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A Critique Of The Promise Model Of Contract, Wallace K. Lightsey

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

William E. H. Tagupa's Review Of David Weisbrot, Abdul Paliwala, And Akilagpa Sawyerr's Law And Social Change In Papua New Guinea, William E. H. Tagupa

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Reputation, Compensation, And Proof, David A. Anderson

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nlrb V. Bildisco & Bildisco: Rejection Of Collective Bargaining Agreements By Chapter 11 Debtors Receives High Court Approval, Robert E. Dooley

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A review of the litigation culminating in the NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco decision and its legislative impact.

The Role Of Ideology In Prisoners' Rights Adjudication: Habilitative Prison Conditions And The Eighth Amendment, James E. Robertson

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of the eighth amendment right to habilitative prison conditions, focusing on the Supreme Court's failure to recognize such a right in Rhodes v. Chapman.

Dirks V. Sec: Delineating The Scope Of Insider Trading Liability Under Rule 10b-5, Bruno G. Para

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of Dirks v. SEC, examining the circumstances under which a duty to disclose material nonpublic information will be imposed and to whom such a duty of disclosure is owed.

Constitutional Bases For A Right Of Access To Counsel At The Pre-Trial Stages Of Drunk Driving Prosecutions: A Study In Conflicting Rights, Russell G. Murphy

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A comprehensive examination of fifth, sixth, and fourteenth amendment bases for a right of access to legal counsel for persons charged with driving under the influence of alcohol who must decide whether to submit to the administration of a blood alcohol content analysis test.

The Illinois Criminal Sexual Assault And Abuse Act, Roberta R. Hogan

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An examination of the changing criminal sexual conduct statutes, as exemplified by the newly enacted Illinois Criminal Sexual Assault and Abuse Act.

Jurisprudence Or "Juriscience"?, Howard T. Markey

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Scientific Evidence - An Introduction, Fredric I. Lederer

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Judge Versus Jury: Who Should Decide Questions Of Preliminary Facts Conditioning The Admissibility Of Scientific Evidence?, Edward J. Imwinkelried

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Applying Lawyers' Expertise To Scientific Experts: Some Thoughts About Trial Court Analysis Of The Prejudicial Effects Of Admitting And Excluding Expert Scientific Testimony, James M. Doyle

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Scientific Evidence And The Question Of Judicial Capacity, John W. Wesley

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

William E. H. Tagupa's Review Of David Weisbrot, Abdul Paliwala, And Akilagpa Sawyerr's Law And Social Change In Papua New Guinea, William E. H. Tagupa

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

New Technology: A Catalyst For Crises In Collective Bargaining, Industrial Discipline And Labor Law, Stan Weir

Nova Law Review

Eighty-two San Francisco longshoremen, myself among them,

were fired from their jobs on the same day in 1963.

Book Review, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Communications Revolutions And Legal Revolutions: The New Media And The Future Of Law, M. Ethan Katsh

Nova Law Review

Our age is noteworthy for the development of television and computers,

media that transmit information over vast distances at electronic

speed.

Inverse Liability Of The State Of Wisconsin For A De Facto "Temporary Taking" As A Result Of An Administrative Decision: Zinn V. State, Alemante G. Selassie

Faculty Publications

This Note examines Zinn v. State, a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision, which held that plaintiff stated a claim for inverse condemnation against the State of Wisconsin when, as a result of an erroneous quasi-judicial decision by the DNR, plaintiff lost the use of her property for a little longer than a month. This Note takes the position that Zinn represents the growing tendency among courts to enlarge the scope of fact situations in which they will find a taking. Given this tendency, and given that the substantive test in Wisconsin of what constitutes a taking is identical whether a taking …

A Jurisprudential Perspective For The True Codification Of Payments Law, Peter A. Alces

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Standing And Adverseness In Challenges Of Tax Exemptions For Discriminatory Public Schools, Thomas Mccoy, Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Founders And Foundations Of Legal Positivism, David B. Lyons

Faculty Scholarship

The tradition of legal theorizing that we call "positivism" embraces two principal, related ideas: first, law is a species of empirical fact; second, law must be distinguished from morality - in particular, we must not confuse the law that we actually have with the law as we would like it to be. These two elements are connected by the notion that, whatever facts determine what it is to have law, they leave it an open question whether a given system of law or particular laws within it merit respect.

Nonrecourse Financing: Does It Still Generate Tax Advantages After Gibson Products Co. V. United States And Brountas V. Commissioner?, Gregory A. Biegel

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of the three analytical approaches-the "all events" test, basis analysis and Section 636 analysis applied by the courts in evaluating the benefits of non-recourse financing as a tax shelter.

How Are You Going To Keep Them Down On The (Collective) Farm After They've Seen Chicago? A Minor's Right To Political Asylum Against His Parents' Wishes, Michael G. Hillinger

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A commentary on the constitutional doctrine of parental autonomy as circumscribed by maturing children's interests in making significant life decisions, focusing on the Walter Polovchak defection case.

Interpersonal Privacy And The Fourth Amendment, Albert W. Alschuler

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A preliminary examination of the extent to which the fourth amendment protects the privacy of interpersonal relationships and of information or property that one person has shared with another, focusing particularly on the need for subjecting the informant system to additional judicial control.

Adoption Of A Flexible Standard For Analyzing Informants' Tips In Illinois V. Gates, Joseph E. Kolar

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of Illinois v. Gates, wherein the Supreme Court abandoned the strict requirements of the Aguilar-Spinelli two-pronged test for evaluating informants' tips in favor of a more flexible "totality-of-the-circumstances" approach.

Feticide In Illinois: Legislative Amelioration Of A Common Law Rule, Michael Kevin Nowak

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An overview of the new Illinois feticide statute, considering the judicial reaction to similar legislation in other jurisdictions.

The Challenge Of Transsexuality: Legal Responses To An Assertion Of Rights, L. Anita Richardson

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A summary of the current status of civil and legal rights for transsexuals in the areas of equal employment opportunity, sex-reassignment surgery, marital rights, child custody and visitation. The leading cases in each area are reviewed.

The Subchapter S Revision Act: An Analysis And Appraisal, Amy Morris Hess

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Finance And Credit, J. W. Looney

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of the conflicting forces in agricultural credit, the goals and programs of the Farmers Home Administration, and privatization of the farm credit system.

The Sony Impact On Home Videorecording: Time For A Legislative Solution, Denise M. Higgins

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An in-depth examination of the controversial Sony decision which held that the home videorecording of copyrighted materials broadcast over the public airwaves constituted an infringement of copyright. Since traditional remedies do not adequately address the divergent interests at stake in home videorecording, it is suggested that a legislative response is warranted.