Yakima Herald-Republic articles from January 2000

Yakima Herald-Republic archives from January 2000

President's Page.
January 1, 2000... This issue of the Stanford Law Review is dedicated to Paul Brest, who ended his twelve-year tenure as dean of Stanford Law School this summer. Paul Brest joined the Stanford faculty in 1969, after clerking for Justice John M. Harlan of the...

Tribute: in honor of Paul Brest.(former dean of Stanford Law School)
January 1, 2000... In Honor of Paul Brest He was the consummate dean. Not just because he was thoughtful and scholarly, though he certainly is. Nor simply because of intellectual power and breadth and stature in his field, which he certainly has. Not...

Conflicts of commitment: legal ethics in the impeachment context.
January 1, 2000... During the impeachment proceedings against William Jefferson Clinton, a recurrent theme involved the rule of law and the role of lawyers. One memorable exchange occurred between Henry Hyde, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Father...

The epistemic contract of bisexual erasure.
January 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Teaching a seminar on Sexual Orientation and the Law, I faced an old inconsistency so frontally that it became difficult to avoid giving it sustained attention. I began the course in what appears to be a common way,(1) by...

Statutory rape law and enforcement in the wake of welfare reform.
January 1, 2000... Marguerite is just a few weeks shy of her sixteenth birthday. Her son is two-and-one-half years old. Her mother, already in poverty with an unstable living situation, kicked Marguerite out of the house when she became pregnant. Now Marguerite...

Burning cyberbooks in public libraries: Internet filtering software vs. the First Amendment.
January 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION: BURNING LIBRARY BOOKS WITHOUT CREATING SMOKE Imagine your local public library, like many of the 15,718 public libraries in the United States,(1) has adopted the American Library Association's (ALA) Library Bill of Rights,...