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Neoliberalism, Colonialism, And International Governance: Decentering The International Law Of Government Legitimacy, James Thuo Gathii

Michigan Law Review

Brad R. Roth's Governmental Illegitimacy in International Law is a neoconservative realist response to liberal internationalists (or universalists). As a critique, the book unsurprisingly legitimizes the subject of its attack: liberal internationalism. That is so since in their opposition to each other, liberal internationalists and neoconservative realists fall within the same discursive formation - a Euro-American hegemony of thinking, writing, critiquing, engaging, producing, and practicing international law. This Review is an antihegemonic critique. It seeks to decenter this Euro-American opposition between liberal internationalism and neoconservative realism that has characterized the study of international law, especially in the post-Cold War period. …

Rejoinder: Twailing International Law, James Thuo Gathii

Michigan Law Review

Brad Roth's response to my Review of his book seeks to privilege his approach to international law as the most defensible. His response does not engage one of the central claims of my Review - that present within international legal scholarship and praxis is a simultaneous and dialectical coexistence of the dominant conservative/liberal approach with alternative or Third World approaches to thinking and writing international law. Roth calls these alternative approaches critical and does not consider them insightful for purposes of dealing with issues such as anticolonialism. Roth's characterization of my Review as falling within critical approaches to international law …

Panel: The International Criminal Court: Contemporary Perspectives And Prospects For Ratification, Ruti Teitel, Roy Lee, William K. Lietzau, George Fletcher, Richard Dicker, Paul Dubinsky

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

In Re Maccrate: Using Consumer Bankruptcy As A Context For Learning In Advanced Legal Writing, Susan L. Dejarnatt

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Pesky Citations, K.K. Duvivier

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

Constant citation to legal authorities presents a unique problem for legal writers. Although these authorities are necessary to the analysis, integrating them can interrupt the flow of the writing, or more significantly, can obscure the meaning. Law reviews have chosen to use footnotes to address this problem. But footnotes create their own form of vertical interruption,' and many courts discourage their use in briefs. This article addresses some of the difficulties created by these pesky citations and suggests some solutions for incorporating them more smoothly.

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: A Vision For The Future, Claire M. Germain

UF Law Faculty Publications

The law library community has been talking about how to ensure permanent public access to primary legal information, both US (state and federal), as well as international and foreign legal information. Web Mirror Sites present a new way to disseminate and preserve digital legal information, and offer a security backup for issuing agencies, an increasingly important factor in the new cyberspace world prone to computer hacking.

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: A Vision For The Future, Claire M. Germain

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A list of books recenlty received by Michigan Law Review.

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A list of books recenlty received by Michigan Law Review.

Details, Details: Questions From Readers, K.K. Duvivier

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

Readers frequently send me questions about word usage. The Bluebook states that one should consult the US. Government Printing Office Style Manual (1984) or The Chicago Manual of Style (13th rev. ed. 1982) for questions on usage, but these sources do not always address the confusion writers encounter. One of my favorite sources for quick answers on these questions is a dictionary-style reference called Legal Writing: Getting It Right and Getting It Written.

Playing On Words: Judge Richard A. Posner's Appellate Opinions, 1981-82--Ruminations On Sexy Judicial Opinion Style During An Extraordinary Rookie Season, Robert F. Blomquist

Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

2000 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Brief For The Petitioner,19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 225 (2000), Matt Caligur, Mark Callender, Alexandra Smoots Hogan

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

No abstract provided.

2000 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Brief For The Respondent,19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 261 (2000), Jennifer Kipke, Stacey-Ann Prince, Cindy Holcomb

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

No abstract provided.

