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Nation Building in Africa and the Role of the Judiciary
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2008-05)This speech was delivered at Northern Illinois University on April 20, 2007, as part of the Francis X. Riley lecture on professionalism. The speech highlights some of the difficult political issues faced by many African ... -
National Black Law Students Association Midwest Region Second Annual Midwest Recruitment and Retention Conference: Focus on Retention--Strategies that Work Articles and Proceedings
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1992-05)These Proceedings are a compilation of ideas and articles presented at the 1991 Midwest Region BLSA Recruitment and Retention Conference, held at the Northern Illinois University College of Law. The focus of this year's ... -
The Need for Rational Boundaries in Civil Conspiracy Claims
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2010-11)Recently, the tort of civil conspiracy has become a favored weapon of plaintiffs’ lawyers in mass tort product liability litigation involving asbestos, breast implants, tobacco, automotive tires and other products, as well ... -
Negotiating Resolution of Environmental Enforcement Actions
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1998-07)The author asserts that aggressive identification and correction of compliance problems are the best defenses in an environmental enforcement action. The purpose of the article is to provide an understanding of how civil ... -
Neonaticide: Less Than Murder?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1998-11)This comment examines the crime of infanticide. The comment includes a brief history of infanticide and an explanation of how the crime is treated in common law countries. A comparison of the United States and other common ... -
New Federal Paternity Laws: Securing More Fathers for Children of Unwed Mothers
(2006)Public policy demands that American lawmakers, both federal and state, more vigorously promote the early, accurate, informed, and conclusive designations of fathers in law around the time children are born. There is, in ... -
A New Leader in the World of Legalized Gambling: What the Illinois General Assembly Should do to Protect Pathological Gamblers from the Rapidly Expanding Industry
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2011-04)This Comment addresses the increasingly recognized disorder of pathological gambling and the lack of consideration it receives from the Illinois General Assembly as gambling in Illinois continues its trend of rapid ... -
The New Method of Regulating Lawyers: Public and Private Interest Sanctions During Civil Litigation for Attorney Misconduct
(1987)The topic of regulating attorney conduct most immediately raises thoughts of disciplinary panels established by court rule or legislative enactment. Such enforcement mechanisms typically are employed to hear alleged ... -
A New Place Under the Sun: Prah v. Maretti and Common Law Solar Access Remedies
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1982-11)An analysis of the changing status of common law remedies available for solar users, with particular emphasis in three areas: solar easements, watercourse law, and private nuisance. Possible legal theories for Illinois ... -
New Private Privacy Intrusions During Prelitigation Civil Claim Investigations
(2013)In Lawlor v. North American Corporation of Illinois, 2012, IL 112530, the Illinois Supreme Court first recognized the intentional tort of intrusion upon seclusion. It then applied the tort in favor of a former employee ... -
NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco: Rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements by Chapter 11 Debtors Receives High Court Approval
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1984-05)A review of the litigation culminating in the NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco decision and its legislative impact. -
No Excuses: Protecting the Vulnerable After Brown v. Buhman
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2015-02)This Article responds to the December 2013 federal court ruling striking down a criminal ban on polygamous cohabitation in Utah. In its decision, the court chided the state for its failure to present “competent” evidence ... -
No Genetic Ties, No More Fathers: Voluntary Acknowledgment Recissions and Other Paternity Disestablishments Under Illinois Law
(2006)This paper begins by examining federal paternity standards involving voluntary paternity acknowledgments of children born to unmarried women. These standards are increasingly important as voluntary acknowledgments are now ... -
No Harm, No Foul: The OSHRC's Authority to Label an OSH Act Violation de minimis and to Require No Abatement
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2002-07)The federal circuits are split on the issue of whether the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has the authority to label a safety and health violation de minimis and require no abatement even if the ... -
No Longer Free to Offend: Involuntary Civil Commitment Statutes for Sexual Predators Create the Basis for a Uniform Act
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1998-05)This comment examines the progression of involuntary civil commitment statutes for repeat sex offenders beginning in the 1930's and moving into the 1990's in terms of statutory changes and improvements. This comment also ... -
No Other Choice: Litigating and Settling Homeless Education Rights Cases
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2003-05)This pragmatic article, the first exhaustive review of the issue, details how lawyer advocates can help homeless children have access to the education to which they are legally entitled. Topics discussed include: legal ... -
No Room Left For Doubt: More Relevations about Guantánamo
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No Room Left for Doubt: New Revelation About Guantánamo
(Northern Illinois University College of Law, 2009-03-05)Recent release orders, statements by some military lawyers and judges, and the military’s own admission of detention mistakes all confirm that the only way for the Obama administration to restore our legal system’s legitimacy ... -
Non-Profit Musical Performance Societies and the 1976 Copyright Act: Selected Problems and Possible Solutions
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1982-05)This comment will propose that a minimal right to arrange is conferred with the right to perform where there is either no arrangement available, or the available arrangements are not suitable for use by the given ensemble. ... -
Nonparental Childcare and Child Contact Orders for Grandparents
(2017)The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized that the regulation of certain areas of domestic relations, including standing to seek a childcare order, rests within the virtually exclusive province of the states. State lawmakers ...
