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The Blogosphere And The New Pamphleteers, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

The future of the free dissemination of information lies in the blog, some may say. The internet has entirely transformed how we receive and consume information. It’s the newest incarnation of information dissemination. From the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville, “Feelings and opinions are recruited, the heart is enlarged, and the human mind is developed only by the reciprocal influence of men upon one another.” Bloggers are a powerful force in the distribution of information and ideas and the creation of communities of conversation. Throughout history, the dissemination of information, news, opinions, and ideas has continuously transformed. In the 18th …

Living With The Bologna Process: Recommendations To The German Legal Education Community From A U.S. Perspective, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

The Bologna Process is a dramatic development that is less than ten years old, but already it has significantly reshaped higher education in Germany and in Europe. This article is based on my research regarding the history and objectives of the Bologna Process and Bologna Process implementation in Germany. It contains my reflections about the Bologna Process and German legal education and my recommendations to the German legal education community.

When Abortion Was A Crime: A Historical Perspective, Charles I. Lugosi

Charles I. Lugosi

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The Landscape Of Search And Seizure: Observations On Recent Decisions From The United States Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit, Christine Hutton

Christine Hutton

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Haiku For Mike Roche, Frank Pommersheim

Frank Pommersheim

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Is It Sometimes Good To Run Budget Deficits? If So, Should We Admit It (Out Loud)?, Neil H. Buchanan

Neil H. Buchanan

There are bad deficits and there are good deficits. What makes a fiscal deficit good or bad depends on both the context in which the deficit is run and the reason that the deficit is rising. The belief that it is unquestionably foolish to adopt policies that directly or indirectly increase the government's annual borrowing on the financial markets - which is what it means to run a budget deficit - is not the universal truth that the current conventional wisdom might imply. Budget deficits are potentially dangerous and must be monitored carefully, but they are not always, inevitably, completely, …

Only One Kick At The Cat-A Contextual Rubric For Evaluating Res Judicata And Collateral Estoppel In Innternational Commercial Arbitration.Pdf, Randy D. Gordon

Randy D. Gordon

A Fresh Look At The Responsible Relation Doctrine, Todd S. Aagaard

Todd S Aagaard

“El Derecho Alimentario De La Unión Europea: La Aplicación Del Principio De Precaución”, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

The precautionary principle enables rapid response in the face of a possible danger to human, animal or plant health, or to protect the environment. In particular, where scientific data do not permit a complete evaluation of the risk, recourse to this principle may, for example, be used to stop distribution or order withdrawal from the market of products likely to be hazardous.

El principio de precaución permite reaccionar rápidamente ante un posible peligro para la salud humana, animal o vegetal, o para proteger el medio ambiente. De hecho, en caso de que los datos científicos no permitan una determinación completa …

“Indicaciones Geográficas Y Denominaciones De Origen: Interpretación Y Aplicación Del 'Nuevo' Reglamento N° 510/2006”, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

La estructura general del Reglamento n° 2081/92 no ha sido objeto de ningún cambio sustancial en virtud del Reglamento n° 510/2006, que, además, conserva y mantiene la misma ‘filosofía’ en relación con el sistema de protección de las denominaciones e indicaciones protegidas a nivel comunitario84. Probablemente, el éxito que ha supuesto la aplicación del Reglamento n° 2081/92 desde su entrada en vigor justifica ampliamente que la ‘reforma’ haya sido limitada y que no implique en ningún aspecto una ruptura. Las modificaciones más notables son las que resultan de la necesidad de adaptar el régimen comunitario en cuestión a las exigencias …

“El Tribunal De Justicia De Las Comunidades Europeas Confirma La Validez Del Reglamento Nº 261/2004 (Compensación En Caso De Denegación De Embarque Y De Cancelación O Gran Retraso De Un Vuelo)”, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

The fact that the validity of a Community act is contested before a national court is not in itself sufficient to warrant referral of a question to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling.

Courts against whose decisions there is a judicial remedy under national law may examine the validity of a Community act and, if they consider that the arguments put forward before them by the parties in support of invalidity are unfounded, they may reject them, concluding that the act is completely valid, given that, in so doing, they are not calling into question the existence of …

“La Responsabilidad Medioambiental En La Unión Europea: La Directiva 2004/35/Ce”, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

Sumario: I. INTRODUCCIÓN. II. LA DIRECTIVA 2004/35/CE. 1 Objetivos y ámbito de aplicación. 2 Medidas preventivas. 3 Medidas reparadoras. 4 La legitimación para solicitar que se adopten medidas. 5 Garantía financiera. 6 Cooperación entre los Estados miembros. III. CONCLUSIÓN

Comentario Al Artículo 86 Constitucional, Fernando Villaseñor Rodríguez

Fernando Villaseñor Rodríguez

Comentario junto con el Doctor Pedro Salazar Ugarte al artículo 86 constitucional (sobre la renuncia del Presidente de la República).

Debtor Discharge And Creditor Repayment In Chapter 13, Scott F. Norberg, Andrew J. Velkey

Scott Norberg

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Gloria’S Story And Guatemala’S Faith: Adulterous Concubinage, Law, And Religion, M. C. Mirow

M. C. Mirow

The Reliability Of Latent Print Individualization Brief Of Amici Curiae Submitted On Behalf Of Scientists And Scholars By The New England Innocence Project, Commonwealth V. Patterson, Jane Campbell Moriarty, David M. Siegel, Mark Acree, Robert Bradley, Simon A. Cole, David L. Faigman, Stephen E. Fienberg, Paul C. Giannelli, Lyn Haber, Ralph N. Haber, Donald Kennedy, Jennifer Mnookin, Joelle A. Moreno, D. Michael Risinger, John R. Vokey, Sandy Zabell

Joelle A. Moreno

Does Federalism Matter? Its Perplexing Role In The Corporate Governance Debate, Renee Jones

Renee Jones

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Extraterritorial Corporate Criminal Liability: A Remedy For Human Rights Violations?, Eric A. Engle

Eric A. Engle

Examines the extraterritorial application of U.S. criminal law in the context of corporations.

