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New Dean Thinks Out Loud | Bribery in Africa | Murder in Manila
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE | SprING / SuMMEr 2011
Individual
Choice? HA!
New book challenges
our belief in the
freedom to choose
Before there was , there was “face to face!”
For Reunioners & Volunteers*
October 21–22, 2011
Please join us at the Alumni Weekend if you
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Contents
SPRING
Online at www.bc.edu/bclawmagazine New Dean Think
Before there was , there was “
Contents SPRING / SUMMER 2011
[IN LIMINE] The Clues to Leadership Wh
[BEHIND THE COLUMNS] GARY GILBERT Introd
[BEHIND THE COLUMNS] about what is goin
[IN BRIEF] CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS OF NOTE Wr
[IN BRIEF] Post-Deportation Project Reunite
LETTERS A Reader's Challenge I read as far in “
[IN BRIEF] The Long Arm of Scholarship LAW
[IN BRIEF]
[LEGAL CURRENTS] TRENDS AND TIMELY ISSUES
[L and International Justice and the Owen M. K
In his new book, Professor Kent Greenfield
If there's one thing most Americans can agree on,
to excuse people from personal responsibility,” h
lic option by saying it was inconsistent with the
and shot the porter three times. The facts sound
GREAT CASES On the T
ake Federal corrupt-practices proceedings target
GREAT CASES camouflage of two shell companies
Absent two vital puzzle pieces, the big guns of U
22 BC L Reality Despite the exot
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THE ASSIGNMENTS In the exciting new course, Inter
“There was the Somali woman, engaged to a South
“I have to admit that the more time I spend he
“There is a constant awareness of the danger, eff
“From the outset, I was very excited but also
Launched! BC LAW COMMENCEMENT 2011 Commencement
[ESQUIRE] ALUMNI NEWS & CLASS NOTES Fil
SCHOLARSHIP DI
L A W[ E SDQAUYI R2E0] 1 1
LAW DAY AWARDS A crowd of more than 250 gathered
CHARLES GAUTHIER [FACULTY]
[ESQUIRE] Class Notes Compiled and Edited b
as a judge on Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Boston office of Jones Day. He was previously a p
honored at the Dade County Bar Association's 22nd
[FACULTY] NEWS & RESEARCH
[FACULTY] PROFILE A Corporate Watchdog REN
[FACULTY] Her political awakening began i
MARY SARAH BILDER Professor Presentations: “Madis
Law Center in Feb. “The Tax- ing Power and the Af
Employers Want…and Really Need.” The Second Draft
of Mexico—and the Hazards of `Megasystem Centripe
Law,” Massachusetts Continuing Legal Educa- tion
kinds of people you want to hire? I want to talk
deciding the issue was a local matter. Father Dri
The Myth of Choice (continued from page 17) arou
separate policy for each at-risk area of operatio
voters and voters who are willing to save, federa
China on a definition of “appropriate mea- sures”
The Importance of Annual Giving BY MARIANNE E. L
THE BC LAW CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Honorary Senator J
2010 Reunion Giving Report Illustrations by Andr
n Overall Campaign Total: $1,457,097 n 35% p
1960 50th Reunion Class Gift Total: $28,790 Parti
Nancy A. Armstrong David L. Arons Christopher A.
Susan Harriette Easton Sen. James Bradley Eldridg
] [ [ I I NN CC LL OO SS I I NN GG ]
“ I love my job, I love my profession, and I want
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