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The Case For Oral Argument In The Supreme Court Of Oklahoma, Andrew Coats, Joseph Thai

Joseph T Thai

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National Security Decisions, History, And The Rule Of Law: Improving Transparency, Deliberation, And Accountability, Anne O'Connell, Daniel Farber

Daniel A Farber

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Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibrium Predictions As A Means Of Organizing Behavior In Posted-Offer Market Experiments, Bart Wilson, Douglas Davis

Bart J Wilson

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Fixed Revenue Auctions: Theory And Behavior, Bart Wilson, Cary Deck

Bart J Wilson

In this paper, we study auctions in which the revenue is fixed but the quantity is determined by the auction mechanism. Specifically, we investigate the theory and behavior of English quantity clock, Dutch quantity clock, last-quantity sealed bid, and penultimate-quantity sealed bid auctions. For theoretically equivalent fixed quantity and fixed revenue auctions, we find that fixed revenue auctions are robust to all the previously observed empirical regularities in fixed quantity auctions.

Language Games Of Reciprocity, Bart Wilson

Bart J Wilson

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Strategic Buyers, Horizontal Mergers And Synergies: An Experimental Investigation, Bart Wilson, Douglas Davis

Bart J Wilson

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Fixed Revenue Auctions, Bart Wilson, Cary Deck

Bart J Wilson

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Economics Works! Experiments In High School Classrooms, Bart Wilson, Stephen Jackstadt, Paul Johnson

Bart J Wilson

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Second Chance Offers Vs. Sequential Auctions: Theory And Behavior, Bart Wilson, Timothy Salmon

Bart J Wilson

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An Experimental Investigation Of Hobbesian Jungles, Bart Wilson, Benjamin Powell

Bart J Wilson

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Historical Property Rights, Sociality, And The Emergence Of Impersonal Exchange In Long-Distance Trade, Bart Wilson, Erik Kimbrough, Vernon Smith

Bart J Wilson

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Incremental Approaches To Establishing Trust, Bart Wilson, Robert Kurzban, Mary Rigdon

Bart J Wilson

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Anonymous Disclosure Of Security Breaches: Mitigating Harm And Facilitating Coordinated Response, Edward Janger, Paul Schwartz

Paul M. Schwartz

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Terry V.Ohio, Massiah V. United States, And Zurcher V. Stanford Daily, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

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Drug Testing In Public Schools, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

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The Story Of Pottawatomie County V. Lindsay Earls: Drug Testing In The Public Schools, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

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Debate On Fourth Amendment Issues In Homeland Security Law, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

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Border Searches, Terrorism, And The Fourth Amendment, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

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Jury Trial In Japan, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

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District Of Columbia V. Heller And Fourteenth Amendment: What Impact On The States?, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Good Without God?, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Ssrn As An Initial Revolution In Academic Knowledge Aggregation And Dissemination, David Bray, Sascha Vitzthum, Benn Konsynski

Sascha Vitzthum

Within this paper we consider our results of using the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) over a period of 18 months to distribute our working papers to the research community. Our experiences have been quite positive, with SSRN serving as a platform both to inform our colleagues about our research as well as inform us about related research (through email and telephoned conversations of colleagues who discovered our paper on SSRN). We then discuss potential future directions for SSRN to consider, and how SSRN might well represent an initial revolution in 21st century academic knowledge aggregation and dissemination. Our paper …

Creating Effective Broadband Network Regulation, Daniel L. Brenner

Daniel L. Brenner

ABSTRACT: The Internet is central to the business and pastimes of Americans. Calls for increased regulation are ongoing, inevitable, and often justified. But calls for “network neutrality” or “nondiscrimination” assume with little hesitation federal agency competence to give predictable and accurate meaning to these terms and create regulations to implement them. This article’s chief contribution to Internet policy debate is to focus attention on the likelihood of successful FCC Internet regulation -- a key assumption of some advocates. The article analyzes three characteristics that hobble the FCC, the likeliest federal agency to provide prescriptive rules. First, the record for the …

Exploring Human Rights Implications Of Microfinance Initiatives, Rebecca Farrar

Rebecca Farrar

Abstract for Article: Exploring the Human Rights Implications of Microfinance Initiatives by Rebecca Farrar

Microfinance and microcredit (“MFI”) programs have been advanced as a way to make the world a better place. These programs involve making small loans to people who would otherwise be unable to borrow money to facilitate them starting their own businesses: frequently, the programs focus on women borrowers in developing countries. Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank says microfinance and microcredit programs can literally end world poverty.

