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Perspectives On Fundamental Rights In South Asia, Anil Kalhan

Anil Kalhan

This symposium issue of the Drexel Law Review marks the anticipated launch of a proposed new section on Law and South Asian Studies of the Association of American Law Schools, including several contributions that were initially presented during a session of the proposed section at AALS Annual Meeting for 2010. The proposed AALS section comes at a moment of heightened interest in the region among lawyers, policymakers, and the public at large in the United States, and is part of a rapidly growing constellation of scholarly initiatives on law in South Asia that have emerged internationally in recent years. In …

Law And Religion – The First Amendment And The Problems Of Alienation, Lorin Geitner

Lorin C. Geitner

A survey of the different patterns of the relationship between of law to religion (and vice versa) in the course of world history, in order to provide historical and legal context and argue for the notion that the United States, truly, a secular society, but rather a religiously pluralistic one.

Comparative Income Taxation: A Structural Analysis, Hugh Ault, Brian Arnold

Hugh J. Ault

The purpose of this book is to compare different solutions adopted by nine industrialized countries to common problems of income tax design. As in other legal domains, comparative study of income taxation can provide fresh perspectives from which to examine a particular national system. Increasing economic globalization also makes understanding foreign tax systems relevant to a growing set of transnational business transactions. Comparative study is, however, notoriously difficult. Full understanding of a foreign tax system may require mastery not only of a foreign language, but also of foreign business and legal cultures. It would be the work of a lifetime …

Symposium: Perspectives On Fundamental Rights In South Asia, Anil Kalhan

Anil Kalhan

This symposium issue of the Drexel Law Review marks the anticipated launch of a proposed new section on Law and South Asian Studies of the Association of American Law Schools, including several contributions that were initially presented during a session of the proposed section at AALS Annual Meeting for 2010. The proposed AALS section comes at a moment of heightened interest in the region among lawyers, policymakers, and the public at large in the United States, and is part of a rapidly growing constellation of scholarly initiatives on law in South Asia that have emerged internationally in recent years. In …

The Illegal-Settlements Myth, David Phillips

David M. Phillips

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Modern Man, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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The Regulation Of Medical Malpractice In Japan, Robert Leflar

Robert B Leflar

How Japanese legal and social institutions handle medical errors is little known outside Japan. For almost all of the 20th century, a paternalistic paradigm prevailed. Characteristics of the legal environment affecting Japanese medicine included few attorneys handling medical cases, low litigation rates, long delays, predictable damage awards, and low-cost malpractice insurance. However, transparency principles have gained traction and public concern over medical errors has intensified. Recent legal developments include courts' adoption of a less deferential standard of informed consent; increases in the numbers of malpractice claims and of practicing attorneys; more efficient claims handling by specialist judges and speedier trials; …

Empirical And Policy Perspectives On Consumer Bankruptcy Law In The United States (In Endeudamiento Del Consumidor E Insolvencia Familiar), Melissa Jacoby

Melissa B. Jacoby

This chapter, published in Spanish, offers new empirical data from the U.S. on consumer bankruptcy filers from the 2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project, an evaluation of the two-chapter bankruptcy system, and proposals for structural reform.

Domain Names As Jurisdiction-Creating Property In Sweden, Ulf Maunsbach, Michael Bogdan

Ulf Maunsbach

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Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law, And Society, Ahmed Souaiaia

Ahmed E SOUAIAIA

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Invited Comparative Commentary To The 67th Biennial German Jurists Meeting, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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Decentralizing Industrial Relations: The American Situation And Its Significance In Comparative Perspective, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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Body And Soul, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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Labor Law: 'Making Life More Human' - Work And The Social Question, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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On The Sources Of Islamic Law And Practices, Ahmed Souaiaia

Ahmed E SOUAIAIA

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The Notion Of Solidarity And The Secret History Of American Labor Law, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

