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Learning From The Master: Things Betty Thompson Taught Me, David Spratt Jan 2012

Learning From The Master: Things Betty Thompson Taught Me, David Spratt

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Film Review: Mississippi Innocence And The Prosecutor’S Guilt, Angela J. Davis Jan 2012

Film Review: Mississippi Innocence And The Prosecutor’S Guilt, Angela J. Davis

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Film review of Mississippi Innocence. A documentary film by Joe York. Media and Documentary Projects at the University of Mississippi (2011)


Cocos Can Drive Markets Cuckoo, Hilary Allen Jan 2012

Cocos Can Drive Markets Cuckoo, Hilary Allen

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Bank-issued contingent-convertible capital instruments (known colloquially as "cocos ") are assumed to be a less costly substitute for common equity that will improve the stability of banks in a crisis situation. However, cocos are new and untested instruments. In a future financial crisis they are likely to incentivize behaviors and trading strategies (notably panic selling short selling, and the use of credit default swaps) that have the potential to harm confidence in banks. Without confidence, banks will have difficulty funding themselves and the likely consequences of bank difficulties (credit crunches and possible bailouts) will be felt by society at large. …


Predictive Policing And Reasonable Suspicion, Andrew Ferguson Jan 2012

Predictive Policing And Reasonable Suspicion, Andrew Ferguson

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Predictive policing is a new law enforcement strategy to reduce crime by predicting criminal activity before it happens. Using sophisticated computer algorithms to forecast future events from past crime patterns, predictive policing has become the centerpiece of a new smart-policing strategy in several major cities. The initial results have been strikingly successful in reducing crime.This article addresses the Fourth Amendment consequences of this police innovation, analyzing the effect of predictive policing on the concept of reasonable suspicion. This article examines predictive policing in the context of the larger constitutional framework of “prediction” and the Fourth Amendment. Many aspects of current …


U.S. Taxes Corporate Income At Comparatively Low Rates, Andrew Pike Jan 2012

U.S. Taxes Corporate Income At Comparatively Low Rates, Andrew Pike

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The Feminist Academic's Challenge To Legal Education: Creating Sites For Change, Ann Shalleck Jan 2012

The Feminist Academic's Challenge To Legal Education: Creating Sites For Change, Ann Shalleck

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