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Rethinking Dui Law In Virginia, Monte Kuligowski Nov 2007

Rethinking Dui Law In Virginia, Monte Kuligowski

University of Richmond Law Review

As the demand for safer roadways needs little supporting argument, I turn to the constitutional problem of strict criminal liability law, followed with a brief analysis of criminal intent and strict liability law within the criminal system, some examples of how other states have responded to the inherent tensions, and a few specific thoughts for the legislature to consider.


Should Patent Infringement Require Proof Of Copying?, Mark A. Lemley May 2007

Should Patent Infringement Require Proof Of Copying?, Mark A. Lemley

Michigan Law Review

Patent infringement is a strict liability offense. Patent law gives patent owners not just the right to prevent others from copying their ideas, but the power to control the use of their idea--even by those who independently develop a technology with no knowledge of the patent or the patentee. This is a power that exists nowhere else in intellectual property (IP) or real property law, but it is a one that patentees have had, with rare exceptions, since the inception of the Republic. In an important paper in the Michigan Law Review, Samson Vermont seeks to change this, arguing …


Classic Revisited: Penal Theory In Paradise Lost, Jillisa Brittan, Richard A. Posner Apr 2007

Classic Revisited: Penal Theory In Paradise Lost, Jillisa Brittan, Richard A. Posner

Michigan Law Review

Milton's great poem can be enjoyed as a supernatural adventure story in the epic tradition-indeed almost as a science-fiction fantasy. An incredibly powerful supernatural figure-call him Father-lives on planet Heaven somewhere in outer space, surrounded by lesser supernatural beings, called Angels. Father begets Son asexually, and declares his intent to give him vice regal authority. Infuriated at Son's being promoted over him, the foremost Angel, L leads a third of the Angels in violent rebellion against Father and Son. At first it seems the rebels will best the loyal Angels. But Father sends in Son to defeat the rebels all …


Airline Liability For Loss, Damage, Or Delay Of Passenger Baggage, M. R. Franks Jan 2007

Airline Liability For Loss, Damage, Or Delay Of Passenger Baggage, M. R. Franks

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Ethics: Inherent In Islamic Finance Through Shari'a Law; Resisted In American Business Despite Sarbanes-Oxley, Christine Walsh Jan 2007

Ethics: Inherent In Islamic Finance Through Shari'a Law; Resisted In American Business Despite Sarbanes-Oxley, Christine Walsh

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Reconciling Strict Liability With Corrective Justice In Contract Law, Curtis Bridgeman Jan 2007

Reconciling Strict Liability With Corrective Justice In Contract Law, Curtis Bridgeman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.