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Drowsy Driving Considerations In Non-Commercial Drivers For The Sleep Physician, Ann Marie Marciarille, Anand Bhat, David Ingram, Damien Stevens
Drowsy Driving Considerations In Non-Commercial Drivers For The Sleep Physician, Ann Marie Marciarille, Anand Bhat, David Ingram, Damien Stevens
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The sleep physician faces many challenges in the assessment of drowsy driving. The following article reviews current clinical evaluation methods and legal considerations at the state level in the United States.
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: Time To Renew . . . Or Rethink?, Jeffrey E. Thomas
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: Time To Renew . . . Or Rethink?, Jeffrey E. Thomas
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This paper summarizes the U.S. program for terrorism insurance, outlines its advantages and disadvantages, and describes the current proposals for extension of the program. The program, generally referred to as a “Federal Backstop,” functions in some ways that are similar to reinsurance, but it does not require participants to pay premiums ex ante. Instead uses an ex post recoupment mechanism to recover some or all of the Federal payments made under the program. This approach has the advantage of reducing the cost and increasing the availability of terrorism insurance. Some have criticized the program for its interference in market mechanisms, …
Why Police Should Protect Complainant Autonomy, Randall K. Johnson
Why Police Should Protect Complainant Autonomy, Randall K. Johnson
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This Essay does its work in, at least, three ways. First, it encourages better use of scarce public sector resources by calling for reform of the police complaint intake process. Next, this Essay identifies the causes of police complaint inefficiencies by critically-assessing how intake is done by the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Lastly, it provides guidance about how to achieve CPD intake reform by better protecting complainant autonomy. Complainant autonomy, at least in this Essay, is defined as a real party in interest’s (i.e. an injured citizen’s) right to control how its allegations are framed by a nominal plaintiff (i.e. …