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"La Ley De Racionalización Y Sostenibilidad De La Administración Local: De La Duda A La Incertidumbre", Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

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"La Directiva Ue Sobre Las Prácticas Comerciales Desleales: Una Cosa Es Predicar Y Otra Dar Trigo...", Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

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“La Nueva Regulación Del Etiquetado De Los Alimentos En La Ue: ¿Estamos Preparados Para El Día 'D', El 13 De Diciembre De 2014?”, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

El Reglamento (UE) n° 1169/2011 del Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo modifica las disposiciones actualmente aplicables en la Unión, a fin asegurar que los consumidores pueden decidir bien orientados a la hora de elegir los productos alimenticios que consumen y que tal utilización sea segura, a la vez que se garantiza la libre circulación de los alimentos legalmente producidos y comercializados. Dicho Reglamento entró en vigor el 12 de diciembre de 2011 y se aplicará a más tardar el 13 de diciembre de 2014. Siguiendo una práctica ya habitual, la DG SANCO ha publicado un documento (“Questions and Answers on …

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"¿Resultan Comprensibles Para Los Consumidores Las Declaraciones Relativas A La Salud Que, En Virtud Del Reglamento (Ue) Nº 1924/2006, Pueden Figurar En Las Etiquetas De Los Alimentos?", Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

El Reglamento (CE) nº 1924/2006 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo a las declaraciones nutricionales y de propiedades saludables en los alimentos establece reglas armonizadas sobre la utilización de dichas declaraciones. De este modo contribuye a alcanzar un alto nivel de protección de los consumidores. Su objetivo es lograr que las alegaciones que figuren en el etiquetado de los alimentos comercializados en la UE sean claras, precisas y fundamentadas a fin de que los consumidores puedan tomar adecuadamente decisiones disponiendo de una información efectiva.

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Shame, Blame, And The Emerging Law Of Obesity Control.Pdf, Lindsay Wiley

Lindsay Wiley

In using law as a tool to combat the obesity epidemic, legal scholars and policymakers are drawing heavily on the lessons of tobacco control. This Article describes the resulting emergence of "obesity control law" and argues for a radical reorientation of it from a "denormalization" strategy based on the tobacco control experience to a "destigmatization" strategy based on the HIV prevention experience. The war on obesity is nearing a political crossroads. Subsidies and food industry regulations aimed at making our environment more conducive to physical activity and healthy eating are in danger of losing out to cheaper and more politically …

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Who’S Your Nanny.Pdf, Lindsay Wiley

Lindsay Wiley

INTRODUCTION: In June 2012, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his plans for a ban on the sale of sugary beverages in containers larger than 16 ounces. Shortly thereafter, the Center for Consumer Freedom took out a full-page ad in the New York Times featuring Bloomberg photo-shopped into a matronly dress with the tag line "New Yorkers need a Mayor, not a Nanny."1 On television, the CATO Institute's Michael Cannon declared, "This is the most ridiculous sort of nanny state-ism; [ilt's none of the mayor's business how much soda people are drinking." And in news- papers around the country, …

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The U.S. Department Of Agriculture As A Public Health Agency.Pdf, Lindsay Wiley

Lindsay Wiley

Introduction: The "war on obesity" is now well into its second decade.' What began as an effort to encourage medical doctors to screen and treat patients whose weight put them at risk for health problems has transformed into a much broader public health campaign to address the root causes of obesity. A growing number of state, territorial and local health departments are currently exploring new ways to promote healthy eating and physical activity. At the federal level, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has made "nutrition, physical activity and obesity" a top priority.

