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Apr. 2012, Vol. 64, No. 2
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Charles W. Rhodes, Nineteenth Century Personal Jurisdiction Doctrine in a Twenty-First Century World
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Rebecca E. Zietlow, Popular Originalism: The Tea Party and Constitutional Theory
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Category Archives: Governments and Legislation
Courtney Gaughan, Some More Watters, Please: The Dodd-Frank Act’s New Preemption Standards Lighten Consumers’ Wallets
63 Fla. L. Rev. 1459 (2011)| | | | The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act precipitates innumerable changes that will both directly and indirectly shape the future of the financial industry. This Note addresses two important subsets … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial Law, Governments and Legislation, Jurisprudence, Trade Law, Uncategorized
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Frances H. Foster, Should Pets Inherit?
63 Fla. L. Rev. 801 (2011)| | | ARTICLE :: On August 20, 2007, billionaire hotelier Leona Helmsley died, survived by her brother, four grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, and her beloved companion of eight years, a white Maltese dog named Trouble. One … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Law, Estates & Trusts Law, Family Law, Governments and Legislation, Property Law, Uncategorized
Tagged 12 million, dog, Donald Trump, Foster, inheritance law, Mickey Sherman, pet inheritance, Pets, Trouble
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Kit Johnson, The Wonderful World of Disney Visas
63 Fla. L. Rev. 915 (2011)| | | ARTICLE :: International workers play an important role in perpetuating the carefully crafted fantasy that to visit the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida is to be transported to far-off destinations around … Continue reading
Posted in Education Law, Governments and Legislation, Immigration Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Uncategorized
Tagged chutzpah, Custom-designed immigration program, dexterity, federal law, immigration, immigration reform, ingenuity, international community, international workers, J Visa, Kit Johnson, program, Q Visa, travel, Visa, wonderful World of Disney
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R. Benjamin Lingle, Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform: A Double-Edged Sword for Historic Preservation
63 Fla. L. Rev. 985 (2011)| | | NOTE :: The preservation of historic structures provides communities across the nation with both a source of pride in our national history and a window through which to view that history. Governments’ powers … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Energy & Utilities Law, Environmental Law, Governments and Legislation, Property Law, Uncategorized
Tagged 5th Amendment, City of London, condemnation, constitutional law, Eminent Domain, Fifth Amendment, Justice Paul Stevens, Kelo, legislation, Lingle, non-blighted neighborhoods, property, states, takings clause
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Nathan A. Frazier, Amending for Justice’s Sake: Codified Disclosure Rule Needed to Provide Guidance to Prosecutor’s Duty to Disclose
63 Fla. L. Rev. 771 (2011)| | | | ABSTRACT :: “I wouldn’t wish what I am going through on anyone,” Senator Ted Stevens commented after losing his seat in the United States Senate on November 18, 2008. Senator Stevens … Continue reading
Posted in Attorney Practice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Fourth Amendment, Governments and Legislation, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th amendment, 6th amendment, bias, blatant violations, Brady, confessions, confrontation clause, considerable authority, conviction, Criminal Defense, Criminal Procedure, criminal prosecution, Discovery, Federal Court, federal rules of civil procedure, Giglio, inconsistent statements, information, Jencks, material evidence, mental impairments, monetary rewards, paid informants, prior testimony, promises of immunity, Rule 26, suppression, vacate
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