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Internet Gambling: An Abridged Overview of Federal Criminal Law
American law has always reflected our ambivalence towards gambling. Anti-gambling laws were common in colonial America, yet even in the Northeast where they were perhaps; most numerous the lotteries was a popular form of public finance. Majorities of states continue to outlaw most forms of gambling, but most also continue...
Tags: Law, Lottery, Congressional Research Service, American Law, Internet, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2004-11-29

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The American Law Institute--American Bar Association.
The American Law Institute--American Bar Association (ALI/ABA; Philadelphia, PA) has released Liquor Liability: A Primer for Winning Your Case, a guide for lawyers who are bringing or defending liquor liability cases. Editorial includes a description The American Law Institute--American Bar Association (ALI/ABA; Philadelphia, PA) has...
Tags: American Bar Association
Research articles 2000-04-30
American Law in the Twentieth Century.(Book Review)
American Law in the Twentieth Century. By Lawrence M. Friedman. * New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Pp. 722. $35.00. In this appraisal of Lawrence M. Friedman's American Law in the Twentieth Century, I begin in Part I with a survey of the several ...
Tags: America, American Civil Liberties Union, G., Government, Jones, M., president, Richard, Robert, Roosevelt, scholar, South, Stat, U.S., White House, women
Research articles 2003-01-01
Cherokee chief elected to prestigious American Law Institute
King, Patti Jo Indian Country Today Lakota Times 04-27-2005 TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Chad Smith, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma since 1999, has been selected for membership in the American Law Institute ALI, an affiliation of noted federal and state...
Tags: Oklahoma, University of Wisconsin
Research articles 2005-04-27
American Law Institute-American Bar Association. (Related News in Brief).
Also, West Group has formed a partnership with American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA; Philadelphia, PA) Committee on Continuing Professional Education whereby ALI-ABA will make selected CLE online programing available to legal professionals via West LegalEdCenter, West's online CLE service. The AM-ABA offers a variety...
Tags: A Partnership Inc.
Research articles 2002-03-31
Academic Freedom, Human Rights, and Public Service are the Topics of Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting Plenary Sessions
To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: Elizabeth Hayes Patterson of the Association of American Law Schools, +1-202-296-5184 or +1-202-745-2116 from January 3-6, 2007WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of AmericanLaw Schools AALS will hold its Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. fromJanuary 2-6, 2007. With over 3,500 law faculty expected to gather....
Tags: Hayes Corp., speaker
Research articles 2006-12-28
American Law in the 20th Century.(Book Review)
American Law in the 20th Century. By Lawrence M. Friedman. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Pp. xii, 722. $35.00.) In the final stretch of this epic tome, one of many celebrated legal histories by this author, Lawrence M. Friedman admits that the...
Tags: Friedman's Inc.
Research articles 2004-03-22
The Oxford Companion to American Law
Also available from Oxford University Press, The Oxford Companion to American Law (944 pages, hardcover) explains the basics of legal theory, practice, and landmark cases in clear and easy-to-understand language. This unique resource offers nearly 500 entries written by some of the nation's most noted legal scholars and can...
Tags: Oxford University Press
Research articles 2002-07-01
The Cuban American Bar Foundation recently presented Leonard P. Strickman, dean of Florida International University College of Law, with a check for $30,000 to endow a Cuban American bar merit Scholarship.
THE CUBAN AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION recently presented Leonard P. Strickman, dean of Florida International University College of Law, with a check for $30,000 to endow a Cuban American bar merit Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to Cuban American Law students who distinguish themselves through outstanding academic...
Tags: Cuba, Florida International University, scholarship
Research articles 2005-01-01
Agency Law.(BOOKS AND REPORTS)
The American Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA) has published "Restatement of the Law Second, Agency," issued in 1958. The new two-volume set presents "a contemporary summation of the field of agency law," the ALI said, and now incl The American Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA) has published ...
Tags: agency, Books
Research articles 2006-07-01
Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations. (Books and References: Family Law).
The American Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA) will release Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations, a hardbound volume, in September. The ALI said the book "completes more than a decade of work on the legal cons The American Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA) will...
Tags: analysis, Books
Research articles 2002-04-30
Accredited Law School
ACCREDITED LAW SCHOOL A law school that has been approved by the state and the Association of American Law Schools AALS, the AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ABA, or both. In certain states—for example, California—it is acceptable for a law school to be accredited by the state and not by...
Tags: American Bar Association
Research articles 2005-10-25
DISTURBING CORRELATION BETWEEN ABA ACCREDITATION REVIEW AND DECLINING AFRICAN-AMERICAN LAW SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, THE
INTRODUCTION In issue 80.1 of the St. John's Law Review, I presented two statistical case studies which showed the disparate impact of current American Bar Association ("ABA") accreditation practices on African-American enrollment at law schools that admit students with lower Law School Admission Test ("LSAT") scores.1 Those studies were limited...
Tags: American Bar Association, Council, enrollment
Research articles 2006-07-01
Affirmative Action Discussion to Be Held at Stanford Law School, March 4.
Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., March 3 AScribe Newswire -- Stanford Law School today released the following advisory. Affirmative Action Discussion: "Benefit or Burden: Affirmative Action in American Law Schools" PANELISTS TO INCLUDE: ...
Tags: professor, Stanford Law School
Research articles 2005-03-03
US law firms and the international market for corporate control
This paper estimates the effects of several American law firms' international networks of offices on the total value of overseas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by US corporations. Nowadays many nations can review proposed mergers and US law firms help clients overcome such regulatory hurdles, effectively greasing the market for corporate...
Tags: M&A, Law Firm, Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Investment, Finance
White papers 2003-04-29
Do All Networks Facilitate International Commerce? US Law Firms and the International Market for Corporate Control
This paper estimates the effects of several American law firms' international networks of offices on the total value of overseas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by US corporations. Nowadays many nations can review proposed mergers and US law firms help clients overcome such regulatory hurdles, effectively greasing the market for corporate...
Tags: Network, M&A, Law Firm, Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Investment, Finance
White papers 2003-04-01
International law.(Books and References ...)
The American Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA) has published the first two volumes of its four-volume effort, Transnational Insolvency: Cooperation Among the NAFTA Countries, dealing with transnational law reform. The Principles of Cooperation Among t The American Law Institute (Philadelphia, PA) has published the first two...
Tags: Books, NAFTA
Research articles 2003-08-31
Company Profile for Oklahoma City University School of Law
Oklahoma City University School of Law is fully approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. It offers full- and part-time degree programs and serves a diverse student body of approximately 650. Its 5,000 alumni practice in every state and several...
Tags: American Bar Association, City University, E-mail, Oklahoma
Research articles 2006-07-21
Construction law guide
* "A Practitioner's Guide to Construction Law," published by the American Law Institute of the American Bar Association, is a new front-line resource for professionals who practice construction law or who are involved in the construction process. Written by John G. Cameron Jr., a partner with the Grand Rapids-based law...
Tags: American Bar Association, construction, Litigation
Research articles 2001-03-01
GM and the law.(recent case underscores that lawsuits in American business are out of control)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Another enormous personal-injury award in California highlights several unwelcome trends in American law Another enormous personal-injury award in California highlights several unwelcome trends in American law
Tags: General Motors Corp.
Research articles 1999-07-17
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