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Does Federal Tax Law Require the IRS to Notify Persons and Entities Identified in an IRS Summons ‘in Aid of the Collection’ of a Tax Debt, Even When the Delinquent Taxpayer Does Not Have a Direct Property Interest in the Subject of the Summons? And Can Those Persons and Entities Petition the Courts to Quash Such a Summons?
Does the Federal Criminal Prohibition against Encouraging or Inducing Unlawful Immigration Violate Free Speech?
Does the Secretary of Education Have Authority to Grant Partial Forgiveness for Federal Student Loans, and Do States and Individuals Have Standing to Challenge the Secretary\u27s Action?
One-Sided Litigation: Lessons from Civil Docket Data in California Debt Collection Lawsuits
“With Friends Like These . . . .” Doctors and Nurses Criticizing Co-Employed Colleagues. Are These Criticisms Admissible as Vicarious Opposing Party’s Statements?
Eyewitness Testimony: Strategies and Tactics
The evidence from the literature is unequivocal in that jurors place significant weight on eyewitness testimony despite its frequent inaccuracy and unreliability. Eyewitness Testimony: Strategies and Tactics offers insights into the perception process, helping to identify potential inadvertent mistakes. It also anticipates the likely direction of errors and provides suggestions for effectively presenting this information to a jury. The book offers practical advice for managing mistaken eyewitnesses at each stage of the legal process, from pretrial proceedings to closing arguments.https://repository.law.uic.edu/facbooks/1000/thumbnail.jp
Critical and Comparative Rhetoric: Unmasking Privilege and Power in Law and Legal Advocacy to Achieve Truth, Justice, and Equity
The book explores how alternative communication approaches can reshape legal meanings and outcomes to promote inclusivity, equity, and justice, using comparative and critical rhetoric. By challenging traditional norms rooted in White and Euro-centric perspectives, it introduces new rhetorical models derived from diasporic and non-Western cultures. It encourages readers to rethink their understanding of logic and rhetoric, advocating for innovative knowledge-building methods that can address and heal the law\u27s existing structures, which often sustain privilege and power dynamics.https://repository.law.uic.edu/facbooks/1026/thumbnail.jp