organization laws in Canada, and compares the definition of “criminal organization” in the Criminal Code with other criminal law concepts, such as corporate criminals and white-collar criminals; conventional criminality or garden-variety predatory crime; terrorists; and criminal conspirators, parties, and accessories. It uses various concepts and assertions within criminological, sociological and psychological theories to explain the formation …

Angry Judges, Terry A. Maroney

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Judges get angry. Law, however, is of two minds as to whether they should; more importantly, it is of two minds as to whether judges’ anger should influence their behavior and decision making. On the one hand, anger is the quintessentially judicial emotion. It involves appraisal of wrongdoing, attribution of blame, and assignment of punishment — precisely what we ask of judges. On the other, anger is associated with aggression, impulsivity, and irrationality. Aristotle, through his concept of virtue, proposed reconciling this conflict by asking whether a person is angry at the right people, for the right reasons, and in …

Beware Of The Diamond Dogs: Why A 'Credentials Alone' Conception Of Probable Cause Violates The Compulsory Process Clause, Colin Miller

Faculty Publications

In Florida v. Harris, the State has asked the Supreme Court to find that a positive alert by a certified narcotics-detection dog is per se sufficient, in and of itself, to establish probable cause for the search of a vehicle. This essay, to be published in conjunction with Leslie Shoebotham's amici brief in Harris, argues that this "credentials alone" conception of probable cause violates the Compulsory Process Clause.

Rwu Law: The Magazine Of Roger Williams University School Of Law (Issue No. 4) (Fall 2012), Roger Williams University School Of Law

RWU Law

No abstract provided.