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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

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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

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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

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Understanding the Hospital Sharps Injury Reporting Pathway, Leslie I. Boden, Yolanta V. Petrofsky, Karen Hopcia, Gregory R. Wagner, and Dean M. Hashimoto

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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

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Creating Property Rights: Law and Regulation of Secondary Trading in the European Union (Book Review), Sanja Bogojevic

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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

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Cracks in the Shield: The Necessity of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, James N. Bolotin

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Legitimate Persecution: The Effect Of Asylum’s Nexus Clause, Nicholas Bolzman

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The Constitution of the Conflict of Laws, Jacco Bomhoff

Law and Its Other(s): Beyond the Law/Outlaw Binary in American Film, Cynthia Bond

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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