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Making the Punishment Fit the Corporation: The Problems of Finding an Optimal Corporation Criminal Sanction
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)A discussion of the major issues which hinder effective punishment and deterrence of corporate crime, followed by specific proposals for a system of sanctions more responsive to these traditional problems areas. -
Products Liability--Should Illinois Allow Recovery for Property Damage Absent Personal Injury?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)Judge O'Brien identifies the factors which should permit or deny recovery for property damage in products liability cases absent personal injury. Various types of damages are classified and analyzed to determine the types ... -
Unequal Access to Separate Counsel: An Equal Protection Problem
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)Explores joint representation of criminal co-defendants from the viewpoints of the ABA Code of Professional Responsibility and the sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, suggesting that the presumption ... -
Diamond v. Chakrabarty: Living Things as Statutory Subject Matter
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)An analysis of the Court's opinion allowing a genetically engineered microorganism to constitute patentable subject matter within the scope of 35 U.S.C. § 101, and the implications of allowing inventors to now obtain patent ... -
Mobile v. Bolden: New Standards of Review for Effective Political Representation
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)An analysis of the Court's opinion requiring a showing of purposeful discrimination for claims of vote dilution and the decision's effect upon the success of future challenges to at-large electoral system. -
Branti v. Finkel: A Fresh Look at the Spoils System
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)This note focuses on the role of the first amendment in patronage dismissals and analyzes the implications of the Court's modification of the Elrod decision. It will focus on two aspects of the Branti decision. First, the ... -
Owen v. City of Independence: Municipal Liability, An Evolving Trend
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)A characterization of the Owen decision, which denies municipalities a good faith defense, as part of a judicial trend to increase an individual's access to federal courts for violations of section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act. -
Commentary: The Due Process Considerations in the Imposition of Corporate Liability
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)An analysis that criticizes Professor Coffee's suggestions for corporate sanctions as being violative of fundamental notions of due process. Mr. Crane also observes that the threat of individual liability may be the most ... -
Rebuttal: The Individual or the Firm? Focusing the Threat of Criminal Liability
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)Professor Coffee responds to Mr. Crane's commentary and discusses the inherent problems of focusing criminal liability exclusively upon the individual. -
Commentary: The Interplay Between Corporate Liability and the Liability of Corporate Officers
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)A response to Professor Coffee's presentation which emphasizes the necessity of considering corporate and individual liability simultaneously in order to attain more complete solutions. -
Folded Lies: Bribery, Crusades & Reforms
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)A review of 'Folded Lies: Bribery, Crusades & Reforms' by W. Michael Reisman. -
A Dedication to John S. Bainbridge
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1980-11)Essay on the occasion of the retirement of John S. Bainbridge as Dean of the Northern Illinois University College of Law. -
Introduction: The Governor James R. Thompson Lecture Series
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Vol. 1, no. 1, Winter 1980: Table of Contents
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The Guilt of the "Innocent Construction Rule" in Illinois Defamation Law
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-05)This article traces the origin of the peculiar Illinois "Innocent Construction Rule" in defamation law. The author concludes that the Illinois "Innocent Construction Rule" was unfortunately resurrected in John v. Tribune. ... -
Crime Must Not Pay: RICO Criminal Forfeiture in Perspective
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-05)From the vantage point of extensive practical experience in administering RICO, Edward Weiner analyzes its novel remedy of ‘in personam’ criminal forfeiture by examining both the common law origins of the remedy and the ... -
Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia: A Constitutional Right of Access
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-05)This note analyzes the Richmond case and, in light of earlier access cases decided by the Court, discusses the nature of the right created and possible judicial approaches to future access claims both in and out of the ... -
The Illinois Bail Jumper's Statute
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-05)This legislative note focuses on the constitutional ramifications of complete trials in absentia and examines possible alternatives to this procedure. -
Antidumping Investigations: Procedural Reform and Substantive Change Through the Trade Agreements Act
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-05)This comment presents an examination of the anti-competitive practice of dumping and the United States legislation aimed at its deterrence. The author presents an analysis of the procedure used in the repealed antidumping ... -
Sexual Harassment of Working Women: The EEOC Guidelines-Panacea or Placebo?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-05)This comment presents a discussion of the law of sexual harassment of working women, focusing on case law, the content of the guidelines issued by the EEOC, and how these guidelines may affect future litigation.
