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Documents from 2015

Legislative Reform of California's Direct Democracy: A Field Guild to Recent Efforts, Glenn Smith and Brendan Bailey

More D (Deliberation) for California's DD (Direct Democracy): Enhancing Voter Understanding and Promoting Deliberation Through Streamlined Notice-and-Comment Procedures, Glenn C. Smith

Protecting the Weak: Religious Liberty in the Twenty-First Century, Gordon Smith

Religious Freedom and the Challenge of Terrorism, Gordon H. Smith

Summit Report: Freedom of the Press in the Twenty-First Century – An Agenda for Thought and 
Action - Panel IV: The Future of the Press and Secrecy, Jeffery A. Smith, Robert E. Drechsel, W. Wat Hopkins, Derigan Silver, and Erik Ugland

Papa’s Brand New Bag: The Need for IRS Recognition of an Independent Nonprofit Limited Liability Company, Kenya Smith

Biden Decides Not to Run, Mark Caleb Smith

Bob Burney Live, Mark Caleb Smith

Boehner Loss to Cost Ohio, Mark Caleb Smith

Book Review: The Re-Enchantment of Political Science, Mark Caleb Smith

Candidates Pushed to Release Tax Data, Mark Caleb Smith

Debate Rages Over Monopoly Claim, Mark Caleb Smith

Governor Kasich Announces Presidential Bid, Mark Caleb Smith

Homosexuality, the Constitution, and Gay Marriage, Mark Caleb Smith

Issue 3 in Ohio, Mark Caleb Smith

Let's Talk with Mark Elfstrand: February 19, 2015, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio Ballot Issue 3, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio State-wide Ballot Issues, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio Votes on Marijuana Ballot Issue, Mark Caleb Smith

Professor: Boehner Hanging by a Thread, Mark Caleb Smith

Republican Candidates for the Presidency, Mark Caleb Smith

Republican Presidential Debate Analysis, Mark Caleb Smith

Republicans Give Kasich Speech High Marks, Mark Caleb Smith

Same-sex Marriage and the Supreme Court, Mark Caleb Smith

Supreme Court Ruling on Same-sex Marriage, Mark Caleb Smith

Supreme Court Ruling on Same-sex Marriage, Mark Caleb Smith

The Politics of Fear, Mark Caleb Smith

The Republican Field Grows, Mark Caleb Smith

Thinking About God and Government, Mark Caleb Smith

Through the Eyes of the Constitution, Mark Caleb Smith

Trump Takes Hits in Debate; Kasich Joins Fray, Mark Caleb Smith

What is Happening at Yale?, Mark Caleb Smith

WHIO Reports: Legalization of Marijuana, Mark Caleb Smith

Why Bother with Politics?, Mark Caleb Smith

Supreme Court Ruling on Same-sex Marriage, Mark Caleb Smith and Jason K. Lee

Rendering to God and Caesar: Critical Readings for American Government, Mark Caleb Smith, Jewerl Maxwell, Marc A. Clauson, Kevin F. Sims, David L. Rich, and Andrew Travis

An Investigation of the Strategies used by Organizations Participating in the Welfare-to-Work Network Programs and Correlation of the Strategies with the Retention Data to Determine Best Practices for Job Retention among Former Welfare Recipients., Pauline J. Smith and

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The moral dilemma of death on the internet, Paul Smith and Katina Michael

When Machines Are Watching: How Warrantless Use of GPS Surveillance Technology Terminates The Fourth Amendment Right Against Unreasonable Search, Priscilla Smith, Nabiha Syed, Albert Wong, and David Thaw

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Overcoming Overcriminalization, Stephen Smith

Panel, Part 4, Stephen F. Smith

A Judicial Cure for the Disease of Overcriminalization, Stephen F. Smith

Yates v. United States: A Case Study in Overcriminalization, Stephen F. Smith

Accreditation Revisited: ABA Reexamination of Approved Law Schools, Steven R. Smith

A Remarkable Period in International Scholarship: Thirty Years Before the Masthead, Steven R. Smith

