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Hubungan Keperdataan Antara Anak Luar Kawin Dan Orangtuanya: Studi Perbandingan Dengan Hukum Keluarga Di Belanda, Rosalinda Elsina Latumahina

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Post Constitutional Court Decision No. 46 / PUU-VIII / 2010 dated February 17, 2012 on the amendment of Article 43 paragraph (1) of Marriage Act, many questions still raised regarding the implementation of the aforementioned article to establish civil relations between children born out of wedlock and their parents, especially with the father. The verdict by Supreme Court that rejected the lawsuit by Hj. Aisha Mochtar regarding legal status of her son, as well as several other court decisions indicate that there are various interpretations of the Article so that Article 43 paragraph (1) of Marriage Act cannot be implemented …

Comstock Residents Ass’N V. Lyon Cty. Bd. Of Comm’Rs, 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 19 (Mar. 29, 2018), Steven Kish

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court held that privately-maintained public records are within the scope of the Nevada Public Records Act (“NPRA”). Accordingly, the district court’s denial of the Comstock Residents Association’s (“CRA”) petition for a writ of mandamus was erroneous.

The Tasks Of The Civil Code: Regulation Of Social Relations Or Determination Of Rights, N.F. Imomov

Review of law sciences

This article enlightens the goals and objectives of the Civil Сode, the norms of legislation, the correlation of the requirements of the contract, the application of the provisions of the Civil сode in the regulation of public relations, as well as the determining the legal relation of the parties in the contract. Having attempted to express his point of view on the tasks of the Civil Сode, the author tried to disclose it not only as source of regulation of public relations, but also as a definition of civil rights and the legal status of entities. The author has studied …

Сivil Legal Protection Of A Database According To The Legislation Of Foreign Countries, Q.A. Mehmonov

Review of law sciences

The article considers the legal regime of the database on legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The author analyzes the world experience of determining the legal regime of databases, the sui generis institute due to European law, the opinion of scientists of civilizations on defining the legal regime, established with respect to databases. In conclusion, the author gives his suggestions on improving the legislative framework.

Сivil Law Analysis Of The Development And Establishment Of Land Leases In The Republic Of Uzbekistan, O.J. Xalmominov

Review of law sciences

An author of this scientific work has paid particular attention to historical, political, sociological and legal analysis of the development and formation of lease of land. It also reflects the legislative and international experience, as well as the experiences of the European Union in this area as well as the gaps and defects; working out the recommendations and proposals on advancement of leasehold in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Rwu First Amendment Blog: David Logan's Blog: Weather Forecast For March 25: Stormy On 60 Minutes? 03-18-2018, David A. Logan

Law School Blogs

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Spring Break In Puerto Rico: Helping Hurricane Victims 3-7-2018, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Long V. Long: Law Court Ruling Changes The Disposition Of Joint Real Property On Divorce, Marc J. Veilleux

Maine Law Review

In Long v. Long the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, affirmed a district court divorce decree dividing the parties' residence of thirteen years as marital property, even though the majority of the funds used for its purchase were traceable to non-marital property the husband had acquired prior to the marriage. The governing statute instructed the district court to make an “equitable” disposition of all property acquired by the spouses during marriage, but required that it first “set apart to each spouse the spouse's [separate] property,” including property acquired during marriage by a spouse “in exchange for …

Dezzani V. Kern & Assocs. Ltd., 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 9 (Mar. 1, 2018), Ronald Evans

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined that attorneys do not qualify as agents for the purposes of retaliatory action under NRS 116.31183 where the attorney is providing legal service for a homeowners’ association. The Court further held that an attorney litigating pro se or representing his or her law firm may not collect attorney fees but may collect attorney costs.

No.43 - March 2018, Center Of Civil Law Studies

The Center of Civil Law Studies Newsletter

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Uncompromising Hunger For Justice: Resistance, Sacrifice, And Latcrit Theory, Edwin G. Lindo, Brenda Williams, Marc-Tizoc Gonzalez

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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Don’T Let The Bed Bugs Bill: Landlord Liability For Bed Bug Infestations In Georgia, Megan M. Harrison

Georgia State University Law Review

Although the historical relationship between bed bugs and humans dates back to ancient Egypt, the common bed bug, or Cimex lectularius, vanished from the beds of Americans around World War II. In the late 1990s, however, our bloodsucking bedfellows returned. Bed bug infestations are a growing public health issue. Bed bugs are now found in all fifty states, with populations in five states reaching epidemic levels. Both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) consider bed bugs a “pest of significant public health importance."

