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Documents from 2012

Civil Litigation As a Tool for Regulating Climate Change: An Introduction, James R. May

Civil Litigation as a Tool for Regulating Climate Change: An Introduction, James R. May

Global Responses to Hydraulic Fracturing, James R. May

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Air Pollution Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Sam Maynes

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THE TAXONOMY OF GLOBAL SECURITIES: IS THE U. S. DEFINITION OF A SECURITY TOO BROAD?, Frederick H. C. Mazando

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PROVIDING A FOUNDATION FOR WEALTH FOR WEALTH CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: THE ROLE OF THE RULE OF LAW, JOHN MUKUM MBAKU

Arrest Types and Co-occurring Disorders in Persons with Schizophrenia or Related Psychoses, Patrick J. McCabe, Paul P. Christopher, Nicholas Druhn, Kristen M. Roy-Bujnowski, Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr., and William H. Fisher

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What's In a Name? The Case for the Disestablishment of Marriage, Carolyn A. McConnell

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What's In a Name? The Case for the Disestablishment of Marriage, Carolyn A. McConnell

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Patenting Isolated Human Enhancer Elements and the Utility Requirement Problem, William B. McConnell

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Yikes! Was I Wrong? A Second Look at the Viability of Monitoring Capital Postconviction Counsel, Celestine McConville

Title to Property, Title to Marriage: The Social Foundation of Adverse Foundation and Common Law Marriage., John L. McCormack

Title to Property, Title to Marriage: The Social Foundation of Adverse Possession and Common Law Marriage, John L. McCormack

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The United States and Iran – Decades of Animosity: An Analysis of the Historical and Present Conflicts., Patrick A. McDade

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Climate Change Litigation: Potential Reasons Canada Lags Behind the United States, Morgan McDonald

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Adult Contact with Minors—Institutional Best Practices for Investigating, Reporting and Preventing Abuse in Light of the Penn State and Clergy Scandals:, Patrick J. McDonnell

Gentrification: The Class Conflict over Urban Space Moves into the Courts, Harold A. McDougall

Lawyering and the Public Interest in the 1990s, Harold A. McDougall

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How Genetic Variant Libraries Effectively Extend Gene Testing Patents: Implications for Intellectual Property and Good Clinical Care, Sean McElligott, Robert I. Field, Mirar Bristol-Demeter, Susan M. Domchek, and David A. Asch

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A Way Forward: Transparency at American Law Schools, Kyle P. McEntee and Patrick J. Lynch

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Supplemental Jurisdiction Over Permissive Counterclaims: A Misconception, Douglas D. McFarland

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Viewing the "Same Case or Controversy" of Supplemental Jurisdiction Through the Lens of the "Common Nucleus of Operative Fact" of Pendent Jurisdiction, Douglas D. McFarland

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Reasonable Men, Ann McGinley

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Reasonable Men, Ann McGinley

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Beyond the Water Cooler: Speech and the Workplace in an Era of Social Media, Ann McGinley and Ryan McGinley-Stempel

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LAW: AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, john o. mcginnis

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Coastal Planning, Federal Consistency, and Climate Change: A Recent Divergence of Federal and State Interests, Chad J. McGuire

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Environmental Decision-making in Context: A Toolbox, Chad J. McGuire

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Public policy frameworks in environmental settings: an argument for new policy frameworks to support new policy directions, Chad J. McGuire

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Regulatory Takings Claims and Coastal Management of Sea Level Rise: Remembering Governments are More Than Regulators, Chad J. McGuire

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Systems Thinking Applied to U.S. Federal Fisheries Management, Chad J. McGuire and Bradley P. Harris

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Climate Adaptation and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: A Regulatory Takings Analysis of Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Development with Application to Connecticut’s Coastal Management Regime, Chad J. McGuire and Jason Hill

In Search of Progressive Black Masculinities, Keon M. McGuire, Jonathan Berhanu, Charles H.F. Davis III, and Shaun R. Harper

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Private Rights and Public Wrongs: Fair Use as a Remedy for Private Censorship, Stephen J. McIntyre

Brief of Amici Curiae Paralyzed Veterans of America et al., Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd., No. 03-1388 (U.S. Jul. 5, 2004), Richard McKewen and David C. Vladeck

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A DECADE OF PROGRESS: PROMISING MODELS FOR CHILDREN IN THE TURKISH JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, Brenda McKinney and Lauren Salins

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“OH LORD WON’T YOU BUY ME A MERCEDES BENZ?” : A COMPARISON OF STATE WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION STATUTES, Donna J. McKneelen Professor

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USING THE FCB GRID TO EVALUATE A FAILED MENTAL HEALTH LEVY: THE MARKETING IMPLICATIONS OF STIGMA, Oscar T. McKnight, Ronald Paugh, Steffi Liotta, and Wenhui Jin

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EXAMINING THE USE OF FOCUS GROUPS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, Oscar T. McKnight, Ronald Paugh, Brian Nestor, and Shawn Yambor

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Using Technology and Online Counseling: The Future is Now, Oscar T. McKnight, Gregory Pollock, and Kerri Carmichael

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Prospective Perjury by a Criminal Defendant: It's All About the Lawyer, Raymond J. McKoski

Lien Avoidance by Debtors in Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Act of 1978, James B. McLaughlin Jr.

North Carolina Security Interests (book review), James B. McLaughlin Jr.

