Setting The Table For Feast Or Famine: How Education Will Play A Deciding Role In The Future Of Precision Agriculture,
2015
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Setting The Table For Feast Or Famine: How Education Will Play A Deciding Role In The Future Of Precision Agriculture, Lauren Manning
Journal of Food Law & Policy
Precision agriculture has many names including satellite farming, or site-specific crop management. Early forms of precision agriculture involved creating fertilizer maps, yield measurements, grid sampling, and soil pH content monitoring. Roughly 25 years ago, the advent of global positioning systems, commonly known as GPS, enabled farmers to make more informed decisions about where to plant seed and how much seed to plant. Precision agriculture technologies typically utilize sensors that are placed on tractors, combines, and other farm equipment, and which measure various conditions including seeding rates, soil conditions, and other indicators of production. Over time, this technology has been expanded …
From The Lab To The Supermarket: In Vitro Meat As A Viable Alternative To Traditional Meat Production,
2015
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
From The Lab To The Supermarket: In Vitro Meat As A Viable Alternative To Traditional Meat Production, Trae Norton
Journal of Food Law & Policy
In 1932, Winston Churchill predicted that 50 years in the future "we shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium." Although Churchill's prediction is about 30 years off, in August of 2013, the first ever meat patty grown in vitro was consumed in London, England. With this historic scientific achievement, many are predicting that in vitro meat will be a viable solution to the problems associated with industrial meat production, such as animal cruelty, inefficient natural resource consumption, and pollution. Analysts predict …
Mortgagee’S Right To Take Possession Subject To Existing Lease: United Overseas Bank Ltd V Loh Boon Hua [2015] Sghcr 9,
2015
Singapore Management University
Mortgagee’S Right To Take Possession Subject To Existing Lease: United Overseas Bank Ltd V Loh Boon Hua [2015] Sghcr 9, Alvin W. L. See
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
This case raises the interesting issue of whether a mortgagee’s right to enter into possession of a mortgaged property upon the mortgagor’s default is subject to a prior and existing lease. The determination of this issue has important implications given Singapore’s sizeable rental market and the absence of prohibition against a landlord mortgaging a property that is already rented out.
Public Relations Campaign Guide: The Importance Of Affordable Housing,
2015
Western Kentucky University
Public Relations Campaign Guide: The Importance Of Affordable Housing, James Blake Soper
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
As a way to encourage participation in a movement against a long-held issue with broad impact yet little reform, this compilation describes the processes of research, planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating an effective public relations campaign on homelessness and/or homeownership by breaking down each step in detail. These details include: my experience as a public relations professional for Home Matters doing a similar campaign, professional advice from individuals considered to be experts in their various careers, and applicable samples of work. This compilation’s purpose is to provide individuals and organizations with the knowledge and skills to conduct an effective campaign …
Exhibits To Accompany Testimony & Statement Of Dean Hill Rivkin Before The Senate Judiciary Committee (21 April 2015),
2015
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Exhibits To Accompany Testimony & Statement Of Dean Hill Rivkin Before The Senate Judiciary Committee (21 April 2015), Dean H. Rivkin
College of Law Faculty Scholarship
Exhibits to accompany testimony and statement-of-record of Professor Dean Hill Rivkin (The University of Tennessee College of Law), as submitted on April 21, 2015, before a hearing convened by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary: “Improving Accountability and Oversight of Juvenile Justice Grants.”
The Societal And Economic Impacts Of Recent Dramatic Shifts In State Marijuana Law: How Should Minnesota Proceed In The Future?,
2015
Hamline University School of Law
The Societal And Economic Impacts Of Recent Dramatic Shifts In State Marijuana Law: How Should Minnesota Proceed In The Future?, Andrew L. Scherf
Journal of Public Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
The Forgotten Jurisprudential Debate: Catholic Legal Thought's Response To Legal Realism,
2015
Marquette University Law School
The Forgotten Jurisprudential Debate: Catholic Legal Thought's Response To Legal Realism, John M. Breen, Lee J. Strang
Marquette Law Review
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Legal Pluralism In Tort Law Theory: Balancing Instrumental Theories And Corrective Justice,
2015
Yale Law School
Legal Pluralism In Tort Law Theory: Balancing Instrumental Theories And Corrective Justice, Benjamin Shmueli
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Unified-monistic theories of tort law focus on a single goal, usually corrective justice, distributive justice, or optimal deterrence. Unlike these approaches, mixedpluralistic theories attempt to balance between various goals of tort law by integrating several of the considerations underlying these different goals. These theories of legal pluralism reflect ideological diversity, in this case between different theories of the same legal system. This Article discusses the challenge of legal pluralism to settle the possible collision between different goals of tort law within the framework of tort law theory. Starting from a position of support for the mixed-pluralistic thesis, this Article first …
Inspiring Public Trust In The Domestic Legal System: The Impact Of The Extraordinary Chambers In The Courts Of Cambodia (Eccc),
2015
SIT Study Abroad
Inspiring Public Trust In The Domestic Legal System: The Impact Of The Extraordinary Chambers In The Courts Of Cambodia (Eccc), Jung Min Shin
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
No abstract provided.
