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MISSISSIPPI LAW JOURNAL Volume 78, Number 1 Fall2008 ARTICLES — Why Is Ita CrimetoStompon a Goldfish? Harm, vlctimhoodandthe structureofanti-cruelty offenses Luis E. Chiesa Notfor Loveor Money: Appointing a Public Defender to Litigatea Claim of IneffectiveAssistance Involving Another Public Defender Christopher M. Johnson Giving Promises Force: Allowing Debtor's Breach of Contract Claim Despite Position Taken in Bankruptcy Meredith A. Wegener Do As Do, Not As Say An Empirical Investigation I I : ofJustice Scalia's Ordinary Meaning Methodof Statutory Interpretation Miranda McQowan ESSAY Whatthe He/n Decision Can Tell Us Aboutthe Roberts Courtandthe Establishment Clause Carl H. 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Whitten ChairofLawand Government andProfessorofLaw TheLawSchoolFaculty GUTHRIET.ABBOTT,ProfessorEmeritusandButler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevensand CannadaLecturerinLawEmeritus MlCHELEALEXANDRE,AssistantProfessorofLaw RICHARDL.BARNES,ProfessorofLawandLeonardB. Melvin, Jr. DistinguishedLecturer inLaw DEBORAHH.BELL,ProfessorofLaw, MississippiDefenseLawyersAssociation DistinguishedLecturerandDirectorofthe CivilLegal Clinic WILLIAMW.BERRY,III, VisitingAssistantProfessorofLaw P.J.BLOUNT, Research CounselandInstructor JOHNR. BRADLEY, ProfessorofLaw PHILLIPW.BROADHEAD, Director, ClinicalAppealsProgram and ClinicalProfessorof Law CHARLESBROWER,II, CroftAssociateProfessorofInternationalLawandJessieD. Puckett, Jr. LecturerinLaw MERCERE. BULLARD,AssociateProfessorofLaw LARRYBUSH,ProfessorEmeritusofLaw W.TUCKERCARRINGTON,Director, MississippiInnocenceProject DAVIDW. CASE,AssociateProfessorofLaw BENJAMINP. COOPER,AssistantProfessorofLaw WILLIAMM. CHAMPION, ProfessorEmeritusandMississippiDefenseLawyersAssociation DistinguishedLecturerEmeritus THOMASK.CLANCY,DirectoroftheNational CenterforJusticeandtheRuleofLawand ResearchProfessorofLaw GEORGEC. COCHRAN,ProfessorofLaw AARONS. CONDON,ProfessorEmeritusofLaw JOHNM. CzarneTZKY,ProfessorofLawandMitchell, McNutt, andSamsLecturer DONNADAVIS,AssociateProfessorofLaw JASONDERRICK,ActingAssistantProfessorofLegal Writing KYLEDUNCAN,AssistantProfessorofLaw THOMASR. ETHRIDGE, ProfessorEmeritusofLaw D.MICHAELFEATHERSTONE,ProfessorEmeritusofLaw MOLLYFERGUSSON,ActingAssistantProfessorofLegal Writing DONL.FRUGE, ProfessorEmeritusandPresidentand CEOEmeritusofthe Universityof MississippiFoundation JOANNEI.GABRYNOWICZ,DirectoroftheNationalRemoteSensing,AirandSpaceLaw CenterandResearch ProfessorofLaw KRISL.GillILAND,DirectorofLaw LibraryandAssociateProfessorofLaw CHRISTOPHERGREEN,AssistantProfessorofLaw KARENO.GREEN, ProfessorofLawandMississippiDefenseLawyersAssociation DistinguishedLecturer MATTHEWR.HALL,AssociateProfessorofLawandJessieD. Puckett, Jr., Lecturer MICHAELH.HOFFHEIMER, ProfessorofLawandMississippiDefenseLawyers AssociationDistinguishedLecturer ROBERTC.Khayat, ChancellorandProfessorofLaw PATRICIAKRUEGER,ActingAssistantProfessorofLegal WritingandDirectorof AcademicExcellenceProgram DONMASON,AssociateDirectoroftheNational CenterforJusticeandtheRuleofLaw andLecturer GARYMYERS,ProfessorofLawandRayandLouiseStewartLecturer JACKW.NOWLIN,AssociateProfessorofLawandJessieD. Puckett, Jr., Lecturer E.FARISHPERCY,AssociateProfessorofLawandJessieD. Puckett, Jr., Lecturer LARRYJ. PittmAN, ProfessorofLawandJessieD. Puckett, Jr., Lecturer LISAS.ROY,AssociateProfessorofLawandJessieD. 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