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While many still assume that most defendants who fail to appear for court (“FTAs”) are willfully evading the law, nonappearance occurs for a variety of reasons, and most FTAs are…

As was true of its predecessor under the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, chapter 13 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code has never worked out as well as Congress hoped. Intended to…

The Federalist Papers define “tyranny” as “[t]he accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many.” This definition would seem…

It is no longer reasonable to assume that electronic communications can be kept private from governments or private-sector actors. In theory, encryption can protect the content of such communications, and…

Fair use is a statutory legal standard that authorizes courts to determine whether a particular use of a copyrighted work is permissible without a license. The open-ended nature of fair…

This Note addresses the adjudication of juvenile dependency cases alleging parental Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (“MSBP”). While MSBP is considered a rare phenomenon, Child Protective Services workers and physicians accuse…

The United States is at its humanitarian best when it welcomes the persecuted of the world as its own. Among numerous elements, one claiming asylum must show that he or…