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Debunking The Myth That Insurance Coverage Is Not Available Or Allowed For Intentional Torts Or Damages, Christopher French

Christopher C. French

Judicial Review And Originalism: Do We Really Want A "Dead" Constitution, Albert E. Poirier Jr.

Albert E Poirier Jr.

The Internet At 20: Evolution Of A Constitution For Cyberspace (Forthcoming), Henry H. Perritt Jr.

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

This Article looks back over the Internet’s first twenty years, highlighting the crucial legal decisions by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that have led to the Internet’s success, and which now frame its constitution. I participated in many of these decisions and wrote more than a dozen law review articles and reports suggesting directions for public policy and law. This Article uses this foundation to consider the future, focusing on major legal controversies, the resolution of which will define the Internet’s third decade—either strengthening or undermining its constitution.

Competitive Entertainment: Implications Of The Nfl Lockout Litigation For Sports, Theatre, Music, And Video Entertainment, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

Henry H. Perritt, Jr.

The 2011 NFL lockout reveals profound changes in the labor and product markets for the entire entertainment industry, driven by a revolution in technology. This article explores the revolution in the professional sports, theatre, and movie-making industries and concludes that it is fragmenting production, blurring the boundaries between labor markets and product markets, and introducing new forms of competition. As a result, the labor exemptions to the antitrust laws, which featured prominently in the NFL controversy are becoming less relevant, shifting the law's policing of competition to antitrust rule-of-reason analysis, where counterpoises such as labor unions are inactive, and making …

The Messenger Matters, Craig B. Mousin

Craig B. Mousin

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Workshop On Research And Resource Commons In Scientific Research, Michael W. Carroll

Michael W. Carroll

Drafting New York Civil-Litigation Documents: Part Xii—Responding To Interrogatories, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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New York Residential Landlord-Tenant Law And Procedure—2011-2012 (4th Ed. 2012), Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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The Use Of Tenant Screening Reports And Tenant Blacklisting—2012, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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China, Wei Cui

Wei Cui

This overview of the current state of China’s income tax treaties highlights three themes. First, the OECD and UN Model Conventions have shaped not only the treaties that China has negotiated but also the country’s domestic tax law itself. A significant number of concepts were introduced into domestic law primarily by borrowing from the treaty framework: these transplants have sometimes enriched affiliated concepts in domestic law, but in other cases, due to the limitations in the treaty framework itself, have held back the development of domestic law. Second, there are important examples where conflicts between China’s treaty obligations and its …

The Concept Of The Strike And Other Forms Of Industrial Action:: A Critical And Jurisprudential Exposition, Ovunda V. C. Okene Phd

Prof. O. V. C. OKene

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Екологізація Міжнародного Права Крізь Призму Екологічних Прав Людини | Ecologisation Of International Law Through The Prism Of Environmental Human Rights, Timur R. Korotkiy

Timur R. Korotkiy

Короткий Т. Р. Екологізація міжнародного права крізь призму екологічних прав людини / Т. Р. Короткий // Актуальні проблеми політики : зб. наук. пр. / редкол.: С. В. Ківалов (голов. ред.), Л. І. Кормич (заст. голов. ред.), М. А. Польовий (відп. секр.) [та ін.] ; НУ «ОЮА», Південноукр. центр гендер. проблем. – Одеса, 2012. – Вип. 44. – С. 130-143. In the article analyzed the tendencies the ecologisation of international law through the prism of environmental human rights. Characterized the content of environmental-legal norms of international law and relationships of environmental human rights and international environmental law. В статті проаналізовані тенденції …

Inscripción Automática Y Voto Voluntario, Pablo Marshall

Pablo Marshall

Este trabajo analiza las implicancias legales y políticas de la reforma del sistema de votación. La primera parte, jurídica, expone los cambios que se siguen de la transformación del voto obligatorio en voluntario y de la inscripción voluntaria en automática, observando algunos problemas que deberán ser abordados en el futuro. La segunda parte, política, presenta una tesis interpretativa de la reforma que sugiere que ella es un avance de la lógica liberal sobre la lógica democrática en nuestra Constitución y, sobre todo, del proyecto político neoliberal, cuyo objetivo es la completa despolitización de nuestra comunidad.

El Derecho A Votar Desde El Extranjero, Pablo Marshall

Pablo Marshall

This paper presents certain elements, mainly taken from comparative law and political theory, which can make more intelligible the discussion on the vote from abroad in the Chilean political system. The first part of this work shows the importance of discussing its foundation by clarifying some of its philosophical premises. The second part of this paper examines the constitutional reform bill that was rejected by Congress, concluding that it was affected by significant theoretical problems. Finally, the third part of the paper considers the particular elements that legislation on voting from abroad should consider.

Kahn, Paul W. Political Theology: Four Chapters On The Concept Of Sovereignty, Pablo Marshall

Pablo Marshall

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Beckman, Ludwig, The Frontiers Of Democracy. The Right To Vote And Its Limits. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (220 Pp)., Pablo Marshall

Pablo Marshall

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Like Deck Chairs On The Titanic: Why Spectrum Reallocation Won’T Avert The Coming Data Crunch But Technology Might Keep The Wireless Industry Afloat, Brian J. Love, David J. Love, James V. Krogmeier

Brian J. Love

Skyrocketing mobile data demands caused by increasing adoption of smartphones, tablet computers, and broadband-equipped laptops will soon swamp the capacity of our nation’s wireless networks, a fact that promises to stagnate a $1 trillion slice on the nation’s economy. Among scholars and policymakers studying this looming “spectrum crisis,” consensus is developing that regulators must swiftly reclaim spectrum licensed to other industries and reallocate those rights to wireless providers. In this interdisciplinary piece, we explain in succinct terms why this consensus is wrong. With data demands increasing at an exponential rate, spectrum reallocation plans that promise only linear growth are destined …

