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Full-Text Articles in Law
Usury Law, Payday Loans, And Statutory Sleight Of Hand: An Empirical Analysis Of American Credit Pricing Limits, Christopher L. Peterson
Usury Law, Payday Loans, And Statutory Sleight Of Hand: An Empirical Analysis Of American Credit Pricing Limits, Christopher L. Peterson
Christopher L Peterson
In the Western intellectual tradition usury law has historically been the foremost bulwark shielding consumers from harsh credit practices. In the past, the United States commitment to usury law has been deep and consistent. However, the recent rapid growth of the “payday” loan industry belies this longstanding American tradition. In order to understand the evolution of American usury law, this paper presents a systemic empirical analysis of all fifty state usury laws in two time periods: 1965 and the present. The highest permissible price of a typical payday loan authorized under each state’s usury law was calculated. These prices were …
Scenarios For Sustainable Peace In Colombia By Year 2019, Gustavo A. Gomez-Sorzano
Scenarios For Sustainable Peace In Colombia By Year 2019, Gustavo A. Gomez-Sorzano
GUSTAVO A GOMEZ-SORZANO Jr.
This paper presents the simulation results of the model of cyclical terrorist murder for Colombia (Gómez-Sorzano 2005) on the purpose of doing sensitivity analysis to help the country in the design of a national policy bringing sustainable peace before year 2019. The first part presents 11 scenarios 2005-2010. The final section shows 18 additional scenarios 2006-2019. According to them sustainable peace will be granted before year 2019.
Time Well Spent: Congressional Daylight Saving Time Legislation Saves Lives, Not Just Oil, Steve P. Calandrillo
Time Well Spent: Congressional Daylight Saving Time Legislation Saves Lives, Not Just Oil, Steve P. Calandrillo
Steve P. Calandrillo
Abstract: Several nations implemented daylight saving time legislation in the last century, including the United States. The United States briefly experimented with year-round daylight saving time twice—during World War II and the energy crises in the 1970s. Agency studies and Congressional hearings from the 1970s show several benefits of year-round daylight saving time, along with potential disadvantages. These studies are dated, and much has changed in the last 30 years. While Congressional efforts to extend daylight saving time in 2007 have again focused on the energy savings this legislation would produce, far more meaningful benefits have been largely ignored. This …
The Uptick Rule Of Short Sale Regulation - Can It Alleviate Downward Price Pressures From Negative Earnings Shocks?, Lynn Bai
Lynn Bai
This paper empirically examines the effect of the uptick rule (including the bid test applicable to NASDAQ stocks) of short sale regulations on stock prices and short selling activities immediately after negative earnings surprises that occurred during the period of May to November 2005. It compares price paths and short selling activities of stocks restricted by the uptick rule with stocks that were exempted from the rule as a result of the SEC’s Pilot Program. The study has not found any evidence that prices of stocks subject to the rule declined at a slower speed than prices of exempted stocks …
Where Lies The Emperor's Robe? An Inquiry Into The Problem Of Judicial Legitimacy, Gregory C. Pingree
Where Lies The Emperor's Robe? An Inquiry Into The Problem Of Judicial Legitimacy, Gregory C. Pingree
Gregory C. Pingree
Gregory C. Pingree Article Abstract
Where Lies the Emperor’s Robe?
