Risk Assessment at Sentencing

This article was written by guest author, Dr. J.C. Oleson. Dr. Oleson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Auckland. Prior to joining the University of Auckland in June of 2010, Dr. Oleson served as Chief Counsel…
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Right to Defense in a Fair Trial

Guest author Tat Chee Tsui wrote this article. Mr. Tsui received his LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010. First, it is appropriate to disclose that I was a student of Professor John Yoo at Berkeley Law School.…
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Rights of Medical Marijuana Users in the Workplace

This article has been written by guest author Stacy Hickox, Assistant Professor in the School of Human Resources & Labor Relations at Michigan State University. Wal-Mart employee Joseph Casias was discharged after testing positive for marijuana.  As a registered medical…
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How Geotargeting Will Change Online Obscenity Jurisprudence

by J. Mason Kjar* I.  The Conflict Between Free Speech and Obscenity Law The First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech protects a lot of material from censorship and criminalization, including erotic material.  Thus, it is completely legal to both possess…
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Happy Mother’s Day!

This article was written by guest author Rona Kaufman Kitchen, Assistant Professor of Law at Duquesne University School of Law. With May’s commemoration of Mothers upon us, this is an opportune time to contemplate whether our laws and policies honor…
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The LSAT: An Inconvenient Truth

Guest author Douglas K. Rush, J.D., Ph.D., wrote this article. He is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Public Service at Saint Louis University where he teaches graduate research methods and statistics courses. He was formerly an assistant…
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