University of Pennsylvania Law Review articles from January 1999

University of Pennsylvania Law Review archives from January 1999

The promise of Cooley's city: traces of local constitutionalism.(19th-century Michigan Supreme Court justice Thomas Cooley)
January 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION We do not think of local governments, such as towns and cities, as important components of the federal constitutional structure. The text of the Constitution does not mention local governments, and black-letter constitutional...

Informational regulation and informational standing: Akins and beyond.(Federal Election Commission v. Akins)
January 1, 1999... As Government programs and policies become more complex and far reaching, we must be sensitive to the articulation of new rights of action that do not have clear analogs in our common-law tradition.... In my view, Congress has the power to...

Sweep around your own front door: examining the argument for legislative African American reparations.
January 1, 1999... As a world leader emphasizing the need for international relations grounded upon democracy and human rights, the United States has yet to face the dilemma of how to deal with its own past and its most egregious historical injustices, an obvious...

"Give me a break! I couldn't help myself!"? Rejecting volitional impairment as a basis for departure under Federal Sentencing Guidelines Section 5K2.13.
January 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION Child abusers, compulsive gamblers, kleptomaniacs, pedophiles, and others who know they are breaking the law but are unable to resist their impulses may get a break if they are sentenced in federal court. This is the result of...