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Failed or Uneven Discourse of State Constitutionalism?: Governmental Structure and State Constitutions
(1992)
ln his Michigan Law Review article, "The Failed Discourse of State Constitutionalism," Professor James A. Gardner examines the responses to Justice Brennan's invitation to state high courts "to seize control of the protection ...
Arming the Pregnancy Police: More Outlandish Concoctions?
(1992)
Emotions abound when encountering a newborn with disabilities which will inevitably lead to an early death or to a less than whole and healthy life. It is especially painful when such disabilities were preventable. Anger ...
Preparing Minority Students for Law School: The Program for Minority Access to Law School
(1992)
Students of color traditionally have been under-represented in law school admissions, and those admitted have higher attrition rates than their white counterparts. In response to these concerns, law schools have instituted ...
Less Than Perfected: Uncertainty in Illinois Judgment Lien Law
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-11)
Attempting to reduce the confusion surrounding Illinois judgment lien law, the author explores contradictory decisions of the past involving levy and execution, chancery's creditor's bill, and citation to discover assets. ...
The Supreme Court's Use of Per Curiam Dispositions: The Connection to Oral Argument
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-11)
This study is an empirical examination of a set of the Supreme Court's per curiam rulings issued after oral argument between 1969 and 1981. The authors use transcripts of Supreme Court oral argument and the Court's opinions ...
Vol. 13, no. 1, Fall 1992: Table of Contents
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-11)
At the Boundaries of Law and Equity: The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Doctrine of Equivalents
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-11)
This comment examines the doctrine of equivalents, focusing on the tensions created by the continued attempts of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to bring certainty and structure to this equity-based doctrine. ...
Compromising Positions: An Essay and Review of ABORTION: THE CLASH OF ABSOLUTES. Laurence H. Tribe
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-11)
This review examines Laurence Tribe's book on abortion, focusing special attention on Tribe's discussion of compromises to the abortion dilemma and his own apparent resolution of the issue. Following an evaluation of Tribe's ...
Federal Statutory Restrictions on the Enforceability of Forum Selection Clauses
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-11)
This author examines the relationship between the forum selection clauses and particular federal statutes. The comment traces judicial attitudes concerning forum selection clauses and analyzes how courts have applied the ...
Florida v. Bostick: Abandonment of Reason in Fourth Amendment Reasonable Person Analysis
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-11)
This note examines the United States Supreme Court's decision which addressed the constitutionality of "bus sweeps" -- random suspicionless police questioning of interstate bus travelers. The Court concluded that a reasonable ...