An Inquiry Into The Problem of Judicial Legitimacy
Today the American judiciary is, by any reasonable assessment, under attack. In politicians’ pious calls for religious retribution in response to controversial judicial decisions (e.g., in the Terri Schiavo case); in recent state ballot initiatives calling for “Jail-4 Judges” who don’t render decisions ideologically satisfactory to some groups; in the embattled and nearly intractable confirmation process for federal judges; and certainly in the wake of Bush v. Gore, which left many Americans convinced that the judiciary is not the impartial branch it …
July 12, 2008: Secular Israeli Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz
July 12, 2008: Secular Israeli Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Secular Israeli Democracy“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Closing The Border And Opening The Door: Mobility, Adjustment, And The Sequencing Of Reform, Timothy A. Canova
Closing The Border And Opening The Door: Mobility, Adjustment, And The Sequencing Of Reform, Timothy A. Canova
Faculty Scholarship
Since the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the U.S.-Mexico border has become increasingly open for trade and private investment. But for the movement of people it is a Porous Border. Meanwhile, Open Border proposals are unpopular and unrealistic due to concerns about national security and the economic impact of low-wage immigrant labor. Discussion is now dominated by Closed Border proposals to build a wall and further militarize the 2000-mile border. Each of these paradigms - the Closed Border, Open Border, and today's Porous Border - fails to address the painful dislocations in Mexican society that inevitably …
The Choice-Necessity Paradigm: Rethinking Debtor-Creditor Relationships In The Consumer Context, David Fuller
The Choice-Necessity Paradigm: Rethinking Debtor-Creditor Relationships In The Consumer Context, David Fuller
David Fuller
The choice-necessity paradigm is a new approach to understanding the problem of rising rates of consumer bankruptcy. The choice-necessity paradigm uses an analytical structure that is based on a combination of the two dominant analytical models for explaining the increased rate of consumer bankruptcy filings: the structural model and the cultural model. The structural model emphasizes social and economic factors that cause debtors to rely on consumer credit, and increase the risk of bankruptcy filing. Although the structural model defines the problem and identifies the risk to consumers, it does not solve the problem, because it does not adequately balance …
Regulation Of Blog Campaign Advocacy On The Internet: Comparing U.S., German And Eu Approaches, Allison Hayward
Regulation Of Blog Campaign Advocacy On The Internet: Comparing U.S., German And Eu Approaches, Allison Hayward
Allison Hayward
This essay examines how U.S., Germany, and EU cases have treated the regulation of political commentary on the Internet. As political blogging grows in popularity, the reach of these sites, and their influence in political campaigns, may make them a target for regulation by rivals and incumbents, both at home and abroad. Since ordinarily any URL can be reached from anywhere with Internet access, conflicting domestic rules about what can be said (and who can say it) present potential for conflicting rules on blogging. In brief, U.S. law protects blogging content, but may impose restrictions on the source of political …
Science Before Law: American Exceptionalism In The Kyoto Protocol And The Development Of A Global Norm Of Environmental Compliance, Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Science Before Law: American Exceptionalism In The Kyoto Protocol And The Development Of A Global Norm Of Environmental Compliance, Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Elizabeth L Chalecki
This article will argue that a new norm of compliance with agreements is becoming customary with regard to the global environmental commons, particularly in the case of climate change and U.S. behavior towards the Kyoto Protocol. While the United States’ repudiation of its signature on the Protocol in 2001 was legal under the practice of traditional international law, this same practice is no longer sufficient in scope or in time to keep pace with the rapid advances in our scientific understanding of global environmental processes. Because every member of the international community can suffer significant harm from climate change, the …
Richard Matthew On Pakistan’S Drift Into Extremism: Allah, The Army, And America’S War On Terror By Hassan Abbas. London: M. E. Sharpe, 2005. 276 Pp., Richard Matthew
Richard Matthew On Pakistan’S Drift Into Extremism: Allah, The Army, And America’S War On Terror By Hassan Abbas. London: M. E. Sharpe, 2005. 276 Pp., Richard Matthew
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Pakistan’s Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America’s War on Terror by Hassan Abbas. London: M. E. Sharpe, 2005. 276 pp.
Democrats Get Religion – Just In Time, Bruce Ledewitz
Democrats Get Religion – Just In Time, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
Slides: The Future Public Law Of Private Ecosystems, J. B. Ruhl
Slides: The Future Public Law Of Private Ecosystems, J. B. Ruhl
The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
Presenter: J.B. Ruhl, Florida State University Law School
18 slides
Federalism And Natural Resources Policy [Outline], Robert L. Fischman
Federalism And Natural Resources Policy [Outline], Robert L. Fischman
The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
2 pages.
"Robert L. Fischman, Indiana University School of Law–Bloomington"
"Outline of Presentation"
Private Rights And Collective Governance: A Functional Approach To Natural Resources Law, Eric T. Freyfogle
Private Rights And Collective Governance: A Functional Approach To Natural Resources Law, Eric T. Freyfogle
The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
4 pages.
