Washington Disinherits the Non-Native Wife

Under Washington law the marital property rights of a couple who moves to Washington are treated differently than those of a native couple. The author traces the source and effects of this practice, examines possible common law solutions, and recommends adoption of a quasicommunity property statute, similar to the successful California statute which gives the migratory spouse protection and inheritance tax treatment comparable to that of the native spouse

Lexical decisions in adults with low and high susceptibility to pattern-related visual stress: a preliminary investigation

Pattern-related visual stress (PRVS) is a form of sensory hypersensitivity that some people experience when viewing high contrast repeating patterns, notably alternating dark and light stripes. Those susceptible to PRVS typically have a strong aversion to such stimuli, and this is often accompanied by experiences of visual discomfort and disturbance. The patterns most likely to elicit symptoms of PRVS have a square-wave grating configuration of spatial frequency ~3 cycles/degree. Such stimuli are characteristic of printed text in which lines of words and the spaces between them present a high contrast grating-like stimulus. Consequently, much printed reading material has the potential to elicit PRVS that may impair reading performance, and this problem appears to be common in individuals with reading difficulties including dyslexia. However, the manner in which PRVS affects reading ability is unknown. One possibility is that the early sensory visual stress may interfere with the later cognitive word recognition stage of the reading process, resulting in reading performance that is slower and/or less accurate. To explore the association of PRVS with word recognition ability, lexical decision performance (speed and accuracy) to words and pronounceable non-words was measured in two groups of adults, having low and high susceptibility to PRVS. Results showed that lexical decisions were generally faster but less accurate in high-PRVS, and also that high-PRVS participants made decisions significantly faster for words than for non-words, revealing a strong lexicality effect that was not present in low-PRVS. These findings are novel and, as yet, unconfirmed by other studies

Demystifying Critical Legal Studies

This thesis makes the claim that Critical Legal Studies provides a way to demystify law but that Critical Legal Studies is itself mystified. In response to the duality of this claim, this thesis presents a series of demystifications for the (re)use of Critical Legal Studies. The approach taken in this thesis follows the work of Duncan Kennedy and is focused on the US-based Critical Legal Studies. Starting broadly, the introductory chapter presents Critical Legal Studies as a legal-subculture. This framework contextualises the position of the Crits within law schools and the reactions they received from those in the dominant legal culture. This position is analysed through the lens of a moral panic. To categorise the various “Critical Legal Studies”, Chapter One presents a Critical Legal Studies Family Tree. Drawing from the foundational work of Margaret Davies, Costas Douzinas and Adam Gearey. The creation of this structure highlights the decline and death of Critical Legal Studies in the mid-1990s. However, the death does not end Critical Legal Studies, and this thesis argues instead that it creates two US-based Critical Legal Studies: cls1 and cls3. The second chapter analyses where the death of cls1 is discussed with a focus on generalist texts. These accounts of Critical Legal Studies are critically read and it is determined that the death of cls1 is usually ignored or overlooked. In Chapters Three and Four, the death of cls1 and what this means for cls3 is investigated. First via a framework that presents cls1 as haunting cls3. Drawing a literary analogy to Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, it is argued that cls1 passively haunts cls3, resulting in a constricted and regressive Critical Legal Studies. This haunting is then demonstrated through a comparative reading of a cls1 and cls3 text, addressing the similarities in theme, but the vast differences in application. Having outlined the issues with cls3, this thesis presents a series of critiques on cls1 to see what can be learnt about the original Critical Legal Studies. It is concluded that the pre-Critical Race Theorists provided the most useful critiques. Repurposing the work of Patricia J Williams, the final act of demystification presents a scale to relate cls1 works via their interaction with law or non-law. This thesis argues that the demystification of Critical Legal Studies is a necessary step in reapplying and reusing its tools and approaches to critique contemporary law. The series of demystifications within this thesis provide a foundation for (re)using Critical Legal Studies as an effective mode of critique.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Adelaide Law School, 201

A Study of the Physical Structure of Coke and the Influence Thereof on Blast Furnace Practice

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Agronomic and Malting Characteristics of Eighteen Varieties and Experimental Lines of Winter Barley Grown in Oklahoma

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