The almost infinite variety of family relationships that pervade our everchanging society necessitate new forms of parentage for children with only one parent. These new forms arise long after the childrens’ births and are ...

This article argues that legacies of coverture and the resulting legal inequality of women remain in spouse-based immigration laws even after several legislative attempts to address some of the underlying issues. First, ...

The landscape of school desegregation cases has changed. While all indications from the Seventh Circuit seem to point to an end to school desegregation, such a presumption is unrealistic. Rather, from a practical standpoint, ...

This issue of the Northern Illinois University Law Review is dedicated with deep affection and admiration to Richard F. Babcock. Professor Babcock has not only left an indelible mark on the legal profession but also on a ...

An Illinois Appellate Court recently ruled that a custodial parent requesting a court order allowing removal of a child from Illinois must be shown to be in the child’s best interests by a preponderance of the evidence, ...

This Comment examines the difficulties of certifying a defendant class under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2) and the various approaches courts have taken to certify, or refuse to certify, those defendant ...

The Illinois Criminal Code of 1961 added the concept of "excessive self defense" to the traditional "provoked, irresistible passion" concept considered in the offense of voluntary manslaughter. This comment briefly examines ...

This Comment will present an overview of the major issues confronting the DES litigant and will analyze the arguments and reasoning of the most significant cases addressing those issues. Common factors upon which the courts ...

This article explains the United States Supreme Court holding that police, upon a suspect's equivocal reference to their Fifth Amendment right to the presence of counsel during interrogation, are no longer required to ...