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Travelers, Reasoned Textualism, And The New Jurisprudence Of Erisa Preemption, Edward A. Zelinsky Dec 1999

Travelers, Reasoned Textualism, And The New Jurisprudence Of Erisa Preemption, Edward A. Zelinsky

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Upon the enactment of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), few would have predicted that, a generation later, ERISA's provisions preempting state law would be front page news, a central topic of national debate about health care and its regulation. Similarly, few foresaw at the time ERISA was adopted that the United States Supreme Court would have great difficulty construing ERISA's preemption provisions. By the same token, in 1974 the contemporary revival of interest in statutory textualism lay well into the future.


Bonus Questions--Executive Compensation In The Era Of Pay For Performance, Charles M. Yablon Oct 1999

Bonus Questions--Executive Compensation In The Era Of Pay For Performance, Charles M. Yablon

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Civil Enforceability Of Religious Prenuptual Agreements, Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin Jul 1999

Civil Enforceability Of Religious Prenuptual Agreements, Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin

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In the years since Perri Victor's divorce has been finalized, she has tried to move on with her life. She is raising a young daughter from that marriage and finishing up law school. Perri and Warren Victor were married in an Orthodox Jewish ceremony in Florida in 1976. They received a civil divorce in 1990. However, as an Observant Jew, Perri cannot remarry until Warren gives her a Jewish religious divorce known as a get. Since late 1987, she has been pleading with Warren to give her a get. When Warren asked her to give up a portion of her …


A Tribute To James B. Boskey, Lela P. Love Jan 1999

A Tribute To James B. Boskey, Lela P. Love

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Review: Murphy's Law, Arthur Jacobson Jan 1999

Review: Murphy's Law, Arthur Jacobson

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Operatic Hermeneutics: Harmony, Euphantasy, And Law In Rossini’S Semiramis, Peter Goodrich Jan 1999

Operatic Hermeneutics: Harmony, Euphantasy, And Law In Rossini’S Semiramis, Peter Goodrich

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The Constitutional Authority Of The Federal Government In State Criminal Proceedings That Involve U.S. Treaty Obligations Or Affect U.S. Foreign Relations, Malvina Halberstam Jan 1999

The Constitutional Authority Of The Federal Government In State Criminal Proceedings That Involve U.S. Treaty Obligations Or Affect U.S. Foreign Relations, Malvina Halberstam

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Origins Of The Game Theory Of Law And The Limits Of Harmony In Plato's Laws, Arthur J. Jacobson Jan 1999

Origins Of The Game Theory Of Law And The Limits Of Harmony In Plato's Laws, Arthur J. Jacobson

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In his last dialogue, the Laws, Plato views citizens in the polis as players in a game. Just as contemporary game theory, Plato considers games to be states of strategic interaction. Yet the game of the Laws differs from those of game theory in one important respect. Where game theory assumes that players are rational--that they choose strategies, or rules for taking action at each instant of a game, in order to maximize payoffs--Plato explores the conditions under which rationality, as game theory defines it, is possible.

Plato thus agrees with game theory that rational, maximizing behavior is a necessary …


Public Broadcasting And The Crisis Of Corporate Governance, Monroe E. Price Jan 1999

Public Broadcasting And The Crisis Of Corporate Governance, Monroe E. Price

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Yet Another Fox In The Hen House: Government Protection Of Artistic Expression Within Privately Owned Public Spaces, David Rudenstine Jan 1999

Yet Another Fox In The Hen House: Government Protection Of Artistic Expression Within Privately Owned Public Spaces, David Rudenstine

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Judicial Review, Michael Herz Jan 1999

Judicial Review, Michael Herz

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The Tobacco Litigation And Attorney's Fees, Daniel J. Capra, Lester Brickman, Michael Ciresi, Barbara S. Gillers, Robert Montgomery Jan 1999

The Tobacco Litigation And Attorney's Fees, Daniel J. Capra, Lester Brickman, Michael Ciresi, Barbara S. Gillers, Robert Montgomery

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The Midas Touch: The Lethal Effect Of Wealth Maximization, Jeanne L. Schroeder Jan 1999

The Midas Touch: The Lethal Effect Of Wealth Maximization, Jeanne L. Schroeder

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Getting To Nafta: A Review Of Interpreting Nafta By Frederick W. Mayer, Andrea Kupfer Schneider Jan 1999

Getting To Nafta: A Review Of Interpreting Nafta By Frederick W. Mayer, Andrea Kupfer Schneider

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Bankruptcy's Organizing Principle, David G. Carlson Jan 1999

Bankruptcy's Organizing Principle, David G. Carlson

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