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Ethics V. Professionalism And The Louisiana Supreme Court, N. Gregory Smith

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Index (Volume 70)

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.

War Crimes In The Persian Gulf, Howard Levie

International Law Studies

Also published in 1996 Saint Louis-Warsaw Transatlantic LawJournal 153

Was The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln A War Crime?, Howard Levie

International Law Studies

Also published in Dr. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination: The Case Reopened 213 (John P. Jones ed., 1995)

Museletter: February 1998, Brandon D. Quarles

Museletter

Table of Contents:

Darla Haney Joins Library Staff

Brownbag Research Seminars

Acting for Attorneys by Ann Bucci, Cataloging Assistant

Internet Site of the Month by Darla Haney, Reference/Research Services Librarian

Student Library Advisory Committee

Reminder: February Bar Exam Takers

The Party Expenditure Provision's Near Death Experience: Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee V. Federal Election Commission , Robert M. Knop

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The European Commission's Decision On The Boeing-Mcdonnell Douglas Merger And The Need For Greater U.S.-Eu Cooperation In The Merger Field , Amy Ann Karpel

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Simple Explanation For Why Campaign Expenditures Are Increasing: The Government Is Getting Bigger, John Lott

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

This paper shows that most of the large recent increases in campaign spending for Federal and state offices can be explained by higher government spending. This result holds for both Federal and state legislative campaigns and gubernatorial races and across many different specifications.Evidence is also examined on whether it is the composition and not just the level of expenditures which determines campaign expenditures and whether higher government expenditures similarly results in more candidates competing for office. The data provide some indication that legislative term limits reduce campaign expenditures and increase the number of candidates running for office. Finally, by focusing …

The Political Economy Of Cooperative Federalism: Why State Autonomy Makes Sense And "Dual Sovereignty" Doesn't, Roderick M. Hills Jr.

Michigan Law Review

It is commonplace to observe that "dual federalism" is dead, replaced by something variously called "cooperative federalism," "intergovernmental relations," or "marble-cake federalism." According to this conventional wisdom, state and local officials do not enforce merely their own laws in their distinct policymaking sphere. Rather, as analyzed in a voluminous literature, state and local governments also cooperate with the federal government in many policymaking areas, ranging from unemployment insurance to historic preservation. These nonfederal governments help implement federal policy in a variety of ways: by submitting implementation plans to federal agencies, by promulgating regulations, and by bringing administrative actions to enforce …

Is Hiv "Extraordinary"?, Jordan B. Hansell

Michigan Law Review

The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (the "Act") attempts to reduce inconsistencies in the sentences of defendants convicted of comparable crimes. The Act created a Sentencing Commission (the "Commission") and authorized it to promulgate a set of sentencing guidelines to steer judicial decisionmaking. To fulfill this mandate, the Commission drafted the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (the "Guidelines"), which Congress enacted in 1987. Although Congress wanted to eliminate sentencing disparities, it also wanted to allow some degree of individualized sentencing. To achieve the correct balance, the Commission created three categories of characteristics: those a court must consider in sentencing each defendant; those …

Realigning Corporate Governance: Shareholder Activism By Labor Unions, Stewart J. Schwab, Randall S. Thomas

Michigan Law Review

Labor unions are active again - but this time as capitalists. The potential strength of union pension funds has long been noted, but until recently unions have held their stock passively or invested in union-friendly companies. In the 1990s, however, unions have become the most aggressive of all institutional shareholders. In most cases, it is hard to find a socialist or proletarian plot in what unions are doing with their shares. Rather, labor activism is a model for any large institutional investor attempting to maximize return on capital. Unions, union pension funds, individual union members, and labor-oriented investment funds are …

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A list of books recently received by the Michigan Law Review.

Religion And Rehabilitation: The Requisition Of God By The State, Derek P. Apanovitch

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Shareholders’ Appraisal Remedy And How Courts Determine Fair Value, Barry M. Wertheimer

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Journal Staff

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Seattle Compromise: Multicultural Sensitivity And Americanization, Doriane Lambelet Coleman

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Ex Corde Ecclesiae And The Civil Law, Gerard V. Bradley

Journal Articles

Most parties to the debate over Ex Corde Ecclesiae agree that Canon 812 is at the heart of the matter. Canon 812 says: "It is necessary that those who teach theological disciplines in any institute of higher studies have a mandate from the competent ecclesiastical authority." Essentially, the canon requires the consent of some Church authority (likely the local ordinary) to the appointment of theology professors.

Why is the matter so central? Because the stakes are very great. Behind the disagreement over Canon 812 lies a disagreement over what Catholic theology is, a disagreement that is substantially a product of …

The Purposes Of Legal Ethics And The Primacy Of Practice, Robert P. Burns

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Less Is More: Teaching Legal Ethics In Context, Bruce A. Green

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

On Teaching Legal Ethics With Stories About Clients, Thomas L. Shaffer

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Urban, Single-Sex, Public Secondary Schools: Advancing Full Development Of The Talent And Capacities Of America's Young Women, Amanda E. Koman

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Teaching Moral Perception And Moral Judgment In Legal Ethics Courses: A Dialogue About Goals, Lisa G. Lerman

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Internet Contacts And Forum Notice: A Formula For Personal Jurisdiction, Darren L. Mccarty

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Professionalism Problem, Deborah L. Rhode

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Realigning Corporate Governance: Shareholder Activism By Labor Unions, Randall Thomas, Stewart J. Schwab

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This paper investigates the increased shareholder activism by labor unions and their pension funds, who are now the most aggressive institutional shareholders. Sometimes unions propose traditional corporate-governance measures through procedures familiar to shareholders. Only the union sponsor is novel. But recently unions have pushed innovative methods to get corporations to listen to shareholder complaints. These methods include mandatory amendment of corporate by-laws by shareholders and floor proposals submitted for a shareholder vote at the annual meeting. Unions as shareholders have conflicting roles. We distinguish union-shareholder initiatives designed to further unions' traditional organizing and collective bargaining goals from those that enhance …

Estimation Of Revealed Probabilities And Utility Functions For Product Safety Decisions, W. Kip Viscusi, William N. Evans

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Using survey data on consumer product purchases, this paper introduces an approach to estimate jointly individual utility functions and risk perceptions implied by their decisions. The behavioral risk beliefs reflected in consumers risky decisions differ from the stated probabilities given to them in the survey. These results are not consistent with a Bayesian learning model in which the information respondents utilize is restricted to what the survey presents. The results are, however, potentially consistent with models in which prior risk information is influential or models in which people do not act in a fully rational manner.

Teaching Professional Responsibility In The Future: Continuing The Discussion, Teresa Stanton Collett

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Practice Setting As An Organizing Theme For A Law And Ethics Of Lawyering Curriculum, James E. Moliterno

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Institutional Barriers And Advantages Panel, Michael Millemann

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Use Of The Problem Method For Teaching Legal Ethics, Thomas D. Morgan

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.