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Moral Turpitude, Julia Simon-Kerr
Moral Turpitude, Julia Simon-Kerr
Faculty Articles and Papers
Moral turpitude is a legal standard used in areas of American law as diverse as torts, immigration, professional licensing, and evidence. Although the standard has a profound effect on a wide array of privileges, entitlements, and liabilities, scholars have devoted scant attention to it. The few who have studied it have echoed the courts in arguing that the standard is vague. This Article argues, in contrast, that the problem with moral turpitude is that it has too much meaning, not too little. Moral turpitude imports into our legal system an outdated nineteenth century honor code that reflects republican virtues: oath …
Region Codes And Human Rights, Molly Land
Region Codes And Human Rights, Molly Land
Faculty Articles and Papers
This essay considers what Professor Peter Yu’s article on DVD region coding, “Region Codes and the Territorial Mess,” illustrates about the challenges associated with using human rights law to respond to limitations on access to knowledge. The kind of activity that Professor Yu points to — the decisions of corporate actors pursuing their own interests that have significant unanticipated effects on individual rights — presents a recurring and thorny problem for those concerned about expression and culture today. At what point do these burdens constitute a human rights violation that can and should be regulated by the state? The essay …
Some Thoughts On Health Care Exchanges: Choice, Defaults, And The Unconnected, Brendan Maher
Some Thoughts On Health Care Exchanges: Choice, Defaults, And The Unconnected, Brendan Maher
Faculty Articles and Papers
One feature of the ACA that appealed to observers across the political spectrum was the creation of health insurance “exchanges.” Among other things, exchanges are intended to aid consumers in making simple and transparent choices regarding the purchase of health insurance. This Article considers how exchanges might benefit from the use of “default” options — both online and off. Given the significant number of Americans that have limited or no Internet access, offline defaults may be an attractive way to promote coverage of the “unconnected.”
The Once And Future Networked Self, Steven Wilf
The Once And Future Networked Self, Steven Wilf
Faculty Articles and Papers
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