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The Land Use Jurisprudence of Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Stevens: Two Views on Balancing Public and Private Interests in Property
(2010)This three-part article examines the separate and combined legacies of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice John Paul Stevens in the area of regulatory takings jurisprudence as applied to land use controls. Part ... -
The Lasting Viability of Rasul in the Wake of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2006-11)This article examines the jurisdictional features of the newly enacted Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and the Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision as it relates to the retroactive application of the Act. In particular, ... -
Law & Literature and the Moderns: Explorations
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2000-07)Law and Literature courses are intended, at least in part, to supply the sound moral understanding as well as the elementary intellectual skills that law students need before they can learn to read in the way that is needed ... -
Law Firm Marketing in the Age of Social Media: A Toolbox for Attorneys
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2016-07)This Article provides many sources for a broad spectrum of attorneys interested in learning more about social media. Part I explores the social media platforms popular in the legal profession. Part II presents select ... -
The Law of Citations and Seriatim Opinions: Were the Ancient Romans and the Early Supreme Court on the Right Track?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2010-11)This article explores the oft forgotten and somewhat misunderstood ancient Roman law methodology known as the Lex Citandi, or Law of Citations. The Law of Citations was a relatively simple theory in which authority was ... -
The Law of Education: Educational Rights and the Roles of Virtues, Perfectionism, and Cultural Progress
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2011-04)This article recognizes the importance of rights-talk in the law of education, but encourages supplementing that rights-talk with a focus on some basic and largely uncontroversial personal and civic virtues; as well as on ... -
The Law School Compensation Systems at Three Top Quartile Law Schools: Factors Correlating with Law Professors' Salaries and Suggestions
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1999-07)This article is a study of the factors which may impact the salary levels of law professors. The authors employ various methods of statistical analysis to determine what association, if any, a variety of factors have to ... -
Law Students Lie and Other Practical Information for First-Year Students
(Law Teacher, 2012)The first thing I tell students, and the piece of information they most often remember, is something that took me nearly my entire first year of law school to figure out: Law students lie. I do not mean that all law students ... -
Lawyers, First Principles, and Contemporary Challenges: Explorations
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1999-12)The preparation of this Collection chanced to be stimulated by a current Illinois bar admission controversy which has reminded observers of my own bar admission controversy of the 1950s. My April 15, 1999 talk at Northern ... -
Leapfrogging the Constitution: The Rise of State Takings Legislation
(1997)This article will examine the recent and potentially significant trend in state takings legislation. Part I will describe the development and current state of Supreme Court takings law. Part II will then survey current ... -
Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.: The Final Blow to the use of Per Se Rules in Judging Vertical Restraints - Why the Court Got it Wrong
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2008-07)This case note provides an in depth discussion of Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., in which the United States Supreme Court held that minimum resale price maintenance should be analyzed under the rule ... -
Legal Limits on Development Exactions: Responding to Nollan and Dolan
(1995)Over the last thirty years local governments have increasingly relied on development exactions as a funding source for land use development. Faced with shrinking budgets and the need to provide services attendant to growth, ... -
Legal Paternity (and Other Parenthood) After Lehr and Michael H.
(2012)Actual genetic ties do not always establish, or even help to establish, legal paternity of children born of consensual sex, that is, male parental rights and/or duties as of the time of birth. Paternity status, typically ... -
The Legal Profession’s Monopoly: Failing to Protect Consumers
(2014)This article explores the implication of the legal monopoly that occurs through the current attorney regulation system used in most states. Through the lens of consumer protection, the author discusses how the current ... -
Legislation to Admit Evidence of Propensity When Prosecuting DUI Recidivists
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2016-09)Despite gains, Illinois has yet to fully tourniquet the bloodletting caused by the selfish faction who persist in driving under the influence (DUI). Among this faction, DUI recidivists are commonplace and the elite threat. ... -
Legislative and Regulatory Obligations on Corporate Attorneys: Production Data in the World of Sarbanes Oxley and General Data Protections
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2019-07)Sarbanes Oxley, General Data Protection Regulation, and the American Bar Association’s Model Rules place significant professional and personal obligations on attorneys who represent organizations in regard to their ... -
The Legislative Veto in Illinois: Why JCAR Review of Agency Rulemaking is Unconstitutional
(2016)This Article argues that legislative vetoes of administrative agency rulemaking in Illinois are unlawful under the state’s constitution. It focuses on the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (“JCAR”), a bipartisan ... -
Lessons from a Lost Constitution: The Council of Revision, the Bill of Rights, and the Role of the Judiciary in Democratic Governance
(2012)This Article explores the relationship between the Council of Revision and the Bill of Rights. The Council of Revision, proposed at the Constitutional Convention by James Madison and the other Virginia delegates, would ... -
Lessons from the Road: Ecuador, Jamaica, and Other Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in the Americas
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2011-06)This article identifies obstacles encountered in the hemisphere and provides practical examples in order to assist countries in adopting laws that are not only consistent with their international obligations, but more ... -
Let Live and Let Die: Disabled Newborns and Contemporary Law
(1982)Several thousand infants die in the United States each year as a result of parental decisions to withdraw or withhold necessary medical treatment. Physicians implement these decisions in treating infants born with disabilities ...
