A divided court in more ways than one: the Supreme Court of Delaware and its distinctive model for judicial efficacy, 1997-2003.
I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, the nation's focus on judicial affairs tends to concentrate on the most identifiable level, namely the Supreme Court of the United States. Most notably within the past year, the Supreme Courts' decisions in Grutter v. Bollinger (1) and Lawrence v. Texas (2)...

A transatlantic perspective on the compensation of crime victims in the United States.
I. INTRODUCTION Lawmakers in the United States have enacted legislation providing for financial assistance to victims of crime since 1965, when the California State Legislature enacted the first state program.(1) The first attempt to secure similar legislation on the federal level was also made in 1965. However,...

Recovery in Workers' Comp.
All states that allow for private workers' compensation insurance coverage also provide a method for insurers to obtain reimbursement for all or most of the payments they have made when a third party is liable. In the insurance industry, recovery of payments made on workers' compensation claims...

The slippery slope to national health care: a mandate forcing individuals to purchase health insurance not only would be impractical, unenforceable, and prohibitively expensive, it would represent yet another unconstitutional breach of the people's right to live free from onerous government regulation.
ROUGHLY 46,000,000 Americans do not have health insurance. That has sparked a national debate over how to expand coverage, with many people setting a goal of "universal coverage"--that is, every American would have some form of health insurance. Some have advocated a single-payer plan under which the government would...

Recent developments concerning the taxation of damages under section 104(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Introduction From its infancy, the Internal Revenue Code has contained an exclusion from taxable income for damages received on account of personal injuries. For decades, courts have worked at deciphering its meaning, dealing with issues such as what constitutes a personal injury, whether there should be a...

Crash cow.
Imagine this scene: Before leaving for a weekend with the family, a guy from the suburbs--call him Bob--turns on his crockpot to slow cook a brisket. The machine overheats, starts a fire and burns up half of his split-level, two-bath/three-bedroom home. A day later a contractor sifts through the...

Don't Put Your Auto Insurance on Auto-Pilot.
Insurance Commissioners Offer Tips for Updating Coverage, Saving Money KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart motorists rely on seatbelts and airbags as the first line of protection in the event of a car accident. Another important safeguard -- especially for financial security -- is understanding...

FOR THE RECORD.
Byline: The Register-Guard Deaths Abbott - Lyman Abbott, 85, of Eugene, died Feb. 15. England's Eugene Memorial Chapel in charge of arrangements. Bauer - Leona Caroline Bauer, 91, of Eugene, died Feb. 24. Musgrove Family Mortuary, Eugene, in charge of arrangements. ...

Why you should not judge a book by its cover: looking beyond party affiliations to discern patterns in judicial decisionmaking in the North Carolina Supreme Court: an analysis of voting trends in criminal and tort cases from 1995-2002.
I. INTRODUCTION The people of North Carolina have the power to elect the justices who sit on the state's Supreme Court. (1) Between 1995 and 2002, the registered voters of the state used this power to transform the court from one dominated by Democrats to one controlled...

A new code of ethics for commercial arbitrators: The neutrality of party-appointed arbitrators on a tripartite panel.
This natural right of self-regulation is a precious possession of a democratic society, for it embodies the principles of independence, self-reliance, equality, integrity, and responsibility, all of which are of inestimable value to any community. (1) It is a call for self-reliance, a way of living in harmony with...