+ Anticipating Legal Issues in Higher Education
- Author:
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Janosik, Steven M.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- NASPA Journal
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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CIVIL rights, Court Litigation, GUN control, Higher Education, Legal Responsibility
The author developed a framework for how to learn to recognize and anticipate the legal risks associated with student affairs practice by scanning the broad legal environment and being aware of legal...
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+ Arming the gun industry: A critique of proposed legislation shielding the gun industry from liability
- Author:
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Crouse ET
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Minnesota Law Review
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Ownership, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Legislation, Violence, gun, industry, litigation
The author examines House Bill 1036 and similar legislation that would severely limit the ability of victims of gun violence to take legal action against the gun industry for their injuries. He provides...
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+ Using litigation to make public health policy: theoretical and empirical challenges in assessing product liability, tobacco, and gun litigation
- Author:
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Lytton TD
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Law Med Ethics
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Public Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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constituitonality, litigation, policy
The author examines arguments regarding the use of courts and litigation as a public health policy tool. He analyzes how these arguments are backed by competing concepts of constitutional law. The author...
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+ Beyond market share liability: A theory of proportional share liability for nonfungible products
- Author:
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Rostron A
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- UCLA Law Review
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Social Science, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Market, liability, litigation
The author argues that courts should allow extension of market share liability strategies to be applied in the case of products involving varying degrees of risk (i.e. are non-fungible), and determine...
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+ Jacobson and Soliman's analysis of the public health effects of tobacco and firearm litigation
- Author:
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Burnett, H. S.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- J Law Med Ethics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Firearms, lawsuit, litigation, risk-benefit
In this letter to the editor, the author comments on a 2002 article by Jacobson and Soliman on the use of lawsuits as a tool of public health. Specifically, he notes that the authors should have done...
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