Content Posted in 2013
Academic Legal Writings by Saúl Litvinoff
Addressing Climate Change: Have the Political Winds Shifted in Favor of a Carbon Tax?, Jesse Reiblich
A Discourse on the Public Nature of Research in Contemporary Life Science: A Law-Policy Proposal to Promote the Public Nature of Science in an Era of Academia-Industry Integration, Michael J. Malinowski
A Jurilinguistic Study of the Trilingual Civil Code of Québec, Jimena Andino Dorato
All in the Family: Examining Louisiana’s Faulty Birth Order-Based Discrimination, Taylor Gay
All that is Gold Does Not Glitter in Human Clinical Research: A Law– Policy Proposal to Brighten the Global “Gold Standard” for Drug Research and Development, Michael J. Malinowski and Grant G. Gautreaux
An Allegory of the Cave and the Desert Palace, William R. Corbett
Analyzing Property in Different Societies , Jacques Vanderlinden
And Not a Drop to Drink: Admiralty Law and the BP Well Blowout, John Costonis
Andrus v Hillman , Ross Tuminello
An Exclusive License Is Not an Assignment: Disentangling Divisibility and Transferability of Ownership in Copyright, Christopher M. Newman
An Introduction to Contamination, Olivier Moréteau
Appendices, Louisiana
Arbitral Autonomy, L. Ali Khan
A Response to Professor Leff’s Tax Planning “Olive Branch” for Marijuana Dealers, Philip T. Hackney
Article 1045 of the Maltese Civil Code: Is Compensation for Moral Damage Compatible Therewith?, Claude Micallef-Grimaud
A Somewhat Modest Proposal to Prevent Adultery and Save Families: Two Old Torts Looking for a New Career, William R. Corbett
Auction Theory And Standstills: Dealing With Friends And Foes In A Sale Of Corporate Control, Christina M. Sautter
Aux origines de la culture juridique française en Amérique du Nord , Jacques Vanderlinden
Avant-Propos , Olivier Moréteau
Avant-Propos, Olivier Moréteau
Awaking Rip Van Winkle: Has the National Labor Relations Act Reached a Turning Point?, William Corbett
Bad Moon Rising: The Sharia Law Bans, Bradford J. Kelley
Biomass-Based Diesel: Fueling the Renewable Fuel Standard, Brent J. Hartman
Broussard v. Rogers, Aster Lee
Caveat Emptor’s Current Role in Louisiana and Islamic Law: Worlds Apart yet Surprisingly Close , Andrea Borroni and Charles Tabor
Choosing the Genetic Makeup of Children: Our Eugenics Past-Present, and Future?, Michael J. Malinowski
Clashes and Continuities: Brief Reflections on the “New Louisiana Legal History”, Seán Patrick Donlan
Clearing the Air: The Misguided Ruling of EME Homer and the Future of Interstate Pollution Regulation, Spencer King
Closing the Floodgates: Defining a Class of Third-Party Plaintiffs for Title VII Retaliation Claims, Laura Blair Naquin
Coastal Land Loss and the Mitigation – Adaptation Dilemma: Between Scylla and Charybdis, Blake Hudson
Columbia Gulf Transmissions Co. v. Bridges , Brian Flanagan
Common Law, Civil Law, and the Challenge from Federalism, Santiago Legarre
Constraining the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure through the Federalism Canons of Statutory Interpretation, Margaret S. Thomas
Cyprus as a Mixed Legal System, Nikitas E. Hatzimihail
Dealing with the Realities of Race and Ethnicity: A Bioethics-Centered Argument in Favor of Race-Based Genetics Research, Michael J. Malinowski
Defining “Customer”: A Survey of Who Can Demand FINRA Arbitration, Jason W. Burge and Lara K. Richards
Delaney v. McCoy, Claire Murray
Department of Social Services ex rel. K.B.D. v. Drew, Chelsea Gomez
Department of Social Services ex rel. P.B. v. Reed, Sarena Gaylor
De Revolutionibus: The Place of the Civil Code in Louisiana and in the Legal Universe, Olivier Moréteau
Doctors, Patients, and Pills--A System Popping Under Too Much Physician Discretion? A Law-Policy Prescription to Make Drug Approval More Meaningful in the Delivery of Health Care, Michael J. Malinowski
Don Saúl Litvinoff (1925-2010) , Agustín Parise and Julio Romañach Jr.
