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Taking Care of Strangers: The Rule of Law in Doctor-Patient Relations
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-05)A review of 'Taking Care of Strangers: The Rule of Law in Doctor-Patient Relations' by R. A. Burt. -
Taking Voting Rights Seriously: Race and the Integrity of Democracy in America
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2007-07)In the end, democratic theory rests upon notions of market efficiency. Elections, like markets, involve the expression of preferences by numerous participants in the hope that collective judgments are a superior means of ... -
Takings Jurisprudence as Three-Tiered Review
(2006)Takings jurisprudence has long been and remains, in the opinion of many, a constitutional quagmire, with little in the way of predictable results or coherent principles. The Supreme Court itself has acknowledged the largely ... -
Takings Term II: New Tools for Attacking and Defending Environmental and Land-Use Regulation
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1993-07)The constitutional rules of the game for environmental and land-use advocates and commentators shifted noticeably during the October 1991 Term of the United States Supreme Court. This article considers the impact of three ... -
Takings, Fairness, and Farmland Preservation
(1999)In a recent article published in this Journal, Professor Jesse Richardson attempted to refute the arguments proposed by myself and others that support the fairness of downzoning land without compensation to property owners. ... -
Tangled Up in Blue: Adapting Securities Laws to Initial Coin Offerings
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2019-07)Issuers of blockchain-based projects have increasingly turned to Initial Coin Offerings to raise capital. Many of these offerings have similar characteristics to securities offerings, yet are often not registered or exempt ... -
The Tangled Web--Complexities, Fallacies and Misconceptions Regarding the Decision to Release Treated Sexual Offenders From Civil Commitment to Society
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2003-05)"When should a treated rapist, child molester or other sexual offender, convicted under a sexually violent predator statute, be released to society?" This question is fraught with multiple levels of complexity in a tangled ... -
Tattoo Recognition Technology is Gaining Acceptance as a Crime-Solving Technique
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2021-11)Tattoos offer a wealth of information gleaned through a simple visual examination. This visualization can help police evaluate the tattoo’s location, design, colors, and any other physical characteristics to identify the ... -
The Tax Treatment of Verdicts and Settlements Following the Adoption of the Jobs Creation Act of 2004: Paradise Found for the Employment Lawyer?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2006-11)In recent years, attorneys practicing in the employment area have found that a working knowledge of tax law is critical to maximize results for clients and to avoid malpractice. This article will examine the status of ... -
Ten Years After (Weingarten): Are the Standards Really Clear?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1986-11)An exploration into the labor law area of "Weingarten rights," which permit union representation in employee investigatory hearings. The article explores the inconsistencies which exist among various federal circuits due ... -
Terry v. Ohio at 50: What It Created, What It has Meant, is It Under Attack and is the Court Opening the Door to Police Misconduct?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2017-11)Fifty years ago, the United States Supreme Court issued their opinion in Terry v. Ohio. The underpinnings of this decision became the bedrock of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. This article re-examines that decision, and ... -
Testing the Hand That Bites You: Johnetta J. v. The Municipal Court: Mandatory AIDS Testing, and the Fourth Amendment
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1991-07)One type of response to the current AIDS crises has been to authorize mandatory testing of private individuals for HIV in certain circumstances that give rise to fear of transmission, such as a biting or spitting incident, ... -
“That Justice Shall Be Done”—Constitutional Requirements, Ethical Rules, and the Professional Ideal of Federal Prosecution
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2015-09)Seventy-five years ago, then-Attorney General and subsequent Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson delivered a speech entitled The Federal Prosecutor. This Article revisits Jackson’s speech to extract a few insights about ... -
Their Finest Hour: Lawyers, Legal Aid and Public Service in Illinois
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1995-11)This article details the history of the provision of free legal services for the poor. Advocates of the governmentally-funded Legal Service Corporations (LSC) have encountered numerous obstacles and endured ferocious attacks ... -
Then I Saw the Contract, Now I’m A Believer: Why “Concept Groups” are “Works for Hire” and Cannot Invoke Statutory Termination Rights After 2013
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2012-06)The year 2013 will mark the first opportunity for musicians to exercise the copyright assignment termination rights granted by § 203 of the Copyright Act of 1976. In theory, exercising these termination rights will allow ... -
Things to do (or Not) to Address the Medical Malpractice Insurance Problem
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2006-07)The article begins with an overview of the tort reform problem; federal vs. state level reform; a history of tort reform in Illinois; current Illinois law (prior to P.A. 94-677) specific to medical malpractice cases or ...
