A Murder Most Fowl: United States v. CITGO Petroleum Corp., 801 F.3d 477 (5th Cir. 2015), and Incidental Killings Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Lora Anne Waeckerle
"This Note focuses on the weaknesses of the Fifth Circuit’s decision to interpret the misdemeanor section of the MBTA to penalize only those who affirmatively cause protected birds to die. This Note further argues that the Fifth Circuit should adopt a broader rule regarding MBTA sanctions in order to penalize both direct and incidental killing of migratory birds."
Karasek v. Regents of the University of California, No. 15-cv-03717-WHO, 2015 WL 8527338 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 11, 2015): The Victimization of Title IX
Chelsea Avent
"This Note focuses on the Northern District of California in Karasek v. Regents of the University of California, its interpretation of Title IX’s 'deliberate indifference' standard, and the 'further harassment' requirement that some courts have imposed for Title IX sexual harassment claims."
Slavery in the Name of Tolerance: Whether an International Legal Obligation Exists to Criminalize Prostitution
Braden W. Storer
I. Introduction
II. Background of Applicable International Law on Slavery and Sex Trafficking ... A. International Law Prohibiting Slavery and the Slave Trade ... B. International Law Prohibiting Sex Trafficking ... C. Sex Trafficking as Slavery: Overlap of the Practices ... D. An Alternative Way to Think about the Issue: Commercial Sexual Exploitation as Slavery
III. International Legal Obligations to Criminalize and Prevent Slavery and Sex Trafficking ... A. Obligation to Criminalize and Prevent Sex Trafficking ... B. Obligation to Criminalize and Prevent Slavery
You Can’t Take My Land! Is Thompson v. Heineman, 289 Neb. 798, 857 N.W.2d 731 (2015), Transformative Law or a Political Anomaly?
Adam W. Kauffman
In Thompson, the Nebraska Supreme Court held Legislative Bill 1161 unconstitutional, while the minority opined that the plaintiffs lacked standing. This Note maintains that the minority opinion in Thompson correctly applied the law to protect Nebraska’s law on standing, and that the minority’s supermajority interpretation mirrors the Nebraska Supreme Court’s past application.
Registration, Fairness, and General Jurisdiction
Jack B. Harrison
This article examines the evolution of general personal jurisdiction, from Pennoyer to Goodyear, and concludes that the Court’s current articulation of general personal jurisdiction unnecessarily hampers plaintiffs' ability to pursue redress for injuries in their home states.
The Economic Characteristics of Indigenous Property Rights: A Canadian Case Study
Dwight Newman
Property rights of Indigenous communities have far-reaching effects, impacting general economic prosperity, the ability to contract outside the community, and resource development. This Article focuses on title rights held by Canadian Indigenous communities, but the analysis and concepts have direct practical relevance to Indigenous communities elsewhere.
Separation of Powers and the Class Action
Mark K. Moller
The federal court system’s increasing hostility toward class action certification has resulted in tens of thousands of individual cases winding up in state courts. This Article analyzes the new way of thinking about litigant autonomy in this “post-class-action” era.
Rethinking Counterterrorism in the Age of ISIS: Lessons from Sinai
Sahar F. Aziz
Failing states serve as havens for violent extremist groups to grow and spread, yet Western nations continue to limit their counterterrorism practices to merely preventing violence on their soil. Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula serves as a valuable case study for rethinking counterterrorism methods in the age of ISIS.
Book Review
David Dow
Modern Trials. By Melvin M. Belli. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1954. 2763 pp. $50.00
The Journalist and His Confidential Source: Should a Testimonial Privilege Be Allowed
W. D. Lorensen
Introduction
The Basis for a Privilege
The Current Law
When Is the Public Benefited?
When Should This Privilege Be Denied?
When Is There No Public Benefit?
When Does Detriment Outweigh Benefit?
Conclusion
Professional Liability
Earl Cline
The subject of this article, “Professional Liability,” is very broad and could include not only malpractice liability but also other liabilities of the physician and surgeon. Instead of attempting to discuss so broad a field, it will be confined to the subject of liability for malpractice and trespass and particularly recent trends in court decisions relating to the liability of the physician and surgeon therefor.