A Brief Introduction to the Upcoming Winter Issue by Dean Berman

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The Annual Shoen Lecture Series, published in the current Journal Winter Issue, features articles written by our first two Shoen Lecture Speakers. Our third annual Shoen Speaker, New York University's Professor Jeremy Waldron  will publish his article along with commentary from scholars around the country in our Winter 2011-2012 Issue. Scholarly discourse, at its best, is always about dialogue. If we think of any great discovery, from scientific breakthroughs to voyages to new lands, to emerging ideas of law and governance, those innovations have always arisen through sustained efforts of multiple people over multiple years and sometimes even generations. Indeed, I believe it is safe to say that no great idea is ever the product of one mind alone. We all stand on the shoulders of giants. As Victor Hugo so eloquently wrote in describing…
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Upcoming Article in Winter Issue: Improving the Law of Negotiable Instruments: Support for Arizona’s Adoption of the 2002 Proposed Revisions to Uniform Commercial Code Section 3-309

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Arizona State Law Journal is previewing its upcoming articles in the winter publication.  This article is written by third-year student, Natalya Ter-Grigoryan. Since 2007, Arizona has been among four states experiencing the highest foreclosure rates in the nation.  This proliferation in residential foreclosures is reflected in the increased volume of litigation involving homeowners who contest foreclosure actions in an effort to retain their homes. Relying on section 3309 of Arizona’s Uniform Commercial Code, homeowners assert that the party attempting to enforce a secured mortgage loan agreement must produce the original promissory note in order to initiate a foreclosure.  Such cases highlight a problematic provision in section 3309, which governs enforcement of lost, destroyed or stolen negotiable instruments.  The statute can be interpreted to require a holder pursuant to section 3301…
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Upcoming Article in Winter Issue: Shaken to the Core: Emerging Scientific Opinion and Post-Conviction Relief in Cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome

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Arizona State Law Journal is previewing its upcoming articles in the winter publication.  This article is written by third-year student, Dan Orenstein. For decades, the theory of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) has been an accepted scientific reality – one many Americans first became aware of in the late 1990s during the highly publicized trial of British au pair Louise Woodward. SBS is the diagnosed etiology for perhaps thousands of injuries or deaths each year in the United States, and it remains the basis for hundreds of criminal convictions annually.  According to the theory, shaking an infant produces a unique and readily identifiable pattern of symptoms from which the cause, time, and non-accidental nature of injury can all be extracted. This theory has been the sole basis for many criminal trials…
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Clearing the Air: Clean Air, Climate Change and Sustainability in Arizona

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  January 13th & 14th Air quality, climate change, and sustainability present major challenges to the future of Arizona.  This conference will feature leading experts proposing practical solutions to the evolving legal, scientific and policy dimensions of the air quality, climate change and sustainability problems facing Arizona. Register by clicking here. ASU faculty and students, $10; public and non-profit attorneys, $50; non-governmental attorneys, $100.
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