Drug Development--Stuck in a State of Puberty?: Regulatory Reform of Human Clinical Research to Raise Responsiveness to the Reality of Human Variability, Michael J. Malinowski
Elementary Pleading, Charles B. Campbell
Escaping the Sporhase Maze: Protecting State Waters Within the Commerce Clause, Mark S. Davis and Michael Pappas
Ethics in a Global Biopharmaceutical Environment, Michael J. Malinowski
Evolving Viruses and Stagnant Public Health Policies: Flu, Fear, and Free Riders, Edward P. Richards
Extraterritoriality and the Dormant Commerce Clause: A Doctrinal Post-Mortem, Brannon P. Denning
Faragher, Ellerth, and the Federal Law of Vicarious Liability for Sexual Harassment by Supervisors: Something Lost, Something Gained, and Something to Guard Against, William R. Corbett
Felis Tigris Louisianis, Paul M. Hebert
Filling the Gaps: The Value of the Common Law Approach to Gross Negligence and Punitive Damages, Justin Ward
Finding Room for Fairness in Formalism--The Sliding Scale Approach to Unconscionability, Melissa T. Lonegrass
Firing Blanks: Louisiana’s New Right to Bear Arms, K. Connor Long
Foreword, Olivier Moréteau
Foundations for a Revival of the Case Method in Civil Law Education, Fernando M. Toller
From Capitulations to Unequal Treaties: The Matter of an Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in the Ottoman Empire , Eliana Augusti
From Jeopardy! to Jaundice: The Medical Liability Implications of Dr. Watson and Other Artificial Intelligence Systems, Jessica S. Allain
Front Matter, Louisiana
George Dargo, Jefferson’s Louisiana: Politics and the Clash of Legal Traditions, Agustín Parise
Gonzales v. Oregon and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Ethical and Policy Issues, Ken Levy
Government RX--Back to the Future in Science Funding? The Next Era in Drug Development, Michael J. Malinowski
Graduation Address 1929, Paul M. Hebert
Gustavus Schmidt, The Civil Law of Spain and Mexico, Agustín Parise
Hans-Albrecht Schwarz-Liebermann von Wahlendorf (1922-2011) , Olivier Moréteau
History of the Laws of Louisiana and of the Civil Law, Thomas J. Semmes
Hogg v. Chevron USA, Inc., Mark Assad
Hoover Tree Farm v. Goodrich Petroleum , Marion P. Roy III
Horton v. Browne , Brian Flanagan
How Long Do We Have? The Applicability of theSuspension Doctrine for Louisiana Mineral Leases in Light of Ferrara v. Questar, Noah B. Baker
How Was Judicial Power Balanced in Malta in Early Modern Times? A Cursory Look at the Maltese Legal System through a Historical Perspective, Simon Mercieca
Human Embryo, Animal Embryo, Chimerical Embryo: What Legal Status in French Law? , Laurence Brunet and Sonia Desmoulin
Index, Louisiana
Intentional Killing Without Intending to Kill: Knobe’s Theory as a Rational Limit on Felony Murder, Joseph C. Mauro
Interspousal Claims at the Crossroads of Tort Law and Family Law: The Delicate Balance between Family and Individual , Biagio Andò
Is the Name Property? Comparing the English and the French Evolution , Audrey Guinchard
Is the Pre-20th Century American Legal System a Common Law System? An Exercise in Legal Taxonomy , Jacques Vanderlinden
Judicial Review in Louisiana: A Bicentennial Exegesis, Paul R. Baier and Georgia D. Chadwick
Judicial Training in Turkey in Light of Constitutional Traditions and Europeanization, Simone Benvenuti
Juridical Personality and Intimacy , Michael McAuley
Killing, Letting Die, and the Case for Mildly Punishing Bad Samaritanism, Ken M. Levy
Law, Policy, and Market Implications of Genetic Profiling in Drug Development, Michael J. Malinowski
Legal Protection of Minority Shareholders of Listed Corporations in Brazil: Brief History, Legal Structure and Empirical Evidence , Bruno Meyerhof Salama and Viviane Muller Prado
Legal Theory and the Variety of Legal Cultures, Sheldon Leader
L'estoppel et la Protection de la Confiance Légitime: Eléments d'un Renouveau du Droit de la Responsabilité (Droit Anglais et Droit Français), Olivier Moréteau
Louisiana Civil Code – Code civil de Louisiane: Preliminary Title; Book III, Titles 3, 4 and 5
