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Constitutional Design And Law: The Political Economy Of Cabinet And Congressional Government, Matthew S. R. Palmer

The Hon Justice Matthew Palmer

The dissertation takes a political economy approach to constitutional design and legislation in the Westminster (Cabinet) and US (Congressional) models of government. Part I develops the economics of comparative political organization by constructing a theoretical framework for analyzing constitutional design. Part II applies the framework to distinguish the essences of the Cabinet and Congressional systems of constitutional design in the contexts of US and Canadian federal government. Part III analyzes the effects of the different constitutional designs on the processes of legislating in each system and on the substantive characteristics of legislation in each system. The analysis is subjected to …

The Hazardous Waste Land, Jerry L. Anderson

Jerry L. Anderson

This article was one of the first comprehensive critiques of the Superfund remediation and liability system. The article addresses systemic problems with the CERCLA mechanism that result in inequity and slow the pace of cleanups.

Book Review - Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Law, John J. Donohue

John Donohue

Book Review - Forbidden Grounds: The case against employment discrimination law by Richard A. Epstein. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press 1992

Ozgur 1993 Turkiye'nin Ozel Cevre Koruma Bolgeleri Politikasi (Specially Protected Areas Policy Of Turkey) Türkiye'nin Özel Çevre Koruma Bölgeleri Politikası: Foça Örneği, Huseyin Ozgur Prof.Dr.

Huseyin Ozgur Prof.Dr.

Specially protected areas (SPAs) in Turkey were initiated in 1990 with the special interest of Prime Minister Turgut Özal and pressure from international agreements signed by Turkish Government. As of 1992, there were 12 SPAs in 5 provinces, most of them were on shorelines of lakes or seas. The decision making of SPAs policy in Turkey fit to muddling through. It helped to protect special and sensitive areas to be protected. All these SPAs had several small settlements and controversial usages of the land and water areas. The policy helped to control dense and uncontrolled settlements however created issues on …

Supplemental Reply Comments To Fcc Notice Of Inquiry On Consumer Electronics Compatibility Rules, Ron D. Katznelson

Ron D. Katznelson

No abstract provided.

Interest On Estate Taxes: A Comment, Francine J. Lipman, James E. Williamson

Francine J. Lipman

This article illustrates the concepts and the calculations of refundable interest on estate tax overpayments as well as the concepts and the calculations of interest payable on estate tax liabilities.

Your Image Is My Image: When Advertising Dedicates Trademarks To The Public Domain--With An Example From The Trademark Counterfeiting Act Of 1984, Malla Pollack

Malla Pollack

Trademark laws protect the mental association between the source n4 of a product and the product itself. This protection allows consumers to locate merchandise of known quality, and motivates suppliers to produce better merchandise. The extent to which trademarks are property rights owned by the controller of the items they identify is controversial. These dual purposes of trademark protection are often phrased as if the objectives reinforce one another. Sometimes, however, the interests conflict. If the public's interests are not recognized they cannot be protected. This article suggests the existence of an ignored public ownership interest. Trademarks may become communicative …

Reply Comments To Fcc Notice Of Inquiry On Consumer Electronics Compatibility Rules, Ron D. Katznelson

Ron D. Katznelson

No abstract provided.

21st Century Physics (A 21. Szazad Fizikaja), Milan Meszaros

Milan Meszaros physicist

Mivel a 21. század alatt ma sokan önkéntelenül is az ezredfordulót vagy az utána következõ néhány évet értik, így fotos kiemelni, hogy jelen tanulmányban nem az ezredforduló fizikája kerül bemutatásra, mert a millennium már nagyon közel van, s így az a fizika alig fog különbözni a jelenlegitõl. (Bár, a jelenlegi fizikai világkép mibenlétének ismertetése is érdeklõdésre tarthatna számot.)

