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By Lindsey Bailey* Maumelle, Arkansas is one of many communities in the United States that has a local ordinance banning dangerous dogs inside its city limits. Maumelle’s ordinance does not simply define a dog that is dangerous or potentially dangerous based on any threatening or vicious behavior; rather, Maumelle’s ordinance bans particular dogs from the … Animal Law-Discrimination Based on Appearance: The Dangers that Fear, Misidentification, and Overreaction Pose for All Dog Owners.

by Professor Jeff B. Woodmansee, UALR Bowen School of Law Law Libraries & Pro Se Litigants: Accessing the Information to Access Justice One of the many effects felt downstream during the U.S. economic slump of the past several years has been the tremendous rise in pro se litigation (i.e., citizens who choose to represent themselves … The Pro Ses Are Coming

By: Daniel Ford I. INTRODUCTION During one of the most politically divisive eras in America’s history, a time in which name-calling and blame-shifting have replaced compromise as the modus operandi of politicians at all levels of government, it is a breath of fresh air to see Americans almost universally agree on an issue: the need … All Quiet on the Corporate Front: An Argument for the Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements

Dear Readers, We are about to start another month at the Journal. This month we are looking forward to our Second Annual Symposium, Catalysts for Change. This Symposium is going to be held on November 8, 2013 in Room 323 of UALR’s William H. Bowen School of Law. We have more information about this event … Letter from the Editor

By Ashley Jones In many ways, it seems that corruption is a necessary evil. After all, it does exist in almost every society and is present among different races, religions, and socioeconomic classes. News outlets often cite corruption as being the catalyst for many social ills. For example, when Greece’s economy tanked, US News and … A Bitter Pill That Must Be Swallowed: An Ethics Based View of Corruption

By Margaret Hobbs In some instances, corruption is ethically permissible. A society should address corruption with a combined “voice” and “control” solution by engaging citizenry to improve legal institutions and public policy (Everett, Neu & Rahaman, 2006). To examine the ethical permissibility of corruption, it is necessary to first address what corruption is. Chinung-Ju Huang cites … Corruption and Ethics

By John Delurey My friend and I had somehow gone an entire day without paying a bribe. We were riding across Zanzibar, Tanzania on motorcycles and assumed that we would be easy targets for the notoriously corrupt police force. Sure enough, a police officer flagged us down towards the end of our journey and proceeded … Ethically Impermissible: An Analysis of Corruption from Welfare, Virtue, and Freedom Perspectives

By Chris Morgan* The laws surrounding corruption have centered on ethical considerations since society made its first attempt at curbing corrupt behavior. As the laws prohibiting corruption were written, legislators undoubtedly focused on what is morally or ethically wrong to determine what type of behavior constituted corruption. In this paper, I examine ethicality in its … Is Corruption Ever Ethically Permissible?

Dear Readers, The 2013-2014 Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service publication schedule has begun.  You might have noticed that we started this year with two articles related to healthcare.   We first published an article addressing the need for behavioral health advance directives by David Jung. We then followed up with an article by … Letter from the Editor

By Robert C. Patton, M.D.* ABSTRACT This paper reflects on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act’s (EMTALA) provision regarding hospitals who fail to properly accept an incoming, emergency ill patient – a process also known as “reverse dumping.” Offered as the single most important piece of legislation affecting emergency medicine passed in the … Death and Injury by Delay: Hidden Harm and EMTALA’s Reverse Dumping Provision