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Vol. 59, No. 08 (October 12, 2020)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

On Sexual Harassment In The Judiciary, Leah M. Litman, Deeva Shah

Northwestern University Law Review

This Essay examines the legal profession’s role in sexual harassment, particularly in the federal courts. It argues that individuals in the profession have both an individual and collective responsibility for the professional norms that have allowed harassment to happen with little recourse for the people subject to the harassment. It suggests that the legal profession should engage in a sustained, public reflection about how our words, actions, attitudes, and institutional arrangements allow harassment to happen, and about the many different ways that we can prevent and address harassment.

Law School News: Bright Anniversaries In Uncertain Times 10/06/2020, Nicole Dyszlewski, Louisa Fredey

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Vol. 59, No. 07 (October 5, 2020)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Transcript (University Of Nebraska College Of Law), Volume 53, Number 2, Fall 2020

Nebraska Transcript

Dean's Message - Richard Moberly 1

Professor Anthony Schutz focuses on pedagogy, research as College’s new associate dean for faculty 4

Women Lead 2020 conference spurs attendees to ‘Claim Your Power’ 6

Molly Brummond honored for her outstanding contributions to women 10

John Lenich honored for work with students 12

Bobby Larsen selected as American Constitution Society Next Generation Leader 13

Anna Shavers receives Nebraska Bar Association 2020 Diversity Award 13

Sullivan’s Tenant Assistance Project represents renters facing eviction 14

Alumni, Tenant Assistance Project, a projected conceived by alumna Mindy Rush Chipman, ’07, and professor Ryan Sullivan, ’10, honored with …

How To Fix Legal Scholarmush, Adam J. Kolber

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Fee-Shifting Statutes And Compensation For Risk, Maureen Carroll

Indiana Law Journal

A law firm that enters into a contingency arrangement provides the client with more than just its attorneys’ labor. It also provides a form of financing, because the firm will be paid (if at all) only after the litigation ends; and insurance, because if the litigation results in a low recovery (or no recovery at all), the firm will absorb the direct and indirect costs of the litigation. Courts and markets routinely pay for these types of risk-bearing services through a range of mechanisms, including state feeshifting statutes, contingent percentage fees, common-fund awards, alternative fee arrangements, and third-party litigation funding. …

Bicentennial Alumni Research Project, Indiana University Maurer School Of Law

Historic Documents

In summer 2020, eighteen incoming law students (0Ls) were chosen as IU Maurer School of Law Bicentennial Research Scholars to work with Dean Austen Parrish and Libby Steinbach (Executive Assistant in the Dean's Office) over a two-month period in June and July 2020. The scholars were asked to interview a range of alumni who volunteered to be interviewed and who have played an important role in the life of law school. Scholars were tasked with writing an alumni profile for each alumnus interviewed. This report is the result of those efforts and a compilation of the alumni profiles.

How To Fix Legal Scholarmush, Adam Kolber

Indiana Law Journal

Legal scholars often fail to distinguish descriptive claims about what the law is from normative claims about what it ought to be. The distinction couldn’t be more important, yet scholars frequently mix it up, leading them to mistake legal authority for moral authority, treat current law as a justification for itself, and generally use rhetorical strategies more appropriate for legal practice than scholarship. As a result, scholars sometimes talk past each other, generating not scholarship but “scholarmush.”

In recent years, legal scholarship has been criticized as too theoretical. When it comes to normative scholarship, however, the criticism is off the …

Dirty Johns: Prosecuting Prostituted Women In Pennsylvania And The Need For Reform, Mckay Lewis

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

Prostitution is as old as human civilization itself. Throughout history, public attitudes toward prostituted women have varied greatly. But adverse consequences of the practice—usually imposed by men purchasing sexual services—have continuously been present. Prostituted women have regularly been subject to violence, discrimination, and indifference from their clients, the general public, and even law enforcement and judicial officers.

