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Markets, Democracy, And Ethnicity: Toward A New Paradigm For Law And Development, Amy L. Chua Oct 1998

Markets, Democracy, And Ethnicity: Toward A New Paradigm For Law And Development, Amy L. Chua

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Quo Vadis, Posadas?, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1998

Quo Vadis, Posadas?, William W. Van Alstyne

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This examination looks at Virginia's ban on speech advertising motorcycles and revisits the question raised in the Posadas decision - may a state ban speech about a legal product the state could ban if it so desired. This article uses comparisons to the government employee speech cases to further illuminate the issue.


Choice Of Law Rules For International Securities Transactions?, James D. Cox Jan 1998

Choice Of Law Rules For International Securities Transactions?, James D. Cox

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The Durability Of Law School Reputation, Richard L. Schmalbeck Jan 1998

The Durability Of Law School Reputation, Richard L. Schmalbeck

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Race And The Federal Income Tax: Has A Disparate Impact Case Been Made?, Richard L. Schmalbeck Jan 1998

Race And The Federal Income Tax: Has A Disparate Impact Case Been Made?, Richard L. Schmalbeck

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Agentic And Conscientic Decisions In Law: Death And Other Cases, Laura S. Underkuffler Jan 1998

Agentic And Conscientic Decisions In Law: Death And Other Cases, Laura S. Underkuffler

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Removing The ‘Fuel Of Interest’ From The ‘Fire Of Genius’: Law And The Employee Inventor, 1830-1930, Catherine Fisk Jan 1998

Removing The ‘Fuel Of Interest’ From The ‘Fire Of Genius’: Law And The Employee Inventor, 1830-1930, Catherine Fisk

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The Treaty Power And American Federalism, Curtis A. Bradley Jan 1998

The Treaty Power And American Federalism, Curtis A. Bradley

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The Status Of Customary International Law In U.S. Courts—Before And After ‘Erie’, Curtis A. Bradley Jan 1998

The Status Of Customary International Law In U.S. Courts—Before And After ‘Erie’, Curtis A. Bradley

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Managed Care-Work In Progress Or Stalled Experiment?, Clark C. Havighurst Jan 1998

Managed Care-Work In Progress Or Stalled Experiment?, Clark C. Havighurst

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The President’S Authority Over Foreign Affairs: An Executive Branch Perspective, H. Jefferson Powell Jan 1998

The President’S Authority Over Foreign Affairs: An Executive Branch Perspective, H. Jefferson Powell

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The Performance Of The American Civil Jury: An Empirical Perspective, Neil Vidmar Jan 1998

The Performance Of The American Civil Jury: An Empirical Perspective, Neil Vidmar

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Efficiency-Wages, Tournaments, And Descrimination: A Theory Of Employment Descrimination Law For ‘High-Level’ Jobs, Mitu Gulati, David Charny Jan 1998

Efficiency-Wages, Tournaments, And Descrimination: A Theory Of Employment Descrimination Law For ‘High-Level’ Jobs, Mitu Gulati, David Charny

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Reconceiving The Tournament Of Lawyers: Tracking, Seeding, And Information Control In The International Labor Markets Of Elite Law Firms, Mitu Gulati, David B. Wilkins Jan 1998

Reconceiving The Tournament Of Lawyers: Tracking, Seeding, And Information Control In The International Labor Markets Of Elite Law Firms, Mitu Gulati, David B. Wilkins

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Moths To The Light: The Dubious Attractions Of American Law, Paul D. Carrington Jan 1998

Moths To The Light: The Dubious Attractions Of American Law, Paul D. Carrington

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Evidence, Proof And Persuasion In Wto Dispute Settlement - Who Bears The Burden?, Joost H. B. Pauwelyn Jan 1998

Evidence, Proof And Persuasion In Wto Dispute Settlement - Who Bears The Burden?, Joost H. B. Pauwelyn

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Indemnity Or Compensation? The Contract With America, Loser-Pays Attorney Fee Shifting, And A One-Way Alternative, Thomas D. Rowe Jr. Jan 1998

Indemnity Or Compensation? The Contract With America, Loser-Pays Attorney Fee Shifting, And A One-Way Alternative, Thomas D. Rowe Jr.

