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Keynote Address: The Digital Forevermore, Thomas J. Ridge
Keynote Address: The Digital Forevermore, Thomas J. Ridge
University of Richmond Law Review
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Human Survival, Risk, And Law: Considering Risk Filters To Replace Cost-Benefit Analysis, John William Draper
Human Survival, Risk, And Law: Considering Risk Filters To Replace Cost-Benefit Analysis, John William Draper
Librarian Scholarship at Penn Law
Selfish utilitarianism, neo-classical economics, the directive of short-term income maximization, and the decision tool of cost-benefit analysis fail to protect our species from the significant risks of too much consumption, pollution, or population. For a longer-term survival, humanity needs to employ more than cost-justified precaution.
This article argues that, at the global level, and by extension at all levels of government, we need to replace neo-classical economics with filters for safety and feasibility to regulate against significant risk. For significant risks, especially those that are irreversible, we need decision tools that will protect humanity at all scales. This article describes …
The History Of The New York City Law Department: Fighting For The City By William E. Nelson, Ross Sandler
The History Of The New York City Law Department: Fighting For The City By William E. Nelson, Ross Sandler
NYLS Law Review
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The Giuliani Years: Corporation Counsel 1994–1997, Paul A. Crotty
The Giuliani Years: Corporation Counsel 1994–1997, Paul A. Crotty
NYLS Law Review
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Institutional Reform Litigation, Leonard Koerner
Institutional Reform Litigation, Leonard Koerner
NYLS Law Review
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Regulating Teenage Abortion In The United States: Politics And Policy, Carol Sanger
Regulating Teenage Abortion In The United States: Politics And Policy, Carol Sanger
Faculty Scholarship
Thirty-four US states currently require pregnant minors either to notify their parents or get their consent before having a legal abortion. The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of theses statutes provided that minors are also given an alternative mechanism for abortion approval that does not involve parents. The mechanism used is the 'judicial bypass hearing' at which minors persuade judges that they are mature and informed enough to make the abortion decision themselves. While most minors receive judicial approval, the hearings intrude into the most personal aspects of a young woman's life. The hearings, while formally civil in nature, …
The Empty Circles Of Liberal Justification, Pierre Schlag
The Empty Circles Of Liberal Justification, Pierre Schlag
Publications
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Democratic Credentials, Donald J. Herzog
Democratic Credentials, Donald J. Herzog
Articles
We've made a mistake, urges Bruce Ackerman. We've failed to notice, or have forgotten, that ours is a dualist democracy: ordinary representatives passing their statutes are in fact the democratic inferiors of We the People, who at rare junctures appear on the scene and affirm new constitutional principles. (Actually, he claims in passing that we have a three-track democracy.)' Dwelling lovingly on dualism, Ackerman doesn't quite forget to discuss democracy, but he comes close. I want to raise some questions about the democratic credentials of Ackerman's view. Not, perhaps, the ones he anticipates. So I don't mean to argue that …