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Native American nations face legal limbo

Kristen Parker-Michigan State — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:43:26 +0000

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Threats from non-Native Americans may require a change in tribal membership codes to allow tribes to protect themselves, says one legal expert in a new study.

Domestic violence against Native American women and pollution of American Indian land—mostly at the hands of non-Native Americans—are just two of many issues that could destroy the American Indian way of life, says Michigan State University law professor Matthew Fletcher.

Distant marriage: States allow Skype ‘I do’?

Kristen Parker-Michigan State — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:39:41 +0000

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — States should modernize marriage laws by allowing couples to marry outside state borders, utilizing videoconferencing technologies such as Skype, according to a first-of-its-kind proposal by two law professors.

The proposal, based on a study of marriage statuses of all 50 states, would mean same-sex couples, elderly and ill couples, and those deployed could enjoy the ceremonial rituals of a wedding without worrying about geographical boundaries. Details of the proposal were recently published in the Journal of Law Reform.

In their study, Mae Kuykendall and Adam Candeub, law professors at Michigan State University, found laws to be obsolete and antiquated, not reflecting the mobile needs of a technologically connected society.

9/11 Effect: 10 years of counter-terrorism

Lucianna Ciccocioppo-Toronto — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:28:58 +0000

U. TORONTO (CAN) —As the world marks the upcoming 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the US, a new book scrutinizes the far-reaching impact of Resolution 1373, passed by the UN Security Council shortly after 9/11.

The resolution urged countries to define terrorism and the financial support of terrorism as serious crimes.

A tax break for leather pants?

Neil Schoenherr-WUSTL — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:27:22 +0000

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A new website (thediscography.org) takes a look at the music industry from the courts’ point of view—everything from copyright disputes to tax write-offs for black leather pants.

The site—The Discography: Legal Encyclopedia of Popular Music—features the most extensive database of its kind, covering 2,400 court opinions spanning nearly 200 years of the music industry. The opinions are fully summarized and searchable by a number of variables such as artist, location, time frame, and issue.