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The Language Of Westernization In Legal Commentary, Holning Lau

Holning Lau

With the rise of globalization, American legal commentators are increasingly directing their attention at developments abroad. When commentators discuss changes in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, they frequently use the terms "westernization," "westernize," and "westernized." This language elevates the status of the West, framing it as the reference point for understanding changes in other parts of the world. In this essay, I draw from the fields of law, linguistics, and post-colonial studies to illuminate problems with this common practice of discussing changes in terms of westernization. I show that this discursive framework limits understandings about changes around the world and …

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Admitting Previously Undisclosed Evidence In Subsequent Proceedings As Permissible Hearsay Evidence, Siyuan Chen

Siyuan CHEN

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The Crisis Of A Definition: Human Trafficking In Bulgarian Law, Vladislava Stoyanova

Vladislava Stoyanova

This article develops two arguments. First, at a national level in Bulgaria, the human trafficking framework is inoperable for identifying abuses worthy of consideration. By comparing the Bulgarian criminal law definition of human trafficking with the international law definition, I argue that the national criminal law definition is overly inclusive. This state of the Bulgarian criminal law makes it difficult to undertake a realistic assessment of the problem. Second, I submit that because the focus in Bulgaria has been exclusively directed towards the crime of human trafficking, the fact that the abuses of slavery, servitude and forced labour as such …

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Wyoming Legal Research, Debora A. Person, Tawnya K. Plumb

Tawnya K. Plumb

In Wyoming, there are only limited state-specific treatises. As a low-population state, case law is not extensive, and researchers have expressed surprise at the brevity of the state statutes. This text covers the basic legal research resources for primary and secondary law dealing with Wyoming and federal jurisdictions. It covers print and online free and commercial legal databases and offers useful search tips for the more complicated materials.

The text begins with a brief introduction to the sources of the law and the initial stages of research, including determining the call of the question, identifying keywords, and assessing the most …

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Transnational Judicial And Non-Judicial Remedies For Corporate Human Rights Harms: Challenges Of And For Law, Sara L. Seck

Sara L. Seck

This paper will consider whether the polycentric governance approach of the 2011 United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights has the potential to achieve the goal of transnational corporate compliance with human rights responsibilities including, importantly, the goal of access to remedy and justice for those who have been harmed. The paper was initially written as a contribution to a conference at the University of Windsor entitled Justice Beyond the State: Transnationalism and Law. First, the paper examines understandings of “citizenship” and “non-citizenship” in relation to transnational corporate [TNC] accountability in the human rights context. Two distinct perspectives …

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Insurance Law Principles In An International Context: Compensating Losses Caused By Climate Change, Sara L. Seck, Craig Brown

Sara L. Seck

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‘Jogalkotási Javaslatok Megfogalmazása A Jogtudományban’ [Policy Proposals And Legal Scholarship], Péter Cserne, György Gajduschek

Péter Cserne

This is the manuscript of a chapter written for a Hungarian handbook on legal scholarship. It provides an historical overview and a theoretical defense of a policy oriented, in contrast to doctrinal, study of law. The chapter also provides an introduction to the foundations and methodological tools of public policy analysis, including regulatory impact assessment.

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The False Promise Of Proffitt, Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper

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Moderating Citizen "Visioning" In Town Comprehensive Planning: Deliberative Dialog Processes, Michael N. Widener

Michael N. Widener

This paper describes one method of mediated collective bargaining addressing opposing stakeholder views in a Comprehensive Land Use Plan amendment processes where stakeholders provide inputs on behalf of a diverse stakeholders’ community. The moderation process described here involves the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, currently engaged in developing its 2014 Plan extending the city’s planning vision through 2045.

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Trends In Global And Canadian Lawyer Regulation, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

Globalization and technology have changed the practice of law in dramatic ways. This is true not only in the U.S. and Canada, but around the world. Global regulatory trends have begun to emerge as lawyer regulators have had to respond to new developments. In 2012, Australian regulators Steve Mark and Tahlia Gordon and the author, who is a U.S. academic, documented some of these global trends in lawyer regulation. See Laurel S. Terry, Steve Mark, & Tahlia Gordon, Trends and Challenges in Lawyer Regulation: The Impact of Globalization and Technology, 80 Fordham L. Rev. 2661 (2012), https://works.bepress.com/laurel_terry/95/. Their article …

