Peter Nicolas
University of Washington
18 Papers
92 Citations
Peter Nicolas is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supreme court & Equal Protection Clause. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 18 publications. Previous affiliations of Peter Nicolas include University of Michigan & University of Florida.
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Papers
Employment implications of declining tobacco product sales for the regional economies of the United States
TL;DR: Contrary to the tobacco industry's claims, reductions in spending on tobacco products will boost employment in every one of the 8 nontobacco regions and will not diminish employment in the Southeast Tobacco region by as much as the industry estimates.
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Straddling the Columbia: A Constitutional Law Professor's Musings on Circumventing Washington State's Criminal Prohibition on Compensated Surrogacy
TL;DR: In this article, the author describes her successful efforts to become a parent via compensated surrogacy and egg donation and concludes that laws that criminalize or otherwise restrict one's ability to enter into surrogacy arrangements run afoul of either the substantive protections of the Due Process Clause or the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause, while laws that stand in the way of intended parents establishing legal parentage of children born via surrogacy violate the fundamental right to care for and have custody of one's children.
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Common Law Same-Sex Marriage
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the lack of consistent access to religious and public officials willing to perform same-sex marriages coupled with the libertarian spirit underlying both samesex marriage and common-law marriage militate in favor of recognizing common law samesex marriages.
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The Lavender Letter: Applying the Law of Adultery to Same-Sex Couples and Same-Sex Conduct
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the question whether the law of adultery applies to same-sex extramarital conduct, which has divided courts nationwide, and conclude that the same equality principles that have resulted in the extension of the right to marry to same sex couples likewise require the application of adultery laws and related doctrines to samesex couples and same sex conduct, and indeed that a failure to apply them in those contexts devalues same sex relationships and perpetuates antiquated negative stereotypes about gay people.
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