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Full-Text Articles in Law
Consumer Sensitivity To Interest Rates: An Empirical Study Of New Car Buyers And Auto Loans, James J. White, Frank W. Munger Jr.
Consumer Sensitivity To Interest Rates: An Empirical Study Of New Car Buyers And Auto Loans, James J. White, Frank W. Munger Jr.
Articles
ALTHOUGH it has never been clear whether the consumer needs to be protected from his own folly or from the rapaciousness of those who feed on him, consumer protection is a topic of intense current interest in the courts, in the legislatures, and in the law schools. A number of recent court decisions have attempted to attack problems confronting the consumer; unfortunately, these judicial efforts have succeeded primarily in disclosing the limitations in the courts' ability to deal with such problems. State and federal legislative bodies have pursued more carefully designed remedies. Congress has passed the Truth-in-Lending Act; the National …
Regulation Of Intermodal Rate Competition In Transportation, Joseph R. Rose
Regulation Of Intermodal Rate Competition In Transportation, Joseph R. Rose
Michigan Law Review
The controversy over intermodal rate competition comprehends both legal and economic issues. Clarity requires that each be explicitly stated and separately treated. The legal issues center on the meaning of section 15a(3) of the Interstate Commerce Act and the declaration of the National Transportation Policy that precedes the Act, which are the sources of the Commission's authority. The economic issues involve the effect on resource allocation of rate-making proposals devised to carry out these provisions of the Act.
Automotive "Crashworthiness:" An Untenable Doctrine, Stephen J. Werber
Automotive "Crashworthiness:" An Untenable Doctrine, Stephen J. Werber
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
It is the purpose of this article to review the decisional law of automobile crashworthiness and to place it in the context of important policy considerations which justify such judicial determinations. It will be shown that the great majority of these decisions are entirely consistent with the doctine of "strict tort liability" as enunciated in section 402A of the Restatement of Torts, Second; that the questions sought to be submitted to juries in these cases are properly the subject of highly technical and complex legislative and administrative action on both a state and federal level; and that the few decisions …
Environmental Pollution Control Laws In Pennsylvania: A Survey And Analysis - An Introduction To Environmental Law, George D. Bruch
Environmental Pollution Control Laws In Pennsylvania: A Survey And Analysis - An Introduction To Environmental Law, George D. Bruch
Villanova Law Review
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