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Climate Engineering Research: A Precautionary Response To Climate Change?, Jesse Reynolds, Floor Fleurke

Jesse Reynolds

In the face of dire forecasts for anthropogenic climate change, climate engineering is increasingly discussed as a possible additional set of responses to reduce climate change’s threat. These proposals have been controversial, in part because they – like climate change itself – pose uncertain risks to the environment and human well-being. Under these challenging circumstances of potential catastrophe and risk-risk trade-off, it is initially unclear to what extent precaution is applicable. We examine what precaution is and is not, and make a prima facie case that climate engineering may provide means to reduce climate risks. When precaution is applied to …

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Negotiating With ‘Bulimic Man’: The (F)Utility Of Engaging Iran, Amit Chhabra

Amit Chhabra

In the aftermath of the World Trade Center bombings of September 11, 2001 (“9/11”), the American psyche has been inordinately consumed with the notion of terror and global jihad against Western culture. Even before these dramatic events, though, our unique sense of humor has traditionally emboldened us to enjoy a good scare. When terror strikes in the real world, then, we are readily at attention. Increasingly since the advent of the television, this aspect of our collective psychology has been commoditized by Hollywood and politicized at election time. The fact that Halloween traditionally falls less than a week before Election …

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Obscenity, Internet, Free Press And Free Speech - Constitutions Of India And The United States, Khagesh Gautam Prof.

Khagesh Gautam

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Where Does One Stand On A Slippery Slope?, Craig B. Mousin

Craig B. Mousin

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Metaphor In Law As Poetic And Propositional Language, Linda L. Berger

Linda L. Berger

My argument in this essay is that although lawyers routinely use and abuse metaphor as propositional language, they mostly neglect the use of metaphor as poetic language. Poetic metaphor openly invites you to view a topic or a target from a new angle by setting it against or alongside a light source; in this way, it prompts second looks and encourages insights. Propositional metaphor, by comparison, appears designed to persuade you to view the target or the topic under discussion as something you already know about because of your experience with the source. As a result, you are better able …

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A Mistake Of Law Defense As A Remedy For Overcriminalization, Paul J. Larkin Jr.

Paul J Larkin Jr.

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Drafting New York Civil-Litigation Documents: Part Xxi—Summary-Judgment Motions Continued, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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The Use Of Tenant Screening Reports And Tenant Blacklisting—2013, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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Winning Through Integrity And Professionalism, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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Winning The Moot Court Oral Argument: A Guide For Intramural And Intermural Moot Court Competitors, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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Ethical Issues In Appellate Courts, Jack E. Morris

Jack E Morris

The rules of ethics governing the work of lawyers in state and federal appellate courts in Louisiana derive from the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct in general, and from select articles and rules in the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, the Louisiana Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal, the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Rules. This article explores some of the ethical issues implicated by the application of these rules to the handling of appeals.

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Poverty Law, Jeffrey Selbin, Scott L. Cummings

Jeffrey Selbin

“Poverty law” refers to policy and lawyering strategies to contest inequality. The rise of the federal welfare state shaped the contours of poverty law in the first half of the twentieth century. This combined with the rights revolution at mid-century to mobilize legal services lawyers and courts in the War on Poverty, which was the zenith of the antipoverty movement. The welfare state’s subsequent decline and federal court retrenchment channeled the antipoverty movement in new directions forged by decentralization, privatization, and globalization: moving it downward (from federal to local), outward (from state to market), and beyond (from domestic to global).

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Originalism, Balanced Legal Realism And Judicial Selection: A Case Study, Stephen Ware

Stephen Ware

The "balanced realist" view that judging inevitably involves lawmaking is widely accepted, even among originalists, such as Justice Scalia, Randy Barnett and Steven Calabresi. Yet many lawyers are still reluctant to acknowledge publicly the inevitability of judicial lawmaking. This reluctance is especially common in debates over the Missouri Plan, a method of judicial selection that divides the power to appoint judges between the governor and the bar.

