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Municipal Tort Liability: Special Duty Issues Of Police, Fire, And Safety, Horace B. Robertson Jan 1993

Municipal Tort Liability: Special Duty Issues Of Police, Fire, And Safety, Horace B. Robertson

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According to the program bulletin, my topic is "Special Duty Issues" of tort liability under the overall conference heading of "Municipal Liability."


Civil Forfeiture: A Higher Form Of Commercial Law?, Steven L. Schwarcz, Alan E. Rothman Jan 1993

Civil Forfeiture: A Higher Form Of Commercial Law?, Steven L. Schwarcz, Alan E. Rothman

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In this Article, Messrs. Schwarcz and Rothman analyze the disquieting impact of civil forfeiture law on creditors' rights. The Article begins by describing the historical origins of civil forfeiture and its development into current day law. The Article then explores the tension between forfeiture law and commercial and bankruptcy law by examining the effect of a forfeiture action on unsecured and undersecured creditors. The Article evaluates a recent model for balancing governmental and commercial law interests, and concludes by suggesting reforms to the present civil forfeiture scheme.


The Parts Are Greater Than The Whole: How Securitization Of Divisible Interests Can Revolutionize Structured Finance And Open The Capital Markets To Middle-Market Companies, Steven L. Schwarcz Jan 1993

The Parts Are Greater Than The Whole: How Securitization Of Divisible Interests Can Revolutionize Structured Finance And Open The Capital Markets To Middle-Market Companies, Steven L. Schwarcz

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No abstract provided.


The University In The Manner Of Tiananmen Square, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1993

The University In The Manner Of Tiananmen Square, William W. Van Alstyne

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The university academic council assembled in the room where it customarily met.


Taxing Gains At Death, Lawrence A. Zelenak Jan 1993

Taxing Gains At Death, Lawrence A. Zelenak

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No abstract provided.


Remembering Jefferson, Paul D. Carrington Jan 1993

Remembering Jefferson, Paul D. Carrington

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No abstract provided.


The 1990 U.S.F.S.P.A. Amendment: No Bar To Recognition Of Tenancy In Common Interests Created By Pre-’Mccarty’ Divorces That Fail To Divide Military Benefits, William A. Reppy Jr. Jan 1993

The 1990 U.S.F.S.P.A. Amendment: No Bar To Recognition Of Tenancy In Common Interests Created By Pre-’Mccarty’ Divorces That Fail To Divide Military Benefits, William A. Reppy Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Is The Rehnquist Court Really That Conservative?: An Analysis Of The 1991-92 Term, Erwin Chemerinsky Jan 1993

Is The Rehnquist Court Really That Conservative?: An Analysis Of The 1991-92 Term, Erwin Chemerinsky

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No abstract provided.


Possible Use Of American Military Tribunals To Punish Offenses Against The Law Of Nations, Robinson O. Everett Jan 1993

Possible Use Of American Military Tribunals To Punish Offenses Against The Law Of Nations, Robinson O. Everett

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No abstract provided.


Copyright And The Constitution In The Age Of Intellectual Property, David L. Lange Jan 1993

Copyright And The Constitution In The Age Of Intellectual Property, David L. Lange

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Twenty-Second Annual Donald Brace Memorial Lecture to the United States Copyright Society at Columbia Law School, April 22, 1992. Reprinted substantially as given, with the addition of footnotes for clarity.


Legal Realism And The Social Contract: Fuller’S Public Jurisprudence Of Form, Private Jurisprudence Of Substance, James Boyle Jan 1993

Legal Realism And The Social Contract: Fuller’S Public Jurisprudence Of Form, Private Jurisprudence Of Substance, James Boyle

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No abstract provided.


Meaning And Professionalism In American Law, Paul D. Carrington Jan 1993

Meaning And Professionalism In American Law, Paul D. Carrington

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No abstract provided.


The Ali, Insitutionalization And Disclosure: The Quest For The Outside Director’S Spine, James D. Cox Jan 1993

The Ali, Insitutionalization And Disclosure: The Quest For The Outside Director’S Spine, James D. Cox

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No abstract provided.


The Michael Jackson Pill: Equality, Race, And Culture, Jerome M. Culp Jan 1993

The Michael Jackson Pill: Equality, Race, And Culture, Jerome M. Culp

Faculty Scholarship

I was leaving Langdell Hall, after having feasted too fervently at my fifteenth law school reunion, when I noticed what looked like a very ancient document pushed down in the trash can that litters the small entrance to the main reading room of Langdell. The ancient scroll seemed out of place so carelessly thrown away outside the world's largest law school library. I picked it up and was surprised to discover that there, very near Derrick Bell's former office, I had found another of the scrolls that Professor Bell's friend Geneva had revealed to him before she joined the celestial …


Self-Dealing Transactions In Nonprofit Corporations, Deborah A. Demott Jan 1993

Self-Dealing Transactions In Nonprofit Corporations, Deborah A. Demott

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No abstract provided.


Past And Current Trends In The Evolution Of Design Protection Law- A Comment, Jerome H. Reichman Jan 1993

Past And Current Trends In The Evolution Of Design Protection Law- A Comment, Jerome H. Reichman

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No abstract provided.


The Trips Component Of The Gatt’S Uruguay Round: Competitive Prospects For Intellectual Property Owners In An Integrated World Market, Jerome H. Reichman Jan 1993

The Trips Component Of The Gatt’S Uruguay Round: Competitive Prospects For Intellectual Property Owners In An Integrated World Market, Jerome H. Reichman

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No abstract provided.


Cool Analysis Versus Moral Outrage In The Development Of Federal Environmental Criminal Law, Christopher H. Schroeder Jan 1993

Cool Analysis Versus Moral Outrage In The Development Of Federal Environmental Criminal Law, Christopher H. Schroeder

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No abstract provided.


Marriage And The Income Tax, Lawrence A. Zelenak Jan 1993

Marriage And The Income Tax, Lawrence A. Zelenak

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No abstract provided.


Culture Of Battering And The Role Of Meditation In Domestic Violence Cases, Neil Vidmar, Karla Fischer, René Stemple Ellis Jan 1993

Culture Of Battering And The Role Of Meditation In Domestic Violence Cases, Neil Vidmar, Karla Fischer, René Stemple Ellis

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No abstract provided.


Rule Of Too Much Law? The New Safety/Soundness Rulemaking Responsibilities Of The Federal Banking Agencies, Lawrence G. Baxter Jan 1993

Rule Of Too Much Law? The New Safety/Soundness Rulemaking Responsibilities Of The Federal Banking Agencies, Lawrence G. Baxter

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No abstract provided.


What States Owe Outsiders, Matthew D. Adler Jan 1993

What States Owe Outsiders, Matthew D. Adler

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No abstract provided.