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The Empty Promise Of Vara: The Restrictive Application Of A Narrow Statute, David E. Shipley
The Empty Promise Of Vara: The Restrictive Application Of A Narrow Statute, David E. Shipley
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The Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) was enacted by Congress in 1990 in order to bring our laws into compliance with Article 6bis of the Berne Convention and to acknowledge that protecting moral rights will foster “a climate of artistic worth and honor that encourages the author in the arduous act of creation.” The passage of this legislation is said to show Congress’s “belief that the art covered by the Act ‘meet[s] a special societal need, and [its] protection and preservation serves an important public interest.’”
Notwithstanding these lofty statements about artistic worth, honor and encouraging creation, VARA is a …
Ignorance, Harm, And The Regulation Of Performance-Enhancing Substances, Lisa Milot
Ignorance, Harm, And The Regulation Of Performance-Enhancing Substances, Lisa Milot
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There is a disconnect between how legal and sporting authorities, on the one hand, and many elite athletes, on the other, view the use of performance-enhancing substances. While official and popular narratives portray the use of these substances as isolated examples of deviant behavior, to the elite athletes who daily push their bodies beyond societally normal limits of pain and risk, enhancement is oftentimes an accepted part of the job. As a result, efforts to regulate and detect athletes’ use of these substances have consistently captured only a small fraction of the use that exists.
This Article describes the ways …