Az elõadásban kísérlet történik a 21. század fizikája és fizikai világképe kontúrjának felrajzolására, de nem bizonyos futurológiai elméletek alapján –mivel a szerzõ szerint az a század eleji ”futurizmus”-nak felelne meg–, hanem, a mai fizikában meglévõ immanens és sajnos alig ismert tendenciák alapján. …

Comparing Similarly Situated People In Disparate Treatment Cases, David G. Karro

David G. Karro

I wrote this in 1993 for paralegals and new attorneys who were having trouble understanding the concept of comparing similarly situated people in order to prove motive. Many lawyers and paralegals approach the topic mechanically, without any real conception of what makes a comparison of the treatment of people probative, or not probative, of intentional discrimination. Although fifteen years old as of the time of this writing (2008), I believe the approach remains valid and still has significant pedagogical value for newcomer to the area. The citations are also useful for lawyers under who need a quick way of getting …

Medición De La Seguridad Jurídica, Horacio M. Lynch

Horacio M. LYNCH

Concurso Asociación de Bancos de la República Argentina (ADEBA).

Foreward To The Symposium On The Restatement Of Law Governing Lawyers, Judith Maute

Judith L. Maute

No abstract provided.

The Pedagogy Of Legal Writing, Christopher Simoni

Christopher Simoni

No abstract provided.

The Paradox Of Ideology, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

A standard problem with the objectivity of social scientific theory in particular is that it is either self-referential, in which case it seems to undermine itself as ideology, or self-excepting, which seem pragmatically self-refuting. Using the example of Marx and his theory of ideology, I show how self-referential theories that include themselves in their scope of explanation can be objective. Ideology may be roughly defined as belief distorted by class interest. I show how Marx thought that natural science was informed by class interest but not therefore necessarily ideology. Capitalists have an interest in understanding the natural world (to a …

Functional Explanation And Metaphysical Individualism, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

A number of (present or former) analytical Marxists, such as Jon Elster, have argued that functional explanation has almost no place in the social sciences. (Although the discussion is framed in terms of a debate among analytical Marxists, the point is quite general, and Marxism is used for illustrative purposes.) Functional explanation accounts for what is to be explained by reference to its function; thus, sighted organism have eyes because eyes enable them to see. Elster and other critics of functional explanation argue that this pattern of explanation is inconsistent with "methodological individualism," the idea, as they understand it, that …

Big Bang Era Changing Problem, Milan Meszaros

Milan Meszaros physicist

The study proves that the attempts for solutions of era changing problem are imperfect patchwork.

The 1992 Paris Convention For The Protection Of The Marine Environment Of The North-East Atlantic: A Critical Analysis, Ellen Hey, Ton Ijlstra, André Nollkaemper

André Nollkaemper

No abstract provided.

Bad Policy As A Recipe For Bad Federalism In The Regulation Of Canadian Financial Institutions: The Case Of Loan And Trust Companies, Ronald J. Daniels

Ronald J. Daniels

This article addresses the impact of substantive policy on federal arrangements in the regulation of Canadian loan and trust companies. It is argued that reliance on market-suppressing policies (flat-rate based deposit insurance and selective bail·outs of depositors in the event of institutional failure) has undermined the value of competitive federalism in this area, and has spawned highly contentious policy initiatives such as Ontario's Equals Approach. To redress the federalism problems in the regulation of loan and trusts, a useful starting point would be the enhancement of market forces in substantive policy. Here, it is argued that the commitment to secrecy …

Breaking The Logjam: Proposals For Moving Beyond The Equals Approach, Ronald J. Daniels

Ronald J. Daniels

Over the last decade, the structure and performance of Canadian financial institutions has undergone a profound transformation. Propelled by both regulatory changes and market innovations, Canadian financial institutions have found their historically protected markets opened to intense competition from a variety of different sources. The most significant regulatory change has been the piecemeal dismantling of the pillars that have traditionally separated the core activities of banks, insurance companies, loan and trust companies, and securities dealers from encroachment by one another. With lower entry barriers, institutions have scrambled to penetrate each other's markets. This entry has spurred a narrowing of differences …

Stakeholders And Takeovers: Can Contractarianism Be Compassionate?, Ronald J. Daniels