The Missouri Plan is one of three widely-used methods of selecting state court judges. The other two are: (1) direct election of judges by the citizenry, and (2) appointment of judges by democratically …

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"La Ley De Racionalización Y Sostenibilidad De La Administración Local: De La Duda A La Incertidumbre", Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

"La Directiva Ue Sobre Las Prácticas Comerciales Desleales: Una Cosa Es Predicar Y Otra Dar Trigo...", Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

“La Nueva Regulación Del Etiquetado De Los Alimentos En La Ue: ¿Estamos Preparados Para El Día 'D', El 13 De Diciembre De 2014?”, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

"¿Resultan Comprensibles Para Los Consumidores Las Declaraciones Relativas A La Salud Que, En Virtud Del Reglamento (Ue) Nº 1924/2006, Pueden Figurar En Las Etiquetas De Los Alimentos?", Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

Shame, Blame, And The Emerging Law Of Obesity Control.Pdf, Lindsay Wiley

Lindsay Wiley

Who’S Your Nanny.Pdf, Lindsay Wiley

Lindsay Wiley

The U.S. Department Of Agriculture As A Public Health Agency.Pdf, Lindsay Wiley

Lindsay Wiley

The Language Of Westernization In Legal Commentary, Holning Lau

Holning Lau

Admitting Previously Undisclosed Evidence In Subsequent Proceedings As Permissible Hearsay Evidence, Siyuan Chen

Siyuan CHEN

The Crisis Of A Definition: Human Trafficking In Bulgarian Law, Vladislava Stoyanova

Vladislava Stoyanova

Wyoming Legal Research, Debora A. Person, Tawnya K. Plumb

Tawnya K. Plumb

Transnational Judicial And Non-Judicial Remedies For Corporate Human Rights Harms: Challenges Of And For Law, Sara L. Seck

Sara L. Seck

Insurance Law Principles In An International Context: Compensating Losses Caused By Climate Change, Sara L. Seck, Craig Brown

Sara L. Seck

‘Jogalkotási Javaslatok Megfogalmazása A Jogtudományban’ [Policy Proposals And Legal Scholarship], Péter Cserne, György Gajduschek

Péter Cserne

The False Promise Of Proffitt, Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper

Moderating Citizen "Visioning" In Town Comprehensive Planning: Deliberative Dialog Processes, Michael N. Widener

Michael N. Widener

Trends In Global And Canadian Lawyer Regulation, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

Climate Engineering Research: A Precautionary Response To Climate Change?, Jesse Reynolds, Floor Fleurke

Jesse Reynolds

Negotiating With ‘Bulimic Man’: The (F)Utility Of Engaging Iran, Amit Chhabra

Amit Chhabra

Obscenity, Internet, Free Press And Free Speech - Constitutions Of India And The United States, Khagesh Gautam Prof.

Khagesh Gautam

Where Does One Stand On A Slippery Slope?, Craig B. Mousin

Craig B. Mousin

Metaphor In Law As Poetic And Propositional Language, Linda L. Berger

Linda L. Berger

A Mistake Of Law Defense As A Remedy For Overcriminalization, Paul J. Larkin Jr.

Paul J Larkin Jr.

Drafting New York Civil-Litigation Documents: Part Xxi—Summary-Judgment Motions Continued, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

The Use Of Tenant Screening Reports And Tenant Blacklisting—2013, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

Winning Through Integrity And Professionalism, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

Winning The Moot Court Oral Argument: A Guide For Intramural And Intermural Moot Court Competitors, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

Ethical Issues In Appellate Courts, Jack E. Morris

Jack E Morris

Poverty Law, Jeffrey Selbin, Scott L. Cummings

Jeffrey Selbin

Originalism, Balanced Legal Realism And Judicial Selection: A Case Study, Stephen Ware

Stephen Ware