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Trumping Precedent With Original Meaning: Not As Radical As It Sounds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Originalism was thought to be buried in the 1980s with critiques such as those by Paul Brest and Jeff Powell. Brest charged that originalism was unworkable, while Powell maintained that originalism was inconsistent with the original intentions of the ...
Barnett, Randy E.
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Systemic dysregulation of apolipoproteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis serum

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages motor neurons. This study found that people with ALS show significant changes in blood fats and the proteins that carry them. Several apolipoproteins were higher, lipid balances were altered, and normal protein–lipid relationships were disrupted.
Finula I. Isik   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Courts and contractual innovation: a preliminary analysis [PDF]

open access: yes
The authors explore a model in which agents enter into a contract but are uncertain about how a judge will enforce it. The judge can consider a wide range of evidence, or instead, use a rule-based method of judgment that relies on limited information ...
Mitchell Berlin, Yaron Leitner
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Visual Recovery Reflects Cortical MeCP2 Sensitivity in Rett Syndrome

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rett syndrome (RTT) is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with developmental regression affecting motor, sensory, and cognitive functions. Sensory disruptions contribute to the complex behavioral and cognitive difficulties and represent an important target for therapeutic interventions.
Alex Joseph Simon   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Concept of Stare Decisis in the German Legal System – a Systematically Inconsistent Concept with High Factual Importance

open access: yesStudia Iuridica Lublinensia, 2018
It is worth mentioning that the German legal system is based on the codified law. This system lacks in stare decisis and precedents in general, which – in principle – does not raise doubts.
Peter Stainer, Dominik König
doaj   +1 more source

The Persistence of "Bad" Precedents and the Need for Communication: A Coordination Experiment [PDF]

open access: yes
Precedents can facilitate successful coordination within groups by reducing strategic uncertainty, but they may lead to coordination failure when two groups with diverging precedents have to interact.
Dietmar Fehr
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The Supreme Courts: Did September 11th Accelerate Their Sanctioning the Constitutionality of Criminalizing Suspicion? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
“This article evaluates whether the nation‘s highest appellate courts have, on balance, been more willing to acquiesce to criminalization based on suspicion since the attacks on the World Trade Center seven years ago. The article seeks to accomplish this
Holley, Dannye
core   +1 more source

Network Localization of Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Fatigue is among the most common symptoms and one of the main factors determining the quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying fatigue are not fully understood. Here we studied lesion locations and their connections in individuals with MS, aiming to identify brain networks ...
Olli Likitalo   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The methodology of using precedents [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper elucidates the common law doctrine of stare decisis and the methodology of using precedents, including the practice of distinguishing and overruling ...
Lundmark, Thomas
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Historical parallels, Ebola virus disease and cholera: understanding community distrust and social violence with epidemics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the three West African countries most affected by the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, resistance to public health measures contributed to the startling speed and persistence of this epidemic in the region.
Cohn, Samuel, Kutalek, Ruth
core   +1 more source

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