This Article explores MFI from several perspectives, with particular emphasis on human rights issues. The emphasis of MFI programs …

Is Zina Bil Jabr A Hadd, Taz‛Ir Or Siyasa Offence?: A Reappraisal Of The Protection Of Women Act 2006 In Pakistan”, Muhammad Munir Dr.

Dr. Muhammad Munir

This article briefly discusses the various laws passed by the regime of General Musharraf (1999-2008) to relieve the plight of helpless women in Pakistan and analyses the Protection of Women Act, 2006 from a legal, rather than from a political or emotional perspective. It scrutinizes the opinions of leading 'ulama, such as Justice (R) Taqi 'Uthmani, Mufti Muneebur Rahman, Moulana 'Abdul Malik, and Hasan Madani. The position of women rights' groups about the said law is discussed; the claim of the then government that the Act is compatible with the Qur'an and the Sunnah is examined; the various changes made …

Supreme Court’S Role Vis A Vis Indian Arbitration And Conciliation Act, 1996, Dev Chopra

dev chopra

This article examines some aspects of the growth of judicial law making by the Supreme Court in the last twelve years of the working of the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. It also examines the negative role of the Supreme Court in taking the law backward thus preventing the growth of international trade and commerce. It also shows that just as politicians and bureaucrats do not give up power, judges are no exception.

Electronic Commerce And Legal Protection For Consumers In Spain, Juan-Antonio Mondejar-Jimenez, Mª Angeles Zurilla-Cariñana, Jose Mondejar-Jimenez

Juan-Antonio Mondejar-Jimenez

Electronic commerce is becoming increasingly common at international level. It is defined as “doing business electronically across the extended enterprise”, which includes all forms of business, administrative transactions and information exchanges in which any type of information or communication technology is used. It has also been defined as “the form of commerce that by using the services and links provided in electronic documents in the Internet, allows the customer to query, select and purchase a distributor's offer using a device that is connected to the Internet, in real time and at any time or place”. In Spain, the Information Society …

The Grand Jury Legal Advisor: Resurrecting The Grand Jury's Shield, Thaddeus Hoffmeister

Thaddeus Hoffmeister

This Article advocates for the creation of a Grand Jury Legal Advisor (GJLA) to resurrect the historical autonomy of grand juries. The Article draws upon Hawaii’s experiences with the GJLA, and incorporates survey responses from a representative sample of former GJLAs.

The Article begins with a general and historical overview of the grandjury process. This portion of the Article demonstrates how all three branches of government have contributed to the diminishment of the powers of grand jurors. Part IV of this Article discusses the important policy

rationales underlying the need for grand jury autonomy; Part V recommends the implementation of …

Credit Rating Agencies (Cras) And European Regulation, Marco Lamandini

Marco Lamandini

Financial Services Panel Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MARCO LAMANDINI Full Professor of Securities and Company Law University of Bologna Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) and European Regulation Bologna-Brussels, 28 December 2008 Executive summary The Committee requested an opinion on CRA. This briefing paper endeavours to offer a view on this issue, whose relevance for the proper functioning of financial markets emerged already in the wake of the Enron scandal but has been dramatically high-lightened by the current financial crisis. Paragraph 1 provides a brief overview of the European proposal for a regulation on CRAs against the backdrop of recognized market …

How Mandatory Are Mandatory Minimums? How Judges Can Avoid Imposing Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Nathan A. Greenblatt

Nathan A Greenblatt

Mandatory minimum sentences are anathema to judges due to, it is commonly said, judges’ “utter lack of power to do anything for the exceptional defendants that move them.” In the case of Weldon Angelos, for example, U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell lamented that sentencing Mr. Angelos to 55 years in prison “is unjust, cruel, and even irrational. [The court] reluctantly concludes that it has no choice.” The Judicial Conference has consistently opposed mandatory minimum sentences for more than 50 years, because it, too, has concluded that mandatory sentences give judges no choice in sentencing. Indeed, the U.S. Sentencing Commission recently …