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Legal Expert and WMU-Cooley Professor Addresses New Concerns about Water Supply as a National Security Threat
The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has many keyed into the impact on global oil supply, but...
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WMU-Cooley Professors Discuss Russian-Ukraine War and Violations of International Law
As the Russia-Ukraine War continues, WMU-Cooley Law School Professors David L. Finnegan and retired...
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Legal and Criminal Justice Expert speaks to Media on Police Officer Shooting
Following the April 4 shooting death of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya by a Grand Rapids police officer,...
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Confusion: Bad for Contracts, Good for Students
In the middle of their study of Contract law, students encounter a cluster of cases dealing with...
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Reflections On A Career: 5 Lessons Learned
I retired in December, 2021, and I had the honor of being asked to present a lecture on what I...
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What Should Be Done About Michigan's No-Good, Very Bad Way of Selecting Supreme Court Justices?
THE PAST The "Looking Back: 1930s" article in the January 2022 Michigan Bar Journal concludes by...
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Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement: A Pregnant Teen, Two Gay Men, and a Gender-nonconforming Woman
Many people helped make the modern Civil Rights Movement, which aimed to get equal treatment of all...
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A Look at the Civil Side of Fraud
Fraud is the deliberate misrepresentation of a material fact, made with the intention of inducing...
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The Study of Remedies, Law's Cure for Wrongdoing, is in Declining Health.
I have previously blogged about the unfortunate case of Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal. In a poll of...
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