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February 4, 2008 | Vol. XI, Issue 20


Faculty Scholarship & Activities

DaleElizabeth Dale
Affiliate Associate Professor; Associate Professor of History

  • Published article, "Death or Transformation? Educational Autonomy in the Roberts Court," in the 2006-2007 Supreme Court Review Issue of the Tulsa University Law Review, in a symposium edited by Erwin Chemerinsky.


SloboginChristopher Slobogin
Stephen C. O’Connell Chair; Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry; Adjunct Professor, University of South Florida Mental Health Institute; Associate Director, Center for Children and Families

  • Presented his paper "Capital Punishment and Dangerousness" at Vanderbilt, Northwestern and Texas Law Schools in January.
  • Participated as a panelist at the University of Maryland's conference on "Genetics and the Legal System" on Jan. 31.

UF Law Faculty in the News

WhitmanDale Whitman
Visiting Professor

  • Tallahassee Democrat, Jan. 31. Quoted in this article discussing a Leon County landowner, Johnny Petrandis II, who was ordered by a judge in September to pay a $2.3 million fine — the largest ever awarded to Leon County—for contempt of court involving his clearing more than 60 acres of high-quality forest in 2004 without a permit. The judge in the case is holding a hearing to determine whether the cost of the environmental damage can be documented and whether Petrandis can pay. This case is being compared to someone getting pulled over for a speeding ticket but claiming they can’t afford to pay it and being left with a warning. Whitman said it's not the same as arguing a speeding ticket because traffic fines are set in statute. Courts have a lot of discretion to issue contempt of court fines but it is not unlimited. "You can hurt, but you can't kill—so to speak—financially," he said. "You have to give an award that is commensurate with the individual's ability to pay."

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