Yakima Herald-Republic articles from October 2000

Yakima Herald-Republic archives from October 2000

What has modern literary theory to offer law?[Literary Criticisms of Law.](Book Review)
October 1, 2000... LITERARY CRITICISMS OF LAW. By Guyora Binder ([dagger]) and Robert Weisberg ([double dagger]). Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2000. 544 pp. $24.95. The title of this review is the question that the authors of Literary Criticisms of...

I'm in the Mood for Law.(Literary Criticisms of Law)(Book Review)
October 1, 2000... LITERARY CRITICISMS OF LAW. By Guyora Binder [dagger] and Robert Weisberg [double dagger]. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2000. 544 pp. What do you get when you cross a lawyer and a literary critic? Why get them, these amphibious...

The judicial perspective in the administrative state: reconciling modern doctrines of deference with the judiciary's structural role.
October 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Lawyers and scholars traditionally have viewed interpretation as a search for the best reading of an ambiguous legal text.(1) More recently, scholars have considered as well interpretation's "instrumental" effects on...

Voting with intensity.
October 1, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION Imagine that the following announcement is made two weeks before the next presidential election: We are supporters of candidate B who, as you know, is trailing G in the polls by four percentage points, 52-48....

The mass tort defendants strike back: are settlement class actions a collusive threat or just a phantom menace?
October 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION The class action endures as one of the most debated procedures in mass tort litigation. Considered by some to be an invitation for meritless claims and attorney abuse, and regarded by others as a uniquely efficient device to...