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Law As Largess: Shifting Paradigms Of Law For The Poor, Deborah M. Weissman Dec 2002

Law As Largess: Shifting Paradigms Of Law For The Poor, Deborah M. Weissman

Deborah M. Weissman

The article examines the tension between the principles of the Rule of Law and cultural norms of self-sufficiency. It begins by reviewing the principles of the Rule of Law as an ideal, the pursuit of which has led to historical efforts to meet the legal needs of the poor. It then examines recent legal events including federal statutory changes, three Supreme Court cases, and a federal circuit court case which have limited legal resources for those who cannot pay. The article then examines these developments in the context of a sea-change in the political environment of the nation, coinciding with …


Foreword To The Survey [From Blueprints To Bricks: A Survey Of Current Baseball Stadium Financing Projects], David Caudill Jul 2002

Foreword To The Survey [From Blueprints To Bricks: A Survey Of Current Baseball Stadium Financing Projects], David Caudill

David S Caudill

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Ethnography And The Idealized Accounts Of Science In Law, David Caudill Jul 2002

Ethnography And The Idealized Accounts Of Science In Law, David Caudill

David S Caudill

An idealized description of scientific activity persists in law and legal literature. Social aspects of science are regularly acknowledged and then dismissed as temporary, irrelevant, or eliminable. A distinction should be made between eliminable and inevitable social aspects of science, and engagement with the latter would lead to a more accurate description of the scientific enterprise. After explaining how ethnomethodology is used to explore the inevitable social, institutional, and rhetorical aspects of science, I identify numerous social aspects and suggest how understanding their role in the production of scientific knowledge might help attorneys and judges in their evaluations of scientific …


Law, Science, And Science Studies: Contrasting The Deposition Of A Scientific Expert With Ethnographic Studies Of Scientific Practice, David Caudill Jul 2002

Law, Science, And Science Studies: Contrasting The Deposition Of A Scientific Expert With Ethnographic Studies Of Scientific Practice, David Caudill

David S Caudill

No abstract provided.


You Can’T Tear It Down: The Origins Of The D.C. Historic Preservation Act, Jeremy W. Dutra May 2002

You Can’T Tear It Down: The Origins Of The D.C. Historic Preservation Act, Jeremy W. Dutra

Georgetown Law Historic Preservation Papers Series

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Extending The Revisionist Project, Lewis Grossman Jan 2002

Extending The Revisionist Project, Lewis Grossman

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Recocking The Removal Trigger, Howard Bryant Stravitz Jan 2002

Recocking The Removal Trigger, Howard Bryant Stravitz

South Carolina Law Review

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Where's The Evidence - Dealing With Spoliation By Plaintiffs In Product Liability Cases, Christopher B. Major Jan 2002

Where's The Evidence - Dealing With Spoliation By Plaintiffs In Product Liability Cases, Christopher B. Major

South Carolina Law Review

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Semtek, Forum Shopping, And Federal Common Law, Stephen B. Burbank Jan 2002

Semtek, Forum Shopping, And Federal Common Law, Stephen B. Burbank

All Faculty Scholarship

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The Roles Of Litigation, Stephen B. Burbank Jan 2002

The Roles Of Litigation, Stephen B. Burbank

All Faculty Scholarship

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Has The Supreme Court Sounded The Death Knell For Jury Assessed Punitive Damages? A Critical Re-Examination Of The American Jury, Lisa Litwiller Dec 2001

Has The Supreme Court Sounded The Death Knell For Jury Assessed Punitive Damages? A Critical Re-Examination Of The American Jury, Lisa Litwiller

Lisa Litwiller

LAST TERM, the United States Supreme Court drastically altered the balance of power between judge and jury, and the legal community barely noticed. Although Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. is remarkable for what it does overtly - it changes the standard of review in punitive damages cases from an abuse of discretion review to de novo review; it is even more remarkable for what it does covertly - it arguably takes the right to assess punitive damages in the first instance entirely out of the hands of the jury. According to the Court, [u]nlike the measure of …