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Annual Report 2010-2011, Office Of Development

Annual Donor Report

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Grade Distribution - Fall Semester 2011, Office Of Registrar

Semester Schedules and Information

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Point Allocation History For Spring Semester 2011, Office Of Registrar

Semester Schedules and Information

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The Diminishing Returns Of Incentive Pay In Executive Compensation Contracts, Gregg D. Polsky, Andrew Lund

Scholarly Works

For the past 30 years, the conventional wisdom has been that executive compensation packages should include very large proportions of incentive pay. This incentive pay orthodoxy has become so firmly entrenched that the current debates about executive compensation simply take it as a given. We argue, however, that in light of evolving corporate governance mechanisms, the marginal net benefit of incentive-laden pay packages is both smaller than appreciated and getting smaller over time. As a result, the assumption that higher proportions of incentive pay are beneficial is no longer warranted.

A number of corporate governance mechanisms have evolved to duplicate …

The Cia Murdered Jfk?, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

"I don't really much care who killed Mr. Kennedy." - William F. Buckley

Most Americans, however, do care who assassinated President John F. Kennedy.

Demythologizing The Lost Cause, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

The term Lost Cause originated in 1866 when a Virginia journalist published a book with that title which blamed Jefferson Davis for the defeat of the Confederate States of America.

Open Access: Good For Readers, Authors, And Journals, Carol Watson, James M. Donovan

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

Readers, authors, and even law journal publishers will all achieve their different but related interests by adopting open access principles. Open access works for everyone, and is the future of information creation and distribution.

Nov. 2011 E-Newsletter Faculty Spotlight: Lori Ringhand, Office Of Communications And Public Relations

Profiles of Members of the Law School Community

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Fiscal Federalism In The United States, Walter Hellerstein

Presentations and Speeches

This presentation explores the fiscal powers of U.S. Federal and State governments with respect to taxation and spending.

News @ Georgia Law, November 2011, Office Of Communications And Public Relations

News @ UGA School of Law

Renovation complete: Space opens for students/alumni; Georgia Law once again recognized as a "best value" law school; Current political issues in Georgia explored; U.S. Supreme Court Justice makes fifth trip to Georgia Law; Advocacy program off to great start with two national wins; Conference to examine international energy security; Faculty on the Record: Peter A. Appel, Matthew I. Hall, Paul M. Kurtz, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, Camilla E. Watson; Georgia Law welcomes two; Career Services now taking on-campus interview reservations for 2012; Dan Coenen featured in "Focus on Faculty;" Midyear alumni events to take place in Athens; Nine Georgia Law graduates …

Nov. 2011 E-Newsletter Student Spotlight: Van'nessa Lotson (2l), Office Of Communications And Public Relations

Profiles of Members of the Law School Community

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Nov. 2011 E-Newsletter Alumni Spotlight: Nicholas Leach (J.D.'85), Office Of Communications And Public Relations

Profiles of Members of the Law School Community

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The First Annual Georgia Symposium Of Law & Politics, Dean Rusk International Law Center

Conferences & Lectures

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The Troy Davis Tragedy, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

"The Sept. 21 execution of Troy Davis is a tragedy. A black man convicted of killing a white policeman in a county with a proven history of convicting innocent black men and sentencing them to death was executed even though his guilt was not certain."

Judge Not - Why Won’T Progressives Fight For Federal Judges?, Sonja R. West

Popular Media

Democrats have taken their eye off the ball on judicial appointments for far too long. It took decades for Republicans to build the court system now in place, and it may take many years to rebalance it. But the time to start is yesterday. Until Democrats start slapping “It’s the courts, stupid!” stickers on their rear bumpers, their elected officials aren’t going to change. Until progressives say, “I’m not going to stop writing my senator until Paul Watford gets a hearing,” Obama judges will be slow-walked through hearings and wait months for a floor vote that might never come. We …

Law & Reference: Answering Legal Reference Questions, Wendy Moore, Maureen Cahill

Presentations

Answering legal reference questions can be challenging, especially when you are not doing it on a daily basis. More and more legal information is available freely on the internet, but sometimes it is hard to know what the best sources are and how to make certain you are not accidentally practicing law at the reference desk. This presentation provides exposure to helpful internet resources and discussion of effective strategies to help you answer legal related reference questions in a non-law library setting with skill and confidence.

History Of The Western Judicial Circuit, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

"There are 159 superior courts in Georgia - one in each county. Of all the existing courts of this state, superior courts are the oldest. They were created 234 years ago by Georgia's first state constitution in 1777."

