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China's Labor Contract Law And The Liberalization Of Global Markets: Will Employees' Rights Equate To Employers' Nightmares?, Sharon Breckenridge Thomas Dec 2009

China's Labor Contract Law And The Liberalization Of Global Markets: Will Employees' Rights Equate To Employers' Nightmares?, Sharon Breckenridge Thomas

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Abstract: Lower labor costs and realization of profits have been key components in the expansion of the global market. As we continue to witness the prolific liberalization of the global market, it is essential that we remember the importance of human capital. Workers play a paramount role in the realization of continued and sustained global market growth. Paradoxically, sustained growth in the global market is also fueled by the absence of workers’ rights and the resulting reduction of labor costs. Thus, multi-national companies and workers employed by multi-national companies, have encountered a seeming contradiction of workplace realities. From a capitalistic …


Same-Sex Relationships And The Full Faith And Credit Clause: Reducing America To The Lowest Common Denominator, Rena M. Lindevaldsen Oct 2009

Same-Sex Relationships And The Full Faith And Credit Clause: Reducing America To The Lowest Common Denominator, Rena M. Lindevaldsen

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This Article examines the legal and policy implications that arise when a state that expressly prohibits recognition or enforcement of any rights arising from a same-sex relationship is confronted with a request to register and enforce a child custody order issued by another state that gives custody or visitation rights to a biological mother's former same-sex partner. As more states confer marital rights to same-sex couples, this issue will occur with increasing frequency. The first reported case in the nation to address the issue, Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, has garnered attention from the national media, including a cover story in the …


New Reasons To Remember The Estate Taxation Of Reversions, F. Philip Manns Jul 2009

New Reasons To Remember The Estate Taxation Of Reversions, F. Philip Manns

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Multiple law reform efforts are underway to reverse the no-implied-conditions-of-survivorship rule historically applying to future interests. Yet, whenever the NICS rule is reversed, a reversion arises in the transferor of the future interests—which reversion will take effect if the newly-implied conditions of survivorship fail—unless the NICS-rule-reversal reform itself negates that reversion. The most well-known NICS-rule-reversal reform, Uniform Probate Code section 2-707, negates the transferor’s reversion, but other reforms do not. When the reversion is not negated, complicated transfer tax issues arise. First, for gift tax purposes, the reversion must be valued, because the value of the reversion is subtracted in …


Developing A Comprehensive Approach To Teaching Lawyering Skills: A Response To The Maccrate Report Fifteen Years Later, Scott E. Thompson Apr 2009

Developing A Comprehensive Approach To Teaching Lawyering Skills: A Response To The Maccrate Report Fifteen Years Later, Scott E. Thompson

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Intelligent Design And Tort Law: Partners In A Unified Theory Of Causation, Barbara Mouly Apr 2009

Intelligent Design And Tort Law: Partners In A Unified Theory Of Causation, Barbara Mouly

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Llcs As The New King Of The Hill: An Empirical Study Of The Number Of New Llcs, Corporations, And Lps Formed In The United States Between 2004-2007 And How Llcs Are Were Taxed For Tax Years 2002-2006, Rodney D. Chrisman Jan 2009

Llcs As The New King Of The Hill: An Empirical Study Of The Number Of New Llcs, Corporations, And Lps Formed In The United States Between 2004-2007 And How Llcs Are Were Taxed For Tax Years 2002-2006, Rodney D. Chrisman

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Robert George’S The Clash Of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, And Morality In Crisis, Jeffrey C. Tuomala Jan 2009

Robert George’S The Clash Of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, And Morality In Crisis, Jeffrey C. Tuomala

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No abstract provided.