Browsing The Northern Illinois University Law Review (print version) by Title
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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. -
The Man Behind the Mask: Defamed Without a Remedy
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2013-02)Defamation law is a balance between the right of one person to speak and the right of another person to cure injuries to their reputation. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has substantially altered the careful ... -
The Marriage Contract in Fine Art
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2009-11)From the fifteenth- to eighteenth-centuries, artists across Europe and England painted a scene depicting the negotiation of a marriage contract. In nearly every painting, a notary sits or stands at a table, quill in hand, ... -
Marshall v. Burger King Corp.: Making a Mess of "Duty" for Businesses in Illinois
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2007-11)This comment examines Marshall v. Burger King Corp., in which the Illinois Supreme Court overturned a "no duty" ruling of the trial court and determined that business owners have a duty to protect patrons from out-of-control ... -
McCleskey v. Kemp: The Shadow of Racism on the Capital Sentencing Process
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1987-11)This Note discusses the United States Supreme Court decision refusing to infer abuse of prosecutorial discretion in a specific case from a statistical study showing that defendant's whose victims were white are over 4 times ... -
The Means Test: Finding a Safe Harbor, Passing the Means Test, or Rebutting the Presumption of Abuse May Not Be Enough
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2009-05)The scholarship addressing the changes to individual consumer chapter 7 cases under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) has largely focused on application of the mechanics of the ... -
Mediating Lanham Act Cases: The Role of Empirical Evaluation
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2002-05)This article studies existing mediation programs in the context of Lanham Act cases. The research design is based on the author's experiences in mediation practice. The resulting article is an interesting, valuable study ... -
Mediation's Coming of (Legal) Age
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2002-05)Professor Alfini provides an introduction to the symposium, a description of the included materials, and his own reflections on the institutionalization, regulation, and resulting uniformity of mediation within the context ... -
Medical Malpractice: Constitutional Implications of a Cap on Damages
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1987-11)In an effort to remedy the medical malpractice insurance crisis, a number of states have enacted caps on damages. These caps limit the amount a medical malpractice plaintiff can collect. When. challenged on constitutional ... -
Medical Marijuana: An Overview of Select Resources
(2015-07)The following annotated bibliography provides information in a number of areas. The state laws related to legalizing medical marijuana in effect as of January 2015 are summarized. In addition to the statute summaries, ... -
Medical Negligence Litigation is Not the Problem
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2006-07)The medical malpractice insurance "crisis" results not from out-of-control juries or overly-litigious plaintiffs and their attorneys, but rather is simply the result of epidemic levels of negligence among physicians. The ... -
Mental Health and the Law: Where Necessity Is the Mother of Invention (Patent Pending)
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2009-07)Mental health professionals, most notably the psychiatrists and other clinicians who work in the State of Illinois Operated Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment Facilities, are often frustrated by an inability to treat individuals ... -
Method Matters: Statutory Construction Principles and the Illinois Trade Secrets Act Preemption Puzzle in the Northern District of Illinois
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2019-05)Appellate methodology makes a difference when it comes to the interplay between statutes and judge-made law. The Illinois Trade Secrets Act (ITSA) through its preemption provisions abolishes some non-statutory claims and ... -
Metropolitan Public Housing Desegregation Remedies: Chicago's Privatization Program
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-07)This article examines the opportunities and constraints encountered in attempts to provide housing for low-income Black families through the Gautreaux program. This examination begins with an analysis of the violation and ... -
Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz: Suspicionless Seizures and the Fourth Amendment
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1991-07)This note examines the United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of sobriety roadblocks. The issue facing the Court was whether the initial stop of motorists passing through a sobriety roadblock ... -
Midgett v. Sackett In the Aftermath of Allis-Chalmers: The Impact of Federal Labor Law on Retaliatory Discharge Claims
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1986-05)A discussion of the continuing viability of the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to extend the tort of retaliatory discharge to union employees protected by collective bargaining agreements. -
Miller v. Johnson: Drawing the Line on Racial Gerrymandering
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1996-11)By rejecting the Georgia State Legislature's attempt to redraw its political districts to ensure election of black representatives, the Supreme Court in Miller v. Johnson exposed a fallacy that served as the foundation for ... -
Minnesota v. Dickerson: "Plain Feel" and the Expansion of Terry to Allow Warrantless Seizures of Non-weapon Contraband
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1994-05)This note examines the United States Supreme Court decision accepting a "plain feel" analogue to the plain view doctrine. The author contends that this is an improper expansion of Terry v. Ohio that will result in routine ... -
Misreading Knight
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2010-11)This article provides an explanation to an as-yet unresolved historical anomaly: The government's 1911 decision to prosecute U.S. Steel under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The government filed suit in the face of clearly ... -
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.
