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It's A Blessing, Douglas E. Abrams
Legal Theoretic Inadequacy And Obesity Epidemic Analysis, David Yosifon
Legal Theoretic Inadequacy And Obesity Epidemic Analysis, David Yosifon
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This Article explores crucial analytic and normative limitations in presently dominant and ascendant approaches to legal theory. The approaches' failure to provide a satisfying framework for analyzing the obesity epidemic presently raging undeterred in American society reveals these limitations. Conventional law and economics scholars writing on the subject have deployed familiar frameworks to reach predictable conclusions that are neither intellectually nor morally justifiable. This Article argues that recent theoretical innovations promulgated within the burgeoning law and behavioralism movement have thus far provided no more reliable a framework for legal analysis of the obesity epidemic than has conventional law and economics. …
Book Review - The Science Of Settlement: Ideas For Negotiators, Rebekah K. Maxwell
Book Review - The Science Of Settlement: Ideas For Negotiators, Rebekah K. Maxwell
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Social Workers' Management Of Error, Frederic G. Reamer
Social Workers' Management Of Error, Frederic G. Reamer
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Social workers, like all professionals, sometimes make mistakes. For example, they may disclose clients' confidential information inappropriately, fail to respond to clients' reasonable requests in a timely manner, or engage in improper dual relationships with clients. Ideally, social workers who err would follow a protocol that honors the profession's commitment to responsible and honest communication and minimizes the practical risks faced by social workers who might be named in lawsuits, licensing board complaints, and ethics complaints. This article explores the nature and forms of social work error and possible constructive responses to it that (a) protect clients, (b) minimize risk …
Narcissism, Over-Optimism, Fear, Anger, And Depression: The Interior Lives Of Corporate Leaders, Jayne W. Barnard
Narcissism, Over-Optimism, Fear, Anger, And Depression: The Interior Lives Of Corporate Leaders, Jayne W. Barnard
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