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Indiana Law Review Volume 28 1994 Number 1 Copyright © 1994 by the Trustees of Indiana University TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES Why Courts Should Refuse to Enforce Pre-Petition Agreements That Waive Bankruptcy's Automatic Stay Provision William Bassin 1 Partners As Common Law Employees Randall J. Gingiss 21 An Organizational Approach to Resolving the Attachment and Perfection Problems of Identity Changes Under § 9-203(l)(A) & § 9-402(7) of the Uniform Commercial Code Gregory J. Morical 43 NOTES A Proposal to End Jurisdictional Competition in Parent/Non-Parent Interstate Child Custody Cases Megan E. Clark 65 Stephens v. Miller: Restoration of the Rape Defendant's Sixth Amendment Rights Lisa M. Dillman 96 Sister-State Recognition of Valid Same-Sex Marriages Baehr v. Lewin— How Will It Play in Peoria? Candace L. 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