Jurisdictions can choose to adopt one of three general approaches to prostitution regulation: (1) criminalization; (2) legalization/ decriminalization; or (3) a hybrid approach known as the Nordic Model. Criminalization regimes are regularly associated with disparate treatment between prostituted women and their clients, high …

Research Across The Curriculum: Using Cognitive Science To Answer The Call For Better Legal Research Instruction, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

The American Bar Association (ABA), law students, and employers are demanding that law schools do better when teaching legal research. Academic critics are demanding that law professors begin to apply the lessons from the science of learning to improve student outcomes. The practice of law is changing.

Yet, the data shows that law schools are not changing their legal research curriculum to respond to the need of their students or to address the ABA’s mandate. This stagnation comes at the same time as an explosion in legal information and a decrease in technical research skills among incoming students. This article …

A False Sense Of Security: How Congress And The Sec Are Dropping The Ball On Cryptocurrency, Tessa E. Shurr

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

Today, companies use blockchain technology and digital assets for a variety of purposes. This Comment analyzes the digital token. If the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) views a digital token as a security, then the issuer of the digital token must comply with the registration and extensive disclosure requirements of federal securities laws.

To determine whether a digital asset is a security, the SEC relies on the test that the Supreme Court established in SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. Rather than enforcing a statute or agency rule, the SEC enforces securities laws by applying the Howey test on a fact-intensive …

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall—Biased Impartiality, Appearances, And The Need For Recusal Reform, Zygmont A. Pines

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

The article focuses on a troubling aspect of contemporary judicial morality.

Impartiality—and the appearance of impartiality—are the foundation of judicial decision-making, judicial morality, and the public’s trust in the rule of law. Recusal, in which a jurist voluntarily removes himself or herself from participating in a case, is a process that attempts to preserve and promote the substance and the appearance of judicial impartiality. Nevertheless, the traditional common law recusal process, prevalent in many of our state court systems, manifestly subverts basic legal and ethical norms.

Today’s recusal practice—whether rooted in unintentional hypocrisy, wishful thinking, or a pathological cognitive dissonance— …

Antitrust Changeup: How A Single Antitrust Reform Could Be A Home Run For Minor League Baseball Players, Jeremy Ulm

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

In 1890, Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act to protect competition in the marketplace. Federal antitrust law has developed to prevent businesses from exerting unfair power on their employees and customers. Specifically, the Sherman Act prevents competitors from reaching unreasonable agreements amongst themselves and from monopolizing markets. However, not all industries have these protections.

Historically, federal antitrust law has not governed the “Business of Baseball.” The Supreme Court had the opportunity to apply antitrust law to baseball in Federal Baseball Club, Incorporated v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs; however, the Court held that the Business of Baseball was not …

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2020, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Byu Law School Alumni Association, J. Reuben Clark Law Society

The Clark Memorandum

• A Feast of Fat Things
• And When He Came to Himself
• No Other Gods Before Me
• The Economics of Goodness

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Law Library Blog (October 2020): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.

"Toughen Up, Buttercup" Versus #Timesup: Initial Findings Of The Aba Women In Criminal Justice Task Force, Maryam Ahranjani

Faculty Scholarship

"Practicing criminal law as a woman is like playing tackle football in a dress.” Andrea George, Executive Director of the Federal Public Defender for Eastern Washington and Idaho, began her testimony to the American Bar Association’s Women in Criminal Justice Task Force with that powerful observation. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the ABA has focused on ways to enhance gender equity in the profession and in the justice system. The Criminal Justice Section of the ABA has invested significant resources in the creation of the Women in Criminal Justice Task Force (WCJ TF), which launched its work in …

David Versus Godzilla: Bigger Stones, Jerry Ellig, Richard Williams

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

For four decades, U.S. Presidents have issued executive orders requiring agencies to conduct comprehensive regulatory impact analysis (RIA) for significant regulations to ensure that regulatory decisions solve social problems in a cost-beneficial manner. Yet experience demonstrates that agency RIAs often fail to live up to the standards enunciated in executive orders and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) oversees agency compliance with the executive orders, but OIRA is about half the size it was when it was established in 1980. Regulatory agency staff outnumber OIRA staff by a ratio of 3600 …

