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Developing An International Carbon Tax Regime, Steven Specht

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

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A North-South Struggle: Political And Economic Obstacles To Sustainable Development, Imrana Iqbal, Charles Pierson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

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Lodging The Sustainable Development Goals In The International Trade Regime: From Trade Rhetoric To Trade Plethoric, Nasser Alreshaid

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

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Sustainable Development Law & Policy

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Editor's Note, Caitlin Buchanan

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

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Asset Management Strategies Revisited, Charles P. Reynolds, Daniel J. Wintz, Dierdre Dessingue Halloran

The Catholic Lawyer

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Bankruptcy - The Last Resort: Protecting The Diocesan Client From Potential Liability Judgments, John B. Jarboe

The Catholic Lawyer

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Payments In Lieu Of Taxes: The Philadelphia Experience, George S. Forde, Jr., Christopher E. Cummings

The Catholic Lawyer

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Diocesan Asset Management Strategies: The Civil Law Perspective, William F. Mccarthy

The Catholic Lawyer

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Developments In Liability Theories And Defenses, Robert A. Destro

The Catholic Lawyer

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October 24, 2017: Ross Douthat Tries To Get The Democrats To Take Back Congress, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Ross Douthat Tries to Get the Democrats to Take Back Congress“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The Constitutionality Of Paspa, Kate Main

SLU Law Journal Online

Kate Main discusses the Supreme Court's upcoming decision on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).

Volume 91, Issue 4 (2017)

Obiter Dicta

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The State Of Utah, Plaintiff/Appellee V. Todd Mulliner, Defendant/Appellant., Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

Appeal from the Fourth District Court, Utah county, State of Utah, From a Conviction of Sale of unregistered security, Third Degree Felony, and Securities Fraud, Third Degree Felony, Before the Honorable Judge Thomas Low

The Impact Of Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence From India’S Companies Act Of 2013, Dhammika Dharmapala, Vikramaditya Khanna

Law & Economics Working Papers

Firms’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity has become the subject of a large literature in recent years. This paper analyzes CSR activity using quasi-experimental variation created by Section 135 of India’s Companies Act of 2013, which requires (on a “comply-or-explain” basis) that firms satisfying specific size or profit thresholds spend a minimum of 2% of their net profit on CSR. We examine effects along a number of different dimensions including firm value, CSR spending, and other outcomes, as well as exploring broader theoretical implications. Our analysis uses financial statement and stock price data on Indian firms from the Prowess database, …

How Laws Are Made: The Courts, Sharon Bradley

Presentations

Law, as defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, is “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having binding legal force.” Our laws come from our three branches of Government: legislative, executive, and judicial. These webinars will focus on the law-making activities of each branch, the documents that are created during the process, and how they are used by lawyers and legal researchers.

Courts interpret statutes, determine constitutionality, and create law as part of our common law system.

Children Into Men: Lawyers And The Law In Three Novels, Gregory J. Sullivan

The Catholic Lawyer

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A Civil Litigation At Antioch In The Third Century "The Unlikely Case Of The Church Building", Monsignor Thomas J. Harrington

The Catholic Lawyer

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Defend The Rights Of The Poor, Gordon J. Beggs

The Catholic Lawyer

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Recent Developments, Daisy C. Karlson

Arkansas Law Review

Recent Developments covering: Eighth Circuit Holds ADA Compensatory Damages Claims Survive Death;  Federal Judge Permanently Enjoins State Authorities from Enforcing Anti-Begging Law; and  Arkansas Supreme Court Overturns Birth Certificate Ruling for Same-Sex Couples

How To Combat Prenatal Substance Abuse While Also Protecting Pregnant Women: A Legislative Proposal To Create An Appropriate Balance, Kyle Kennedy

Arkansas Law Review

“Substance abuse in pregnancy is associated with a number of adverse outcomes for the woman, fetus, and neonate.” A recent study indicated that approximately 5.9% of pregnant women between the ages of fifteen and forty-four use illicit drugs. Prenatal illicit drug use has escalated over the past decade, causing an increase in “maternal and neonatal complications, neonatal abstinence syndrome, and health care costs.” Following alcohol and marijuana, methamphetamine is the most commonly abused drug.4 By 2006, admissions for treatment of methamphetamine abuse among pregnant women had increased to twenty-four percent of federally-funded treatment admissions, up from eight percent in 1994.

