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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)This Article presents a case study of the initiative process by examining the campaigns waged for and against the School Bill. It is not intended to provide a thorough study of deception and discrimination in the ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)In light of the widespread use of direct democracy in Oregon and elsewhere, this anniversary provides a good occasion to examine how direct democracy at the state and local levels became an accepted part of the American ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)In Part I, I provide a history of political parties in Oregon, describing their importance from before statehood to the present. This section explains how the role of political parties has changed over time and why party ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)Some 150 years ago, Oregon adopted a conventional constitution of its time. Forty years later, in reaction to domination by entrenched political parties and interests, the “Oregon System”—in effect, Oregon’s second ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)This brief paper will summarize the background, personalities, and debates of that memorable 1857 convention, as well as certain notable features of the constitution its delegates produced. To the extent possible 150 ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)This Article reviews the ancient concept of proportionality in punishment and turns to the more systematic application of this concept in the mid-18th century by Cesare Beccaria and William Blackstone and to current ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)In this Article, I trace the history of the interpretation of article I, section 9, the search and seizure provision of the Oregon Constitution. That history provides a useful lens through which to examine larger questions ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)Part I of this Article examines Oregonians’ original decision to select judges by direct competitive elections. Part II outlines criticisms of that decision and describes attempts to reform or reverse it. Part III ...
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Oregon Law Review : Vol. 87 No. 3, p.939-978 : The Partly Fulfilled Promise of Home Rule in Oregon (University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)This Article discusses some of the strengths and weaknesses of Oregon’s home-rule system. It posits that a particular advantage of Oregon’s home-rule system is its unique “reverse assumptions” of validity for local civil ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2008)In this Article, I argue that the constitutionality of direct democracy has never received the thorough judicial consideration that the issue deserves. The Oregon Supreme Court, which validated the initiative and ...
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