Management And Market Reactions To Litigation: Do Shareholders Win When The Company Loses?, Terence Lau

Terence Lau

This research brief summarizes a study on how markets react to settlements and judgments. Prior research suggests that when companies refuse to settle and instead take on litigation, they are rewarded by markets even when they lose the case. Why this occurs has tremendously important significance for senior management.

A Theoretical And Political Analysis Of The Wto Appellate Body, Shoaib A. Ghias

Shoaib A. Ghias

Economic liberalization not only requires rules goveming economic exchange (such as multilateral trade agreements), but also institutions (such as courts) goveming how rules are enforced. However, once courts are established to govem economic exchange, they tend to expand their competence to political and social policy. Political scientists have used this theoretical framework to explain the evolution of national (for example the U.S. Supreme Court) and quasi-intemational (for example the European Court of Justice) judicial institutions. In this article, I explain how this model can be extended to a truly intemational "judicial" institution, the WTO's Appellate Body. In short, the Appellate …

Introductory Guide To The New York City Family Court, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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The Case For Enforcing Adhesive Arbitration Agreements - With Particular Consideration Of Class Actions And Arbitration Fees, Stephen Ware

Stephen Ware

Arbitration clauses appear in a wide variety of the form contracts through which consumers obtain goods, services and credit, as well as in employment agreements, and other contracts of ordinary individuals. These adhesive agreements to arbitrate are generally enforced by courts, but this enforcement is quite controversial. Countless law review articles criticize it, while the few that defend it are usually limited in important ways. This paper defends the general enforcement of adhesive arbitration agreements.

Section I shows that this general enforcement is socially desirable and that it benefits most consumers, employees and other adhering parties. Section II introduces the …

Toward Democratic Consolidation? The Argentine Supreme Court, Judicial Independence, And The Rule Of Law, Christopher J. Walker

Christopher J. Walker

Too little attention has been paid to the role of judiciary in strengthening democracy and the rule of law in Latin America, with even less attention on the Argentine judicial system. In this paper, the role of the courts in consolidation will be examined through the Argentine case study. Part I outlines the current state of the literature on democratization and the rule of law with respect to Latin America, while Part II reviews what has been written about the Latin American judiciary and its influence on the rule of law. Part III evaluates the development of the judiciary and …

The Optimal Number Of Governments For Economic Development, Robert D. Cooter

Robert Cooter

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The Limits Of The Olympian Court: Common Law Judging Versus Error Correction In The Supreme Court, Carolyn Shapiro

Carolyn Shapiro

Throughout its history, the Supreme Court has struggled to control its caseload and to avoid becoming a court of error correction. Instead, it applies its resources to matters of particular national importance and to promoting uniformity in the law. This Article argues that the Court's approach to maintaining uniformity fails to provide adequate guidance to the lower courts. The Court focuses on resolving disagreements among the lower courts over what rules and standards to apply. But the Court largely ignores the question of whether those directives are applied in a consistent or predictable way. As a result, there are areas …

Through The Back Door: Applying Theories Of Legal Compliance To Illegal Immigration During The Chinese Exclusion Era, Emily Ryo

Emily Ryo

This article applies theories of legal compliance to analyze the making of this country’s first “illegal immigrants”—Chinese laborers who crossed the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders in defiance of the Chinese exclusion laws (1882–1943). Drawing upon a variety of sources, including unpublished government records, I explore the ways in which Chinese laborers gained surreptitious entry into the United States during this period and ask, what explains their mass noncompliance? I suggest that while an instrumental perspective is useful for understanding these border crossings, it overlooks other important determinants of noncompliance: normative values and opportunity structures. Specifically, the exclusion laws were widely …

“Birds Of A Feather” Rico: Trying Partners In Crime Together, Julie Gunnigle

Julie Gunnigle

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Good News Investors! You’Ve Got A Financial Expert On The Board: The Bad News? It Doesn’T Mean Anything, Jeffrey M. Mcfarland

Jeffrey M McFarland

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Regionalism, The Supreme Court, And Effective Governance: Healing Problems That Know No Bounds, Nick J. Sciullo

Nick J. Sciullo

By actively endorsing remedies that favor a city-suburb divide, the Supreme Court has failed to allow regional development. The Supreme Court's federalism jurisprudence is unresponsive to the myriad issues pervading society. Ultimately, individuals must take action, through a process formulated in this article, to change the way in which governments and the courts respond to the needs of populations.

A battery of cases including Brown v. Board of Education and its progeny, Missouri v. Jenkins and Milliken v. Bradley, reached the Supreme Court during the tumultuous 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. A vast array of environmental laws and housing regulations also …

La Corte Costituzionale, L’Illecito Ed Il Governo Della Colpa, Mauro Bussani, Marta Infantino

Mauro Bussani

Under Italian law, the (only) court competent to solve constitutional questions – the Constitutional Court – is often required to verify the constitutionality of tort law rules. Focusing on the Constitutional Court’s pronouncements about the notion of fault in tort liability, the paper aims to investigate how the Court performs its role in a field where judicial review is seldom aimed to the scant legislative tort law rules, and most of the times targets the way in which ordinary courts, including the Court of Cassation (i.e. the Supreme Court in civil matters), apply tort law rules, and set the fault …