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Bargaining With Imperfect Information: A Study Of Worker Perceptions Of Legal Protection In An At-Will World, Pauline Kim

Scholarship@WashULaw

This Article presents empirical evidence on an issue at the heart of the academic controversy over the at-will rule -- namely, whether employees have sufficient information to effectively negotiate issues of job security. Using a written survey to collect data from several hundred workers, the study documents a widespread misunderstanding of the basic default rule of employment at will. The results indicate that workers consistently overestimate their legal rights, with overwhelming majorities (as high as 89%) believing that they are legally protected against arbitrary and unjust discharges when in fact they can be dismissed at will.

These findings directly contradict …

1996 Executive Council Meeting Agenda And Correspondence, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.

Terrorism And Legal Competence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor examines the concept of legal concept of competency in context of terrorism.

An Exploratory Inquiry Into Community Policing Using Focus Groups: Perspectives From Social Service Providers, Tanya Leigh Ostrogorsky

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to evaluate Portland, Oregon's community policing policy by using focus groups to discuss the development and effectiveness over one year, Spring 1994 to Spring 1995. The group discussed included management level social service providers and was one piece of a large scale program evaluation. The collected data developed into six major categories: 1) personnel policies and institutional memory; 2) training; 3) consistency; 4) community involvement and responsibility; 5) partnerships or relationships, and 6) change over time. The most highly discussed issue was the discrepancy between the philosophy of the Bureau, community policing, and the …

A Study Of School Disturbance In The United States: A Twentieth Century Perspective, Part One, Gordon A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

In 1989, President George Bush. and the Nation's fifty governors, held a historic education summit that culminated in the adoption of six National Education Goals. These six broad goals were intended to serve as a framework for future reform efforts. The sixth goal of the United States' National Educational Goals states:

By the year 2000, every school in America will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning. The stated objectives are: Every school will implement a firm and fair policy on use, possession, and distribution of drugs and alcohol. Parents, businesses, and …

Divisionews (Spring 1996/ Vol. 9, No. 3), American Society Of Criminology Division On Women And Crime

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.

Adolescent Satanists In America: Religious Commitment Or Developmental Stage?, Gordon A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Constitutional Charge And A Comparative Vision To Substantially Expand And Subject Matter Specialize The Federal Judiciary: A Preliminary Blueprint For Remodeling Our National Houses Of Justice And Establishing A Separate System Of Federal Criminal Courts, Victor Williams

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Ethics Of Implementation: Institutional Remedies And The Lawyer's Role, Susan Poser

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

The issue addressed in this article is whether and to what extent a lawyer has an ethical responsibility to pursue implementation of the remedy in institutional reform litigation. Institutional reform litigation refers to cases in which an individual or class of individuals sues a large organization in order to vindicate constitutional or statutory rights. The types of cases with which this article is concerned are the "public law" type, such as school desegregation, prisoners' rights and patients' rights cases, although included under the rubric of institutional reform can be, inter alia, antitrust, reapportionment and bankruptcy cases. The implementation stage of …

The Law Of Directed Trustees Under Erisa: A Proposed Blueprint For The Federal Courts, Colleen E. Medill

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

Situations where the direction to the trustee is made by a plan participant must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, bearing in mind ERISA's underlying purposes and the safeguards created through the statute and its implementing regulations. The analytical approach adopted in the FirsTier Bank court decision, a literal incorporation of the common law of trusts rules into the context of ERISA, is inappropriate because in some situations more protection is needed for the plan participants than was afforded by the common law of trusts. When the direction to the trustee is made by a non-participant plan fiduciary, however, ERISA …

Transaction Exemptions In The Securities Act Of 1933: An Economic Analysis, C. Steven Bradford

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

The Securities Act of 1933 is an important restriction on capital markets in the United States. Unless an exemption is available, the Act requires companies selling securities to the public first to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a registration statement containing detailed information about the company, its business, its finances, and the contemplated offering. Offers cannot be made (except to underwriters) until the registration statement is filed, and the securities can be sold only after the registration statement survives the sometimes lengthy SEC review process and becomes effective. In addition, the securities seller must at some point …

Verdicts Of Conscience: Nullification And Necessity As Jury Responses To Crimes Of Conscience, Robert F. Schopp

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

Consider three types of atypical criminal defendants. The first trespasses at a nuclear weapons plant (or a segregated bus station or women's health clinic) in order to publicly protest a law or public policy represented by that facility or by the activity that occurs there. The second operates an underground railroad in violation of the Fugitive Slave Act (or smuggles South American residents into the United States or breaks into a women's health clinic in order to disable equipment and prevent scheduled abortions). The third causes the death of a loved one by disconnecting that person from life sustaining medical …

Homosexual Marriage And The Myth Of Tolerance: Is Cardinal O'Connor A "Homophobe"?, Richard F. Duncan

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

Duncan explains why he believes the heterosexual norm should be defended in what well may be the decisive moment of the sexual revolution--the battle over the meaning of marriage in human community. In particular, Duncan will focus on an aspect of this controversy that he notes often goes unnoticed--the impact of a paradigm shift on the "old order," on those who continue to affirm the conventional understanding of sexual morality and marriage.

Public Schools And The Inevitability Of Religious Inequality, Richard F. Duncan

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

This article discusses the political and social implications of current attempts to amend the Constitution to ensure "religious equality." Two specific proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution will be analyzed--the Istook Amendment and the Hyde-Hatch Amendment. This article concludes that although the Hyde-Hatch Amendment is the more acceptable of the two, neither amendment achieves the elusive goal of ensuring religious equality.

Survey On The Seriousness Of Crime: A Comparison Of Three Police Departments, Terry J. Comnick

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Quality Of Services At Community Correction Facilities, Funmi Stella Tofowomo

Theses Digitization Project

An effort to investigate the quality of services at community correction facilities from the perspective of both inmates and staff led to the proposition of four hypotheses. These hypotheses were formulated to show the relationship between key independent variables, such a facility type, time at facility, age, ethnicity, educational level, and dependent (outcome) variables, which included inmate's and staff's views of privacy, safety, rules and regulations, and crowding at these respective facilities.

Making Criminal Codes Functional: A Code Of Conduct And A Code Of Adjudication, Paul H. Robinson, Peter D. Greene, Natasha R. Goldstein

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

A Big Mistake: Eroding The Defense Of Mistake Of Fact About Consent In Rape, Rosanna Cavallaro

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Editorial Board

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Book Review

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

1996 Financial Reports Of The Dwc, American Society Of Criminology. Division On Women And Crime

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

No abstract provided.

Criminal Law And Criminology: Survey Of Recent Books, Juliet Casper Smith

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Criminal Law And Criminology: Survey Of Recent Books, Juliet Casper Smith

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Whose Justice? Which Victims?, Lynne N. Henderson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Public Perception, Justice, And The "Search For Truth" In Criminal Cases, Craig M. Bradley, Joseph L. Hoffmann

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

1996 General Correspondence, Chris Rasche

Division on Women and Crime Documents and Correspondence

Upcoming Executive Board meeting and Division meetings in Chicago; Future of the ASC

Schlup V. Delo: Actual Innocence As Mere Gatekeeper, James G. Clessuras

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The Social Construction Of A Hate Crime Epidemic, James B. Jacobs, Jessica S. Henry

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Guiding The Sentencing Court's Discretion: A Proposed Definiation Of The Phrase Non-Violent Offense Under United States Sentencing Guideline 5k2.13, Seth A. Travis

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The Right Of Silence, The Presumption Of Innocence, The Burden Of Proof, And A Modest Proposal: A Reply To O'Reilly, Barton L. Ingraham

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.