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Media Coverage Of Law: Its Impact On Juries And The Public, Valerie P. Hans, Juliet Dee

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Because most of the public has little direct experience with the justice system, public knowledge and views of law and the legal system are largely dependent on media representations. The media provide many lessons about law and justice. In the average American household, a TV set is on for over 7 hours each day, and individual members of the family watch television for about 3 hours. Television news and police and crime dramas account for a substantial amount of incidental learning about the nature of the legal system. Newspapers and films also contribute to the public's knowledge and attitudes about …

Stargazing: The Future Of American Products Liability Law, James A. Henderson Jr., Aaron Twerski

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Closing The American Products Liability Frontier: The Rejection Of Liability Without Defect, James A. Henderson Jr., Aaron Twerski

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

For over one hundred years American courts expanded the rights of plaintiffs in products liability cases. First the courts eliminated the privity requirement, next the necessity of proving fault, and finally, the necessity of proving a production defect. The next logical step in this progression would be to eliminate the need to show any type of defect at all. In this Article, Professors Henderson and Twerski assert that this step cannot and will not be taken. They explore both the possibility of across-the-board liability without defect and the more limited idea of product-category liability without defect. They describe how a …

Professional Discipline For Law Firms , Ted Schneyer

Cornell Law Review

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Outing And Freedom Of The Press: Sexual Orientation’S Challenge To The Supreme Court’S Categorical Jurisprudence , Jon E. Grant

Cornell Law Review

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State Legislative Attempts To Mandate Continuation Of Collective Bargaining Agreements During Business Change: The Unfulfilled Expectations And The Pre-Empted Results , Marcus Paul Efthimiou

Cornell Law Review

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Coase, Rents, And Opportunity Costs, Stewart J. Schwab

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Professor Posin is to be congratulated on his recent article in this Review, "The Coase Theorem: If Pigs Could Fly," for creating a precise example that purports to disprove the Coase Theorem. Legal scholarship should strive more towards verifiable or falsifiable statements about the law. Of course, falsifiable statements are a risky strategy, and in this case the risk has materialized. Posin's claim—that his example shows a flaw in the Coase Theorem—is false.

Posin's claim is an especially bold one, for his example deals with a shifting legal entitlement between two producers. Most successful attacks on the Coase Theorem have …

How New Information Technologies Will Change The Way Law Professors Do And Distribute Scholarship, Peter W. Martin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Using a typology of legal scholars, Professor Martin explores the impact of new information technology on their work. His analysis suggests that increased use of electronic media in legal scholarship is likely to have a profound effect on the institutional structures of law schools, and he raises doubts about the continuing need for traditional academic law libraries in the future.

The Effects Of Intent: Do We Know How Legal Standards Work?, Theodore Eisenberg, Sheri Lynn Johnson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No one knows how the intent standard works in racial discrimination cases, though many have speculated. To test the speculation, this study examines how the intent standard actually operates. Its findings cast doubt on whether we really know how any legal standard functions.

Federal Courts The Constitution And The Rule Of Non-Inquiry In International Extradition Proceedings , Jacques Semmelman

Cornell Law Review

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A History Of Gatt Unfair Trade Remedy Law--Confusion Of Purposes, John J. Barceló Iii

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This paper presents an analytical history of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy law in GATT and its member countries. In recent years this body of ‘unfair trade remedy’ law has flourished in the western trading system. Important trading countries have adopted new or expanded anti-dumping and anti-subsidy laws and imposed trade-blocking remedies under them more frequently than ever before. I try to explain in this essay how and why these laws--which I view as protectionist--have prospered and become so rooted in GATT and its member countries.

Effects Of Intent: Do We Know How Legal Standards Work , Theodore Eisenberg, Sheri Lynn Johnson

Cornell Law Review

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Intent As An Element Of Predatory Pricing Under Section 2 Of The Sherman Act, Steven R. Beck

Cornell Law Review

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Whither The Witness The Federal Government’S Special Duty Of Protection In Criminal Proceedings After Piechowicz V. United States , R. Jeffrey Harris

Cornell Law Review

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International Fugitive Snatching In U.S. Law: Two Views From Opposite Ends Of The Eighties, Theodore C. Jonas

Cornell International Law Journal

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The Future Of Law Librarians In Changing Institutions, Or The Hazards And Opportunities Of New Information Technology, Peter W. Martin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

It is uncontroverted that a major technological shift in the delivery of legal information is well underway. What will be the effects of these changes on law librarians and, more importantly, what opportunities will the changes create? Professor Martin suggests several opportunities stemming from the distinctive competencies of law librarians.

Mandatory Pro Bono, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Should lawyers be required to devote a portion of their time or money to public service activities? This issue, commonly referred to as "mandatory pro bono," is much discussed these days. The purpose of this article is to illuminate the policychoices before the profession by surveying the arguments for and against mandatory pro bono.

Confessions, Criminals, And Community, Sheri Lynn Johnson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Piercing The Corporate Veil: An Empirical Study , Robert B. Thompson

Cornell Law Review

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The Post-Cold War Security System In Europe—An Evaluation, Jonathan Dean

Cornell International Law Journal

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Comments From A Soviet Perspective, Vladimir Kartashkin

Cornell International Law Journal

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The Relevance Of Nuclear Proliferation To Future European Security, Lawrence Scheinman

Cornell International Law Journal

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Does Csce Spell Stability For Europe, Erika B. Schlager

Cornell International Law Journal

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The North Atlantic Treaty And European Security After The Cold War, Jane E. Stromseth

Cornell International Law Journal

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Enacting National Environmental Laws More Stringent Than Other States’ Laws In The European Community: Re Disposable Beer Cans: Commission V. Denmark, Toni R. F. Sexton

Cornell International Law Journal

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Role Of Bilateral Defense Agreements In Maintaining The European Security Equilibrium, The , Sean D. Murphy

Cornell International Law Journal

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Happy Moments: Solving The Special German-Soviet Russian Conflict, Gustav Schmidt

Cornell International Law Journal

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Saving Sacred Sites: The 1989 Proposed Amendment To The American Indian Religious Freedom Act , Kristen L . Boyles

Cornell Law Review

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Culture(S) Of Free Expression , Mark Tushnet

Cornell Law Review

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Demeanor , Olin Guy Wellborn Iii

Cornell Law Review

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