Preparing Lawyers For Practice: Developing Cultural Competency, Communication Skills, And Content Knowledge Through Street Law Programs, Ben Perdue, Amy Wallace

Articles & Chapters

Street Law is a legal education methodology designed to increase civic engagement, critical thinking skills, and develop practical legal knowledge in non-lawyers. Law students at Georgetown began using Street Law methods to teach high school classes in the 1970s. While Street Law was designed to help high school students, the programs were also crafted to provide authentic experiential opportunities for law students. However, little research had been done to measure the educational benefits for those law students. We designed the study that is featured in the article to assess those goals. We conclude that Street Law provides significant and often …

From The Editors, Ezra Rosser, Robert Dinerstein

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Although this issue arrives on desks roughly two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, it offers a degree of continuity with our usual fare concerning scholarship about legal education. Our next double-length issue will explore in depth matters of teaching modality, technology, and change connected with the ongoing pandemic. This issue offers fresh perspectives on matters of long-standing concern-line drawing, pro bono requirements, pedagogy, law student instruction of high school students, and bar exams. We found the articles, as well as the three book reviews that fill out this issue, to be engaging and insightful and we hope …

On Sexual Harassment In The Judiciary, Leah Litman, Deeva Shah

Articles

This Essay examines the legal profession’s role in sexual harassment, particularly in the federal courts. It argues that individuals in the profession have both an individual and collective responsibility for the professional norms that have allowed harassment to happen with little recourse for the people subject to the harassment. It suggests that the legal profession should engage in a sustained, public reflection about how our words, actions, attitudes, and institutional arrangements allow harassment to happen, and about the many different ways that we can prevent and address harassment.

Keeping Lawyers' Houses Clean: Global Innovations To Advance Public Protection And The Integrity Of The Legal Profession, Susan Saab Fortney

Faculty Scholarship

Around the globe regulators are rethinking the scope of their mandates and responsibilities. They are assuming more expansive roles rather than limiting their efforts to disciplining lawyers after misconduct occurs. This Article examines such regulatory initiatives in three areas. First, it discusses developments related to proactive management-based programs in which regulators partner with lawyers who self-assess their firms’ management systems. Data reveal that such assessments help lawyers avoid problems through developing their firms’ ethical infrastructure. When misconduct occurs, injured persons often seek monetary redress. These persons may not be able to obtain recovery unless they have suffered substantial damages to …

Pengaruh Gender Dalam Pembuatan Akta Notaris (Kajian Atas Transgender Dan Khuntsa), Anna Mulia Ludy

Indonesian Notary

Penelitian ini membahas pengaruh gender dalam pembuatan akta Notaris, dengan studi khusus pada transgender dan khuntsa. Ketika Notaris membuatkan akta, terdapat komparisi yang berisikan mengenai identitas para pihak. Saat pihak ini merupakan seorang transgender atau khuntsa, yang biasanya terdapat perbedaan antara fisik yang ditampilkan dan jenis kelamin yang terdapat di kartu identitas, maka penulisan identitas di dalam komparisi akan membingungkan. Penentuan hak para transgender dan khuntsa dalam hal kewarisan akan menjadi masalah tersendiri. Permasalahan di dalam penelitian ini adalah mengenai hak kewarisan terhadap pelaku seorang berkelamin ganda (khuntsa) dan seorang transgender ditinjau dari Hukum Islam dan Hukum Positif di Indonesia …

Kewenangan Notaris Berkaitan Dengan Surat Pernyataan Oper Hak Atas Tanah Garapan (Analisis Putusan Mahkamah Agung Republik Indonesia Nomor 122pk/Pdt/2019), Aziza Adlien Nabila

Indonesian Notary

Tanah garapan adalah tanah kosong dan kemudian adanya penguasaan secara fisik tanpa adanya dasar hak yang resmi, notaris tidak akan membuat akta mengenai tanah garapan karena penggarap tidak punya hak apa pun terhadap tanah tersebut. Penelitian ini mengangkat permasalahan tentang bagaimana keabsahan surat pernyataan hak tanah garapan dan kewenangan notaris berkaitan dengan surat pernyataan oper hak atas tanah garapan berdasarkan putusan Mahkamah Agung Republik Indonesia nomor 122PK/Pdt/2019. Untuk menjawab permasalahan tersebut, penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan yuridis normatif. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan data sekunder yang terdiri dari bahan hukum primer, bahan hukum sekunder dan bahan hukum tersier, penelitian ini menggunakan metode …

