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Going Courting: How Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Came To Love The Courts, Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.

On The Sources Of Islamic Law And Practices, Ahmed Souaiaia

Ahmed E SOUAIAIA

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Sorry, But It's The Law: The Westernization Of Islam, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

The last quartile of the 20th Century vastly changed the religio-cultural landscape of the West. Previously the stronghold of Christianity, the West has entered into a period of deep diversity as a result of the unprecedented level of migration of non-Western, non-Christian peoples to western destinations. These new immigrants, with their foreign cultures and unfamiliar religions, came westward with the full expectation that they--like the diverse array of Christian emigrants who migrated westward decades before--would fully enjoy religious liberty in nations long heralded for their commitment to democratic principles and respect for civil rights. How are these immigrants faring on …

Let's Try Performance-Based Regulation To Attack Our Smoking And Obesity Problems, Stephen D. Sugarman

Stephen D Sugarman

Instead of "command and control" regulation, and instead of litigation, let's try "performance-based regulation" as a way to force enterprises that are responsible for our obesity and smoking problems to solve them.

Technology For Justice Customers: Bridging The Digital Divide Facing Self-Represented Litigants, Ronald W. Staudt

Ronald W Staudt

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Law's Box: Law, Jurisprudence And The Information Ecosphere, Paul D. Callister

Paul D. Callister

For so long as it has been important to know “what the law is,” the practice of law has been an information profession. Nonetheless, just how the information ecosphere affects legal discourse and thinking has never been systematically studied. Legal scholars study how law attempts to regulate information flow, but they say little about how information limits, shapes, and provides a medium for law to operate.

Part I of the paper introduces a holistic approach to “medium theory”—the idea that methods of communication influence social development and ideology—and applies the theory to the development of legal thinking and institutions. Part …

New Globalization: Mediating The Role Of Mediation In Enforcing International Fair Labor Standards, Jason Wiener

Jason Wiener

No abstract provided.

The Failure Of The Rule Of Law In Cyberspace? Reorienting The Normative Debate On Borders And Territorial Sovereignty, H. Brian Holland

H. Brian Holland

No abstract provided.

Grounding Nike: Exposing Nike's Quest For A Constitutional Right To Lie, Tamara R. Piety

Tamara R. Piety

This article discusses how Nike's procedural posture in the 2003 Nike v. Kasky case amounted to a request for a constitutional right to lie.

Making The Food And Beverage Industry Take Responsibility For Reducing Childhood Obesity: A Market-Based Approach To Public Health, Stephen D. Sugarman

Stephen D Sugarman

How we might attack childhood obesity through performance based regulation, requiring food and beverage companies to solve the problem they have created.

Fighting Crime: An Economists View, John Donohue

John Donohue

No abstract provided.