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Management Buyouts, Efficient Markets, Fair Value And Soft Information, James R. Repetti

James R. Repetti

This Is Not An Article, Or Scholarship: A Greek Salad, Roger Abrams

Roger I. Abrams

In this article, part of a symposium on humor and the law, Dean Abrams pokes fun at the foibles of the legal academy. The piece includes a Greek chorus and a hazard warning addressing the travails of legal scholarship.

The Limits Of Jurisdiction Of The Iran-Us Claims Tribunal, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry

Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry

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The Civilian Writers Of Doctors' Commons, London: Three Centuries Of Juristic Innovation In Comparative, Commercial And International Law, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

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Common Law Liability For Defective Opinions And How To Avoid It, Scott Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

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Motivation And Tort Law: Acting For Economic Gain As A Suspect Motive, Martin A. Kotler

Martin A. Kotler

Traditionally, tort scholars had claimed that the motives underlying a tortfeasor’s decision to act were largely irrelevant. This Article challenges that view by showing the recurring importance of motive. Specifically, whether the actor is perceived to have been motivated by a desire for personal economic gain or, conversely, motivated by altruism correlates closely with the development of tort doctrine imposing liability on the former and immunizing the latter.

The observation that the economically motivated actor has been disfavored historically contradicts much of the descriptive and normative law and economics literature which argued that wealth maximizing behavior was and should be …