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Civil Liability For Pure Economic Loss Under American Tort Law, Herbert Bernstein Jan 1998

Civil Liability For Pure Economic Loss Under American Tort Law, Herbert Bernstein

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Privatautonomie Und Privatkodifikation – Zu Anwendbarkeit Und Geltung Allgemeiner Vertragsrechtsprinzipien, Ralf Michaels Jan 1998

Privatautonomie Und Privatkodifikation – Zu Anwendbarkeit Und Geltung Allgemeiner Vertragsrechtsprinzipien, Ralf Michaels

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Can Constitutional Borrowing Be Justified? A Comment On Tushnet, Matthew D. Adler Jan 1998

Can Constitutional Borrowing Be Justified? A Comment On Tushnet, Matthew D. Adler

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Rights Against Rules: The Moral Structure Of American Constitutional Law, Matthew D. Adler Jan 1998

Rights Against Rules: The Moral Structure Of American Constitutional Law, Matthew D. Adler

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Constitutional rights are conventionally thought to be "personal" rights. The successful constitutional litigant is thought to have a valid claim that some constitutional wrong has or would be been done "to her"; the case of "overbreadth," where a litigant prevails even though her own conduct is permissibly regulated, is thought to be unique to the First Amendment. This "personal" or "as-applied" view of constitutional adjudication has been consistently and pervasively endorsed by the Supreme Court, and is standardly adopted by legal scholars.

In this Article, I argue that the conventional view is incorrect. Constitutional rights, I claim, are rights against …


The New Etiquette Of Federalism: New York, Printz And Yeskey, Matthew D. Adler, Seth F. Kreimer Jan 1998

The New Etiquette Of Federalism: New York, Printz And Yeskey, Matthew D. Adler, Seth F. Kreimer

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In New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992), the Court revived "state sovereignty" as a justiciable constitutional constraint on federal mandates, and struck down portions of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act on the grounds that the statute impermissibly "commandeered" state governments. Printz v. United States, 117 S.Ct. 2365 (1997), confirmed the anti-commandeering principle and relied upon it to invalidate elements of another federal statute, the Brady Act. This Article analyzes and criticizes the anti-commandeering jurisprudence, as it has emerged in New York, Printz, and a case decided by the Court last Term, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections …


Preliminary Observations: Asymmetrical Warfare And The Western Mindset, Charles J. Dunlap Jr. Jan 1998

Preliminary Observations: Asymmetrical Warfare And The Western Mindset, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

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The Law Of Cyberwar: A Case Study From The Future, Charles J. Dunlap Jr. Jan 1998

The Law Of Cyberwar: A Case Study From The Future, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

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The Gentleman’S Agreement In Legal Theory And In Modern Practice: United States, Herbert Bernstein, Joachim Zekoll Jan 1998

The Gentleman’S Agreement In Legal Theory And In Modern Practice: United States, Herbert Bernstein, Joachim Zekoll

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Managing The Iatrogenic Risks Of Risk Management, Jonathan B. Wiener Jan 1998

Managing The Iatrogenic Risks Of Risk Management, Jonathan B. Wiener

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Erisa Preemption Of State And Local Laws On Domestic Partnership And Sexual Orientation Discrimination In Employment, Catherine Fisk Jan 1998

Erisa Preemption Of State And Local Laws On Domestic Partnership And Sexual Orientation Discrimination In Employment, Catherine Fisk

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Law And Incommensurability: Introduction, Matthew D. Adler Jan 1998

Law And Incommensurability: Introduction, Matthew D. Adler

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Calling The Tune Or Following The Lead: The European Court Of Justice In European Policy Making, Rachel D. Brewster Jan 1998

Calling The Tune Or Following The Lead: The European Court Of Justice In European Policy Making, Rachel D. Brewster

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Derivatives, Corporate Hedging, And Shareholder Wealth: Modigliani-Miller Forty Years Later, Kimberly D. Krawiec Jan 1998

Derivatives, Corporate Hedging, And Shareholder Wealth: Modigliani-Miller Forty Years Later, Kimberly D. Krawiec

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