"Solidarity," a term not overly familiar to Americans, sometimes seems to have as many meanings as it has users. The concept became incorporated into American thought during the 19th and 20th century waves of Catholic and Jewish immigration. It provides a European vision of communitarian social order that competes with the "unencumbered self" - America's unique brand of individualism. Among philosophers, politicians, religious thinkers, and social activists, solidarity theory sought to redefine the then-prevailing views of social bonds. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the American labor movement, which espouses as its core values the principles of unity and …

Lost Foundations: The Religious Voice And Employee Participation In The United States And Germany, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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The Story Of Nlrb V. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.: The High Cost Of Solidarity, Thomas Kohler, Julius Getman

Thomas C. Kohler

In 1938, in NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co., the Supreme Court offered one of its earliest interpretations of the National Labor Relations Act. Although the Court's holding provided that employers may not discriminate against employees for their union activity when the strike is over and workers are reinstated, dicta in the opinion also provided that under the NLRA employers enjoy an unrestricted right to replace strikers. In the 70 years since the Court's announcement, scholars remain baffled by the contradictions presented by the "Mackay doctrine" - a rule that forbids employers from discharging legally protected strikers while, at …

National Labor Relations Act, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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Comments On Weiss' 'Trade Unions, Worker's Participation, And Collective Bargaining In Germany And In The Eu', Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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The End Of A Natural Monopoly: Deregulation And Competition In The Electric Power Industry, Daniel Cole, Peter Grossman

Peter Z. Grossman

Note: full-text not available due to publisher restrictions. Link takes you to an external site where you can purchase the book or borrow it from a local library.

Toward A Common Methodology In Contract Law, Antonio Lordi

antonio lordi

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Miranda, Confessions, And Justice: Lessons For Japan?, Richard Leo

Richard A. Leo

This chapter explores whether a Miranda-like warning and waiver regime could be successfully implemented in Japan. The chapter reviews the social science and legal scholarship on Miranda's impact on American interrogation practices and suspect behavior, concluding that most American suspects continue to waive their rights and law enforcement personnel continue to obtain a high number of confessions and convictions. Next, the chapter discusses the contemporary law and practice of interrogation in Japan. In Japan, interrogation appears to be routinely psychologically coercive and virtually all defendants make either partial admissions or full confessions to alleged offenses. Confessions are regarded as superior …

Conditioning Expectations: The Protection Of The Employment Bond In German And American Law, Thomas Kohler, Michael Kittner

Thomas C. Kohler

According to many observers, one of the critical factors accounting for the unprecedented economic growth that the United States enjoyed during the past decade is a regulatory regime that places few restrictions on an employer's ability to shed unwanted employees. Similarly, the slower economic growth that Germany and Europe experienced during this period often is attributed to elaborate employment protection schemes that restrict the ability of employers to discharge undesired workers. These protections are blamed for making countries like Germany less attractive places for foreign investment. This piece examines in comparative perspective the restrictions the American and German regulatory schemes …

The Integrity Of Unrestricted Desire: Community, Values, And The Problem Of Personhood, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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Autonomy And Personhood: The Implications For Labor And Employment Law, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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The Disintegration Of Labor Law: Some Notes For A Comparative Study Of Legal Transformation, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

While acknowledging the difficulties inherent in a comparative approach to labor and employment ordering issues, the author argues that our times and circumstances force us to consider such a perspective. This essay looks at the some of the background and characteristics of the labor law regimes of the United States and Germany to reflect on where we have been and where we might be going, and concludes that we stand at the edge of a new world, one that may well entail a new culture of work and new ways of being for all its inhabitants.

Civic Virtue At Work: Unions As Seedbeds Of The Civic Virtues, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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The Overlooked Middle, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

In this Article, the author argues that significant elements concerning the discussion of labor law reform have been overlooked and that the steady decline of unions is not in fact an isolated occurrence. It is instead part of a much broader and deeply troubling trend, which has affected every mediating group in our society. However, our blinkered insistence on treating the deterioration of autonomous employee associations as a solitary phenomenon has precluded us from comprehending either the complexity of its causes or the full extent of its implications.

The author posits, therefore, that there is a pronounced tendency to overlook …

In Praise Of Little Platoons, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

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