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Introduction: The Value-Added Tax - A Symposium, Edwin T. Hood Oct 1980

Introduction: The Value-Added Tax - A Symposium, Edwin T. Hood

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On October 22, 1979, Representative Al Ullman, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced H.R. 5665, the Tax Restructuring Act of 1979. Representative Ullman proclaimed the bill, which contains a ten percent value-added tax, as the "largest adjustment in U.S. taxation since 1913." In his statement accompanying the introduction of H.R. 5665, Chairman Ullman states that the overall purpose for the imposition of a value-added tax coupled with reductions in social security and income taxes, is to correct major flaws in the United States economy-namely double digit inflation, declining productivity, inadequate capital formation, and lag­ging competition with foreign …


Panel: State Action And The Constitutional Accountability Of Private Utilities, Joel Gora Jan 1980

Panel: State Action And The Constitutional Accountability Of Private Utilities, Joel Gora

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The U.C.C. (Sales) As An Introductory Law School Course, Ronald B. Brown Jan 1980

The U.C.C. (Sales) As An Introductory Law School Course, Ronald B. Brown

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Innovation In The Law Of Warranty: The Burden Of Reform, Timothy J. Sullivan Jan 1980

Innovation In The Law Of Warranty: The Burden Of Reform, Timothy J. Sullivan

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"Judicial Supervision Of Transnational Commercial Arbitration: The English Arbitration Act Of 1979, William W. Park Jan 1980

"Judicial Supervision Of Transnational Commercial Arbitration: The English Arbitration Act Of 1979, William W. Park

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Present day interaction between court and arbitrator is reminiscent of the seventeenth century struggle between court and crown, in which King James I claimed that his representatives should have the right to adjudicate disputes according to "natural reason," not according to the "artificial ... judgment of the law." The Lord Chief Justice, Edward Coke, resisted this arrogation of power using words attributed to Bracton: "quod Rex non debet esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege." Although under no man, the King was subject to God and the law. The extent to which the modern commercial arbitrator should likewise be …