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An essay on predictability in choice-of-law doctrine and implications for a Third Conflicts Restatement
(2016)
Both Restatements of the Conflict of Laws have been controversial. The First, completed in 1934, enshrined territorial rules, such as the law of the place of the injury (lex loci delicti) governing tort cases. The First ...
Creighton Lawyer Fall 2016
(2016-09)
Death and taxes: A survey of income tax issues for decedents and their families
(Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, 2016)
Dedication Professor Ronald R. Volkmer - Walter J. Smith
(Creighton University School of Law, 2016-09)
FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|I am very pleased and honored to be able to share in this tribute to Ron Volkmer for his many years of service as a Professor at Creighton Law School and as a long-time Faculty Advisor to the Creighton ...
Volker Dedication - Judge Robert W. Pratt
(Creighton University School of Law, 2016-09)
FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|I am honored to be asked to write a few words about my friend and mentor, Professor Ron Volkmer. It is appropriate that the law review dedicate this issue to Ron. I say that because in a real sense there ...
Today's Confrontation Clause (After Crawford and Melendez-Diaz)
(Creighton University School of Law, 2010)
INTRODUCTION|In the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Confrontation Clause states that, "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against ...
Arbitration: Interface of the Federal Arbitration Act and Nebraska State Law
(Creighton University School of Law, 2010)
FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|Arbitration law in the United States is often a confusing and uncertain mixture of federal and state law and policies. The simplest generalization is that it is a contractual arrangement with the Federal ...
Unity through Division: Religious Liberty and the Virtue of Pluralism in the Context of Legislative Prayer Controversies
(Creighton University School of Law, 2010)
INTRODUCTION|On December 17, 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama announced that he had invited Reverend Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life, to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. ...