The Role of State Law in an Era of Federal Preemption: Lessons from Environmental Regulation

Using environmental regulation as an example, Dwyer discusses the role of state law in an era ruled by federal preemption. The present hybrid system of national standards and state implementation and enforcement may be a reasonable accomodation of both state and national interests

Public opinion and development issues: a survey of Irish university student opinions

Surveys of Irish public opinion on international development assistance have shown high levels of support combined with relatively low levels of knowledge. This article discusses the finding of a survey of university students in Ireland in 2006-7. The results suggest that the attitudes of students in Ireland closely mirror that of the wider population. They are supportive of aid and think official aid from the government should be increased. Irish development NGOs are seen as the public face of development assistance and there is little recognition of Irish Aid – the state’s official development agency. While there is awareness of the importance of structural issues such as trade access and debt relief, the spontaneous responses to what needs to be done to allow development still focus on aid and volunteering. Students are already persuaded that development is important and are motivated to donate or act, development education efforts however need to focus more on creating a better understanding of the causes of underdevelopment and the structural factors relating to interactions between wealthy and poor states

Equal Protection for Illegitimate Children Conceived by Artificial Insemination

This Comment explores the equal protection rights of illegitimate children born to artificially inseminated women in light of the Uniform Parentage Act (UPA), which guarantees equal treatment under the law for all children, and California\u27s adoption of a modified version of the UPA. The author considers the conflict between those rights and the right of unmarried women to procreate and concludes that the California modifications of UPA section 5(b) are unconstitutional because they violate the equal protection rights of illegitimate children born to artificially inseminated women, and that they actually contradict the purpose of the Act. The author suggests that the California law be amended to conform to UPA section 5(b)