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The question of how to analyze the marriage of a transsexual person has been difficult for courts: if a person could be considered either male or female, who may that…

The Arizona Supreme Court recently issued opinions in two appeals of capital sentences in which the jury found that the murder was especially cruel. Although the two opinions were issued…

The Arizona Supreme Court's interpretation of a law affecting criminal procedure becomes, in theory, the "law of the land" in Arizona. In practice, uniform application of the law can be…

The use of the death penalty---both in number of new death sentences and actual executions---has been steadily decreasing during the past decade. Two phenomena largely explain this decrease: (1) the…

A tying arrangement is a seller's requirement that a customer may purchase its "tying" product only by taking its "tied" product. In a variable proportion tie the purchaser can vary…

The tax code allows taxpayers to deduct amounts donated to an extremely broad variety of organizations deemed to create societal benefits---that is, positive externalities. But many organizations that may receive…