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Government Retention And Use Of Unlawfully Secured Dna Evidence, Wayne A. Logan Jan 2015

Government Retention And Use Of Unlawfully Secured Dna Evidence, Wayne A. Logan

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A House Divided: When State And Lower Federal Courts Disagree On Federal Constitutional Rights, Wayne A. Logan Nov 2014

A House Divided: When State And Lower Federal Courts Disagree On Federal Constitutional Rights, Wayne A. Logan

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Despite their many differences, Americans have long been bound by a shared sense of federal constitutional commonality. As this article demonstrates, however, federal constitutional rights do in fact often differ — even within individual states — as a result of state and lower federal court concurrent authority to interpret the Constitution and the lack of any requirement that they defer to one another’s positions. The article provides the first in-depth examination of intra-state, state-federal court conflicts on federal constitutional law and the problems that they create. Focusing on criminal procedure doctrine in particular, with its unique impact on individual liberty …


Raising The Floor Of Company Conduct: Deriving Public Policy From The Constitution In An Employment-At-Will Arena, Steven J. Mulroy, Amy H. Moorman Jul 2014

Raising The Floor Of Company Conduct: Deriving Public Policy From The Constitution In An Employment-At-Will Arena, Steven J. Mulroy, Amy H. Moorman

Florida State University Law Review

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Constitutional Cacophony: Federal Circuit Splits And The Fourth Amendment, Wayne A. Logan Oct 2012

Constitutional Cacophony: Federal Circuit Splits And The Fourth Amendment, Wayne A. Logan

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Despite their many differences, Americans have long been bound by a shared sense of constitutional commonality. Federal constitutional rights, however, can and do often vary based on geographic location, and a chief source of this variation stems from an unexpected origin: the nation's federal circuit courts of appeals. While a rich literature exists on federal circuit splits in general, this Article provides the first empirical study of federal constitutional law circuit splits. Focusing on Fourth Amendment doctrine in particular, the Article highlights the existence of over three dozen current circuit splits, which result in the unequal allocation of liberty and …


Gerstein V. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103 (1975); In Re Florida Rules Of Criminal Procedure, 309 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 1975), R. Wayne Miller Oct 1975

Gerstein V. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103 (1975); In Re Florida Rules Of Criminal Procedure, 309 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 1975), R. Wayne Miller

Florida State University Law Review

Criminal Procedure- PRELIMINARY HEARINGS- NONADVERSARY JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE TO DETAIN IS PREREQUISITE TO EXTENDED RESTRAINT OF LIBERTY FOLLOWING ARREST.