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Purveyance And Power Or Over-Priced Free Lunch: The Intellectual Property Clause As An Ally Of The Takings Clause In The Public’S Control Of Government, Malla Pollack Oct 2001

Purveyance And Power Or Over-Priced Free Lunch: The Intellectual Property Clause As An Ally Of The Takings Clause In The Public’S Control Of Government, Malla Pollack

Malla Pollack

Government can bypass citizen control if it can use revenue not publicly scrutinized through the public taxing/spending system. One method of bypass is paying with non-monetary compensation such as (i) property, or (ii) the right to charge others for some necessary good or service, intangible property. The Takings/Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment is one authority controlling government's ability to bypass financial scrutiny. In this article, I argue that the Intellectual Property Clause also should be used to control some governmental bypass. I attempt to justify this suggestion both theoretically and historically. The historical material included focuses on English …


James Madison And The Constitution's “Convention For Proposing Amendments", Robert G. Natelson Jan 2001

James Madison And The Constitution's “Convention For Proposing Amendments", Robert G. Natelson

Robert G. Natelson

This article traces the progress of James Madison's thought on the Constitution's "convention for proposing amendments as a way for states to assert themselves against the federal government. Madison saw the convention as an important part of the Constitution, and a constitutional alternative to nullification.


Arab Politics In A Jewish State: El - Ard Movement And The Supreme Court (In Hebrew), Ron Harris Jan 2001

Arab Politics In A Jewish State: El - Ard Movement And The Supreme Court (In Hebrew), Ron Harris

Ron Harris

No abstract provided.


Apuntes Para Una Biobibliografía De Don Manuel Cervantes Rendón, Historiador Del Derecho, Óscar Cruz Dec 2000

Apuntes Para Una Biobibliografía De Don Manuel Cervantes Rendón, Historiador Del Derecho, Óscar Cruz

Óscar Cruz Barney

No abstract provided.