Louisiana Civil Code Précis Series, Susan Gualtier
Louisiana Civil Law Dictionary and West’s Louisiana Digest, Phillip Gragg
Louisiana Civil Law Treatise Series, Phillip Gragg
Louisiana Lignite Mining in the Wake of the Haynesville Shale, Bobby S. Gilliam and Jonathan P. McCartney
Making French Doctrine Accessible to the English-Speaking World: The Louisiana Translation Series, Alexandru-Daniel On
Malone v. Malone , Daniel Lee
Maltese Court Delays and the Ethnography of Legal Practice, David E. Zammit
Mare Nostrum as the Cauldron of Western Legal Traditions: Stirring the Broth, Making Sense of Legal Gumbo whilst Understanding Contamination, Olivier Moréteau
McCarthy v. Entergy Gulf States, Leigh G. Hill
McDonnell Douglas, 1973-2003: May You Rest in Peace?, William Corbett
MCI Communications Services, Inc. v. Hagan, Bill Hudson
Memorial Day, Paul M. Hebert
Mergers and Acquisitions Comparative Economic Analysis of Laws: France vs. USA , Georges A. Cavalier and Thomas Straub
Mineral Lease Division Revisited - An Old Doctrine with New Applications, Randall S. Davidson and Andrew D. Martin
Neeb v. Lastrapes, William Gaskins
Networking Customary Law, Scott Sullivan
New Wine in an Old Chalice: The Ministerial Exception’s Humble Roots, Blair A. Crunk
N. Whitty & R. Zimmermann, Rights of Personality in Scots Law , Olivier Moréteau
“Oil in the Family”: Obtaining the Requisite Consent to Conduct Operations on Co-owned Land or Mineral Servitudes, Patrick S. Ottinger
On Communism, Paul M. Hebert
On Nuremberg and War Crimes, Paul M. Hebert
On Plant Seizures for War Production During WWII, Paul M. Hebert
On the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Paul M. Hebert
On The Frontiers of Legal Ethics, Paul M. Hebert
Opinions Actionable as Securities Fraud, Wendy Gerwick Couture
Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: Fundamentals of Global Law, Practice and Strategy by Philip W. Grubb, Michael J. Malinowski
Peña v. Simeon , William Gaskins
Petrie v. Michetti , Morgan Romero
Plurality of Laws, Legal Traditions and Codification in Spain, Aniceto Masferrer
Preface, Seán Patrick Donlan
Preface, Keith Hall
Preliminary Title. General Dispositions (Art. 870), Louisiana
Preliminary Title. Of the General Definitions of Law and the Promulgation of the Laws (Art. 1 - 23), Louisiana
Press Freedom in Indonesia: A Case of Draconian Laws, Statutory Misinterpretation, but still one of the Freest in Southeast Asia, Nono Anwar Makarim
Private Force/Public Goods, Scott M. Sullivan
Quantifying Damages for Lucrum Cessans in Tort: A Fusion of Sources Creating a Unique Legal Structure for Malta, Fiona Cilia
Québec’s Partnership: Une Société Distincte, Alexandra Popovici
Rational Interpretation in Irrational Times: The Third Geneva Convention and the "War on Terror", Neil McDonald and Scott Sullivan
Recent FERC Efforts to Remedy Inadequate Transmission Capacity and the Implications for the Development of Wind Power, Brian M. Bowman
Renewing the Budget: Recommendations for Louisiana’s Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Joe Ellison
Respecting, Rather than Reacting to, Race in Biomedical Research: A Response to Professors Caulfield and Mwaria, Michael J. Malinowski
Rethinking Civil-Law Taxonomy: Persons, Things, and the Problem of Domat’s Monster, Eric H. Reiter
Rethinking Maltese Legal Hybridity: A Chimeric Illusion or a Healthy Grafted European Law Mixture? , Kevin Aquilina
Rethinking Treaty Interpretation, Scott M. Sullivan
Robert Anthony Pascal: Writings About Law, 1937-2008
'Rogue States' Within American Borders: Remedying State Noncompliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Margaret S. Thomas
Russian Society and its Civil Codes: A Long Way to Civilian Civil Law, Asya Ostroukh
Save Now, Pay Later: The Unfortunate Reality of PLIVA v. Mensing, Fabian Nehrbass
Scalia & Garner’s Reading Law: A Civil Law for the Age of Statutes?, James R. Maxeiner
Sea-Level Rise and Its Impact on Vulnerable States: Four Examples, Ann Powers