Reflections On Comity In The Law Of American Federalism,
2015
University of Michigan Law School
Reflections On Comity In The Law Of American Federalism, Gil Seinfeld
Articles
Comity is a nebulous concept familiar to us from the law of international relations. Roughly speaking, it describes a set of reciprocal norms among nations that call for one state to recognize, and sometimes defer to, the laws, judgments, or interests of another. Comity also features prominently in the law of American federalism, but in that context, it operates within limits that have received almost no attention from scholarly commentators. Specifically, although courts routinely describe duties that run from one state to another, or from the federal government to the states, as exercises in comity, they almost never rely on …
Tort, Speech, And The Dubious Alchemy Of State Action,
2015
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Tort, Speech, And The Dubious Alchemy Of State Action, Cristina Carmody Tilley
Faculty Publications
Plaintiffs have historically used private law torts like defamation, privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress to vindicate their dignitary interests. But fifty years ago in New York Times v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court took an unprecedented approach to state action doctrine in order to recast these causes of action as public-private law hybrids that explicitly privileged speech over dignity. In constitutional challenges to private law disputes, the Court had for decades defined the state action under review to include just the contested verdict at issue. In Sullivan, it broke with that practice and defined the relevant state action to …
Countersupermajoritarianism,
2015
University of Colorado Law School
Countersupermajoritarianism, Frederic Bloom, Nelson Tebbe
Michigan Law Review
Our Constitution can change. We can amend it, update it, improve it. And so we have—twenty-seven times by one count, many more by another. Everyone recognizes this. But fewer people appreciate that the mechanics of constitutional change can change as well. A method of alteration unaddressed at the founding can grow into established practice. A procedure built into constitutional text can slip into disuse. As much as citizens can change the substance of the Constitution, they can also change the ways they change it. In Originalism and the Good Constitution, John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport make an elegant and provocative …
Rights At Risk In Privatized Public Housing,
2015
University of Baltimore School of Law
Rights At Risk In Privatized Public Housing, Jaime Alison Lee
All Faculty Scholarship
Traditional public housing is dwindling. Federal policy has increasingly encouraged privatization, shifting stewardship of public housing out of the hands of government and into the hands of private, for-profit companies. Privatization in this context has both benefits and risks. A particularly compelling area of study is the attempt by lawmakers to conscript private contractors into serving public policy goals. Private landlords are obligated not merely to provide housing, but to conduct themselves in ways that promote the interests of vulnerable people. The case of public housing suggests that legislative mandates and contractual obligations are not enough to assure this outcome, …
Standing Uncertainty:
An Expected-Value Standard
For Fear-Based Injury
In Clapper V. Amnesty International Usa,
2015
University of Michigan Law School
Standing Uncertainty: An Expected-Value Standard For Fear-Based Injury In Clapper V. Amnesty International Usa, Andrew C. Sand
Michigan Law Review
The Supreme Court has held that a plaintiff can have Article III standing based on a fear of future harm, or fear-based injury. The Court’s approach to fear-based injury, however, has been unclear and inconsistent. This Note seeks to clarify the Court’s doctrine using principles from probability theory. It contends that fear-based injury should be governed by a substantial-risk standard that encapsulates the probability concept of expected value. This standard appears in footnote 5 of Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, a recent case in which the Court held that a group of plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of …
Insuring Floods: The Most Common And Devastating Natural Catastrophes In America,
2015
Penn State Law
Insuring Floods: The Most Common And Devastating Natural Catastrophes In America, Christopher French
Faculty Scholarship
Flooding is the most common natural catastrophe Americans face, accounting for 90% of all damage caused by natural catastrophes. Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, for example, collectively caused over $160 billion in damage, but only approximately 10% of the Hurricane Katrina victims and 50% of the Hurricane Sandy victims had insurance to cover their flood losses. Consequently, both their homes and lives were left in ruins in the wake of the storms. Nationwide, only approximately 7% of homeowners have insurance that covers flood losses even though the risk of flooding is only increasing as coastal areas continue to be developed and …
Welcoming Remarks,
2015
University of Georgia Law School
Welcoming Remarks, Peter B. Rutledge
Working in the Public Interest Conferences
No abstract provided.
Excuses In Exile,
2015
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Excuses In Exile, Anders Kaye
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Suppose that I have intentionally killed another person and that I have done so without any justification. At first glance, it appears that I am guilty of murder, a very serious crime. Since I am guilty of this very serious crime, the state may inflict a very serious punishment on me—at least many years in prison, if not my whole life or the death penalty. But suppose that one of the following is also true in my case: (A) At the time that I killed my victim, I suffered from a mental disease and, as a result, lacked the substantial …
Accounting For Difference In Treaty Interpretation Over Time,
2015
University of Michigan Law School
Accounting For Difference In Treaty Interpretation Over Time, Julian Arato
Book Chapters
The law of treaty interpretation aspires to unity. All treaties are formally subject to the same rules of interpretation, codified in the Vienna Convention. Yet time and again we hear that some kinds of treaties are entitled to special treatment. Most commonly the idea is that certain exceptional conventions are capable of evolving, with or without the continued consent of the parties — as with certain human rights conventions. Other times the claim is that certain kinds of agreements resist techniques of interpretation that establish treaty change over time. To date, explanations for such differential treatment remain unsatisfying. This Chapter …
Forcing Patent Claims,
2015
George Mason University School of Law
Forcing Patent Claims, Tun-Jen Chiang
Michigan Law Review
An enormous literature has criticized patent claims for being ambiguous. In this Article, I explain that this literature misunderstands the real problem: the fundamental concern is not that patent claims are ambiguous but that they are drafted by patentees with self-serving incentives to write claims in an overbroad manner. No one has asked why the patent system gives self-interested patentees the leading role in delineating the scope of their own patents. This Article makes two contributions to the literature. First, it explicitly frames the problem with patent claims as one of patentee self-interest rather than the intrinsic ambiguity of claim …
Judiciary Rising: Constitutional Change In The United Kingdom,
2015
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Judiciary Rising: Constitutional Change In The United Kingdom, Erin F. Delaney
Northwestern University Law Review
No abstract provided.
