Fall 2000
Articles
Stare Decisis: The Maker of Customs
Samuel C. Damren
United States v. Morrison: Where the Commerce Clause Meets Civil Rights and Reasonable Minds Part Ways: A Point and Counterpoint from a Constitutional and Social Perspective
Marianne Moody Jennings and Nim Razook
Comment
Knick Knack Paddy Whack Leave the FSC Alone: An Analysis of the WTO Panel Ruling That the U.S. Foreign Sales Corporation Program is an Illegal export Subsidy Under GATT
Cecelia B. Skeen
Notes
Federal Income and State Property Tax Exemption of Commercialized Nonprofits: Should Profit-Seeking Art Museums Be Tax Exempt?
Andras Kosaras
Limited Liability Companies (LLC): Is the LLC Liability Shield Holding Up Under Judicial Scrutiny?
Warren H. Johnson
The Legality of American Military Troops Engaging in Domestic Law Enforcement in the Event of a Major Terrorist Attack
Christopher Ligatti
Winter 2001
Symposium: Universal Jurisdiction: Myths, Realities, and Prospects
Foreword
Michael P. Scharf & Thomas C. Fischer
Opening Address
David Scheffer
Panel One: Historical Development
Redefining Universal Jurisdiction
Leila Nadya Sadat
Actio Popularis, Jus Cogens and Offenses Erga Omnes?
Alfred P. Rubin
Universal Jurisdiction: Myths, Realities, Prospects, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity: The Nuremberg Precedent
Henry T. King, Jr.
Panel Two: Problems of International Codification
Problems of International Codification – Were the Atrocities in Cambodia and Kosovo Genocide?
William A. Schabas
The Atrocities in Cambodia and Kosovo: Observations on the Codification on Genocide
Jason Abrams
Panel Three: Contemporary Developments
The Pinochet Precedent and Universal Jurisdiction
Naomi Roht-Arriaza
The Prosecution of Hissène Habré – An “African Pinochet”
Reed Brody
Universal Jurisdiction in a Divided World: Conference Remarks
Madeline H. Morris
Application of Treaty-Based Universal Jurisdiction to Nationals of Non-Party States
Michael P. Scharf
Panel Four: Is Universal Jurisdiction Permissive or Mandatory?
The Evolving Concept of Universal Jurisdiction
Bartram S. Brown
Panel Five: Expanding United States Codification of Universal Jurisdiction
Towards the Development of an Effective System of Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes Under International Law
Bruce Broomhall
Empowering United States Courts to Hear Crimes Within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
Douglass Cassel
Will or Should the United States Ever Prosecute War Criminals?: A Need For Greater Expansion in the Areas of Both Criminal and Civil Liability
Mark S. Zaid, Esq.
Comments
Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Association v. United States: Broadcasters Have Lady Luck, or at Least the First Amendment, on Their Side
Kathleen E. Burke
The Bizarre Journey of Impact Fees in Massachusetts: From the “Foothills of Confusion” Around the “Mountains of Ignorance” and Up Into the “Castle in the Air”- Will “Rhyme” and “Reason” Ever Be Rescued?
Patric O’Brien
Note
The Interface of Poverty and Violence Against Women: How Federal and State Welfare Reform Can Best Respond
Erin Meehan Richmond
Spring 2001
Symposium: Serenity Now or Insanity Later?: The Impact of Post-Conviction DNA Testing on the Criminal Justice System
Introduction
Senator Patrick Leahy
Panel One: The Power of DNA
DNA and Forensic Science
Micah A. Luftig and Stephen Richey
Reflections of the Wrongly Convicted
Neil Miller
Panel Two: The Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues of Post-Conviction DNA Testing
Procedural Issues Surrounding Post-Conviction DNA Testing
Marjory Fisher
Impact of Post-Conviction DNA Testing on Forensic Science
Paul C. Giannelli
Legal and Ethical Implications of Post-Conviction DNA Exonerations
Peter Neufeld
Panel Three: The Adversary System and DNA Evidence: Past, Present, and Future
Litigating For Access to Samples and Funding in Cases in Which DNA Results will be Probative, but not Dispositive of Innocence
Andrew Good
The Prosecution’s Perspective on Post-Conviction Relief in Light of DNA Technology and Newly Discovered Evidence
David Meier
The Impact of DNA Technology on the Prosecutor: Handling Motions for Post-Conviction Relief
Mark Lee
Toward a Model Act for the Prevention and Remedy of Erroneous Convictions
Michael Saks et al
Comment
Are You My De Facto Mommy? Third-Party Visitation Rights: A Case Comment on Youmans v. Ramos
Adam Narris
Notes
Misappropriation in Massachusetts and Around the Country: How Technology will Utilize this Tort
Heather Richtarcsik
Pleading Scienter Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: A Legislative Attempt at Putting Teeth Into the Required State of Mind
Daniel S. Boyce
Summer 2001
Articles
Economics and the Litigation Funding Industry: How Much Justice can you Afford?
George Steven Swan, S.J.D.
Eyewitness Testimony and Cross-Racial Identification
Harvey Gee
The Courts & the Media Bench Book
Honorable Tijani R. Cole
Comments
Are You Taking Any Prescription Medication?: A Case Comment on Weld v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Sharon R. Schawbel
American Justice Across the Ocean? The Case of Samuel Sheinbein
Oren M. Chaplin
Note
The Massachusetts Anti-Cruelty Statute: A Real Dog – A Proposal for a Re-draft of the Current Law
Paula J. Frasso
