Yakima Herald-Republic articles from November 2004

Yakima Herald-Republic archives from November 2004

Evidence, procedure, and the upside of cognitive error.
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION I. THE TEST OF TESTIMONY A. The Correlation Between Knowledge and Interest B. The Necessity and Nature of the Test 1. The oath 2. The ordeal 3. Demeanor 4. The polygraph 5. Perjury...

A systemic analysis of affirmative action in American law schools.
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION I. A NOTE ON ORIGINS II. DEFINING THE ROLE OF RACE IN LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS III. THE CASCADE EFFECT OF RACIAL PREFERENCES IV. AN ASIDE ON THE VALUE OF ACADEMIC INDICES V. EFFECTS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON ACADEMIC...

Reform(aliz)ing copyright.
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION I. THE TRADITIONAL CONTOURS OF "CONDITIONAL" COPYRIGHT A. Formalities in the Early Copyright Statutes B. From Conditional to Unconditional Copyright 1. Voluntary registration and notice 2. Renewal II....

Crawford v. Washington: a critique.
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION I. THE GOALS OF CROSS-EXAMINERS II. THE TWO-PART TEST A. Hearsay and Confrontation B. Confrontation and Single Defendants III. CRAWFORD'S IMPACT A. A New Test B. Crawford's Impact on Single Defendants ...

The modern-day literacy test?: felon disenfranchisement and race discrimination.
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION I. LITERACY TESTS A. Historical Origins and Discriminatory Intent B. Structural and Discretionary Discriminatory Effects 1. Educational inequality 2. Implementation bias C. Justifications for...

Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AROUND THE WORLD: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY. By Thomas Sowell. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2004. INTRODUCTION I. SOWELL'S DEFINITION OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION II. SOWELL'S HISTORY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE...