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Hidden From The Public By Order Of The Court: The Case Against Government-Enforced Secrecy, Joseph F. Anderson Jr. Jul 2004

Hidden From The Public By Order Of The Court: The Case Against Government-Enforced Secrecy, Joseph F. Anderson Jr.

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Settlement, Secrecy, And Judicial Discretion: South Carolina's New Rules Governing The Sealing Of Settlements, Laurie Kratky Dore Jul 2004

Settlement, Secrecy, And Judicial Discretion: South Carolina's New Rules Governing The Sealing Of Settlements, Laurie Kratky Dore

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sexual Orientation And The Paradox Of Heightened Scrutiny, Nan D. Hunter Jun 2004

Sexual Orientation And The Paradox Of Heightened Scrutiny, Nan D. Hunter

Michigan Law Review

In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court performed a double move, creating a dramatic discursive moment: it both decriminalized consensual homosexual relations between adults, and, simultaneously, authorized a new regime of heightened regulation of homosexuality. How that happened and what we can expect next are the subjects of this essay. The obvious point of departure for an analysis of Lawrence is its decriminalization of much sexual conduct. Justice Scalia began this project with his dire warning that "[s]tate laws against bigamy, samesex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity are . . . sustainable only in …


Surviving Lawrence V. Texas, Marc Spindelman Jun 2004

Surviving Lawrence V. Texas, Marc Spindelman

Michigan Law Review

The lesbian and gay communities have reacted to the Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas - striking down state sodomy laws on Due Process grounds - with unbridled enthusiasm. Lawrence has variously been praised as an unmitigated victory for lesbian and gay rights, a turning point in our community's history, and the moment when we have gone from second-class political outcasts to constitutional persons with first-class rights. Obviously, something remarkable happened in Lawrence. In an opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court declared that John Geddes Lawrence and Tyrone Gamer, who had been convicted under Texas's sodomy …


Soldiers Of Semipalatinsk: Seeking A Theory And Forum For Legal Remedy, Anne Miers Kammer May 2004

Soldiers Of Semipalatinsk: Seeking A Theory And Forum For Legal Remedy, Anne Miers Kammer

San Diego International Law Journal

This Comment will address the unique dilemma of individuals in Kazakhstan whose health has been compromised by the former Soviet Union's 40-year period of nuclear testing on what is now Kazakhstan soil. The principal legal analysis of this Comment will focus on the availability of remedies (in the form of monetary damages available through legal resolution) to the citizens and/or state of Kazakhstan, and potential judicial forums in which to seek those remedies. Particular attention will be paid to the comparative likelihood of successful remedial legal action if pursued by a private class of Kazakhstan citizens versus action pursued by …


Hong Kong Right Of Abode: Ng Siu Tung & (And) Others V. Director Of Immigration - Constitutional And Human Rights At The Mercy Of China, Teresa Martin May 2004

Hong Kong Right Of Abode: Ng Siu Tung & (And) Others V. Director Of Immigration - Constitutional And Human Rights At The Mercy Of China, Teresa Martin

San Diego International Law Journal

This Comment argues that the Court's refusal to sidestep the Standing Committee's reinterpretation using either the Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation, or the judgments previously rendered clause in the Basic Law, signifies its capitulation to the Standing Committee, and its inability to protect constitutional rights and/or human rights in Hong Kong. This Comment will first give a brief background on the concept of one country, two systems and the drafting of the basic law. Second, it will introduce the Right of Abode cases, and explain the constitutional crisis of 1999. Third, it analyzes Ng Siu Tung & Others v. Director of …


Public-Figure Defamation Actions In South Carolina - Courts Stay Mindful Of The Defendant's State Of Mind, Eric G. Zaiser Apr 2004

Public-Figure Defamation Actions In South Carolina - Courts Stay Mindful Of The Defendant's State Of Mind, Eric G. Zaiser

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The United States Supreme Court's Indecision In Green Tree Financial Corporation V. Bazzle: A Class Act, Michael Oliver Eckard Apr 2004

The United States Supreme Court's Indecision In Green Tree Financial Corporation V. Bazzle: A Class Act, Michael Oliver Eckard

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judicial Independence And The Scope Of Article Iii--A View From The Federalist, Michael G. Collins Mar 2004

Judicial Independence And The Scope Of Article Iii--A View From The Federalist, Michael G. Collins

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Litigating Humanrights Abuses In United States Courts: Recent Developments, Elizabeth F. Defeis Jan 2004

Litigating Humanrights Abuses In United States Courts: Recent Developments, Elizabeth F. Defeis

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

During the last quarter of a century, litigation in United States courts to address human rights abuses that occur beyond the shores of the United States has increased dramatically.


Courts And Globalization, Sir David Williams David Q. C. Jan 2004

Courts And Globalization, Sir David Williams David Q. C.

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Globalization, Courts, and Judicial Power Symposium


Are Your Eyes Deceiving You?: The Evidentiary Crisis Regarding The Admissibility Of Computer Generated Evidence, Betsy S. Fiedler Jan 2004

Are Your Eyes Deceiving You?: The Evidentiary Crisis Regarding The Admissibility Of Computer Generated Evidence, Betsy S. Fiedler

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Eyes Tied Shut: Litigating For Access Under Cipa In The Government’S “War On Terror”, Cameron Stracher Jan 2004

Eyes Tied Shut: Litigating For Access Under Cipa In The Government’S “War On Terror”, Cameron Stracher

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.