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31 Jul 2006, 9:29 am
It appeared in the American Journal of Sociology in 1995 (vol. 101, pp. 747-53): The way to discredit theories you do not like, of course, is to confront them directly, test them rigorously, and prove them wrong; but, in adopting this course, you must accept the possibility that an explanation you perceive as noxious might, in fact, be correct. [read post]
22 Jun 2019, 6:32 am by Miriam Seifter
For one, Williamson County’s acceptance of inverse-condemnation suits in state courts as a “reasonable, certain, and adequate” recovery mechanism, and the consequence that local takings plaintiffs must proceed first in state court, means that takings plaintiffs are differently situated from other constitutional plaintiffs, who can go straight to federal court. [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 8:20 pm
For this class we will attempt to understand how it is that the ordinary courts of the American Republic could be vested with the authority to determine the legitimacy of the actions of either the co-equal branches of the federal government, or of the actions of inferior governmental units. [read post]
18 Dec 2023, 5:00 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
Federal law includes a definition of elder abuse in the Older Americans Act but does not criminalize it. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 11:00 am
(Please accept our apologies that it is a little late this week.) [read post]
2 Oct 2023, 7:23 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
Dom Kelly is the Co-Founder, President & CEO of New Disabled South, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and New Disabled South Rising, its 501(c)(4) arm.The post Building a Disability Organization Rooted in Disability Justice first appeared on Bill of Health.The post Building a Disability Organization Rooted in Disability Justice appeared first on Bill of Health. [read post]
8 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
My friend and case-book co-editor Akhil Reed Amar believes that it is “nonsensical” to argue that there was the slightest merit to the Southern argument for secession as presented in 1860-61. [read post]
14 Mar 2016, 2:56 am by Kevin LaCroix
  In 2015, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division – First Department, was faced with two matters, both of which addressed whether bonds issued to entities formed for the purposes of investing and trading in securities, covered losses the entities sustained by investing in Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.[7]  In 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies and was sentenced to 150 years in prison, the maximum allowed. [read post]
Wade was decided, although a significant majority of Americans support legal access to abortion, at least in the first trimester. [read post]
9 Jun 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Constitution: for one, the fact that during wartime, the American president became “a dictator with almost unlimited powers. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
There is no “public policy” exception to the obligation to give effect to judgments of sister states.And also because of this widely accepted principle about the portability of adoption decrees, co-parents who are protected by the marital presumption, de facto parentage, or parenting agreements nonetheless have sometimes sought adoption decrees solely to ensure that the parent-child relationship is secure across state lines. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 6:13 pm by Anthony D. Romero
That same year, she also accepted a job as the first female tenured law professor at Columbia. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
In the American system, parents shoulder the burden of childrearing. [read post]
9 Aug 2023, 10:26 am by Kevin LaCroix
That may be because with this decision and earlier decisions in Marchand and In re Boeing Co. [read post]