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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Life Without Parole for Juveniles and the Retroactivity Mess
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 2014-01-20)Over the past year, the Illinois appellate courts have been making a muddle of our state’s retroactivity doctrine, stretching the law by ordering some prisoners who committed murders as juveniles to be resentenced. The ... -
Limits on School Disciplinary Authority over Online Student Speech
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2013-02)When, if ever, can a public secondary school in the United States legally discipline a student for the content of a personal website, a Facebook post, a text message, or an email that the student created or transmitted ... -
Litigation and Delay at Guantánamo Bay
(2007)This article explores litigation delays occurring at the Guantámo Bay Naval Base. The author uses his clients to illustrate some of the issues that have arisen with overseas detention cases. Through his clients’ experience ... -
Lobbying and Litigating Against "Legal Bootleggers"- The Role of the Organized Bar in the Expansion of the Courts' Inherent Powers in the Early Twentieth Century
(2009)This article suggests that the state judicial branches in the 1930’s and 1940’s may have overreached by holding that state legislatures did not have the constitutional power to define the practice of law. These holdings ... -
The Local Rules Revolution in Criminal Discovery
(2017)Over the last few decades, federal district court judges throughout the country have used local rules to greatly expand pretrial criminal disclosure obligations, especially for prosecutors. These local criminal discovery ... -
A Longitudinal Analysis of the U.S. News Law School Academic Reputation Scores between 1998 and 2013
(2013)This article is a revised update to a previously released study of the U.S. News academic reputation scores (“peer assessment scores”). The revised study incorporates the results from the 2013 U.S. News rankings and ... -
Lost Paternity in the Culture of Motherhood
(2007)In her recent Columbia Law Review article, "Infant Safe Haven Laws: Legislating in the Culture of Life," Professor Carol Sanger shows that American safe haven laws, viewed within a larger political culture, promote the ...
