A Presumption Of Disclosure: Towards Greater Transparency In Asylum Proceedings,
2015
Seattle University School of Law
A Presumption Of Disclosure: Towards Greater Transparency In Asylum Proceedings, Rose Linton
Seattle University Law Review
Every day, Asylum Officers (AOs) and Immigration Judges (IJs) hear cases to determine if the asylum seeker has a genuine claim to protection under the Refugee Act, which prohibits returning a refugee to a country where her life or freedom is threatened due to race, religion, political opinion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group. AOs and IJs are aware that their decision may mean life or death for an asylum seeker. They are also aware that false claims are “distressingly common,” that unscrupulous attorneys and unauthorized practitioners of immigration law have perpetrated fraudulent asylum schemes, and that granting …
"Home Rule" Vs. "Dillon's Rule" For Washington Cities,
2015
Seattle University School of Law
"Home Rule" Vs. "Dillon's Rule" For Washington Cities, Hugh Spitzer
Seattle University Law Review
This Article focuses on the tension between the late-nineteenth century “Dillon’s Rule” limiting city powers, and the “home rule” approach that gained traction in the early and mid-twentieth century. Washington’s constitution allows cities to exercise all the police powers possessed by the state government, so long as local regulations do not conflict with general laws. The constitution also vests charter cities with control over their form of government. But all city powers are subject to “general laws” adopted by the legislature. Further, judicial rulings on city powers to provide public services have fluctuated, ranging from decisions citing the “Dillon’s Rule” …
The Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods And The General Conditions For The Sale Of Goods,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
The Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods And The General Conditions For The Sale Of Goods, H. Lalla Shishkevish
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Government Duty To Protect: Post-Deshaney Developments,
2015
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Government Duty To Protect: Post-Deshaney Developments, Erwin Chemerinsky
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Newsroom: A New Voice For Access To Justice,
2015
Roger Williams University
Newsroom: A New Voice For Access To Justice, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
Civil And Common Law: A Historical Analysis Of Colonial And Postcolonial Canada,
2015
Wabash College
Civil And Common Law: A Historical Analysis Of Colonial And Postcolonial Canada, Patrick S. Stroud
Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research
Legal historians divide European law into two principal families: common law (British law) and civil law (continental European law). Common law judges favor cases; courts “discover” law on a case-by-case basis and those cases make precedents for future ruling. Civil law courts favor codes; courts compare cases to existing laws and those laws control judges’ rulings. The two rarely interact, save one prominent example: Canada. British common law supposedly superseded French legal traditions in colonial Canada. But is history so binary? Did British common law truly “conquer” French civil law? Through analysis of Canadian legal history, this article demonstrates how …
Can Judges Make Reliable Numeric Judgments? Distorted Damages And Skewed Sentences,
2015
Cornell University Law School
Can Judges Make Reliable Numeric Judgments? Distorted Damages And Skewed Sentences, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Andrew J. Wistrich, Chris Guthrie
Indiana Law Journal
In a series of studies involving over six hundred trial judges in three countries, we demonstrate that trial judges’ civil damage awards and criminal sentences are subject to influences that make them erratic. We found that the presence of misleading numeric reference points (or “anchors”) affected judges’ decisions in a series of hypothetical cases. Specifically, judges imposed shorter sentences when assigning sentences in months rather than in years; awarded higher amounts of compensatory damages when informed of a cap on damage awards; imposed different sentences depending upon the sequence in which criminal cases were presented to them; and were influenced …
Duty To Defend And The Rule Of Law,
2015
Indiana Attorney General
Duty To Defend And The Rule Of Law, Gregory F. Zoeller
Indiana Law Journal
This Article challenges Eric Holder’s and William Pryor’s views and explains the proper role of a state attorney general when a party challenges a state statute. In short, an attorney general owes the state and its citizens, as sovereign, a duty to defend its statutes against constitutional attack except when controlling precedent so overwhelmingly shows that the statute is unconstitutional that no good-faith argument can be made in its defense. To exercise discretion more broadly, and selectively to pick and choose which statutes to defend, only erodes the rule of law. (introduction)
Police Racism,
2015
Omaha North High Magnet School
Police Racism, Sam Prey
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
The Police Force is a respected service that keeps our streets safe but their power of enforcing the law could be and has been abused and has caused a lot of controversy between people of different ethnic backgrounds. This is important because rights have been violated and in this modern age these cases shouldn’t occur at all. There is a lot of informaLon about cases where people have been mistreated or abused excessively for a crime that could have been handled differently and lives would not have been lost.