Sea-Level Rise and the Endangered Species Act, Dave Owen
Semantics and Legal Interpretation: A Comparative Study of the Value of Embryonic Life under Argentine and U.S. Constitutional Law, María del Pilar Zambrano and Estela B. Sacristán
Shale Gas: Evolving Global Issues for the Environment, Regulation, and Energy Security, Jeffery R. Ray
Short v. Short, Taheera S. Randolph
Slaying the Trojan Horse: Arabie v. CITGO and Punitive Damages Under Louisiana’s Conflict-of-Laws Provisions, Brooksie L. Bonvillain
Some Perspectives Concerning A New Constitution for Louisiana, Paul M. Hebert
Spanish Law in 2010-2012: The influence of European Union Law and the Impact of the Economic Crisis, Juana Marco Molina
The Arithmetic of Shale Gas, Robert Ames, Anthony Corridore, Joel N. Ephross, Edward A. Hirs III, Paul W. MacAvoy, and Richard Tavelli
The Bicentennial of the Louisiana Civil Code (1808-2008), Olivier Moréteau and Agustín Parise
The Big Man in the Big House: Prisoner Free Exercise in Light of Employment Division v. Smith, Joseph Thomas Wilson
The Birth of a Real Right: An Overview and Analysis of the Recent Revision of Book III, Title X of the Civil Code, Bradley Schwab
The BP B1 Bundle Ruling: Federal Statutory Displacement of General Maritime Law, John Costonis
The Case for an Action in Tort to Restrict the Excessive Pumping of Groundwater in Louisiana, John B. Tarlton
The Cathedral Engulfed: Sea-Level Rise, Property Rights, and Time, J. Peter Byrne
The Confrontation Clause and Forensic Autopsy Reports — A “Testimonial”, Marc D. Ginsberg
The Constitutional Authority Giving Our Appellate Courts Jurisdiction of Fact Should Be Repealed, William E. Crawford
The Cultural Analysis of Class Action Law , Catherine Piché
The Distinction Between Persons & Things: An Historical Perspective, J.-R. Trahan
The Duty to Think Strategically, Nadelle Grossman
The Expansion of Criminal Registries and the Illusion of Control, Molly J. Walker Wilson
The Frac-as Over Property Taxation of Louisiana Oil and Gas Wells, Andrew M. Heacock
The Future of Civil Codes in France and Louisiana, Olivier Moréteau
The Louisiana Civil Code Translation Project: An Introduction , Olivier Moréteau
The Macondo Well Blowout: Taking the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Seriously, John J. Costonis
The Mediterranean Hybridity Project: Crossing the Boundaries of Law and Culture, Seán Patrick Donlan
The Mediterranean Legacy in the Concept of Sovereignty: A Case of Legal and Philosophical Hybridity, Alessio Lo Giudice
The Morality of War, Paul M. Hebert
"The More Things Change,…": Reflections on the Stasis of Labor Law in the United States, William R. Corbett
The Narrowing of the National Labor Relations Act: Maintaining Workplace Decorum and Avoiding Liability, William R. Corbett
The Nature of the Form: Legal and Regulatory Issues Surrounding the Bitcoin Digital Currency System, Joshua J. Doguet
The Need for a Revitalized Common Law of the Workplace, William R. Corbett
The Principle of Proportionality: The Challenges of Human Rights , Juan Cianciardo
The Protection of Genetic Identity, Laura Maria Franciosi and Attilio Guarneri
The Quest to Implant the Civilian Method in Louisiana: Tracing the Origins of Judicial Methodology, Vernon Valentine Palmer
The Reform of Legal Education in China and Japan: Shifting from the Continental to the American Model, Xiangshun Ding
The Role of Judges in the Development of Mixed Legal Systems: The Case of Malta , Biagio Andò
The Slaves and Slavery of Marie Claire Chabert: Familial Black Slaveholding in Antebellum Louisiana , Mitra Sharafi
The Solution to the Problem of Outcome Luck: Why Harm Is Just as Punishable as the Wrongful Action that Causes It, Ken M. Levy
The Solution to the Surprise Exam Paradox, Ken Levy
The Ugly Truth About Appearance Discrimination and the Beauty of Our Employment Discrimination Law, William R. Corbett
The Uneasy Case for Deferring Banker Pay, Eric D. Chason
The Valladolid Controversy Revisited: Looking Back at the Sixteenth-Century Debate on Native Americans While Facing the Current Status of Human Embryos , Agustín Parise