Justice Scalia And The Art Of Rhetoric, Jeffrey M. Shaman

Jeffrey M. Shaman

This essay offers something different from the usual law review article: an examination of Justice Scalia's judicial opinions from a literary perspective rather than a legal one. The essay demonstrates that Justice Scalia is a master of metaphor and other belletristic flourishes. Focusing on the style rather than the substance of his writing, the essay uses examples from various Scalia opinions to illustrate that he wields a wicked poison pen, peppers his opinions with creative lists of examples, and is wont to drop in a bon mot here and there, not to mention an arcane foreign phrase that send lesser …

Speaking "Truth" To Biopower, Anne Bloom

Anne Bloom

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Legal Consciousness And Lgbt Research: The Importance Of Law In The Everyday Lives Of Lgbt Individuals, Nancy J. Knauer

Nancy J. Knauer

The law occupies a prominent place in the everyday lives of LGBT individuals, and the continuing regulation and policing of sexuality and gender weighs heavily on many people who identify as LGBT. Despite remarkable progress in the area of LGBT civil rights, LGBT individuals in the United States still lack formal equality and are denied many of the protections that are afforded other historically disadvantaged groups. These legal disabilities represent an ongoing source of minority stress and can produce a correspondingly high degree of “legal consciousness” within the LGBT community. Given the importance of law in LGBT lives, it is …

What Piece Of Work Is Man: Frans De Waal And Pragmatist Naturalism, Wouter H. De Been, Sanne Taekema

Wouter H. de Been

Frans de Waal has questioned a central premise of liberal theory, i.e. that human beings are primarily defined by selfishness and rationality. This premise does not conform to what we know from research about our primate origins - namely that primates are gregarious and guided by sympathy and empathy. De Waal argues we should return to Adam Smith’s moral theory and his focus on sympathy and empathy. We believe a return to pragmatism would be more appropriate. Pragmatism largely conforms to the view of human nature that De Waal’s research now supports. We argue that pragmatism can provide a more …

Organismos Genéticamente Modificados (Ogm) Y Justicia: Implicaciones De La Biotecnología Para La Justicia Ambiental Internacional, Carmen G. Gonzalez

Carmen G. Gonzalez

En septiembre del 2006, un panel de resolución de controversias de la Organizacón Mundial del Comercio (OMC) emitió su fallo a favor de los Estados Unidos en la disputa entre EE.UU y la Unión Europea sobre los organismos genéticamente modificados (OGM). El fallo se basó en limitadas determinaciones procedimentales, y no abordó el tema de la seguridad de los OGM, el derecho de los países de reglamentar los productos genéticamente modificados más rigurosamente que sus equivalentes convencionales, ni la coherencia de la legislacion europea con las obligaciones del OMC. El continuo conflicto entre los Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea …

L’Accès Au Savoir En Afrique: Le Rôle Du Droit D’Auteur, Jeremy De Beer

Jeremy de Beer

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A Constitutional Case For Amending Article 9, Craig Martin

Craig Martin

Juvenile Justice On Appeal, Megan Annitto

Megan Annitto

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Unpacking The Employee-Misconduct Defense, Sachin S. Pandya

Sachin S. Pandya

When a worker sues an employer, the employer sometimes learns thereafter that the worker had committed some misconduct at the time of hire or while on the job. In those cases, most American work laws provide the employer with a defense that precludes employer liability, or at least limits remedies, if the employer shows that, had it known of the worker’s misconduct at the time of its allegedly wrongful act, it would have fired the worker because of that misconduct. This Article evaluates the prevailing arguments for and against the employee-misconduct defense as it appears in the National Labor Relations …

Bad News For John Marshall, David B. Kopel, Gary Lawson

David B Kopel

In Bad News for Professor Koppelman: The Incidental Unconstitutionality of the Individual Mandate, we demonstrated that the individual mandate’s forced participation in commercial transactions cannot be justified under the Necessary and Proper Clause as the Clause was interpreted in McCulloch v. Maryland. Professor Andrew Koppelman’s response, Bad News for Everybody, wrongly conflates that argument with a wide range of interpretative and substantive positions that are not logically entailed by taking seriously the requirement that laws enacted under the Necessary and Proper Clause must be incidental to an enumerated power. His response is thus largely unresponsive to our actual arguments.

Protection Of Environmental Rights For Sustainable Development: An Appraisal Of International And National Laws, Abdulkadir Bolaji Abdulkadir

Abdulkadir Bolaji Abdulkadir

There is a close nexus between sustainable management, use and utilization of the environment and safeguard of environmental rights. Both are equally important for the wellbeing of the human kind, but this warrants striking a balance between them. It is for this reason that law has to provide for abatement and control of degradation of the environment and protection of environmental rights. At international level, early human rights instruments made no direct mention of protection of environmental rights, but they, in effect, safeguard them. The later ones have direct mention about protecting these rights. The Aarhus Convention is notable among …

Enforcing Restitution Of Cultural Heritage Through Peace Agreements, Ana Filipa Vrdoljak

Ana Filipa Vrdoljak

Peace agreements have been an important source of international law in modern times. They have been especially important in the earliest formulations of the international and regional protection of cultural heritage. The significance of this source of international law making and its enforcement has become more pronounced with the exponential proliferation of peace processes and resultant agreements since the end of the Cold War. It is argued that how cultural heritage (and cultural rights) is historically dealt with in peace agreements falls broadly into three discernible categories: (1) restitution and restoration of cultural heritage as reparations between existing states, post …