Wild West Campus: A Discussion On Concealed Weapons And The College Campus,
2015
Liberty University
Wild West Campus: A Discussion On Concealed Weapons And The College Campus, Luke W. Mcminn
Senior Honors Theses
This thesis reviews the recent history of gun-related violence on college campuses in relation to gun control laws and argues whether college campuses should allow students and teachers with Carrying a Concealed Weapon permits to carry these weapons on campus, or if such a policy would merely exacerbate the issue at hand. The purpose of this thesis is to show that such a policy is effective, safe, and overall a benefit to the campus atmosphere and experience. Important points considered include the legal history of carrying concealed weapons, the current policies of universities concerning students carrying concealed weapons, the opinions …
Juries, Judges, And The Politics Of Tort Reform,
2015
Roger Williams University School of Law
Juries, Judges, And The Politics Of Tort Reform, David Logan
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Newsroom: Yelnosky On State Pension Lawsuit,
2015
Roger Williams University
Newsroom: Yelnosky On State Pension Lawsuit, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
Product Liability Law In Japan: An Introduction To A Developing Area Of Law,
2015
Continental Bank
Product Liability Law In Japan: An Introduction To A Developing Area Of Law, Younghee Jin Ottley, Bruce L. Ottley
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Gaming Corporations Gamble With The Fcpa,
2015
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Gaming Corporations Gamble With The Fcpa, Joseph Grusman
UNLV Gaming Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Prisoners Of Debt: Costs And Consequences Of Civil Penalties And Routine Criminal Procedures,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
Prisoners Of Debt: Costs And Consequences Of Civil Penalties And Routine Criminal Procedures, Russell C. Gabriel, Charles E. Auslander Iii, Sarah Geraghty, Edward Brumby
Working in the Public Interest Conferences
This panel will consider the costs incurred by people when their lives become entwined with law enforcement, the collateral consequences of criminal sentences, and civil penalties. From the fees associated with probation, to the costs that a person incurs when they are arrested for a failure to appear in court, to the consequences of being jailed when bail exceeds a person's means, are the punitive consequences proportionate to the offense? This panel discussed the costs incurred by citizens who become trapped in a cycle of debt and imprisonment and the options for alleviating undue collateral consequences.
Buying Time In Spain: The Spanish Law Of Installment Sales,
2015
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Buying Time In Spain: The Spanish Law Of Installment Sales, John M. Steadman
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Section 702 And The Collection Of International Telephone And Internet Content,
2015
Georgetown University Law Center
Section 702 And The Collection Of International Telephone And Internet Content, Laura K. Donohue
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorizes the NSA to collect the electronic communications of non-U.S. targets located overseas. Recent media reports and declassified documents reveal a more extensive program than publicly understood. The article begins by considering the origins of the current programs and the relevant authorities, particularly the transfer of part of the post-9/11 President’s Surveillance Program to FISA. It outlines the contours of the 2007 Protect America Act, before its replacement in 2008 by the FISA Amendments Act (FAA). The section ends with a brief discussion of the current state of foreign intelligence collection …
Newsroom: 'Fireside Chat' With Solicitor General,
2015
Roger Williams University
Newsroom: 'Fireside Chat' With Solicitor General, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
No.32 - February 2015,
2015
Louisiana State University Law Center
No.32 - February 2015, Center Of Civil Law Studies
The Center of Civil Law Studies Newsletter
No abstract provided.
George Wythe And The Study Of Roman Civil Law In Williamsburg,
2015
William & Mary Law School
George Wythe And The Study Of Roman Civil Law In Williamsburg, Linda K. Tesar
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
