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07-0135 EAST TEX. SALT WATER DISPOSAL, CO., INC. v. WERLINE
No full text07-0135 East Texas Salt Water Disposal Co. Inc. v. Richard Leon Werline from Gregg County and the Sixth District Court of Appeals, Texarkana For petitioner: Greg Smith, Tyler For respondent: Gregory J. Wright, Longview The Supreme Court will hear argumen
What Hath Faith Wrought?: Faith and Law: How Religious Traditions From Calvinism to Islam View American Law by Robert F. Cochran (Book Review)
No full textFaith and Law is a compilation of sixteen essays from legal academics intended to offer, to a greater and lesser extent, a meditation on “How Religious Traditions from Calvinism to Islam View American Law.” After an Introduction by editor Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Faith and Law is divided into six parts. The first essay is a deeply learned discussion of Augustine by Elizabeth Mensch. Part II consists of four essays from Reformation Protestants, and Part III includes four essays from “Home-Grown American Faiths.” Parts IV and V consist of paired essays from Roman Catholics and from an Orthodox and Reform Jew. Part VI consists of three essays, one each by a Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim. All but one of the contributors (Kisor K. Chakrabarti) is a current or former American or Canadian legal academic, and Chakrabarti taught at universities in the United States and elsewhere and practiced law in India. Each contributor offers a readable, enlightening essay, although several needed the benefit of tighter editing. And the editor offers brief and insightful introductions to many of the contributions
Corruption in Education: A Global Legal Challenge
No full textIn this article, the terms “corrupt” and “unethical” are not used synonymously. All corrupt practices are unethical, but not all unethical practices are corrupt. As discussed in this article, corruption in education entails (1) serious criminal conduct, (2) tortious conduct in the nature of fraud21 or intentional breach of fiduciary duty,22 or (3) conduct that betrays the values that form the moral basis for the educational process, foremost among those being intellectual honesty. In order to constitute educational corruption, conduct must relate to the performance of educational duties. This article focuses on higher education, but in some instances draws examples from other contexts, such as primary and secondary schools and non-traditional educational programs
Immigration Reform from the outside in Symposium Issue - Celebrating Ten Years of Giving a Voice to the Voiceless
No full textThis article will briefly examine some of the very dramatic and clearly extreme positions in American immigration history. It will also look at the extreme calls for reform at both ends of today's political spectrum. Subsequently, this article will examine why implementation of either of the current extremes would be disastrous. Afterwards, having framed these "outside" examples, this article will move inward to see if there is a middle ground that might serve as a starting point for the implementation of some thoughtfully-conceived series of measures to address our current immigration situation. This article will conclude with a series of suggestions for bringing about this change
Why We Do the Things We Do?: The Role of Ethics in Water Resource Planning
No full textThis paper evaluates the role of ethics in decision-making and how it could impact water resource management. Part II provides an overview of ethics, its sources, and how it can impact decisions and policy. Part III examines ethical theories that could apply to water decision-making. Understanding the basics of ethics is critical in recognizing the mechanisms available to impact decisionmaking, as well as how ethics can be used to provide water for people in need. Part IV applies ethical theory to water in an effort to understand the relationship between ethics, water planning, and other related decisions. The purpose of this section is to ascertain the extent to which ethics can impact decision-makers with regard to water. One way is in existing laws; therefore, this section reviews various domestic and international laws regarding water that have ethical implications. Examining a subset of international law, it discusses the potential for a human right to water. As morality-driven directives, human rights provide an excellent example of how ethics and decisions can coincide. The conclusion discusses how ethics can be used to successfully impact decision-making in a way that will place emphasis on the long-term sustainability of people while also providing for their needs in the present
07-0541 TXI TRANSPORTATION CO. v. HUGHES
No full text07-0541 TXI Transportation Co., et al. v. Randy Hughes, et al. from Wise County and the Second District Court of Appeals, Fort Worth For petitioners: Reagan W. Simpson, Houston For respondents: Brian Stagner, Fort Worth The Supreme Court will hear argume
06-0714 ROBINSON v. CROWN CORK & SEAL CO., INC.
No full text06-0714 Barbara Robinson v. Crown Cork & Seal Co. from Harris County and the 14th District Court of Appeals, Houston For petitioner: Deborah G. Hankinson, Dallas For respondents: Thomas R. Phillips, Austin, and Kimberly R. Stuart, Houston The Supreme Cou
The Development of the Hypothetical Federal Felony: A Solution to Nonuniformity in Immigration - Celebrating Ten Years of Giving a Voice to the Voiceless (Note)
No full textIn light of the recent Lopez decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, this Note will examine the opinion of the Court as to whether a simple drug-possession offense must meet the elements of the federal CSA or whether a felony under state law is sufficient to qualify as an aggravated felony for purposes of removability. Part I will discuss the history and background of immigration law and the term "aggravated felony." Part II will examine the split among the federal circuits and which circuits will be affected by the decision of the Supreme Court. Part III will examine the statute and the language that lends to the complexity of the issue. Specifically, it will look at theories of statutory interpretation and how they apply to 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B) which lists "illicit trafficking" as an aggravated felony. Part IV will look at how the hypothetical federal felony perspective could bring about greater uniformity in immigration policy and the problems which are created by nonuniformity in immigration