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The 1851 Shipowners' Limitation of Liability Act: Should the Courts Deliver the Final Blow?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2004-07)This comment identifies the 1851 Shipowners' Limitation of Liability Act as an enduring problem within federal maritime law and suggests that the courts may be able to exercise their powers of judicial review to strike it ... -
The 1970 Illinois Constitution: A Well-Tailored Garment
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2010-05)In American political theory, a state constitution is the supreme and fundamental law of a state. A state constitution must meet present and foreseeable needs, but must also allow for appropriate change to address evolving ... -
The 1970 Illinois Constitution: First Two Decades--A Selected Bibliography
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The 1970 Illinois Constitution: Has It Made A Difference?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1988-07)This Article provides an extensive overview of the 1970 Illinois Constitution dividing the document into ten topic areas. The Article explores the history, philosophy and politics which shaped the document, identifies most, ... -
The 2002 Supreme Court Decisions: Did They Leave Enough of Apprendi to Effectively Protect Criminal Defendants?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2003-11)This comment explores the true impact of the 2000 landmark decision, Apprendi v. New Jersey, in which the United States Supreme Court determined that any fact that increases a criminal defendant's sentence beyond the ... -
The 2015 Federal Budget’s Medical Marijuana Provision: An “End to the Federal Ban on Marijuana” or Something Less Than That?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2015-07)In 2014, Congress began to face the nearly 20-year conflict between state medical marijuana laws and federal prohibition. It did so in a somewhat curious way, however--tacking on a rider to the 2015 federal budget to block ... -
Abortions of the Parental Prerogatives of Unwed Natural Fathers: Deterring Lost Paternity
(2000)A natural father's biological relationship with his child is often insufficient by itself to trigger the father's parental rights recognized within the "substantial protection" of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth ... -
Addicted Pregnancy as a Sex Crime
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1993-05)This article examines how controls on addictive pregnancy present a new and dangerous threat to the treatment of women under the law. The author first examines the relationship between the mother and the fetus, concluding ... -
Addressing the Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis: Alternatives to Damage Caps
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2006-05)This article examines the history of damage caps as a means of tort reform and their effect on past medical malpractice crises. The article then proposes alternative solutions for future reform. Statistical evidence is ... -
Administrative Leave as an Adverse Action for Title VII Retaliation: New Principles for Liability Call for New Updates to Policy
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2017-04)The time has come for employers and their attorneys to recognize that placing an employee on paid administrative leave, pending an investigation (or otherwise), has become a riskier proposition under Title VII of the Civil ... -
The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Issue of Eyewitness Identification in Criminal Trials
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1981-11)The authors raise the serious problems inherent in the use of eyewitness identification of defendants in criminal trials. They suggest that allowing expert testimony on its unreliability is essential to counteract possible ... -
Adolescent Sports Violence-when Prosecutors Play Referee. Making Criminals out of Child Athletes, but Are They the Real Culprits?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2001-07)With increasing regularity, prosecutors across the United States are being asked to delineate a line between aggressive play and acts of violence that exceed an acceptable level. This includes the once docile province of ... -
Adoption Notices to Genetic Fathers: No to Scarlet Letters, Yes to Good Faith Cooperation
(2005)American courts and legislatures have struggled to define the participation rights of genetic fathers in governmental adoption schemes for infants born to unwed mothers as a result of consensual sexual intercourse. Federal ... -
Adoption of a Flexible Standard for Analyzing Informants' Tips in Illinois v. Gates
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1983-11)A discussion of Illinois v. Gates, wherein the Supreme Court abandoned the strict requirements of the Aguilar-Spinelli two-pronged test for evaluating informants' tips in favor of a more flexible "totality-of-the-circumstances" ... -
Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Seeking Compensation From Their Abusers: Are Illinois Courts Fairly Applying the Discovery Rule to All Victims?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2003-05)Victims of this childhood sexual abuse suffer tremendous injuries, some of which can carry on into adulthood. Some of the injuries might not manifest until years after the abuse has ended. Adults often do not realize that ... -
Affirmative Action After Grutter and Gratz
(2004)This article will examine the state of race-conscious admissions program at institutions of higher education after Grutter and Gratz. Part one first briefly reviews the Court's affirmative action jurisprudence prior to ... -
Afterthought Crimes and the Felony Murder Rule in Illinois
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 2013-07-22)Last month, the Mississippi Supreme Court held that a defendant who decided to commit a robbery after killing his victim could be convicted of capital murder on the basis of a “felony-murder” theory. In other words, in ... -
Afterword: Vision and Progress in International Trade
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The Age of Impunity: Using the Duty to Extradite or Prosecute and Universal Jurisdiction to End Impunity for Acts of Terrorism Once and For All
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2011-11)Impunity remains one of the greatest challenges facing international peace and security today. This article seeks to lay out possible changes to current international law that are necessary to combat impunity, particularly ... -
Agricultural Zoning: Impacts and Future Directions
(2002)Farmland preservation has become a growing societal concern over the past two decades and is now a common component of any serious discussion of environmental land-use controls. All levels of government have perceived ...