Symposium: States' Rights V. International Trade: The Massachusetts Burma Law, Patrick C. Reed, Sydney M. Cone Iii, Thomas A. Barnico, Joel P. Trachtman, Peter J. Spiro, Paul R. Dubinsky

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

2000 John Marshall National Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Bench Memorandum, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 207 (2000), Robert S. Gurwin

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

In this bench memo, the high court is asked to decide two issues: whether the information disseminated by defendant invaded plaintiff's privacy as defined by the Restatement (Second) of Torts governing public disclosure of private facts; and whether defendant's use of cookie technology to gather the information displayed about plaintiff constituted an invasion of her privacy. Defendant provides a commercial online job search services that provides employment assistance to online users. In return of the free service, users are required to create a "profile" with personal identifying information such as name, phone number, address and e-mail. At the bottom of …

Editing Marshall, 33 J. Marshall L. Rev. 823 (2000), Charles F. Hobson

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Comments On Clinton: Reconsidering The Role Of Natural Law In John Marshall's Jurisprudence, 33 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1141 (2000), James W. Ely

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Marbury, Mcculloch, Gore And Bush: A Comment On Sylvia Snowiss, 33 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1157 (2000), Stephen B. Presser

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Property Rights In John Marshall's Virginia: The Case Of Crenshaw And Crenshaw V. Slate River Company, 33 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1175 (2000), J. Gordon Hylton

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

On The Possibility Of Necessity In Legal Argument: A Dilemma For Holmes And Dewey, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 9 (2000), Scott Brewer

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Languages Of A Divided Kingdom: Logic And Literacy In The Writing Curriculum, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 49 (2000), Joel R. Cornwell

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Why Barbara, Celarent, Darii, And Ferio Flunk Out Of Law School: Comment On Scott Brewer, On The Possibility Of Necessity In Legal Argument, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 77 (2000), Linda Ross Meyer

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Teaching Lawyers The Language Of Law: Legal And Anthropological Translations, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 91 (2000), Elizabeth Mertz

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Language Acculturation Processes And Resistance To In"Doctrine"Ation In The Legal Skills Curriculum And Beyond: A Commentary On Mertz's Critical Anthropology Of The Socratic, Doctrinal Classroom, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 131 (2000), Brook K. Baker

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

"A Good Story" And "The Real Story", 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 181 (2000), Jane E. Larson

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

In The Spirit Of Regina Austin's Contextual Analysis: Exploring Racial Context In Legal Method, Writing Assignments And Scholarship, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 281 (2000), Charles R. Calleros

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Gordian Knot: Uniting Skills And Substance In Employment Discrimination And Federal Taxation Courses, 33 J. Marshall L. Rev. 303 (2000), Barbara J. Busharis, Suzanne E. Rowe

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Uncoupling The Law Of Takings, Michael A. Heller, James E. Krier

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The following article is based on "Deterrence and Distribution in the Law of Takings," 112 Harvard Law Review 997-1025 (March 1999), © 1999 by the Harvard Law Review Association, and appears here by permission. A complete version, with citations, is available from the authors or the editor of Law Quadrangle Notes.

The law of takings couples together matters that should be treated independently. Whatever the boundaries of the the Takings Clause, we think there is much to be gained by analyzing takings in terms of the clause's underlying purposes, and by understanding that efficiency and justice are best served by …

Dna As Evidence: Viewing Science Through The Prism Of The Law, Peter Donnelly, Richard D. Friedman

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

DNA evidence has transformed the proof of identity in criminal litigation, but it has also introduced daunting problems of statistical analysis into the process. In this article, we analyze a problem related to DNA evidence that is likely to be of great and increasing significance in the near future. This is the problem of whether, and how, to present evidence that the suspect has been identified through a DNA database search. The following article is adapted from "DNA Database Searches and the Legal Consumption of Scientific Evidence," 97.4 Michigan Law Review 931-984 (1999), and appears here with permission of the …

By Command Of Her Majesty: An Introduction To The Command Papers Of The United Kingdom, Stephen E. Young

Scholarly Articles

Mr Young explores the history, format, and arrangement of the Command Papers. He provides a brief description of their availability in hard copy and electronic formats, and also describes the availability and use of various indexing tools for this series of parliamentary papers.