Ronald J. Daniels

The issue of what, if any, purchase non-shareholder corporate constituencies (that is, employees, creditors, suppliers, customers, and communities) should have on the discretionary decisions of corporate management has proved to be one of the most durable, if not vexing, issues in modern corporate scholarship. Most recently, the issue has resurfaced in the context of the takeover wave of the 1980s, particularly during the latter part of the decade when control transactions became associated with high levels of leverage. At core, stakeholder advocates were riveted by the asymmetries involved in change-of-control transactions. While target shareholders earned consistent and sizeable returns from …

Growing Pains: The Why And How Of Canadian Law Firm Expansion, Ronald J. Daniels

Ronald J. Daniels

Over the last decade, the Canadian corporate law firm, like its counterparts in other industrialized countries, has undergone a profound transformation, the most remarkable feature of which has been the rapid growth of individual firms. Whereas a mere decade ago only one Canadian firm could boast of having more than 100 lawyers, today there are at least 19 firms that can make this claim. Accompanying the firms' rapid growth has been their steady expansion into distant national and international markets. Significantly, even when that expansion has been confined to local markets, law firms have invoked a much broader array of …

Comments Submitted To Fcc Notice Of Inquiry On Consumer Electronics Compatibility Rules, Ron D. Katznelson

Ron D. Katznelson

No abstract provided.

The Constitutional Ghetto, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit

Nancy Levit

The goal of this Article is to assess two Supreme Court desegregation decisions. It is our view that Board of Education v. Dowell and Freeman v. Pitts are, by almost every measure, seriously flawed decisions. The opinions of the Court rest on epistemic premises - reductionist views of race and racism, and an absurdly formalistic conception of equality - that are by turns either anachronistic, cramped and inauthentic, or demonstrably wrong. Worse, they promote a vision of American society - fragmented, hierarchical, and shamelessly individualistic - that is fundamentally inconsistent both with the egalitarian norms embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment …

Bases Para La Regulación Jurídica Del Crédito Al Consumo, Martin Paolantonio, Salvador Bergel

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de lege ferenda, con referencias de derecho comparado, sobre la conveniencia y alternativas para una regulación particular del crédito al consumo. El trabajo señala las principales características del crédito al consumo que explican porqué en el derecho comparado es habitual un tratamiento separado respecto de la disciplina general de tutela del consumidor

Distribución Comercial, Control Externo Y Quiebra, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

A propósito de un fallo judicial, un análisis de la posibilidad de extender la quiebra en casos de control externo, particularmente en virtud de contratos de distribución comercial

El Privilegio Del Acreedor Laboral Ante La Continuación De La Explotación, Martin Paolantonio, Eduardo Moccero

Martin Paolantonio

Nota a fallo analizando el alcance del privilegio de los acreedores laborales cuando la empresa fallida continúa realizando actividades comerciales

La Directiva De La Comunidad Económica Europea Sobre Las Cláusulas Abusivas En Los Contratos Celebrados Con Consumidores, Martin Paolantonio, Salvador Bergel

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de la directiva comunitaria sobre cláusulas abusivas y su implementación

Los Límites De La Responsabilidad Del Controlante En Los Supuestos De Contratos De Distribución Comercial (Agencia, Concesión, Distribución Y Franquicia), Martin Paolantonio, Salvador Bergel

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de la responsabilidad del principal en los contratos de distribución comercial, y sus límites en situaciones de insolvencia

Did Zarin Have A Tufts Day At A Casino Made Out Of Kirby Lumber?, I Jay Katz

Irwin J Katz

No abstract provided.

Law And Macroeconomics: Employment Discrimination Litigation Over The Business Cycle, John J. Donohue, Peter Siegelman

John Donohue

For the past two decades the law and economics movement has been one of the most influential forces in the legal academy. Its practitioners have relentlessly sought to unleash microeconomic insights on formerly pristine areas of legal doctrine. This Article focuses on a branch of law - employment discrimination-that has already been examined from a microeconomic perspective. However, it represents a departure from the previous literature in that it considers the impact of macroeconomic phenomena on several aspects of employment discrimination litigation.