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VOLUME 40

2005-2006

NUMBER 2

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION FROM THE DEAN

FACULTY CONTRIBUTIONS

DERIVING LAW FROM THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE: THE BOOK OF RUTH
George Dargo

NINE QUESTIONS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CONFLICTS
Stanley E. Cox

TOXIC TORTS, AUTISM, AND BAD SCIENCE: WHY THE COURTS MAY BE OUR BEST DEFENSE AGAINST SCIENTIFIC RELATIVISM
Joėlle Anne Moreno

LLEWELLYN'S CODE AS A REFLECTION OF LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Curtis Nyquist

RECKONING WITH DISSONANCE: THOUGHTS ON STATE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE
Lawrence Friedman

IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN THE CHARITABLE SECTOR: CAN INCREASED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BE UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY?
Ronald Chester

FROM THE MARGINS TO THE CORE: INTEGRATING PUBLIC SERVICE LEGAL WORK INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF LEGAL EDUCATION
Russell Engler

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REBELS: AN AVERAGE AMERICAN LAW PROFESSOR'S PERSPECTIVE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND THE LAW
Peter Manus

SOVEREIGNTY, IDENTITY, AND THE 'APPARATUS OF DEATH'
Tawia Ansah

COMMON LAW MARRIAGE: A PROPOSAL FOR THE REVIVAL OF A DYING DOCTRINE
Sonya C. Garza

OATH AND AFFIRMATION IN THE COURT: THOUGHTS ON THE POWER OF A SWORN PROMISE
Nadine Farid

BOOK REVIEW: MANY UNHAPPY RETURNS: ONE MAN'S QUEST TO TURN AROUND THE MOST UNPOPULAR ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA
Eric A. Lustig

COMMENT

HERNANDEZ V. ASHCROFT: A CONSTRUCTION OF "EXTREME CRUELTY" UNDER THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON IMMIGRATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW
Alexandra Blake Flamme

NOTES

'TIL CONGRESS DO US PART: THE MARRIAGE PROTECTION ACT, FEDERAL COURT-STRIPPING, AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
J. Spencer Jenkins

THE CURRENT FATE OF THE LOBSTER FISHERY AND A PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE
Samantha Renče Smith