Classification of Unsecured Claims in Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978: What is Fair?, James B. McLaughlin Jr. and Robert W. Nelms

Exploring the First Amendment Rights of Teens in Relationship to Sexting and Censorship, Julia Halloran McLaughlin

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Taking Religion Out of Civil Divorce, Julia Halloran McLaughlin

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Me.com: The Growing Need for the Illinois Right of Publicity Act to Respond to Online Social Networks, Anne E. McLean

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The Machiavellian President and How American Intelligence coupled with National Security has made it Possible, Leslie B. McLemore II

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Cosmo, Cosmolino: Patent Law and Nanotechnology, Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer

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Inventing Life: Intellectual Property and the New Biology, Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer

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Inventing Life: Patent Law and Synthetic Biology, Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer Dr

The New Market Affair: Scouting for Gold in the Hills of the Shenandoah Valley, Kembrew McLeod

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The Business Judgment Rule as an Immunity Doctrine, Lori A. McMillan

Civility: Multi-Tiered Strategies for Litigation Ethics, Judith A. McMorrow

Conference Chair & Introductory Remarks, ABA Professional Responsibility Conference, Judith A. McMorrow

Ethical Issues in Labor Arbitration, Judith A. McMorrow

Global Lawyering and Legal Education, Judith A. McMorrow

In Defense of the Business of Law, Judith A. McMorrow

In Defense of the Business of Law, Judith A. McMorrow

Lawyer Discipline in China, Judith A. McMorrow

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Dog-Eat-Dog: The Paradox Between The Ninth Circuit’s Treatment of Idea Submission Cases and the Harsh Reality of Show Business, Brigid S. McNally

Dog-Eat-Dog: The Paradox Between The Ninth Circuit’s Treatment of Idea Submission Cases and the Harsh Reality of Show Business, Brigid S. McNally

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Democratizing Access to Knowledge: Find Out What Open Educational Resouces (OER) Have to Offer, Michael B. McNally

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Intellectual Property and Its Alternatives: Incentives, Innovation and Ideology, Michael B. McNally

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User-generated online content 2: Policy implications, Michael B. McNally, Samuel E. Trosow, Lola Wong, Caroline Whippey, Jacquelyn Burkell, and Pamela J. McKenzie

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Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study in Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence, Greg McNeal

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New Approaches to Reducing and Mitigating Harm to Civilians, Greg McNeal

Mabo Misinterpreted: The Unfortunate Legacy of Legislative Distortion of Justice Brennan’s Judgment, Kent McNeil

Beyond biology: wrongful convictions in the post-DNA world, Daniel S. Medwed

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Drug lab scandal: what did prosecutors know?, Daniel S. Medwed

Emotionally charged: the prosecutorial charging decision and the innocence revolution, Daniel S. Medwed

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Justice in New England, Daniel S. Medwed

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Prosecution complex: America's race to convict and its impact on the innocent, Daniel S. Medwed

The prosecutor as minister of justice: preaching to the unconverted from the post-conviction pulpit, Daniel S. Medwed

The zeal deal: prosecutorial resistance to post-conviction claims of innocence, Daniel S. Medwed

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Wrongful conviction, Daniel S. Medwed and Helen Borton

UNRAVELING THE DIVIDEND PUZZLE: AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW, Farhan Mehboob

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Putting Theory into Practice: Thoughts from the Trenches on Developing A Doctrinally Integrated Semester-in-Practice Program in Health Law and Policy, Michele L. Mekel

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The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 Meets the Era of Health Care Reform: Continuing Themes and Common Threads, Michele L. Mekel

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Of “Just Systems” and Lotteries: Thoughts and Reflections on Maples v. Thomas, Ryan K. Melcher

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Of “Just Systems” and Lotteries: Thoughts and Reflections on Maples v. Thomas, Ryan K. Melcher

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On the Interpretability of Law: Lessons from the Decoding of National Constitutions, James Melton and Tom Ginsburg

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A patient's view of OpenNotes, Michael Meltsner

The bike tour leader's dilemma: talking about supervision, Michael Meltsner, Daniel Givelber, and James V. Rowan

The bike tour leader's dilemma: talking about supervision, Michael Meltsner, Daniel Givelber, and James V. Rowan

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Of Particles and Proportionality: Negotiating a Truce Between Humanitarian and Human Rights Principles in the Law of Armed Conflict, Matt Meltzer

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Mexican Experience in Screens for Bid-Rigging, Carlos Mena-Labarthe

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A Response to Harel and Porat: On the Inadmissibility of the Aggregated Probabilities Principle, Doron Menashe Dr.

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Fitting an Old Tiger with New Teeth: Protecting Public Employee Funds Investing in Complex Financial Instruments, Richard E. Mendales

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My “Country” Lies over the Ocean: Seasteading and Polycentric Law, Allen P. Mendenhall

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The Controlling Shareholder as Reputational Intermediary, Jose Mendoza

The Controlling Shareholder as Reputational Intermediary, Jose Miguel Mendoza

In Search of Copyright's Lost Ark: Interpreting the Right to distribute in the Internet Age, Peter Menell

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age, Peter Menell, Robert P. Merges, and Mark Lemley

Aha? Is Creativity Possible in Legal Problem Solving and Teachable in Legal Education?, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

And Now A Word About Secular Humanism, Spirituality, and the Practice of Justice and Conflict Resolution, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

A Need for a New Kind of Lawyering, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Asylum in a Different Voice: Judging Immigration Claims and Gender, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Can They Do That? Legal Ethics in Popular Culture: Of Characters and Acts, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Chronicling the Complexification of Negotiation Theory and Practice, Carrie Menkel-Meadow