A Term to Remember: The Supreme Court and the Future of Healthcare Reform, Steven R. Smith

Constitutional Privacy in Psychotherapy, Steven R. Smith

Deaning's Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Deanly Virtues, Steven R. Smith

Disabled Newborns and the Federal Child Abuse Amendments: Tenuous Protection, Steven R. Smith

Financing the Future of Legal Education: "Not What It Used to Be", Steven R. Smith

From Expert Witnesses to ‘Fleeting Expletives’: The Supreme Court 2008-2009, Steven R. Smith

From Law and Bananas to Real Law: A Celebration of Scholarship in Mental Health Law, Steven R. Smith

Gresham’s Law in Legal Education, Steven R. Smith

Law, Behavior, and Mental Health: Policy and Practice, Steven R. Smith

Legal Perspectives: The New Supreme Court, Steven R. Smith

Life and Death Decisions in the Nursery: Standards and Criteria for Withholding Lifesaving Treatment from Infants, Steven R. Smith

Life, Death, or Miranda: The Supreme Court Term 2009-2010, Steven R. Smith

Limiting Execution of the Mentally Ill: Highlights of the 2006-2007 Term of the Supreme Court, Steven R. Smith

Medical and Psychotherapy Privileges and Confidentiality: On Giving With One Hand and Removing With the Other, Steven R. Smith

Mental Health and Medical Rights: The Supreme Court of the United States in 2010-2011, Steven R. Smith

Mental Health Malpractice in the 1990s, Steven R. Smith

The Dean and the Budget: Not 'Just A Bunch of Damn Numbers', Steven R. Smith

The Meaning of Quality, Steven R. Smith

The Supreme Court 2007-2008: Competency, Gun Control, and Capital Punishment, Steven R. Smith

The Supreme Court 2013-2014: The Happiest Term?, Steven R. Smith

Comment: Volunteering and Community Service, Steven Rathgeb Smith

Symposium: Creative Problem Solving Conference -- Conference Transcript Excerpt--Session 1: Envisioning the New Lawyer, Steven R. Smith and Robert Walsh Dean

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Does the Law of Delict Have a Future? On Neuroscience and Liability, Jan M. Smits

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Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility Codes Under Private Law, Or: On the Disciplining Power of Legal Doctrine, Jan M. Smits

Het privaatrecht van de toekomst.pdf, Jan M. Smits

Wetgeving en andere normenstelsels.pdf, Jan M. Smits

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What is Legal Doctrine? On the Aims and Methods of Legal-Dogmatic Research, Jan M. Smits

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Who Does What? On the allocation of regulatory competences in European Private Law, Jan M. Smits, Bram Akkermans, Nicole Kornet, and Jaap Hage

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Can the Center Hold? The Vulnerabilities of the Official Legal Regimen for Intercountry Adoption, David M. Smolin

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Moving from Fad to Fundamentals: The Future of the Evangelical Christian Adoption and Orphan Care Movement, David M. Smolin

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Surrogacy as the Sale of Children: Applying Lessons Learned from Adoption to the Regulation of the Surrogacy Industry's Global Marketing of Children, David M. Smolin

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Off-Label Drug Advertising and the First Amendment, Rodney A. Smolla

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South Carolina: Give Up a Little Pride to Grant Others a Little Peace, Rodney A. Smolla

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Take Down That Confederate Flag, Out of Compassion, Rodney A. Smolla

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The Government Shouldn’t Make the Wrong Call on the Redskins, Rodney A. Smolla

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The Prior Restraint Question in Garcia v. Google, Rodney A. Smolla

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The Washington Redskins, The Slants, And a Land Where Often Is Heard a Disparaging Word, Rodney A. Smolla

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The Washington Redskins Trademark Decision Violates the First Amendment, Rodney A. Smolla

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Who’s the ‘We?’ Who’s ‘the People?’, Rodney A. Smolla

Academic Freedom, Hate Speech, and the Idea of a University, Rodney A. Smolla