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Documents from 2014
An Empirical Look at Atkins v. Virginia and its Application in Capital Cases, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and Christopher Seeds
Competent Capital Representation: The Necessity of Knowing and Heeding What Jurors Tell Us About Mitigation, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and Scott E. Sundby
Competent Capital Representation: The Necessity of Knowing and Heeding What Jurors Tell Us About Mitigation, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and Scott E. Sundby
Probing "Life Qualification" through Expanded Voir Dire, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and A. Brian Threlkeld
Probing "Life Qualification" through Expanded Voir Dire, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and A. Brian Threlkeld
Probing "Life Qualification" Through Expanded Voir Dire, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and A. Brian Threlkeld
In Defense of Noncapital Habeas: A Response to Hoffmann and King, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and Keir M. Weyble
When Lightning Strikes Back: South Carolina's Return to the Unconstitutional Standardless Capital Sentencing Regime of the Pre-Furman Era, John H. Blume, Sheri Johnson, Emily C. Paavola, and Keir M. Weyble
When Lightning Strikes Back: South Carolina's Return to the Unconstitutional Standardless Capital Sentencing Regime of the Pre-Furman Era, John H. Blume, Sheri Johnson, Emily C. Paavola, and Keir M. Weyble
Of Atkins and Men: Deviations from Clinical Definitions of Mental Retardation in Death Penalty Cases, John H. Blume, Sheri Johnson, and Christopher W. Seeds
Of Atkins and Men: Deviations from Clinical Definitions of Mental Retardation in Death Penalty Cases, John H. Blume, Sheri Johnson, and Christopher W. Seeds
"It's Like Deja Vu All Over Again": Williams v. Taylor, Wiggins v. Smith, Rompilla v. Beard and a (Partial) Return to the Guidelines Approach to the Effective Assistance of Counsel, John H. Blume and Stacey D. Neumann
A Reintroduction: Survival Skills for Post-Conviction Practice in South Carolina, John H. Blume and Emily C. Paavola
Crime Labs and Prison Guards: a Comment on Melendez-Diaz and its Potential Impact on Capital Sentencing Proceedings, John H. Blume and Emily C. Paavola
"I Object" is Not Enough: Tips for Criminal Defense Attorneys on Avoiding Procedural Default, John H. Blume and Emily C. Paavola
Is It Admissible?: Tips for Criminal Defense Attorneys on Assessing the Admissibility of a Criminal Defendant's Statements, Part One, John H. Blume and Emily C. Paavola
Is It Admissible?: Tips for Criminal Defense Attorneys on Assessing the Admissibility of a Criminal Defendant's Statements, Part Two, John H. Blume and Emily C. Paavola
Life, Death, and Neuroimaging: The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Defense's Use of Neuroimages in Capital Cases - Lessons from the Front, John H. Blume and Emily C. Paavola
Batson: Then and Now, Part I, John H. Blume and Elizabeth Piliavin
Batson: Then and Now, Part II, John H. Blume and Elizabeth Piliavin
The Changing Face of Retroactivity, John H. Blume and William Pratt
Understanding Teague v. Lane, John H. Blume and William Pratt
Reliability Matters: Reassociating Bagley Materiality, Strickland Prejudice, and Cumulative Harmless Error, John H. Blume and Christopher Seeds
Reliability Matters: Reassociating Bagley Materality, Strickland Prejudice, and Cumulative Harmless Error, John H. Blume and Christopher W. Seeds
An Introduction to Federal Habeas Corpus Practice and Procedure, John H. Blume and David P. Voisin
Death by Default: State Procedural Default Doctrine in Capital Cases, John H. Blume and Pamela A. Wilkins
Economic Rights as Group Rights, Eric Blumenson
Four Challenges Confronting A Moral Conception of Universal Human Rights, Eric Blumenson