"Eric T. Freyfogle, Max L. Rowe Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law"
Liberal Bias In The Legal Academy: Overstated And Undervalued, Michael Vitiello
Liberal Bias In The Legal Academy: Overstated And Undervalued, Michael Vitiello
Michael Vitiello
Abstract of Liberal Bias in the Legal Academy: Overstated and Undervalued According to the right, universities are hotbeds of radicalism. Critics of universities like David Horowitz have tried to push their agenda through legislation. Until recently, law schools drew little attention. That changed with the publication of a study that appeared in the Georgetown Law Journal; the right now cites the study as evidence that law schools too lean too far to the left. This article examines the debate. First, it examines the Georgetown study and concludes that the study overstates the extent to which law faculties are dominated by …
Municipal Overreaching; Federal Preemption As It Applies To Town Ordinances Outlawing The Rental Of Housing To Undocumented Aliens, Hayden Patrick O'Byrne
Municipal Overreaching; Federal Preemption As It Applies To Town Ordinances Outlawing The Rental Of Housing To Undocumented Aliens, Hayden Patrick O'Byrne
Hayden Patrick O'Byrne
Within the past year or so a handful of towns around the United States have passed ordinances prohibiting undocumented aliens from renting housing. This paper explores how these ordinances are incompatible with the Federal Immigration Scheme and preempted by Federal Law.
The Much Maligned 527 And Institutional Choice, Lloyd H. Mayer
The Much Maligned 527 And Institutional Choice, Lloyd H. Mayer
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer
The continuing controversy over “527” organizations has led Congress to impose extensive disclosure requirements on these political organizations and to consider imposing extensive restrictions on their funding as well. The debate about what laws should govern these entities has, however, so far almost completely ignored the fact that such laws raise a complicated institutional choice question. This Article seeks to resolve that question by developing a new institutional choice framework to guide this and similar choices. The Article first explores the context for making this determination by describing the current laws governing 527s, including both federal election laws administered by …
But Is It Law? An Analysis On The Legal Nature Of The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme On Conflict Diamonds And Its Treatment Of Non-State Actors, Kimberly J. Curtis
But Is It Law? An Analysis On The Legal Nature Of The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme On Conflict Diamonds And Its Treatment Of Non-State Actors, Kimberly J. Curtis
Kimberly J Curtis
In 2003, faced with the growing problem of illicit diamonds funding conflict and human rights abuses in Africa, representatives from states, the diamond industry and civil society formed the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to regulate the flow of the so-called conflict diamonds. Since then, the agreement has developed into an authoritative legal agreement and enforceable regime. It demonstrates an example of a soft law agreement that through state practice, has been elevated to a higher level of obligation in international law.
The Kimberley Process also illustrates a growing trend in international law to incorporate non-state actors, particularly multinational corporations, into …
Dispatches From The Tort Wars, Anthony J. Sebok
Dispatches From The Tort Wars, Anthony J. Sebok
Articles
It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that, as a political matter, the modern tort reform movement has been very successful. This essay reviews three books that either rebut the tort reform movement's central theses or analyze the strategies that allowed the movement to prevail. I discuss Tom Baker's The Medical Malpractice Myth, Herbert Kritzer's Risks, Reputations, and Rewards: Contingency Fee Legal Practice in the United States, and William Haltom & Michael McCann's Distorting the Law: Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis. Although each book has a very different focus from the other two, I argue that a common theme …
Adaptation, Evolution And Symbiosis In Water Law, Sandi Zellmer
Adaptation, Evolution And Symbiosis In Water Law, Sandi Zellmer
Sandi Zellmer
: This article traces the evolution of the laws governing the use of water for consumption, waste disposal, public purposes and environmental protection. It provides a unique integration of water resources law and environmental law, two fields that are otherwise highly fragmented in the United States. Both the historic tensions and the emerging collaborations among federal, state, tribal and private interests in managing water resources are assessed in an effort to illuminate future pathways for conservation and the restoration of degraded waterways. The article begins with colonial America and proceeds through five significant eras in U.S. history: the Gilded Age …