Kewenangan Majelis Pengawas Notaris Dalam Memeriksa Dan Mengadili Notaris Yang Sedang Menjalankan Jabatannya Selaku Pejabat Pembuat Akta Tanah (Studi Kasus Putusan Majelis Pengawas Wilayah Notaris Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur Nomor 02.Um.Mpwn/Ix/2019), Cannary Desfira

Indonesian Notary

Tesis ini membahas mengenai kewenangan Majelis Pengawas Notaris dalam memeriksa dan mengadili Notaris yang sedang menjalankan jabatannya selaku Pejabat Pembuat Akta Tanah berdasarkan putusan Majelis Pengawas Wilayah Notaris. Seorang Notaris dapat merangkap jabatan sebagai PPAT. Namun masyarakat kurang memahami baik jabatan Notaris maupun PPAT dan menganggap kedua profesi ini memiliki fungsi yang sama. Pada dasarnya Notaris dan Pejabat Pembuat Akta Tanah adalah Pejabat Umum yang diberi wewenang untuk membuat akta otentik. Namun sejatinya keduanya adalah suatu profesi hukum yang berbeda baik dari aturan hukum jabatannya, instansi pemerintahan yang membawahi, produk hukum yang dibuat, instansi yang mengangkat dan memberhentikan jabatannya, badan …

Pembatalan Akta Pernyataan Keputusan Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham Luar Biasa Dan Tanggung Jawab Notaris Terhadap Akta Yang Dibatalkan (Studi Kasus Putusan Tinggi Surabaya Nomor 693/Pdt/2017/Pt Sby), Devi Liana Isabella Siagian

Indonesian Notary

Artikel ini membahas mengenai keabsahan Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham Luar Biasa (RUPSLB) PT Sieraf Teknik Perkasa (“PT Sieraf”) yang diseleggarakan tanpa kehadiran dan sepengetahuan dari pemegang saham mayoritas dan telah mengambil keputusan untuk memberhentikan pemegang saham mayoritas tersebut sebagai Direktur dalam PT Sieraf. Penyelenggaraan RUPSLB tersebut kemudian dimuat dalam Akta Pernyataan Keputusan RUPSLB (Kedua) PT Sieraf Teknik Perkasa Nomor 3 tertanggal 5 Mei 2015, yang dibuat oleh Wachid Hasyim, Notaris di Surabaya. Permasalahan dalam artikel ini adalah mengenai keabsahan dari penyelenggaraan RUPSLB PT Sieraf dan keputusan yang telah diambil serta tanggung jawab dari Notaris yang membuat Akta Pernyataan Keputusan RUPSLB …

Akibat Hukum Surat Wasiat Atas Harta Yang Disengketakan (Studi Putusan Nomor 1274/Pdt.G/2019/Pa. Tnk), Dhita Ariyani Wibowo

Indonesian Notary

Waris adalah perintah dari Allah SWT akan tetapi dalam proses pelaksanaannya sering terjadi sengketa dan perebutan di antara ahli waris. Maka dari itu kita membutuhkan sebuah profesi pendukung yang dianggap memiliki pengetahuan yang sangat baik di bidang itu untuk mencegah perselisihan di antara ahli waris yakni profesi notaris, karena kekuatan akta otentik yang dibuat oleh notaris memiliki kekuatan hukum yang sangat kuat mengingat bahwa akta otentik adalah bukti sempurna. Penelitian ini mengaji bagaimana akibat hukum surat wasiat yang dibuat oleh Ayah dan Istri dari Perkawinannya yang kedua atas sengketa harta dalam kasus berdasarkan Putusan Nomor 1274/Pdt.g/2019/Pa. TnkJenis penelitian ini bersifat …

Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Kreditur Atas Pelaksanaan Pengalihan Piutang Secara Cessie Dan Akibatnya Terhadap Jaminan Hak Tanggungan Studi Putusan Pengadilan Tinggi Jawa Barat Nomor 126/Pdt/2018/Pt Bdgperlindungan Hukum Terhadap Kreditur Atas Pelaksanaan Pengalihan Piutang Secara Cessie Dan Akibatnya Terhadap Jaminan Hak Tanggungan Studi Putusan Pengadilan Tinggi Jawa Barat Nomor 126/Pdt/2018/Pt Bdg, Dicky Hertanto

Indonesian Notary

Penelitian ini membahas perlindungan hukum terhadap kreditur atas pelaksanaan piutang secara cessie dan akibatnya terhadap jaminan hak tanggungan berdasarkan putusan Pengadilan Tinggi Jawa Barat Nomor 126/PDT/2018/PT BDG tentang perkara pengalihan piutang secara cessie. Permasalahan dari penelitian adalah mengenai bentuk pertanggungjawaban notaris dalam pelaksanaan jabatannya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah yuridis normatif dengan melakukan penelusuran data sekunder melalui studi kepustakaan, sedangkan pendekatan analisis dilakukan secara kualitatif dengan tipe deskriptif analitis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bentuk pertanggungjawaban dari notaris dapat dilakukan dengan menerapkan asas-asas formil dalam pelaksanaan jabatannya. Notaris dalam menjalankan tugasnya wajib berpedoman pada Undang-Undang Jabatan Notaris, Kode Etik Profesi dan …

Implikasi Yuridis Berakhirnya Jangka Waktu Sertipikat Hak Guna Bangunan (Studi Putusan Peninjauan Kembali Nomor 102/Pk/Tun/2018), Elvin Maulani Ma’Ruf

Indonesian Notary

Artikel ini membahas perihal kedudukan pemegang sertipikat hak guna bangunan yang telah habis jangka waktu haknya dan mengenai keabsahan pengusaan tanah oleh pihak lain. Persoalan berupa bagaimana kedudukan, tanggung jawab serta hak dan kewajiban dari pemegang hak atas tanah berupa hak guna bangunan yang dimiliki oleh Badan Usaha Milik Negara yang belum dibalik nama dan telah habis jangka waktu haknya. Sehingga ada pihak lain yang mendaftarkan tanah tersebut ke BPN Bekasi. Namun tanah tersebut tidak bisa didaftarkan karena tanah tersebut telah terdaftar sertipikah hak guna bangunan atas nama PT Jembatan Kencana Raya yang serkarang sertipikatnya dipegang oleh PT Pertani (Persero) …

Pembatalan Akta Jual Beli Dan Akta Pemberian Hak Tanggungan Karena Adanya Penggelapan Oleh Penjual Atas Pembeli Sebelumnya (Studi Putusan Pengadilan Negeri Purwokerto Nomor 8/Pdt.G/2019/Pn.Pwt Juncto Putusan Pengadilan Tinggi Jawa Tengah Nomor 525/Pdt/2019/Pt.Smg), Finona Raissa Anselma

Indonesian Notary

Jual beli tanah yang dilakukan di bawah tangan tidak memiliki bukti yang kuat sehingga berpeluang menimbulkan masalah di kemudian hari yang dapat merugikan, seperti kasus dalam tesis ini. Pokok permasalahan dalam tesis ini membahas mengenai akibat hukum pembatalan Akta Jual Beli karena adanya penggelapan oleh penjual atas pembeli sebelumnya di mana jual beli dilakukan di bawah tangan dan mengenai perlindungan hukum yang dapat diberikan kepada pembeli kedua dan kreditur bersangkutan yang telah beritikad baik serta tanggung jawab PPAT berdasarkan Putusan Pengadilan Negeri Purwokerto Nomor 8/Pdt.G/2019/PN.Pwt juncto Putusan Pengadilan Tinggi Jawa Tengah Nomor 525/PDT/2019/PT.SMG. Berdasarkan putusan yang dianalisis dalam tesis ini …