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CONTENTS Issue Number 1 ARTICLES Louisiana Civil Law and Its Study Robert A. Pascal Secrets and Lies: A Model Statute for Cooperative Adoption Lucy S. McGough Annette Peltier-Falahahwazi 13 Confidentiality, Privilege and Rule 408: The Protection of Mediation Proceedings in Federal Court Charles W. Ehrhardt 91 Why Copyrights Are Not Community Property Dane S. Ciolino = 127 The Erie Doctrine in Equity John T. Cross 173 The Wasted Sacrifice of Lessors’ Lost Profit Claims in Bankruptcy Marie T. Reilly 233 TOPS Scholarship Recipients Who Failed to Claim the Education Tax Credits for 1998 Should Consider Filing Amended Returns Susan Kalinka 281 COMMENT Forum Non Conveniens in Louisiana John W. Joyce 293 NOTES Students, Beware: Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District Kelly Titus 321 LOUISIANA LAW REVIEW [Vol. 60 Meet the Presentment Clause: Clinton v. New York Thomas Charles Woodworth 349 Issue Number 2 Questioning the Autonomy of Prosecutorial Charging Decisions: Recognizing the Need to Exercise Discretion—Knowing There Will Be Consequences for Crossing the Line Shelby A. Dickerson Moore 371 Matrimonial Regimes: Recent Developments Kenneth Rigby 405 Leniency Bribes: Justifying the Federal Practice of Offering Leniency for Testimony Bryan S.Gowdy 447 The Constitutionality of Minimum Age Requirements for Public Office: Reading Joseph Story on Constitution Day Paul R. Baier 481 Comparative Fault & Solidary Delictual Obligations: On Further Consideration William D. Grimley 513 Louisiana Homestead Exemption Waiver Will Not Yield Intended Federal Income Tax Break Susan Kalinka 535 Appellate Review of Mixed Questions of Law and Fact: Due Deference to the Fact Finder Edward J. Walters, Jr. Darrel J. Papillion 541 COMMENTS The Medical Malpractice Damages Czp: What is Included? Emily Townsend Black Grey 1999-2000] VOLUME CONTENTS The Willfulness Requirement: A Chameleon in the Legal Arena Misty D. Shannon 563 Please Leave Your Constitutional Protections at the Door: A Challenge to Louisiana’s Mandatory Drug Testing Statutes Tina L. Wilson 585 NOTE The Court Giveth and the Court Taketh Away: State v. Fernandez—Returning Louisiana’s Children to an Adult Standard Penelope Alysse Brobst 605 Issue Number 3 ARTICLES The Remnant of Forced Heirship: The Interrelationship of Undue Influence, What’s Become of Disinherison, and the Unfinished Business of the Stepparent Usufruct Katherine Shaw Spaht 637 Mixed Jurisdictions: Common Law v. Civil Law (Codified and Uncodified) William Tetley 677 The Edward Douglas White Lectures on Citizenship—The Western Legal Tradition in a Millennial Perspective: Past and Future Harold J. Berman 739 Principles of Contractual Interpretation Patrick S. Ottinger 765 Enforcement of the Assault and Battery Exclusion in Louisiana: Hickey v. Centenary Oyster House David A. Szwak 793 LOUISIANA LAW REVIEW COMMENTS A Comparative Analysis of Surrogacy Law in the United States and Great Britain—A Proposed Model Statute for Louisiana Amy Garrity 809 Implications of Amending Civil Code Article 2315 on Toxic Torts in Louisiana James E. Lapeze 833 Negligent Interference with Contract—An Argument Against Categorical Rejection: Applying a Duty/Risk Analysis to Negligent Drug Testing Rebecca Ll. Lear 855 Decisions Between Consenting Adults Made in Private—No Place for the Government to Tread Martha Rundell 877 Storming the Castle: Surrendering the Sanctity of the Home to the Will of the Masses—Amending Building Restrictions under 1999 La. Acts 309 James Slaton 909 NOTES King v. Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P.: A Catch-22 for Louisiana Law Firms Kelly Brechtel 929 Prytania Park Hotel Limited v. General Star Indemnity Company: A Misapplication of Civil Code Article 466 Taylor S. Carroll 947 Defining Disability in the ADA: Sutton v. United Airlines, Inc. Allison Duncan 967 Dual Drilling Co. v. Mills Equipment Investments, Inc.—A Statement About Conversion or a Statement About the Concept of Fault? Mark Fernandez 985 1999-2000] VOLUME CONTENTS Hulin v. Fibreboard Corp.—In Pursuit of a Workable Framework for Adjudicative Retroactivity Analysis in Louisiana William Reed Huguet 1003 Issue Number 4 ARTICLES CONFLICT OF LAWS, COMPARATIVE LAW AND CIVIL LAW: A Tribute to Symeon C. Symeonides Foreword—Symeon C. Symeonides: A Tribute Arthur T. von Mehren 1035 International Antitrust: From Extraterritorial Application to Harmonization Jiirgen Basedow 1037 Private International Law Aspects of Registered Partnerships and Other Forms of Non-Marital Cohabitation in Europe Katharina Boele-Woelki 1053 Louisiana’s Conflicts Codification: Some Empirical Observations Regarding Decisional Predictability Patrick J.B orchers 1061 The Impact of EC Legislation for a Service Provider Established in the United States Stéphanie Francq 1071 Essay: Shakespeare’s Contribution to the Teaching of Comparative Law—Some Reflections on The Merchant of Venice Edith Z. Friedler 1087 Conciliation of Laws in the NAFTA Countries H. Patrick Glenn 1103 Artificial Reproduction Technologies and Conflicts of Law: An Initial Approach Anastasia Grammaticaki-Alexiou 1113 Vili LOUISIANA LAW REVIEW [Vol. 60 Book Review—Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International: Cases and Materials Hilary K. Josephs 1123 The Lex Mercatoria and Private International Law Friedrich K. Juenger 1133 Sale or Collection of Assets Levied Upon Konstantinos D. Kerameus 1151 Conflicts Theory for Dummies: Aprés le Deluge, Where Are We on Producers Liability? Phaedon John Kozyris_ 1161 Oregon’s Project to Codify Choice-of-Law Rules James A.R. Nafziger 1189 The Applicable Law on Divorce and the “Ordre Public” Reservation in Greek Conflict of Laws Zoé Papassiopi-Passia 1227 Topics of Procedure in the Venezuelan 1998 Act on Private International Law Honorable Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren 1241 A Reexamination of the Distinction between “Loss-Allocating” and “Conduct-Regulating” Rules Wendy Collins Perdue 1251 Choice of Law and Forum Clauses and the Recognition of Foreign Country Judgments Revisited Through the Lloyd’s of London Cases Courtland H. Peterson 1259 The Private International Law Rules of the New Special Administrative Region of Macau of the People’s Republic of China Honorable Rui Manuel Moura Ramos 1281 Codifying Torts Conflicts: The 1999 German Legislation in Comparative Perspective Mathias Reimann 1297 1999-2000] VOLUME CONTENTS Codification of Private International Law: Pros and Cons Francois Rigaux The Louisiana Codification and Tort Rules of Choice of Law Robert A. Sedler Every Conflicts Decision is a Promise Broken Gene R. Shreve Revolution and Evolution in Conflicts Law Kurt Siehr 1353 Choosing Law and Giving Justice Louise Weinberg 1361 Courts Flailing in the Waters of the Louisiana Conflicts Code: Not Waving but Drowning Russell J. Weintraub 1365 Of Immovables, Component Parts, Societal Expectations, and the Forehead of Zeus A.N. Yiannopoulos 1379 st Segal Peao e