Monthly Archives: November 2007

This Article provides a road map of how the common law theories have developed over the past hundred years and how they apply to municipal water providers today. Beginning with…

This Article gives the statutory background and case history of Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Environmental Protection Agency pending the United States Supreme Court decision. The Article also explains…

This Note surveys the courts’ use of poetry, fiction, and drama to develop substantive law. Combining the premises of legal realism and literary criticism, the Note rejects the position held…

The Arizona Supreme Court held that the Globe Equity Decree of 1935 precludes the San Carlos Apache Tribe from asserting additional claims to waters of the Gila River, but does…

The lessee of an automobile has no claim for relief under either the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act or Arizona’s Lemon Law, when the lessor of the vehicle has purchased it…

Under Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-3554, a person commits the crime of luring a minor for sexual exploitation only if the person lured is actually a minor or a peace…

A series of expert committee reports and legislative proposals suggest an emerging consensus in the medical research and public policy communities that compensating donors of tissues for stem cell and…

According to many skeptics, arbitration prevents consumer and employee claimants from aggregating their claims, and thus forces these claimants into individualized proceedings where they are unable to counter the advantages…

As of February 2007, seven jurisdictions had entered into special Memoranda of Agreement (“MOA”) with the federal government, which allow their local police officers to enforce immigration law. This Note…

Courts frequently dismiss the role of children in making their own medical decisions, on the legal presumption that children are less competent than adults. However, children are often capable of…

In its first case considering the issue, the Arizona Supreme Court followed the Restatement (Third) of Torts Section 32 and adopted the rescue doctrine, which permits an injured rescuer to…

The Arizona Supreme Court applied its previous case law concerning the meaning of an “appropriation” to find the Governor’s line-item veto outside the bounds of her authority. In reaching its…