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Wartime Internment Of Japanese-Americans: An Examination Of Wartime Reparations Proposals, Cindy K. Smith
Wartime Internment Of Japanese-Americans: An Examination Of Wartime Reparations Proposals, Cindy K. Smith
Seattle University Law Review
This comment analyzes the proposed Japanese internment remedies in light of the injury done by the interment. First, a discussion of the history surrounding the internment establishes the existence of an injury and the extent of the injury suffered by the Japanese-Americans. Second, the previous remedy is examined. Third, this comment establishes that Congress has the power to satisfy judicially noncognizable claims and that Japanese-American claims justify Congressional action. Fourth, the goals a remedial plan must seek to achieve are examined. Finally, the individual remedial plans are analyzed in light of those goals, ultimately concluding a plan involving both direct …
Deelche V. Jacobsen: Recovering From Community Property For A Separate Tort Judgment, Joseph R. Mcfaul
Deelche V. Jacobsen: Recovering From Community Property For A Separate Tort Judgment, Joseph R. Mcfaul
Seattle University Law Review
This note critically analyzes deElche against the historical background of community property statutes and evaluates its effect on previous case law that subverted community property principles, resulting in injustice to either the victim or the tortfeasor’s spouse. While deElche does not explicitly overrule these cases, it casts doubt on their current vitality. This note also responds to the dissent’s criticisms, and discusses the scope of the deElche decision.