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This piece is an introduction to two Articles that explore the nuanced relationship between property law, the human-environment relationship, and Gandhi's thought. Gandhi's thought presents a fundamentally different approach to the relationship between humans and the material world. After...
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The effects of the horrific 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre went far beyond the destruction of 36 blocks of Black-owned property in the Greenwood section of Tulsa. The Sipuel family, burned out of their Greenwood home, moved to Chickasha, Oklahoma. Mrs. Sipuel became a civil rights activist, and she...
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There is no doubt that much of our every day life is affected and influenced by corporations and other organizations. In particular, today, more than ever before, the relationship between corporations and human beings can be either direct in the form of employment or even indirect in that...
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Many-minds arguments claim that in some way or another, groups of decision-makers tend to make better decisions than individuals. This essay identifies five general and recurring problems with such arguments, as follows:(1) Whose minds? The group or population whose minds are at issue is often...
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This Article examines the Establishment Clause's limitations on public funding using evangelical Christian college cases wherever possible. It purposely is designed as a primer for Christian college administrators who want to avoid constitutional challenges when seeking public funding. After a...
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In late winter 2009, the airwaves came alive with stories about Nadya Suleman, the California mother who gave birth to octuplets conceived via assisted reproductive technology. Nadya Suleman and her octuplets are the vehicles through which Americans express their anxiety about race, class and...
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This Article is the first comprehensive study of how American courts have resolved conflicts of laws arising from cross-border torts over the last four decades. This period coincides with the confluence of two independent forces: (1) a dramatic increase in the frequency and complexity of...
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Tax protesters offer uncommonly silly arguments in support of their positions -- so silly, in fact, that courts commonly refuse to address them, lest those arguments be given any credence. Yet the wave of tax protester arguments has not ebbed, and tax protesters continue to challenge, for...
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Considers the appropriate judicial approach to events after the death of the testator when a claim is made for increased provision on the basis that, under section 117 of the Irish Succession Act 1965, the testator has failed in his or her moral duty to the applicant child. (An approach...
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To this day, Lord Denning's opinion in Lloyds Bank v Bundy remains a staple of first-year Contracts courses in law faculties across the common law world. After surveying doctrines such as duress, undue influence, and unconscionable bargains, Denning posited that they were instances of an...
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