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Group Size, Heterogeneity, And Prosocial Behavior: Designing Legal Structures To Facilitate Cooperation In A Diverse Society, Benjamin Barros

Benjamin Barros

Recent social science research has found that in many scenarios, increases in group size and diversity have a negative impact on cooperation and other prosocial behavior. A related study by the political scientist Robert Putnam has created a firestorm of debate within the past year about the negative effects of diversity on the social fabric.

This essay addresses a subset of this larger debate. It looks to recent social science research to explore how and why group size and diversity impact cooperation and other prosocial behaviors. It then considers how to take the results of this research into account in …

Managing And Optimizing Ip Portfolios In A Global Market, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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Outsourcing In A Challenging Economy: The Multisourcing Alternative, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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Is Lpo Right For Your Company?, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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Portland, Prohibition And Probable Cause: Maine's Role In Shaping Modern Criminal Procedure, Wesley M. Oliver

Wesley M Oliver

At the time the Constitution was written, police officers had very little power. In most cases they were required to wait for a complaint from a victim to arrest, or a warrant from a magistrate to perform a search of any kind. Victims had extraordinary discretion in this era. Generally, only victims could seek arrest or search warrants and they were required only to allege that they had probable cause to support the arrest or search they sought. In most cases, an officer could not obtain a warrant even if he could provide the facts supporting his suspicions. Warrantless arrests …

Introduction: Immigration Law In Pennsylvania: Policy And Practice, Jill E. Family

Jill E. Family

The first panel fulfilled goal one: to host a thoughtful, Pennsylvania-focused analysis of state and local efforts to legislate in the area of immigration law. The second panel fulfilled goal two: to provide a forum for Pennsylvania immigration attorneys to share their experiences amongst themselves and with the public. The panels together fulfilled goals three and four: to help bridge the gap between policy and practice and to increase the involvement of the Institute in this important debate.

Return Of ‘Charity Care’: The Evolving Debate Over Nonprofit Hospitals’ Tax-Exempt Status, Nicholas A. Mirkay

Nicholas A Mirkay III

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The Health Law Institute: New Initiatives Focusing On The Legal Side Of Public Health, John Culhane

John G. Culhane

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Legal Treatment, John Culhane

John G. Culhane

The recent TB traveler case illustrates the confusion that exists among regulators, health officials and government agencies over who is ultimately responsible for public health.

I’Ll Never Forget That Face . . . (But I Might Not Remember It Accurately), Jules Epstein

Jules Epstein

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Knowledge Process Outsourcing To India: Important Considerations For U.S. Companies, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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Intellectual Property In Global Sourcing: The Art Of The Transfer, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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Thinking Outside The Bpo - Kpo To India, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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Key Issues In Offshore Bpo, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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The Path To (And From?) Judicial Independence (Reviewing Charles Gardner Geyh, When Courts And Congress Collide: The Struggle For Control Of America’S Judicial System (2006), Robert C. Power

Robert C Power

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The Opening Statement: Don’T Make It A Lost Opportunity, Jules Epstein

Jules Epstein

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Risk Mitigation Strategies In Offshore Business Process Outsourcing, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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Enforcing Us Outsourcing Customer's Rights And Remedies In India, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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Owning A Piece Of The Doc: State Law Restraints On Lay Ownership Of Healthcare Enterprises, Andrew J. Fichter

Andrew J Fichter

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Home As A Legal Concept, Benjamin Barros

Benjamin Barros

This article, which is the first comprehensive discussion of the American legal concept of home, makes two major contributions. First, the article systematically examines how homes are treated more favorably than other types of property in a wide range of legal contexts, including criminal law and procedure, torts, privacy, landlord-tenant, debtor-creditor, family law, and income taxation. Second, the article considers the normative issue of whether this favorable treatment is justified. The article draws from material on the psychological concept of home and the cultural history of home throughout this analysis, providing insight into the interests at stake in various legal …

When Harry Met Sally: Client Counseling Under Bapcpa, Nathaniel C. Nichols

Nathaniel C. Nichols

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Lawrence-Ium: The Densest Known Substance, John Culhane

John G. Culhane

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Witness Impeachment: Its Art And Rationales, Jules Epstein

Jules Epstein

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Deferential Review Of Tax Court Decisions Of Law: Promoting Expertise, Uniformity, And Impartiality, Andre L. Smith

Andre L. Smith

This Article continues the debate over whether the federal circuit courts of appeal should deferentially review U.S. Tax Court decisions of law. Some fault this country's tax adjudication system for its nonuniformity. Others criticize it for promoting or allowing bias in favor of the government. Least mentioned is the system's failure to utilize tax experts. All three of these concerns relate to the legitimacy of the tax adjudication system. This article seeks to prove that deferentially reviewing Tax Court decisions of law better addresses these concerns than either the present system, or an oft-proposed national court of tax appeals.

Protecting Trade Secrets When Offshoring To India, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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The Rise And Fall Of Material Witness Detention In Nineteenth Century New York, Wesley M. Oliver

Wesley M Oliver

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Lessons To Be Learned, Lessons To Live Out: Catholicism At The Crossroads Of Judaism And American Legalism, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

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At Last, Some Clarity: The Potential Long-Term Impact Of Lingle V. Chevron And The Separation Of Takings And Substantive Due Process, Benjamin Barros

Benjamin Barros

This short essay discusses the Supreme Court's recent decision in Lingle v. Chevron and its potential long-term impact on the Court's regulatory takings doctrine. Lingle involved a narrow (though important) issue of takings law, and on the surface it appears to be a relatively modest case. A deeper look, however, reveals that in its separation of substantive due process and regulatory takings, Lingle has tremendous potential to clarify regulatory takings doctrine. If this potential is fulfilled, Lingle is likely to be far more significant in the long term than Kelo v. City of New London, which has dominated the commentary …

Silence: Insolubly Ambiguous And Deadly: The Constitutional, Evidentiary And Moral Reasons For Excluding ‘Lack Of Remorse’ Testimony And Argument In Capital Sentencing Proceedings, Jules Epstein

Jules Epstein

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Parallel Imports In India, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

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