Killing In Good Conscience, Eric Blumenson
Mapping The Limits Of Skepticism In Law And Morals, Eric Blumenson
The Challenge of A Global Standard of Justice: Peace, Pluralism, and Punishment at the International Criminal Court, Eric Blumenson
Massachusetts Criminal Practice, Eric Blumenson and Arthur B. Leavens
Liberty Lost: The Moral Case for Marijuana Law Reform, Eric Blumenson and Eva Nilsen
How to Construct an Underclass, or How the War on Drugs Became a War on Education, Eric Blumenson and Eva S. Nilsen
One Strike and You're Out? Constitutional Constraints on Zero Tolerance in Public Education, Eric Blumenson and Eva S. Nilsen
Policing for Profit: The Drug War’s Hidden Economic Agenda, Eric Blumenson and Eva S. Nilsen
The Next Stage of Forfeiture Reform, Eric Blumenson and Eva S. Nilsen
Health Reform’s Newest Moment in Time, John D. Blum
Longevity and the Future: Challenges of Health Policy, John D. Blum
Reforming Health Reform: Revisiting the Process of Governance, John D. Blum
Rationality, Insanity, and the Insanity Defense: Reflections on the Limits of Reason, Theodore Y. Blumoff
Bhartia Hijro Ka Dharma: The Code of India's Hijra, Joseph T. Bockrath
Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers and Architects, Joseph T. Bockrath
Environmental Law, Joseph T. Bockrath
In Memoriam: George M. Armstrong, Jr., Joseph T. Bockrath
Law on Remote Islands: The Convergence of Fact and Fiction, Joseph T. Bockrath
The Bridge of Roebling and Crane, Joseph T. Bockrath
Closed Cycle Mariculture and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Joseph T. Bockrath and Kathleen W. Marcel
Understanding the Hospital Sharps Injury Reporting Pathway, Leslie I. Boden, Yolanta V. Petrofsky, Karen Hopcia, Gregory R. Wagner, and Dean M. Hashimoto
Taking Liberties: Religious freedom, Obamacare and the rights of American business, Ellen K. Boegel
Teaching Tax and Other Tedious Topics, John A. Bogdanski and Samuel A. Donaldson
Creating Property Rights: Law and Regulation of Secondary Trading in the European Union (Book Review), Sanja Bogojevic
EU:s handel med utsläppsrättigheter och de globala obalanserna i klimatskyddet, Sanja Bogojevic
Standing before the EU Courts: The case of NGOs, Sanja Bogojevic
Introductions, Craig Boise, Edward W. Hill, Carter E. Strang, and Brian Tucker
El derecho al agua como derecho humano, estándares y perspectivas para su efectiva protección, Elard Ricardo Bolaños Salazar
Introduction: Obstacles to the Development and Use of Pharmacotherapies for Addiction, Richard C. Boldt
Problem-Solving Courts and Pragmatism, Richard C. Boldt
Juristocracy in the Trenches: Problem-solving Judges and Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Drug Treatment Courts and Unified Family Courts, Richard Boldt and Jana Singer
Antitrust, Regulation and the "New Rules" of Sports Telecasts, Babette Boliek
Client Counseling: Understanding and Meeting Your Client’s Needs in Case Resolution, Zachary C. Bolitho
Leadership and Life, Zachary C. Bolitho
Cracks in the Shield: The Necessity of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, James N. Bolotin
Legitimate Persecution: The Effect Of Asylum’s Nexus Clause, Nicholas Bolzman
The Constitution of the Conflict of Laws, Jacco Bomhoff
Law and Its Other(s): Beyond the Law/Outlaw Binary in American Film, Cynthia Bond
Honor As Familial Value, Johanna Bond
Protocol for a systematic review of the effects of schools and school-environment interventions on health: evidence mapping and syntheses, Chris Bonell, Angela Harden, Helene Wells, Farah Jamal, Adam Fletcher, Mark Petticrew, James Thomas, Margaret Whitehead, Rona Campbell, Simon Murphy, and Lawrence Moore
A Response to Professor Camp: The Importance of Oversight, Leslie Book
Freakonomics and the Tax Gap: An Applied Perspective , Leslie Book