Arkansas Open Carry: Understanding Law Enforcement’S Legal Capability Under A Difficult Statute, J. Harrison Berry

Arkansas Law Review

“There seems to us no doubt, on the basis of both text and history, that the Second Amendment conferred an individual right to keep and bear arms.” Although the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller established a fundamental understanding that individuals have a right to own a gun for personal use, the Court recognized that, as with all fundamental rights, the individual right to keep and bear arms is “not unlimited.” A few limits the Court mentioned included “prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of …

Why Kindergarten Is Too Late: The Need For Early Childhood Remedies In School Finance Litigation, Kevin Woodson

Arkansas Law Review

In 2006, Jim Ryan, then a law professor, now dean of Harvard University’s School of Education, published A Constitutional Right to Preschool, a seminal article that argued that courts should require states to fund public preschools as a means of abiding by their constitutional obligations to provide all children adequate educational opportunities. Though very few courts have ever imposed such a requirement, and all but one of these rulings have been eliminated on appeal, Ryan noted the political popularity of universal preschool and a growing trend among states to provide free pre-kindergarten as grounds for optimism that courts might be …

Protecting The Viability Of The Small Donor In Modern Elections, Ben Miller

Arkansas Law Review

Campaign finance reform stands as one of the most important issues in today’s modern elections. From national to municipal contests, the influx of large donations places wealthy individuals—and interests—at odds with the average voter. Over the years, volumes of academic and legislative reforms have been proposed that encompass a wide range of electoral subject matter. From Citizens United to Federal Elections Commission (FEC) control mechanisms, solutions on how to change our campaign finance regulatory regime cover a large and diverse area of law and policy. However, the central theme throughout these reforms is maximizing transparency and curbing the undue influence …

A Deliberate Departure: Making Physician-Assisted Suicide Comfortable For Vulnerable Patients, Browne Lewis

Arkansas Law Review

On an episode of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Kilgrave uses his mind control powers to get Jack Denton to give him both of his kidneys. After he loses his kidneys, Denton goes on dialysis and has a stroke. Therefore, when private investigator Jessica Jones tracks down Denton, she discovers that he is wheelchair-bound and unable to speak. Denton goes to great lengths to write a note asking Jones to kill him. This fictionalized story may be the reality for some people. Everyone wants to live a happy life and to have a good death. Some people have the privilege of dying …

Why Informed Consent? Human Experimentation And The Ethics Of Autonomy, Richard W. Garnett

The Catholic Lawyer

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Symbols, Slogans, And Cymbals Of Criminal Justice: Where's The Substance?, Honorable Joseph W. Bellacosa

The Catholic Lawyer

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Analyzing The Roles Of Law And Politics In Judicial Decision Making: Predicting U.S. Supreme Court Justices’ Votes On A Case Of Affirmative Action, Ashley Renkor

The Eastern Illinois University Political Science Review

This study seeks to study relevant precedent cases concerning affirmative action, the 14th Amendment equal protection clause, the 5th Amendment equal protection clause, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with the goal of predicting how certain justices will vote in the affirmative action case, Fisher vs. the University of Texas at Austin. I conclude that justices will debate numerous aspects at play, such as original intent, plain meaning, precedent, policy preferences, public opinion, personal experience, the federal government, and interest groups in order to take positions in the Fisher case for the second time around with an intent …

President Bush, President Obama, And Executive Orders, Catie Witt

The Eastern Illinois University Political Science Review

This article examines the use of executive orders issued during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barak Obama. Using case studies of the most significant executive order issued by each president, and by using quantitative data on the number of executive orders issued by each president during their first term in office, the author finds evidence that supports the “two presidencies” thesis. Moreover, the author finds evidence supporting the theory that Republican presidents are more likely to issue executive orders related to foreign policy, whereas Democratic presidents are more likely to issue executive orders related to domestic policy. Also, …

Do Women Justices Matter?, Ashley Shula

The Eastern Illinois University Political Science Review

In recent years, women have started to have a considerable impact on the political process. While literature exists on women in Congress and in district court settings, little research exists on the role played by female Supreme Court Justices. The author attempts to shed light on the impact of female justices by assessing statements made by the justices, in addition to their voting records. The author finds that the new women Supreme Court Justices have had little impact so far, but offers that perhaps as time goes on, this will change.