Maine Law Review: Volume 61, No. 2 (2009)

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Articles: Ideological Plaintiffs, Administrative Lawmaking, Standing, and the Petition Clause
Karl S. Coplan; The Role of the State Attorney General in Preventing and Punishing Hate Crimes Through Civil Prosecution: Positive Experiences and Possible First Amendment Potholes
Amy Dieterich; Exercise the Power, Play by the Rules: Why Popular Exercise of Legislative Power in Maine Should Be Constrained by Legislative Rules
Hon. Jeremy R. Fischer; Shaping State Courts for the New Century: What Chief Judges Can Do
Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye; A Proposal for Establishing Specialized Federal and State “Takings Courts”
John Martinez; Reflections on the Civil Rights Movement
Melvyn Zarr

Case Notes: Roy v. Bath Iron Works: Three Different Perspectives on an Unfortunate Situation
Erik M. P. Black; Raising the Dead: An Examination of In re Kingsbury and Maine’s Law Regarding Intestate Succession and Posthumous Paternity Testing
Dylan R. Boyd; Judicial Performance and Policy Implications in Moore v. Abbott
Andrew C. Helma

University of Maine School of Law