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The Muni Fast Pass was invented by a former UC Hastings student, Ken Schmier. Mr. Schmier, who graduated from Hastings in 1974, is also the inventor of NextBus Information Systems.
The Muni Fast Pass was invented by a former UC Hastings student, Ken Schmier. Mr. Schmier, who graduated from Hastings in 1974, is also the inventor of NextBus Information Systems.
Congratulations to Hastings 3Ls Laura Back, John Dermody, Brandon Hollinder, Tao Leung, and Lisa Sofio for the recent publications of their notes.
Back, Laura E. Note. Improperly Performed Abortion as Fetal Homicide: an uneasy coexistence becomes more difficult. 18 Hastings Women's L.J. 117-134 (2007).
Dermody, John. Note. Beyond Good Intentions: can hybrid tribunals work after unilateral intervention? 30 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 77-102 (2006).
Hollinder, Brandon. Note. A Golden State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Water Conflict. 30 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 103-130 (2006).
Leung, Tao. Note. Misconceptions, Miscalculations, and Mistakes: P2P, China, and copyright. 30 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 151-171 (2006).
Sofio, Lisa. Note. Recent Developments in the Debate Concerning the Use of Foreign Law in Constitutional Interpretation. 30 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 131-150 (2006).
There was an official inquiry into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the allegations of a conspiracy to murder her and Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed. The inquiry by Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in 2004, is called the Operation Paget Report. The Report was released on December 14, 2006. If you just want the short story, the overview is available.
"Peace and Hoops: Basketball as a Role Player in Sustainable Peacebuilding" by Chad Ford in Willamette Law Review, volume 42, issue 4 2006.
UC Hastings professor Ethan Leib analyzes the problem of hung juries. Currently, both acquittals and convictions must be unanimous -- in federal court and in forty-eight states. Prof. Leib suggests this isn't fair to the defendant because the defendant fails to get the benefit of a clear outcome that would allow repose, and he faces the risk of retrial, even if eleven jurors thought either that he was innocent, or that the government had failed to prove its case. Leib recommends that a supermajority be required to convict, and a mere majority be required to acquit. He argues these reforms would effectively abolish the hung jury. [May 12, 2006, FindLaw article.]