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"Immigrants Are Not Criminals": Respectability, Immigration Reform, And Hyperincarceration, Rebecca Sharpless

Rebecca Sharpless

In The Eye Of The Beholder: Tort Litigants' Evaluations Of Their Experiences In The Civil Justice System, E. Lind, Robert Maccoun, Patricia Ebener, William Felstiner

Robert MacCoun

Little is known about the reactions of tort litigants to traditional and alternative litigation procedures. To explore this issue, we interviewed litigants in personal injury cases in three state courts whose cases had been resolved by trial, court-annexed arbitration, judicial settlement conferences, or bilateral settlement. The litigants viewed the trial and arbitration procedures as fairer than bilateral settlement, apparently because they believed that trials and arbitration hearings gave their case more respectful treatment. They were less satisfied with the outcome of judicial settlement conferences than with the outcome of bilateral settlements, because judicial settlement conference outcomes were more likely to …

Clear And Simple Deportation Rules For Crimes: Why We Need Them And Why It's Hard To Get Them, Rebecca Sharpless

Rebecca Sharpless

Baker V. State And The Promise Of The New Judicial Federalism, Charles Baron, Lawrence Friedman

Charles H. Baron

In Baker v. State, the Supreme Court of Vermont ruled that the state constitution’s Common Benefits Clause prohibits the exclusion of same-sex couples from the benefits and protections of marriage. Baker has been praised by constitutional scholars as a prototypical example of the New Judicial Federalism. The authors agree, asserting that the decision sets a standard for constitutional discourse by dint of the manner in which each of the opinions connects and responds to the others, pulls together arguments from other state and federal constitutional authorities, and provides a clear basis for subsequent development of constitutional principle. This Article explores …

La Preconfiguración Del Contrato: Una Propuesta De Definición De Las Reglas Predeterminadas En El Derecho De Contratos, Daniel A. Monroy

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The Disappearing Opt-Out Right In Punitive Damages Class Actions, Richard Frankel

Richard H. Frankel

One of the most pressing issues in punitive damages law today is how to protect defendants from multiple punitive damages awards for a single course of conduct, while still ensuring that wronged plaintiffs can recover punitive damages. Numerous commentators have proposed non-opt-out class actions for punitive damages as the best solution to the multiple punishment problem because they subject defendants to a single collective punitive damages award that can be distributed equitably across all injured plaintiffs. This Article takes a contrary view. It argues that mandatory classes improperly deprive class plaintiffs of their right to opt out and pursue their …

Wikicódigocivil Y La Recodificación Del Ordenamiento Jurídico En El Siglo Xxi, Francisco Villalón Ezquerro

Francisco Villalón Ezquerro

Como un sistema de incentivos y sistema de comunicación, el Derecho privado decisivamente hace posible que sean las personas que poseen información las que tomen las decisiones, y las personas que tienen incentivos las que emprendan las acciones, dentro de la economía.

Wikicódigocivil Y La Recodificación Del Ordenamiento Jurídico En El Siglo Xxi, Juan Carlos Marín

Juan Carlos Marín

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Un Nuevo Código Civil Para El Siglo Xxi: Un Ejercicio Académico, Juan Javier Del Granado, Alejandro Guzmán Brito, Alfredo Bullard González, Bruno Meyerhof Salama, Carlos Pablo Márquez, Crispulo Marmolejo Gonzáles, Dante Haro Reyes, Eduardo Andrés Caamaño Rojo, Eduardo Andrés Pigretti, Félix Huanca Ayaviri, Fernando Castillo Cadena, Francisco González De Cossío, Francisco Reyes Villamizar, Hugo Alejandro Acciarri, Luciano Bennetti Timm, María Del Pilar Bonilla, Mateo Miró, Maximiliano Marzetti, Mónika Infante Henríquez, Pablo Alejandro Iannello, Rafael Mery Nieto, Santiago Montt

Rafael Mery Nieto

Legal scholars in the Anglo-American common law can overlook the connection between particular ordinances and the underlying framework of justice or order. A concrete embodiment of the fruits of basic law and economics scholarship, in a codified system of rules, may be necessary for the economic approach to be fully appreciated by legal scholars grounded in the civil law. A new-generation law and economics code will restate, and squarely face the need to deconstitutionalize, private law in Latin American countries within a tried and tested legal framework of Roman law.

¿Qué Hacen Los Civilistas En México?, Juan Carlos Marín

Juan Carlos Marín

What happened to private law in Mexico? In the early 20th century, this nation embraced a new world of legal thought, characterized by a 'socialization of law,' a 'social point of view,' or 'sociological jurisprudence,' and at the same time rejoiced in the passing of the nineteenth century world of laissez-faire, autonomous individuals and their rights. This paper examines how, as a result, the growth and development of Mexican private law has been seriously altered and stunted.