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Documents from 2022
Participation of Unwed Biological Fathers in Newborn Adoptions: Achieving Substantive and Procedural Fairness, Jeffrey A. Parness
Pregnant Dads: The Crimes and Other Misconduct of Expectant Fathers, Jeffrey A. Parness
Prospective Fathers and Their Unborn Children, Jeffrey A. Parness
Reforming the Processes for Challenging Voluntary Acknowledgements of Paternity, Jeffrey A. Parness
Respecting State Judicial Articles, Jeffrey A. Parness
Sanctioning Legal Organizations Under the New Federal Civil Rule 11: Radical Changes Loosen More Unforeseeable Forces, Jeffrey A. Parness
State Damage Caps and Separation of Powers, Jeffrey A. Parness
State Lawmaking on Federal Constitutional Childcare Parents: More Principled Allocations of Powers and More Rational Distinctions, Jeffrey A. Parness
Survey of Illinois Law: Ins and Outs of The New Illinois Evidence Rules, Jeffrey A. Parness
Survey of Illinois Law: Statutory Damage Exclusions, Jeffrey A. Parness
Survey of Illinois Law: Stepparent Childcare, Jeffrey A. Parness
Systemically Screwing Dads: Out of Control Paternity Schemes, Jeffrey A. Parness
The Default Rule on Burden of Proof in Civil Cases, Jeffrey A. Parness
The Duty to Prevent Handicaps: Laws Promoting the Prevention of Handicaps to Newborns, Jeffrey A. Parness
The Legal Status of the Unborn After Webster, Jeffrey A. Parness
The New Dilemma for Civil Procedure (and Other Law School) Teachers, Jeffrey A. Parness
The New Method of Regulating Lawyers: Public and Private Interest Sanctions During Civil Litigation for Attorney Misconduct, Jeffrey A. Parness
The Presence of Family Members and Others During Attorney-Client Communications: Himmel's Other Dilemma, Jeffrey A. Parness
The Process of Factfinding in Judicial Rulemaking: "Some Kind of Hearing" on the Factual Premises Underlying Judicial Rules, Jeffrey A. Parness
Third Party Stepparent Childcare, Jeffrey A. Parness
Troxel Revisited: A New Approach to Third Party Childcare, Jeffrey A. Parness
Unnatural Voluntary Parentage Acknowledgments Under the 2017 Uniform Parentage Act, Jeffrey A. Parness
Witness Protections in Illinois Civil Actions, Jeffrey A. Parness
Safe Haven, Adoption and Birth Record Laws: Where are the Daddies?, Jeffrey A. Parness and Therese A. Clarke Arado
The Authority of Illinois Lawyers to Settle Their Clients' Civil Claims: On Principles Not Quite Settled, Jeffrey A. Parness and Austin Bartlett
Unsettling Questions Regarding Lawyer Civil Claim Settlement Authority, Jeffrey A. Parness and Austin Bartlett
Guiding Civil Case Settlement Conferences and Their Aftermath: The Need to Amend Illinois Supreme Court Rule 218, Jeffrey A. Parness and Lance Cagle
Intra Law Firm Privileged Communications Regarding Questionable Attorney Conduct, Jeffrey A. Parness and Evan King
Inequalities in Illinois Constitutional Equality, Jeffrey A. Parness and Laura Lee
Monetary Remedies for Victims During Illinois Criminal Cases, Jeffrey A. Parness, Laura Lee, and Karen Blouin
Monetary Recoveries for State Crime Victims, Jeffrey A. Parness, Laura Lee, and Ed Laube
Expert Opinion Pleading: Any Merit to Special Certificates of Merit?, Jeffrey A. Parness and Amy Leonetti
The Substantive Elements in the New Special Pleading Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness, Amy Leonetti, and Austin Bartlett
Expanded Recognition in Written Laws of Ancillary Federal Court Powers: Supplementing the Supplemental Jurisdiction Statute, Jeffrey A. Parness and Dan Sennott
Recognizing Party and Nonparty Interests in Written Civil Procedure Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness and Dan Sennott
De Facto Parent and Nonparent Child Support Orders, Jeffrey A. Parness and Matthew L. Timko
For Those Not John Edwards: More and Better Paternity Acknowledgments at Birth, Jeffrey A. Parness and Zachary Townsend
Legal Paternity (and Other Parenthood) After Lehr and Michael H., Jeffrey A. Parness and Zachary Townsend
Procreative Sex and Same Sex Parents, Jeffrey A. Parness and Zachary Townsend
The Price of Pleasure: Children Hurt Too, Jeffrey A. Parness and Zachary Townsend
Enforcing Settlements in Federal Civil Actions, Jeffrey A. Parness and Matthew Walker
Thinking Outside the Civil Case Box: Reformulating Pretrial Conference Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness and Matthew Walker
Nonparental Childcare and Child Contact Orders for Grandparents, Jeffrey A. Parness and Alexander Yorko
Suing Principals Alone for the Acts of Agents, Jeffrey A. Parness and Alexander Yorko
¿Desalojo entre familiares? ¿Y por qué no? A propósito del Pleno Nacional Civil 2019, Alan A. Pasco Arauco
La desprotección del adquirente de buena fe en tres actos. Tres decisiones judiciales que ponen en jaque la confianza en la contratación inmobiliaria, Alan A. Pasco Arauco
Libro Copropiedad.pdf, Alan A. Pasco Arauco
