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April 2025 Poetry Month Display Photo of Kristen David Adams
No full textImage, on display April 2025, of Kristen David Adams, a member of the law faculty at Stetson University College of Law since 2000. Professor Adams currently holds the William Reece Smith, Jr. Distinguished Professorship. Adams is an elected member of the American Law Institute. She has authored 10 books and more than 20 law review articles. She teaches courses in property, payment systems, and law through the lens of poetry.https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/poetry-month-2025-photos/1006/thumbnail.jp
Adding Nativity, Citizenship, and Immigration Status to Health Monitoring and Survey Data
No full textImmigration status and related policies have a significant impact on health outcomes. Yet major national health surveys currently provide little or no information about immigration status, rendering subgroups of noncitizens largely invisible. Even measures of citizenship, nativity, country of birth, and years in the United States, which provide critical information about immigration history, are not consistently included in national data sets.
The main objections to asking directly about immigration status are that (1) such questions are too stigmatizing, risking lower response rates and inaccurate responses; and (2) answering the questions may expose respondents to possible immigration or criminal consequences. Our analysis shows that these objections are unfounded or can be mitigated.
National health surveys have evolved over the past decades to include questions about mental health, substance use, sexual orientation, and gender identity—topics once assumed to be too stigmatizing to ask about, with possible negative legal consequences. We argue that the time has come to obtain more detailed information about immigration status as well as to consistently include the measures of immigration history mentioned so that we can better evaluate the health consequences of immigrant-related policy choices
Trademark licensing between differences and convergence: a comparative and critical overview
No full textThis chapter examines trademark licensing from the perspective of common law and civil law countries. It focuses on the validity requirement of licensing and highlights the differences between common law and civil law, particularly with respect to the notion of “quality control” over the quality of licensed products. While common law countries traditionally require that licensors monitor product quality to guarantee product continuity and protect consumers, civil law countries focus on product quality to protect licensors’ interests in the marks as property. Still, the application and interpretation of licensing validity requirements have become more flexible in recent decades due to the growth of international trade and global supply chains, as well as the strategic use of licensing for financing and settling litigation claims. This chapter examines the differences and ongoing convergence between common law and civil law in these various contexts
Legal Literacy and Communication Skills: Working with Law and Lawyers
No full textLegal Literacy and Communication Skills: Working with Law and Lawyers is a first-of-its-kind text, designed expressly for students in Juris Master, Master of Jurisprudence, and Master of Legal Studies programs. This concise paperback empowers students whose professional background is outside of law with a foundational understanding of the U.S. legal system and insight into what lawyers do.
The second edition offers a new chapter on understanding litigation documents and dockets, providing students with the tools to find and follow civil lawsuits relevant to their interests. The second edition also both expands and streamlines its approach to regulations and administrative adjudication. Developments in generative artificial intelligence are also expanded to foster critical exploration of AI in the legal field.
Legal Literacy and Communication Skills covers key concepts, including: Understanding the roles of legislatures, agencies, and courts; Recognizing and using basic legal vocabulary in context; Reading a variety of legal documents efficiently and effectively; Writing law-related reports and correspondence; Reading and understanding the function of primary sources of law, including statutes, regulations, and cases; Understanding the basic elements of a contract and participating in contracting processes; Understanding the general course and process of litigation and discovery from a client\u27s perspective; and Recognizing and avoiding the unauthorized practice of law.
Students will develop skills to help them find and use legal information for themselves or as part of a collaborative project with attorneys. The text includes exercises built around an ongoing case study and contains helpful Traditions and Trends commentary, which puts today\u27s legal landscape into a broader context