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Further Evidence That Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply To Joyce, John Donohue, Steven D. Levitt Dec 2004

Further Evidence That Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply To Joyce, John Donohue, Steven D. Levitt

John Donohue

No abstract provided.


Guns, Crime, And The Impact Of State Right-To-Carry Laws, John Donohue Nov 2004

Guns, Crime, And The Impact Of State Right-To-Carry Laws, John Donohue

John Donohue

No abstract provided.


Expert Witness Says Disney Had Cause To Fire President, John Donohue Oct 2004

Expert Witness Says Disney Had Cause To Fire President, John Donohue

John Donohue

The Walt Disney Company should have fired Michael S. Ovitz because of his "substantial and repeated dishonesty," a legal specialist testified yesterday in support of the shareholders who are suing Disney's directors over Mr. Ovitz's $140 million severance package.


Ovitz Performance In Disney Role Is Faulted At Trial, John Donohue Oct 2004

Ovitz Performance In Disney Role Is Faulted At Trial, John Donohue

John Donohue

Former Walt Disney Co. President Michael Ovitz's job performance and spending habits came under attack during testimony in a Delaware court case, as an expert witness said Disney's directors could have fired Mr. Ovitz for cause, rather than giving him the no‐fault termination he received. John J. Donohue, a Yale University law professor and witness for a group of Disney shareholders, testified that his review of California law, of Mr. Ovitz's employment contract and of depositions in the case showed that Disney's board had the right not to grant Mr. Ovitz a no‐ fault termination, which resulted in an estimated …


Disney Had Good Reason To Fire Ovitz, John Donohue Oct 2004

Disney Had Good Reason To Fire Ovitz, John Donohue

John Donohue

GEORGETOWN, Del., Oct 21 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. (DIS.N) should have fired Michael Ovitz rather than paying him $140 million in severance, a legal expert testified on Thursday in support of shareholders suing the Disney board. Shareholders are demanding that the severance and interest - a sum that could total about $200 million - be returned to the company, claiming that the board was asleep at the wheel when they approved the deal and that Ovitz failed miserably in his 14 months as president. In the second day of a trial that is being closely watched in corporate boardrooms, …


When Laws Backfire: Unintended Consequences Of Public Policy, Roger Roots Jul 2004

When Laws Backfire: Unintended Consequences Of Public Policy, Roger Roots

Roger Roots

Why is it that so many laws perpetually fall short of their intended goals? Why haven’t humanity’s greatest minds managed to solve basic social ills? This article amasses considerable evidence suggesting that (a) law is inherently incapable of producing major social change because legal restrictions unsettle social equilibria and generate counteractions and (b) the subconscious purpose behind many laws is the promotion of social solidarity for its own sake. The author concludes that laws and the politics that forge them are essentially religious practices that have little basis in rational analysis. Thus can be explained both the perpetual failure of …


सुन्दरबंस की मात्स्यिकी- समस्याएं और प्रत्याशाएं. (Sundaraban Ki Matasyaki- Samasyayen Evam Pratyashyen), Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar Jun 2004

सुन्दरबंस की मात्स्यिकी- समस्याएं और प्रत्याशाएं. (Sundaraban Ki Matasyaki- Samasyayen Evam Pratyashyen), Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar

Ganesh Chandra

This paper gives an insight into the fisheries of Sundarban delta region of west Bengal India.


Frontline Demonstration On Sesame In West Bengal, Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar Apr 2004

Frontline Demonstration On Sesame In West Bengal, Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar

Ganesh Chandra

Sesame is one of the important oilseeds crop in India, which plays a major role in supplementing the income of small and marginal farmers of Sunderbans. One of the major constraints of traditional Sesame farming is low productivity of local varieties. To replace this anomaly, Krishi Vigyan Kendra of CIFRI has conducted frontline demonstration at adopted farmers’ field in four development blocks viz. Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima and Kulpi of Sunderbans, West Bengal. Cultivation of high yielding varieties of Sesame viz. Rama (Improved Selection-5) and Tilottma (B-67) shows percentage increase of 46.58 and 35.86 respectively over local check. The technology gap …


Bandipora Redux: A Tale From Two Insurgencies, Ashok Agrwaal Feb 2004

Bandipora Redux: A Tale From Two Insurgencies, Ashok Agrwaal

Ashok Agrwaal

This artixcle is based upon my work on State impunity in the context of the guaranteed right to life, in Punjab and Kashmir. The Indian state has fought insurgencies almost throughout its independent history: from Nagaland to Punjab, Andhra Pradesh to Kashmir, from the early 1950s to date. Among the many different kinds of human rights violations that the Indian security forces have been charged with, is the recurring charge that they force local people to act as 'human shields' \with a view to minimising uniformed casualties. These reports have been denied by the authorities who routinely provide other reasons, …


Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr): Market-Based Remedies For International Human Rights Violations?, Eric A. Engle Jan 2004

Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr): Market-Based Remedies For International Human Rights Violations?, Eric A. Engle

Eric A. Engle

Corporate social responsibility proposes non-binding self governance mechanisms on corporations as a preventative remedy to human rights. This article sceptically analyzes the CSR movement and proposes ways to make non-binding governance more effective.


