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Report Of The Women And The Law Project: Gender Bias And The Law School Curriculum, Ann Shalleck Jan 1989

Report Of The Women And The Law Project: Gender Bias And The Law School Curriculum, Ann Shalleck

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Helping Jurors To Make Sense Of Expert Testimony, David Aaronson Jan 1989

Helping Jurors To Make Sense Of Expert Testimony, David Aaronson

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Today's jurors frequently sit in trials where confusing and conflicting expert testimony is likely to be presented by sophisticated and highly trained individuals, using terminology unfamiliar to the average person. Proposals have been made and trial courts are experimenting with various procedures—none thoroughly evaluated— to improve jurors’ ability to cope with such testimony. My purpose here is to more clearly identify the problem and to review some of the reform proposals.


Antitrust In The Formative Era: Political And Economic Theory In Constitutional And Antitrust Analysis, 1880-1918, James May Jan 1989

Antitrust In The Formative Era: Political And Economic Theory In Constitutional And Antitrust Analysis, 1880-1918, James May

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The Legal Dimensions Of Private Incarceration, Ira P. Robbins Jan 1989

The Legal Dimensions Of Private Incarceration, Ira P. Robbins

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Double Inchoate Crimes, Ira Robbins Jan 1989

Double Inchoate Crimes, Ira Robbins

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American criminal law treats the inchoate crimes of attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation as substantive offenses punishable by criminal sanctions. The legal system criminalizes the types. of behavior that constitute these offenses to intervene before an actor completes the intended illegal act. Some jurisdictions now recognize the concept of double inchoate crimes, punishing inchoate offenses that are the immediate objects of other inchoate offenses. In this Article, Professor Robbins examines the concept of double inchoate crimes, first by tracing the evolution of inchoate offenses and then by reviewing the judicial development of double inchoate crimes. Arguing that double inchoate crimes are …


Recent Developments In Economics That Challenge Chicago School Views, Jonathan Baker Jan 1989

Recent Developments In Economics That Challenge Chicago School Views, Jonathan Baker

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Identifying Cartel Policing Under Uncertainty: The U.S. Steel Industry, 1993-1939, Jonathan Baker Jan 1989

Identifying Cartel Policing Under Uncertainty: The U.S. Steel Industry, 1993-1939, Jonathan Baker

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Proposals To Strengthen The Inter-American System Of Protection Of Human Rights, Claudio Grossman Jan 1989

Proposals To Strengthen The Inter-American System Of Protection Of Human Rights, Claudio Grossman

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Mass and gross violations of human rights have been common in the Americas. Rebellion against poverty, the inability of some political systems to allow peaceful change, and the influence of anti-democratic ideologies have resulted in widespread repression. As constitutional governments collapse and politics are militarized, adequate protection of human rights by domestic law becomes illusory. The international law of human rights, by creating norms and procedures beyond the domestic realm offers, or should offer, an additional "layer" of legal protection.International law is a weak instrument in a system in which state sovereignty remains a strong foundation. However, for those who …


Ratification By Argentina Of The 1958 New York Convention On Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Horacio A. Grigera Naón Jan 1989

Ratification By Argentina Of The 1958 New York Convention On Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Horacio A. Grigera Naón

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A Garland Of Reflections On Three International Copyright Topics, Peter Jaszi Jan 1989

A Garland Of Reflections On Three International Copyright Topics, Peter Jaszi

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The United States is a party to many copyright treaties, including a network of bilateral arrangements with other countries and one regional agreement. I will concentrate on the two major multilateral agreements to which the United States is a party, the Universal Copyright Convention ("UCC") and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ("Berne Convention").