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Jan. 2013, Vol. 65, No. 1
Articles
David Haddock, Tonja Jacobi, & Matthew Sag, League Structure &Stadium Rent Seeking— the Role of Antitrust Revisited
Steven J. Cleveland, Resurrecting Deference to the Securities and Exchange Commission: Mark Cuban Trading on Inside information
Janai S. Nelson, The First Amendment, Equal Protection and Felon Disenfranchisement: A New Viewpoint
Sergio J. Campos, Erie as a Choice of Enforcement Defaults
Hanah Metchis Volokh, Constitutional Authority Statements in Congress
Sapna Kumar, The Accidental Agency?
Christian Turner, State Action Problems
Category Archives: Criminal Law
Adam Denver Griffin, The Federal Sentencing Guidelines’ Abuse of Trust Enhancement: An Argument for the Professional Discretion Approach
63 Fla. L. Rev. 457 (2011)| | | | INTRODUCTION :: In a national issue of first impression for the circuit courts, the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Louis, held that a federally licensed firearm dealer who knowingly sells … Continue reading
Posted in Attorney Practice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Liability Law, Securities Law
Tagged 1993 Amendment, Abuse of trust Enhancement, authority, circuit split, Discretion, Eleventh Circuit, enhancement, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, federal Government, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, firearm dealers, Firearms, Griffin, Guidelines § 3B1.3, illegal firearm disbursement, licensed dealers, Professional Discretion Approach, Starnes, Third Circuit, U.S. Sentencing Commission, United States v. Louis
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Peter Nicolas, The Lavender Letter: Applying the Law of Adultery to Same Sex Couples and Same Sex Couples
63 Fla. L. Rev. 97 (2011)| | | | INTRODUCTION :: In the political and legal debate over same-sex marriage, references to the rights (or benefits or privileges) and responsibilities (or burdens or obligations) associated with marriage constitute a key … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Family Law, Governments and Legislation, Tort Law, Uncategorized
Tagged adultery, civil tort actions, criminal adultery prosecutions, fault-based divorce actions, murder cases, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Supreme Court, Nicolas, non-coitil sex, provaction defense, same-sex marriages, same-sexual conduct
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Andrew Brady Spalding, Unwitting Sanctions: Understanding Anti-Bribery Legislation as Economic Sanctions Against Emerging Markets
62 Fla. L. Rev. 351 (2010) | | | | ABSTRACT :: Although the purpose of international anti-bribery legislation, particularly the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), is to deter bribery, empirical evidence demonstrates a problematic collateral … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Securities Law, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, Anti-Bribery Legisltaion, Central Asia, Economic Sanctions, Emerging Markets, Empirical Evidence, FCPA, Latin America, Poverty Reduction, Sanctioning Effects, Spalding, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Unwitting Sanctions
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Andres Healy, Adjudicators, Not Legislators: Eleventh Circuit Declines Opportunity to “Breathe Further Life” Into § 212(c) Deportation Relief
62 Fla. L. Rev. 559 (2010) | | | | CASE COMMENT :: As a boy, De la Rosa had come to the United States from the Dominican Republic in search of a better life. Over the next twenty years, … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Immigration Law, Uncategorized
Tagged "Breathe Further Life", 2007, 212(c), Adjudicators, De la Rosa, decline, deportable aliens, Deportation Relief, Eleventh Circuit, Healy, Immigration Law, Legislators, removable alien, Show Cause
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Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa & Joanna M. Shepherd, Legislatures, Judges, and Parole Boards: The Allocation of Discretion Under Determinate Sentencing
62 Fla. L. Rev. 1037 (2010) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: Criminal sentencing in the United States has undergone sweeping changes in recent decades. The most significant development in sentencing has been the reallocation of power away from judges … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Judicial Systems, Uncategorized
Tagged Blakely, Booker, Criminal Sentencing, Determinate Sentencing, Dharmapala, Discretion, discretionary parole, District of Columbia, Dramatic Changes, Garoupa, Judges, Legislatures, Parole Boards, Sandra Day O'Connor, sentencing guidelines, Shepard, truth-in-sentencing laws
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