How \u3cem\u3eQui Tam\u3c/em\u3e Actions Could Fight Public Corruption

This Note argues that public corruption at the state and local levels is a serious problem throughout the United States. Because public corruption decreases confidence in the democratic system at all levels of government, a strong response is necessary. Due to difficulties inherent in the deterrence, detection, and prosecution of state and local corruption, innovative methods to respond to this problem are needed. The author argues that amending the federal criminal statutes most commonly used to prosecute state and local public corruption, to allow a private citizen to bring a qui tam civil action against the public official for violations of those criminal statutes, would contribute substantially to the deterrence, detection, and prosecution of public corruption

The Concept of Religion in the Supreme Court of Israel

Fifteen years ago, Joseph Dan reminded us that there is no \u27neutral\u27 linguistic expression, one which does not reflect various layers of cultural and conceptual meanings. \u27 Legal discourse is no exception. The cultural study of law shows that legal controversies and legal reasoning often reflect underlying cultural perceptions. And how law accounts for, responds to, and is imbued with cultural phenomena is far more important than mere abstract intellectual exercises \u27 that the lack of neutral expression may cause in other disciplines. In law, cultural conceptions and common understandings are embedded in passionate social disputes on which the law of the state pronounces. \u27 So where the language of law is imbued with common terms and concepts, and neutrality is assumed rather than demonstrated, it is not . . . a harmless affair. \u2