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The “Disappearing” Dilemma: Why Agency Principles Now Take Center Stage, Sandra Sperino
The “Disappearing” Dilemma: Why Agency Principles Now Take Center Stage, Sandra Sperino
Sandra Sperino
In a common magic trick called “The Disappearing Woman,” a magician places his assistant in a box, swirls the box around, and when the door opens, the woman has vanished. In reality, the woman drops through a trap door in the floor, only to reappear somewhere later in the act. Retaliation law is now suffering from its own version of “The Disappearing Woman” trick. According to many scholars and commentators, the Supreme Court revolutionized retaliation law in 2006, when it issued its decision in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad v. White. After Burlington, so the story goes, one of the …
Capital In Chaos: The Subprime Mortgage Crisis And The Social Capital Response, Raymond H. Brescia
Capital In Chaos: The Subprime Mortgage Crisis And The Social Capital Response, Raymond H. Brescia
Raymond H Brescia
“Capital in Chaos: The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and the Social Capital Response,” examines the role of trust and the absence of social capital in the subprime mortgage crisis, with a particular focus on the impact of the subprime crisis on communities of color.