Celebrities No Antidote To Apathy, Aaron J. Shuler Jan 2004

Celebrities No Antidote To Apathy, Aaron J. Shuler

Aaron J Shuler

No abstract provided.


Impact Study On Introduction Of Green Gram (Vigna Radiata) Cultivation In Sundarbans, West Bengal, Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar Jan 2004

Impact Study On Introduction Of Green Gram (Vigna Radiata) Cultivation In Sundarbans, West Bengal, Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar

Ganesh Chandra

Impact study on introduction of Moong (Vigna radiata) cultivation in rice fallow cropping system of Sundarbans has been done to know the socio -economic impact of Summer Moong cultivation over the populace of Sundarbans after 10 years of start of FLD on Moong in this area. The study covered randomly selected 60 farmer beneficiaries under FLD of three blocks using Before-After analysis through PRA, formal household survey and focused group discussion. The triangulation of data has been done through using all three methods. The result of this study shows that the number of farmers having net income above Rs. 1000-2000 …


Evaluation Of Frontline Demonstration On Mustard In Sunderbans, West Bengal, Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar Jan 2004

Evaluation Of Frontline Demonstration On Mustard In Sunderbans, West Bengal, Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar

Ganesh Chandra

Mustard is one of the most important oi lseeds crop in West Bengal, which plays a major role in supplementing the income of small and marginal farmers of Sunderbans. One of the major constraints of traditional mustard farming is low productivity of local varieties. To replace this anomaly, Krishi Vigyan Kendra of CIFRI has conducted frontline demonstration at adopted farmers’ field in four development blocks viz. Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima and Kulpi of Sunderbans, West Bengal. Cultivation of high yielding varieties of mustard viz. Bhagirathi (RW-351), Sanjukta asech (4C-6-3/II), Jhumka (NC-1), Seeta (B-85) and Binoy (B-9) shows percentage increase of 57.51, …


Confucianization Of Qing Law Ii, Kam C. Wong Jan 2004

Confucianization Of Qing Law Ii, Kam C. Wong

Kam C. Wong

In traditional China, the Confucians proposed to govern people with li (rites) and by means of ren (benevolence). The legalists wanted to govern the people with fa (law) and with the use of xing (punishment). Confucianization of the law integrated these two schools of contending philosophical thoughts, i.e., Confucian (“ru jia”) vs. legalist (“fa jia”), in search of a better way to govern China. Confucianization of the law in merging these two schools of thought proposed that: firstly, law should adopt Confucian ethical values and principles, and, secondly, Confucian ethical rules should be enforced by law. Though the Confucianization of …


El Surgimiento De Un Poder Judicial Efectivo En México: Gobierno Dividido Y Toma De Decisiones En La Suprema Corte De Justicia, 1994-2002, Julio Ríos-Figueroa Jan 2004

El Surgimiento De Un Poder Judicial Efectivo En México: Gobierno Dividido Y Toma De Decisiones En La Suprema Corte De Justicia, 1994-2002, Julio Ríos-Figueroa

Julio Ríos-Figueroa

No abstract provided.


Divisão De Assistência Judiciária Da Faculdade De Direito Da Ufmg: Ações Para Mais Cidadania, Rafael De Oliveira Alves, Danilo Castro, Délia Carvalho, Edílson Lima, Júlio Zini Jan 2004

Divisão De Assistência Judiciária Da Faculdade De Direito Da Ufmg: Ações Para Mais Cidadania, Rafael De Oliveira Alves, Danilo Castro, Délia Carvalho, Edílson Lima, Júlio Zini

Rafael de Oliveira Alves

No abstract provided.


Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: Can Rico Protect Human Rights? A Computer Analysis Of A Semi-Determinate Legal Question, Eric A. Engle Jan 2004

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: Can Rico Protect Human Rights? A Computer Analysis Of A Semi-Determinate Legal Question, Eric A. Engle

Eric A. Engle

Uses AI to model RICO racketeering law to examine an uncertain area of law: Whether RICO gives a private right to damages for extraterritorial wrongs.


The Torture Victim's Protection Act, The Alien Tort Claims Act, And Foucault's Archaeology Of Knowledge, Eric A. Engle Jan 2004

The Torture Victim's Protection Act, The Alien Tort Claims Act, And Foucault's Archaeology Of Knowledge, Eric A. Engle

Eric A. Engle

Outilnes the procedural obstacles to Alien Tort Statute Claims and discusses how to surmount them. Relates ATS to Foucaults power-knowledge and power-body discourses.