Student Organization Officers, 2011-12, The University Of Georgia School Of Law

Materials from All Student Organizations

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Class Schedule-Fall 2011, Office Of Registrar

Semester Schedules and Information

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Volume 45, Issue 1 (Fall 2011), University Of Georgia School Of Law

Advocate Magazine

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Hellerstein's Leadership in Tax Law Recognized
• Arbitration and the Constitution
• The Epidemic of Residential Mortgage Fraud
• Ethics in an e-Environment
• Headlines
• Fifth U.S. Supreme Court Clerk in Seven Years
• Two Outstanding Senior Hires Fill the Sibley and Woodruff Positions
• Law School Renovation
• Hirsch Hall Highlights
• Re-enactment of the Hunter/Holmes Trial and Legal Panel
• Chief Justice Hunstein Delivers House Lecture
• Rusk Center Reports
• Faculty Accomplishments
• Student Briefs
• Class of 2011 Commencement
• Alumni Activities
• Butler and Bowen Honored for Excellence

Point Allocation History For Fall Semester 2011, Office Of Registrar

Semester Schedules and Information

No abstract provided.

Influencing International Law & Policy, The University Of Georgia School Of Law

Other Law School Publications

The University of Georgia School of Law has a long and rich tradition in the area of international legal education. During the 1970s, the school formalized its commitment to provide knowledge and policy guidance on international issues, particularly in the area of trade, with the establishment of the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy. In the years since, Georgia Law has broadened and strengthened its international programming to include:

• An influential corps of international law scholars
• A strong and varied international curriculum
• International symposia featuring some of the top legal academics and practitioners from around the world
• The …

Guide To Your Job Search, Office Of Legal Career Services

Other Law School Publications

Congratulations! You are embarking on a new stage in your professional life. Law school may seem like a monumental undertaking and you likely have questions about your plans three years from now. Please keep in mind that the Office of Legal Career Services is here to provide you with the tools to achieve your personal career goals. We look forward to welcoming you to the University of Georgia School of Law this fall. As you begin your professional education, we hope that you will keep in mind the importance of your job search. Because the search for internships, externships, clerkships …

Student Handbook, 2011-2012, Office Of Registrar

Other Law School Publications

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Citation Advantage Of Open Access Legal Scholarship, Carol Watson, James M. Donovan

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

In this study focusing on the impact of open access on legal scholarship, the authors examine open access articles from three journals at the University of Georgia School of Law and confirm that legal scholarship freely available via open access improves an article’s research impact. Open access legal scholarship—which today appears to account for almost half of the output of law faculties—can expect to receive fifty-eight percent more citations than non–open access writings of similar age from the same venue.

Samantar, Official Immunity And Federal Common Law, Peter B. Rutledge

Scholarly Works

This essay examines the theoretical underpinnings of the immunity of foreign government officials following the Supreme Court's recent decision in Samantar. Part of a forthcoming symposium with the Lewis and Clark Law Review, the paper tackles the federal common law in the Court's decision and, more broadly, international civil litigation. It criticizes the Court's unexamined assumption that its federal common law power extended to create an immunity that, at best, coexists only uncomfortably alongside the legislative framework of the FSIA. It explains the problematic implications of this assertion of federal common law, both for suits against foreign officials and for …

Samantar And Executive Power, Peter B. Rutledge

Scholarly Works

This essay examines Samantar v. Yousuf in the context of broader debate about the relationship between federal common law and executive power. Samantar represents simply the latest effort by the Executive Branch to literally shape the meaning of law through a process referred to in the literature as “executive lawmaking.” While traditional accounts of executive lawmaking typically have treated the idea as a singular concept, Samantar demonstrates the need to bifurcate the concept into at least two different categories: acts of executive lawmaking decoupled from pending litigation and acts of executive lawmaking taken expressly in response to litigation. As Samantar …

Newsletter, Fall 2011, Vol. 6, Issue 1, The Dean Rusk International Law Center

Newsletters

Ambassador Delivers Keynote at International Trade Conference; Georgia Democratic Leader Speaks at Civil Rights Conference; International Outreach and Education; International Law Colloquium Series; Conferences & Lectures; Notable Speakers Visit Rusk Center; Conference Focuses on Nuclear Security and Non-Proliferation; The TRIPS Agreement - Then and Now; In Memoriam: Professor Gabriel M. Wilner, 1938-2010; Law School Alum Joins Rusk Center Staff; International Judicial Training Program Continues to Expand.

Research Beyond The Obvious: An Overview Of Uga Law Library Databases, Sharon Bradley

Presentations

Describes several useful specialized databases available to University of Georgia law students.

Legal Citation Without Fear, Maureen Cahill

Presentations

Shares tips for approaching and interpreting Bluebook instructions.