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Constitutional Law State and Federal Constitutional Law Developments Rosalie Berger Levinson 557 IV. Consumer Law Consumer Transactions: Movement Toward a More Progressive Approach James P. Nehf 599 V. Contract Law 2000 Survey of Indiana Contract Law Jana K. Strain 6 1 5 Jennifer A. Struck VI. Criminal Law and Procedure Recent Developments in Indiana Criminal Law and Procedure Joel M. Schumm 645 VII. Employment Law Survey of Employment Law Developments for Indiana Practitioners Susan IV. Kline 675 VIII. Evidence Recent Developments in Indiana Evidence Law JeffPapa 719 IX. Indiana Appellate Procedure A New Era Dawns in Appellate Procedure Douglas E. Cressler 741 Paula F. Cardoza X. Indiana Civil Procedure Recent Developments in Indiana Civil Procedure JoEllen Lind 783 XI. Insurance Law Survey of Recent Developments in Insurance Law Richard K. Shoultz 823 Lisa M. Dillman XII. Product Liability Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Product Liability Law Joseph R. Alberts 857 David M. Henn XIII. Professional Responsibility Survey ofthe Law of Professional Responsibility Charles M. Kidd 921 XIV. Property Law New Bricks for the Wall: Developments in Property Law in Indiana Lloyd T.Wilson, Jr. 955 XV. Taxation Developments in Indiana Taxation Lawrence A. Jegen, III 1003 Edward L. Harris, HI XVI. Tort Law Recent Developments in Indiana Tort Law Tammy J. Meyer 1075 Kyle A. Lansberry XVII. UCCLaw Survey of Recent Developments ofthe Law Concerning the Uniform Commercial Code and a Brief Introduction to Revised UCC Article 9 Judy L. Woods 1099 XVIII. Worker's Compensation Recent Survey of Worker's Compensation Law Carol Modesitt Wyatt 1115 ARTICLE The Guilty Plea Process in Indiana: A Proposal to Strengthen the Diminishing Factual Basis Requirement EarlG.Penrod 1127 NOTE The Swinging Pendulum of Victims' Rights: The Enforceability of Indiana's Victims' Rights Laws Mary Margaret Giannini 1157 Volume 34 Number 3