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A Calvinist Perspective On The Place Of Faith In Legal Scholarship, David Caudill Jul 2001

A Calvinist Perspective On The Place Of Faith In Legal Scholarship, David Caudill

David S Caudill

No abstract provided.


China's Post-Modern Legal Research And Its Prospects(中国的后现代法学研究及其前景), Meng Hou Feb 2001

China's Post-Modern Legal Research And Its Prospects(中国的后现代法学研究及其前景), Meng Hou

Hou Meng

No abstract provided.


Evidentiary Relevance, Morally Reasonable Verdicts, And Jury Nullification, Todd E. Pettys Jan 2001

Evidentiary Relevance, Morally Reasonable Verdicts, And Jury Nullification, Todd E. Pettys

Todd E. Pettys

In Old Chief v. United States, the Supreme Court stated that evidence offered by the Government in a criminal case has “fair and legitimate weight” if it tends to show that a guilty verdict would be morally reasonable. This Article focuses on that proposition. First, it discusses the ways in which Old Chief’s analysis rests upon a broadened understanding of evidentiary relevance. Second, it argues that significant theoretical difficulties impede any effort to determine whether evidence tends to show that a guilty verdict would be morally reasonable. Third, it argues that adopting Old Chief’s conception of relevance would necessitate significant …


Rights Of Inequality: Rawlsian Justice, Equal Opportunity, And The Status Of The Family, Justin Schwartz Jan 2001

Rights Of Inequality: Rawlsian Justice, Equal Opportunity, And The Status Of The Family, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

Is the family subject to principles of justice? In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls includes the (monogamous) family along with the market and the government as among the "basic institutions of society" to which principles of justice apply. Justice, he famously insists, is primary in politics as truth is in science: the only excuse for tolerating injustice is that no lesser injustice is possible. The point of the present paper is that Rawls doesn't actually mean this. When it comes to the family, and in particular its impact on fair equal opportunity (the first part of the the Difference …


Nude Entertainment Zoning, Stephen Durden Jan 2001

Nude Entertainment Zoning, Stephen Durden

Stephen Durden

Local government regulation, as opposed to prohibition, of nude entertainment began in earnest in the 1970's. These regulations generally fell into four categories: (1) zoning; (2) prohibiting nude entertainment in conjunction with the service of alcohol; (3) licensing; and (4) regulating conduct, e.g., hours of operation, distance from customers, prohibition of private booths. The proliferation of these many and varied approaches began soon after the Supreme Court in California v. LaRue held that nude dancing is, or at least might be, protected by the First Amendment. Prior to LaRue, states regularly prohibited nude entertainment via general prohibitions on lewd and …


La Libertad Como La Propiedad Personal De Hacer Lo Que Uno Quiere, Jorge Carlos Adame Jan 2001

La Libertad Como La Propiedad Personal De Hacer Lo Que Uno Quiere, Jorge Carlos Adame

Jorge Adame Goddard

No abstract provided.


A Reply To Justice Philip Talmadge, Robert Lipkin Dec 2000

A Reply To Justice Philip Talmadge, Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Identity Crisis: Intersectionality, Multidimensionality, And The Development Of An Adequate Theory Of Subordination, Darren Hutchinson Dec 2000

Identity Crisis: Intersectionality, Multidimensionality, And The Development Of An Adequate Theory Of Subordination, Darren Hutchinson

Darren L Hutchinson

No abstract provided.


Making Laws Moral: A Defense Of Substantive Canons Of Construction, Andrew C. Spiropoulos Dec 2000

Making Laws Moral: A Defense Of Substantive Canons Of Construction, Andrew C. Spiropoulos

Andrew C. Spiropoulos

No abstract provided.


Deliberativism As The Moral Personality Of American Citizenship, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 2000

Deliberativism As The Moral Personality Of American Citizenship, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


The Principles Of Justice, Richard W. Wright Dec 2000

The Principles Of Justice, Richard W. Wright

Richard W. Wright

No abstract provided.