Faculty Presentation Day 2002

Volume 46, Number 3 &4

"Reflecting on the Legal Issues of Our Times: New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day," is a compilation of scholarly contributions originating from New York Law School's Faculty Presentation Day on April 3, 2002. Articles address topics such as Changes in the Law Since 9/11; Portraits of Grief: Reflecting on The New York Times 9/11 Obituaries Through a Legal Lens; Economic Justice; and, Dispute Resolution.

VOLUME 46

NUMBER 3-4

2002-2003

REFLECTING ON THE LEGAL ISSUES OF OUR TIMES
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL FACULTY PRESENTATION

I. INTRODUCTION

Introduction to Faculty Presentation Day Issue

Richard A. Matasar

Maintaining Human Rights in a Time of Terrorism: A Case Study in the Value of Legal Scholarship in Shaping Law and Public Policy

Nadine Strossen

II. LEGAL EDUCATION

Skills and Values Education: Debate about the Continuum Continues

Richard A. Matasar

The Shape of the Universe: The Impact of Unpublished Opinion on the Process of Legal Research

William R. Mills

Hercules, Omniscience, Omnipotence, and the Right Answer Thesis

Michael B. W. Sinclair

What is the "R" in "IRAC"?

Michael B. W. Sinclair

III. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Using Mediation to Resolve Residential Co-op Disputes: The Role of New York Law School

Lawrence M. Grosberg

Celebrity Lawyers and the Cult of Personality

Richard K. Sherwin

The Confusing Relationship Between Rule 608(b) and 609 of the Federal Rules of Evidence

Donald H. Zeigler

IV. DEALING WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES IN TRUST & ESTATE LAW PRACTICE

"Things Have Changed:" Looking at Non-Institutional Mental Disability Law Through the Sanism Filter

Michael L. Perlin

A Sanist Will?

Pamela R. Champine

"Strengthen the Things That Remain:" The Sanist Will

Heather S. Ellis

Therapeutic Jurisprudence: The "Sanist" Factor – An Interdisciplinary Approach

Clair B. Steinberger

V. THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LAW

What Happened to the Skeptical Environmentalist

David S. Schoenbrod & Christi Wilson

The Environment and the World Trade Organization

Sidney M. Cone, III

Postscript to The Environment and the World Trade Organization

Amy Wichowski

VI. PORTRAITS OF GRIEF: REFLECTING ON THE NEW YORK TIMES 9/11 OBITUARIES THROUGH A LEGAL LENS

Portraits of Grief: A Focus on Survivors

Karen Gross

Who Cares?: Reflections on Law, Loss and Family Values in the Wake of 9/11

Carlin Meyer

VII. CHANGES IN THE LAW SINCE 9/11

The Death Penalty: Where are We Now?

Robert Blecker

Racial Profiling and Terrorism

Stephen J. Ellmann

VIII. ECONOMIC JUSTICE

Introductory Remarks: An Analytical Framework for Thinking About Economic Justice

Rudolph J.R. Peritz

Supreme Lending, Predatory Lending, and the Community Reinvestment Act Obligations of Banks

Richard D. Marsico

Economic Justice: Copyright Owners, Performers, and Users

Edward Samuels

IX. PERSPECTIVES ON THOMAS JEFFERSON

Wrestling With Jefferson: The Struggles of a Biographer

R.B. Bernstein

Thomas Jefferson: One Student's Perception Before and After Research

Paul Kemnitzer

X. NOTES & COMMENTS

Case Comment: Messenger v. Gruner + Jahr Printing and Publishing

Alina Raines

Protecting Testamentary Freedom in the United States by Introducing into Law the Concept of the French Notaire

Nicole M. Reina

Random Suspicionless Drug Testing: Are Students No Longer Afforded Fourth Amendment Protections?

Garth Thomas

Corporations Don't Kill People - People Do: Exploring the Goals of the United Kingdom's Corporate Homicide Bill

Vincent Todarello

Foreign Students v. National Security: Will Denying Education Prevent Terrorism?

David Treyster

Sovereign Ownership of Private Property in the Name of Preservation: A Contradiction in Terms and of the Constitution

Charles R. Walsh, Jr.