Pacificidad y animus domini en la Prescripción.pdf, Alan A. Pasco Arauco
Tercería de propiedad sobre una edificación sin incluir el terreno.pdf, Alan A. Pasco Arauco
The “End” of Neutrality: Tumultuous Times Require a Deeper Value, Carol Pauli
Cows v. Capitalists: Visions of a Post-Carbon Economy, Alison Peck
Standard Oil, Consolidated Coal, and the Roots of the Resource Curse in West Virginia, Alison Peck
Equal Justice Under Law: Navigating the Delicate Balance Between Religious Liberty and Marriage Equality, Meg Penrose
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia on Religious Liberty and LGBT Equality, Meg Penrose
The Public Accommodations Dilemma - Whose Right Prevails, Meg Penrose
Panel 1: Promoting Safeguards through Detention Visits, Ariela Peralta, Suzanne Jabbour, Brenda V. Smith, Alison A. Hillman de Velásquez, and Claudio Grossman
Editorial, Vlad Perju
The Politics of Form in European Constitutionalism, Vlad Perju
Hostile Learning Environments, the First Amendment, and Public Higher Education, Todd E. Pettys
Sheriffs, State Troopers, and the Spillover Effects of Immigration Policing, Huyen Pham and Pham Hoang Van
South Carolina Crimes: Elements & Defenses, Kimberly D. Phillips, Margaret M. Lawton, and Miller W. Shealy
To Remove or Not To Remove - Is That the Question in 1933 Act Securities Cases?, Tanya Pierce
Law, Life, and the Teaching of Legal History: Essays in Honour of G. Blaine Baker, Ian C. Pilarczyk
United States: Corporate governance for publicly traded corporations, Arthur R. Pinto and Franklin A. Gevurtz
LAS EMPRESAS EUROPEAS FRENTE AL ENTORNO ECONÓMICO, SOCIAL Y POLÍTICO POSPANDEMIA Y POSGUERRA DE UCRANIA, Víctor Pou Serradell and Luis González Vaqué
Startup Companies and Venture Capital, Brian JM Quinn
A Tribute to Professor Catherine Mahern, Lawrence Raful
The Use Doctrine in Trademark Law: Issues from Trade and Transborder Reputation, Srividhya Ragavan
A Minimalist Approach to Same-Sex Divorce: Respecting States that Permit Same-Sex Marriages and States that Refuse to Recognize Them, Robert E. Rains
An Attempt to Bring Modern Workplace Realities to the Social Security Disability Adjudication System, Robert E. Rains
Andrea's Adventures in Law Review Land, Robert E. Rains
A Pre-History of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Some Initial Thoughts as to Its Constitutional Implications, Robert E. Rains
A Prenup for Prince William a nd Kate - England Inches toward Twentieth Century Law of Antenuptial Agreements: How Shall It Enter the Twenty First, Robert E. Rains
A Response to Bloch, Lubbers & (and) Verkuil’s the Social Security Administration’s New Disability Adjudication Rules: A Cause for Optimism… and Concern, Robert E. Rains
A Response to Bloch, Lubbers & Verkuil's the Social Security Administration's New Disability Adjudication Rules: A Cause for Optimism…and Concern, Robert E. Rains
A Scramble for the Eggs, Robert E. Rains
A Specialized Court for Social Security? A Critique of Recent Proposals, Robert E. Rains
Book Review: A Review of Modern British Family Law in Once Accessible Volume by Mary Welstead and Susan Edwards, Robert E. Rains
Dealing out Justice, Robert E. Rains
Debating Disability Design: A Response, Robert E. Rains
Disability and Family Relationship: Marriage Penalties and Support Anomalies, Robert E. Rains
DOMA and the Social Security Act: An Odd Couple Begetting Disfavored Children, Robert E. Rains
Fair Weather Friends, Robert E. Rains
Icing on the Wedding Cake: Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Objections - Is there an Accommodation That Will Make Everyone Happy (or Unhappy), Robert E. Rains
Loose Lips: A Lesson in Civil Law, Robert E. Rains
Luigi Del Duca: Sempre Piu Giovane, Robert E. Rains
Marriage in the Time of Internet Ministers: I Now Pronounce You Married, But Who am I to Do So, Robert E. Rains
Of Clocks and Things, Robert E. Rains
Out on a Limb: Doe v. State of Hawaii Department of Education (with apologies to Joyce Kilmer), Robert E. Rains
Possession is 9/10 of the Law: The Need for Strict Procedural Rules in Hague Abduction Convention Cases, Robert E. Rains
Professional Double: Or, The Twin Peak of Professor Z's Career, Robert E. Rains
Protecting Children - and Their Families - From Abuse: The Cleveland Crises and England's Children Act 1989, Robert E. Rains
Reengineering Social Security: Social Security Administration's Plan for a New Disability Claim Process, Robert E. Rains
Social Insecurity on the Horizon for Disabled Workers, Robert E. Rains
Susan M. Reprised, Robert E. Rains
The Advocate's Conflicting Obligations vis-à-vis Adverse Medical Evidence in Social Security Proceedings, Robert E. Rains
The Future of Justice Scalia's Predictions of Family Law Doom, Robert E. Rains
The Legal Status of Same-Sex Married Couples in Pennsylvania after the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in the DOMA Case, Robert E. Rains