The Vienna Sales Convention (CISG) between Civil and Common law – Best of all Worlds?, Ulrich Magnus
The Writing’s on the Wall: The Intent Requirement in Louisiana Destination Law, Marshall L. Perkins
Throwing Dirt on Doctor Frankenstein’s Grave: Access to Experimental Treatments at the End of Life, Michael J. Malinowski
Title III. Of Absentees (Art. 47 - 85), Louisiana
Title III. Of Obligations (Art. 1756 - 1760), Louisiana
Title III. Of Usufruct, Use and Habitation (Art. 533 - 645), Louisiana
Title II. Of Domicile and the Manner of Changing the Same (Art. 38 - 46), Louisiana
Title II. Of Ownership (Art. 488 - 532), Louisiana
Title I. Of Successions (Art. 871 - 1466), Louisiana
Title I. Of the Distinction of Persons (Art. 24 - 37), Louisiana
Title I. Of Things (Art. 448 - 487), Louisiana
Title IV. Of Conventional Obligations (Art. 1761 - 2291), Louisiana
Title IV. Of Husband and Wife (Art. 86 - 137), Louisiana
Title IV. Of Predial Servitudes or Servitudes of Land (Art. 646 - 822), Louisiana
Title IX. Of Lease (Art. 2668 - 2777), Louisiana
Title VIII. Of Exchange (Art. 2660 - 2667), Louisiana
Title VIII. Of Minors, of Their Tutorship and Emancipation (Art. 246 - 388), Louisiana
Title VII. Of Father and Child (Art. 178 - 245), Louisiana
Title VII. Of Sale (Art. 2438 - 2659), Louisiana
Title VI. Of Master and Servant (Art. 162 - 177), Louisiana
Title VI. Of New Works, the Erection of Which Can Be Stopped or Prevented (Art. 856 - 869), Louisiana
Title V. Of Fixing the Limits, and of Surveying of Lands (Art. 823 - 855), Louisiana
Title V. Of Quasi Contracts, and of Offenses and Quasi Offenses (Art. 2292 - 2324), Louisiana
Title V. Of Separation from Bed and Board and of Divorce (Art. 138 - 161), Louisiana
Title XIII. Of Deposit and Sequestration (Art. 2926 - 2981), Louisiana
Title XII. Of Loan (Art. 2891 - 2925), Louisiana
Title XI. Of Partnership (Art. 2801 - 2890), Louisiana
Title XIV. Of Aleatory Contracts (Art. 2982 - 2984), Louisiana
Title XIX. Of Arbitration (Art. 3099 - 3132), Louisiana
Title X. Of Corporations (Art. 427 - 447), Louisiana
Title X. Of Rents and Annuities (Art. 2778 - 2800), Louisiana
Title XVIII. Of Respite (Art. 3084 - 3098), Louisiana
Title XVII. Of Transaction or Compromise (Art. 3071 - 3083), Louisiana
Title XVI. Of Suretyship (Art. 3035 - 3070), Louisiana
Title XV. Of Mandate (Art. 2985 - 3034), Louisiana
Title XXIII. Of Occupancy, Possession and Prescription (Art. 3412 - 3555), Louisiana
Title XXII. Of Mortgages (Art. 3278 - 3411), Louisiana
Title XXI. Of Privileges (Art. 3182 - 3277), Louisiana
Title XXIV. Of the Signification of Sundry Terms of Law Employed in This Code (Art. 3556), Louisiana
Title XX. Of Pledge (Art. 3133 - 3181), Louisiana
Tortious Tweets: A Practical Guide to Applying Traditional Defamation Law to Twibel Claims, Patrick H. Hunt
Transfer of Immovable and Systems of Publicity in the Western World: An Economical Approach, Luz M. Martínez Velencoso
Transition without Transformation: Legal Reform in the Democratization and Development Processes , Ermal Frasheri
Udomeh v. Joseph , Taylor Gay
United States Regulation of Stem Cell Research: Recasting Government's Role and Questions to Be Resolved, Owen C. B. Hughes, Alan L. Jakimo, and Michael J. Malinowski
Victims in Life, Victims in Death — Keeping Burial Rights Out of the Hands of Slayers, Minia E. Bremenstul
Waiting for the Labor Law of the Twenty-First Century: Everything Old Is New Again, William R. Corbett
Wede v. Niche Marketing, Joseph Stanier Manning
We Won’t Take “No” for an Answer: The Validity of Louisiana’s No-Refusal Policy, Katherine L. Cicardo
What Is in GINA's Genes? The Curious Case of the Mutant-Hybrid Employment Law, William R. Corbett
What We Talk About When We Talk About Tax Exemption, Philip T. Hackney
When Will It Finally End: The Effectiveness of the Rule 10b-5 Private Action as a Fraud-Deterrence Mechanism Post-Janus, Justin Marocco
Why Civilian Defense?, Paul M. Hebert