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Shareholder Democracy And The Sec's Proxy Rules: In The Boardroom, Marilyn Blumberg Cane
Shareholder Democracy And The Sec's Proxy Rules: In The Boardroom, Marilyn Blumberg Cane
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Marilyn Cane, Shareholder Democracy and the SEC's Proxy Rules: In the Boardroom, 15 Fordham Journal of Corporate & Finance Law 241 (2009).
Of The People, By The People, For The People: Lincoln's Legacy Of Financial And Economic Sovereignty, Timothy A. Canova
Of The People, By The People, For The People: Lincoln's Legacy Of Financial And Economic Sovereignty, Timothy A. Canova
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Timothy Canova, Of the People, By the People, For the People: Lincoln's Legacy of Financial and Economic Sovereignty, 12 Chapman Law Review 561 (2009). This article considers Lincoln’s system of public finance in a broad historical perspective. In the weeks prior to Lincoln‘s inauguration, the financial markets were swept by panic, the hoarding of gold, and a crisis perhaps more dangerous than other classic Keynesian liquidity traps, such as in March 1933 and September 2008. In 1861, there was no central bank with the authority to issue currency and inject liquidity into the financial system to try to restrain …
Note To Athletes, Nfl, And Nba: Dog Fighting Is A Crime, Not A Sport, Phyllis G. Coleman
Note To Athletes, Nfl, And Nba: Dog Fighting Is A Crime, Not A Sport, Phyllis G. Coleman
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Phyllis Coleman, Note to Athletes, NFL, and NBA: Dog Fighting is a Crime, Not a Sport, 3 Journal of Animal Law & Ethics 85 (2009). Americans were finally forced to face the issue of animal abuse and professional athletes when investigators discovered 66 pit bulls, in addition to dog fighting equipment, at a home owned by "pro football's most electrifying quarterback." Although Michael Vick insisted he did not live in the house, and initially denied knowledge of any such activity on his Virginia property, stories of his involvement continued to swirl around the Atlanta Falcons' franchise player. On July …
Improving The Odds Of Government Accountability In The Disaster-Prone Era: Using The 9/11 Fund Factors To Remedy The Problem Of Toxic Katrina Trailers, Olympia Duhart
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Olympia Duhart, Improving the Odds of Government Accountability in the Disaster-Prone Era: Using the 9/11 Fund Factors to Remedy the Problem of Toxic Katrina Trailers, 24 Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law 2 (2009). This article analyzes the dangers surrounding the toxicity levels in the trailers issued to Katrina survivors by FEMA, and identifies serious medical complications stemming from the temporary homes. Lack of government oversight in the process led to the distribution of formaldehyde-laced trailers that cost the government more than $2 billion and continue to poison residents years after the storm. Furthermore, the failures connected to …