Despite their name, bed bugs are not limited to …

Who Determines What Is Egregious? Judge Or Jury: Enhanced Damages After Halo V. Pulse, Brandon M. Reed

Georgia State University Law Review

Enhanced damages in patent law are a type of punitive damage that can be awarded in the case of “egregious misconduct” during the course of patent infringement. Authorization for enhanced damages comes from 35 U.S.C. § 284, which allows the district court to increase total damages up to three times the amount of actual damages found by the jury. It is well understood that, since enhanced damages are punitive in nature, enhancement should only be considered for cases of “wanton” or “deliberate” infringement. However, determining what constitutes this “egregious” misconduct has vastly transformed over time to include a negligence standard, …

Not So Good: The Classification Of “Smart Goods” Under Ucc Article 2, Chadwick L. Williams

Georgia State University Law Review

Refrigerators can now tweet. Today, almost sixty years after the states widely adopted the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), the line between goods and services is more blurred than ever. When the UCC was drafted, a good was the simple opposite of a service. A good was something “movable” and tangible, and a service was not. Article 2 of the UCC, which governs sales, limits its scope to goods.

However, because Article 2 was drafted long before the proliferation of so-called “smart goods,” courts continuously struggle to determine when a smart good falls within Article 2’s scope. Courts have developed different …

How Special Is The Special Timing Rule? Analyzing The Timing Of Fica Taxation In Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans, Alan J. Ponce

Georgia State University Law Review

Many employers offer nonqualified deferred compensation plans as a benefit to select employees, and those plans allow the employees to prepare for retirement in a tax-efficient manner. For employers,designing and administering such plans in compliance with federal law represents a paramount concern in order to achieve the tax advantages such plans entail. However, for these employers, there remains an inherent ambiguity in the tax code regarding how and when employers should withhold Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) taxes—that is, Social Security and Medicare taxes—on deferred compensation in nonqualified retirement plans.

Tax regulations provide two distinct methods for withholding FICA taxes …

When You Should Have Known: Rethinking Constructive Knowledge In Tort Liability For Sexual Transmission Of Hiv, John A. Turcotte

Maine Law Review

AIDS is a modern epidemic that has grabbed the forefront of this nation's attention like no other disease in the twentieth century. Despite vigorous medical research and experimentation, the disease remains incurable and ultimately fatal. Protecting the health of the citizens has always been a strong policy of the law. Tort liability for the spread of contagious diseases dates back to the early nineteenth century. Tort liability for sexual transmission of AIDS began to appear in the late 1980s, not long after the appearance of the disease. Based as it was on the tort actions arising from other transmittable diseases, …

The Maine Civil Rights Act: History, Enforcement, Application, And Analysis, J. Christopher Parr

Maine Law Review

Since the passage of the “Maine Civil Rights Act” (MCRA, Act) in 1989, the Maine Department of the Attorney General has made enforcement of that civil “hate crime” law one of its highest priorities. According to one statistic, “more than 125 people have been prosecuted in Maine's civil courts on hate crime charges since 1994,” and only two of those actions have been lost by the State. The Attorney General at the time of this writing, Andrew Ketterer, has stated that he takes the perpetration of hate crimes seriously, and that it has been important to him “that the message …

Civil Society And Cybersurveillance, Andrew Mccanse Wright

Arkansas Law Review

There is no such thing as benign surveillance. It always comes with costs because of the chill it visits upon conduct, education, associations, and expression. Government surveillance has been magnified by cybersurveillance in the Digital Age to a degree unimaginable by the Founders of the United States of America.

Fulfilling U.S. Commitment To Refugee Resettlement: Protecting Refugees, Preserving National Security, & Building The U.S. Economy Through Refugee Admissions, Harvard Immigration And Refugee Clinical Program

Texas A&M Law Review

At a time when the U.S. refugee admissions program is under serious threat and the world’s displaced population is at its highest, this Report sets forth extensive recommendations regarding the United States’ role in protecting vulnerable refugees and compliance with its commitments under domestic and international law that together safeguard people fleeing persecution and fearing return to torture. The Report also identifies key national security reasons for supporting and enhancing the refugee program in keeping with U.S. foreign policy priorities. Additionally, the Report provides an in-depth discussion of the robust, multistep security-assessment mechanisms already in place for screening refugees; offers …

Rwu First Amendment Blog: Diana Hassel's Blog: How Will Supreme Court Slice Wedding Cake Case 01-11-2018, Diana Hassel

Law School Blogs

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