Refund Anticipation Loans and the Tax Gap, Leslie Book
Study of the Role of Preparers in Relation to Taxpayer Compliance with Internal Revenue Laws, Leslie Book
Symposium Introduction: Offshore Accounts, Corporate Income Shifting, and Executive Compensation, Leslie Book
Securities Litigation after Amgen, RICHARD A. BOOTH
REMIC Tax Enforcement as Financial-Market Regulator, Bradley T. Borden and David J. Reiss
Mistake and Disclosure in a Model of Two-Sided Informational Inputs, Michael J. Borden
Of Outside Monitors and Inside Monitors: The Role of Journalists in Caremark Litigation, Michael J. Borden
The Promissory Character of Adequate Assurances of Performance, Michael J. Borden
The Constitutionality of Government-Imposed Bodily Intrusions, Caitlin E. Borgmann
Contemporary Trusts and Estates - an Experiential Approach, Jerome Borison, Naomi R. Cahn, Susan N. Gary, and Paula A. Monopoli
The Law of Gender Stereotyping and the Work-Family Conflicts of Men, Stephanie Bornstein
The Undue Burden: Parental Notification Requirements for Publicly Funded Contraception, Stephanie Bornstein
Work, Family, and Discrimination at the Bottom of the Ladder, Stephanie Bornstein
The Next Great YouTube: Improving Content ID to Foster Creativity, Cooperation, and Fair Compensation, Benjamin Boroughf
The Next Great YouTube: Improving Content ID to Foster Creativity, Cooperation, and Fair Compensation, Benjamin Boroughf
Individual Autonomy and the Work of Resistance: How Authors of the 1950s Reject State Absorption Through Imagination and Reaffirmation of the Body, Benjamin L. Boroughf
Policing Masculinity In Small-Town America, Luke A. Boso
Mortgage Product Substitution and State Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: Better Loans and Better Borrowers?, Raphael Bostic, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Kathleen Engel, Patricia McCoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, and Susan Wachter
State and Local Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: The Effect of Legal Enforcement Mechanisms, Raphael Bostic, Kathleen Engel, Patricia McCoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, and Susan Wachter
The Impact of State Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: Policy Implications and Insights, Raphael Bostic, Kathleen Engel, Patricia McCoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, and Susan Wachter
State and Local Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: The Effect of Legal Enforcement Mechanisms, Raphael W. Bostic, Kathleen C. Engel, Patricia A. McCoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, and Susan M. Wachter
The Impact of State Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: Policy Implications and Insights, Raphael W. Bostic, Kathleen C. Engel, Patricia A. McCoy, Anthony Pennington-Cross, and Susan M. Wachter
America's Political Prisoners, Ruben B. Botello JD
A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial to Evaluate 4% Liposomal Lidocaine Cream on Pain and Anxiety During Venipuncture in Pediatric Patients Who Present to the ED, Jenny Boucher; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; Joanna Bokovoy DrPH, RN; Scott Hamilton; Kimberly Hamilton BA; Scott M. Brenner MD; and Kevin Weaver DO
A Tour Through the New Writing Manual, Jaime M. Bouvier and Carolyn Broering-Jacobs
A Feminist Proposal to Bring Back Common Law Marriage, Cynthia Grant Bowman
Bibliographical Essay: Women and the Legal Profession, Cynthia Grant Bowman
Bowen v. Massachusetts: The "Money Damages Exception" to the Administrative Procedure Act and Grant-in-Aid Litigation, Cynthia Grant Bowman
David Peterson Mar, What Trouble I Have Seen: A History of Violence Against Wives, Cynthia Grant Bowman
Domestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy, by Kristin A. Kelly [Book Review], Cynthia Grant Bowman