Welcome to this experimental venture into the electronic publishing of student legal research. I have undertaken this project with the conception that much of the information I sought to convey would have been relegated to obscure Uniform Resource Locator (URL) footnotes, never to be viewed. By providing this paper in an online form, not only will the resources be readily available, but they will update themselves as the underlying information is revised.

Before we "enter" the paper, I feel it my duty as a budding lawyer to offer two important disclaimers.

• Firstly, this paper has been optimized for the Netscape 1.1N browser. If you are not currently reading this page with that browser, important features and formatting will be lost. You may click here to download the software.

• Secondly, some portions of this paper are accessible only by Stanford affiliates. This e-paper contains certain copyrighted material licensed to Stanford solely for educational use. In order to adhere to these licensing restrictions, access to this material has been limited to the Stanford community.

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