Democracy On Trial: Terrorism, Crime, And National Security Policy In A Post 9-11 World., David A. Schultz
Democracy On Trial: Terrorism, Crime, And National Security Policy In A Post 9-11 World., David A. Schultz
David A Schultz
Post 9-11 concerns in the United States, among the European Union (EU) members, and other western democracies regarding international terrorism forced convergence of the traditionally distinct policy areas of domestic criminal justice and national security. This convergence has produced several policy and institutional conflicts that pit individual rights against homeland security, domestic law and institutions against international norms and tribunals, and criminal justice agencies against national security organizations. This Article examines regime responses to international terrorism, principally in the United States, in comparison to the European Union, seeking to describe the consequences of the merger of criminal justice norms with …
Strategic Planning For Combating Terrorism: A Critical Examination, Arsalan Suleman
Strategic Planning For Combating Terrorism: A Critical Examination, Arsalan Suleman
Arsalan Suleman
This article engages in a thorough assessment of the Bush Administration's main security strategy documents related to combating terrorism, namely the 2002 and 2006 National Security Strategy documents, the 2003 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, and the 2006 National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism. First, the article assesses the value and importance of strategy documents and the utility in analyzing them. Second, the strategies are analyzed based on the process by which they were authored, the structural elements of the strategy, and the strategy's content. Third, the article discusses the overall content of counter-terrorism strategy and makes …
Looking Back And Looking Forward: Sarbanes-Oxley And The Future Of Corporate Governance, Scott Harshbarger, Goutam U. Jois
Looking Back And Looking Forward: Sarbanes-Oxley And The Future Of Corporate Governance, Scott Harshbarger, Goutam U. Jois
Goutam U Jois
Corporate governance has received significant media attention over the past few years. From the spectacular bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom to the white-collar criminal trials of Kenneth Lay, Martha Stewart, and Bernie Ebbers, Americans watched Corporate America hit one of its lowest points. Fraud, self-dealing and deception, among other “worst practices,” seem to have become widespread. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in 2002 in reaction to those corporate scandals, but its future is now uncertain. All debates hinge on two fundamental assumptions: that business leaders and regulators are natural enemies and that one of those groups must be “right” and …
The Wall Falls, Bruce Ledewitz
The Wall Falls, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
The Anarchist In The Coffee House: A Brief Consideration Of Local Culture, The Free Culture Movement, And Prospects For A Global Public Sphere, Siva Vaidhyanathan
The Anarchist In The Coffee House: A Brief Consideration Of Local Culture, The Free Culture Movement, And Prospects For A Global Public Sphere, Siva Vaidhyanathan
Law and Contemporary Problems
Jürgen Habermas' influential historical work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, describes a moment in the social and political history of Europe in which a rising bourgeoisie was able to gather in salons and cafes to discuss matters of public concern. The public sphere represented a set of sites and conventions in the eighteenth century in which (almost exclusively male) members of the bourgeoisie could forge a third space to mediate between domestic concerns and matters of state. Here, Vaidhyanathan examines one particular Public Sphere experiment--the rise of a global Free Culture Movement that aims to limit the spread …
Property, Contracts, And Politics, Mark Tushnet
Property, Contracts, And Politics, Mark Tushnet
Michigan Law Review
Rebecca Scott is a historian, not an economist. Describing how a dispute over a mule's ownership was resolved, Professor Scott reproduces a receipt two claimants left when they took the mule from the plantation whose manager claimed it as well (p. 185). By contrast, analyzing property relations in the pre-Civil War American South, economic historian Jenny Wahl observes, "[E]conomic historians tend to [use] ... frequency tables, graphs, and charts." The differences in visual aids to understanding indicate the various ways historians and economists approach a single topic-the relation between markets and politics, the latter defined to include the deployment of …
Majority Politics And Race Based Remedies, Darren Lenard Hutchinson
Majority Politics And Race Based Remedies, Darren Lenard Hutchinson
UF Law Faculty Publications
This Essay applies the principles of social movement theory and analyzes the legal status of race-based remedies. Many scholars have debated the constitutionality and efficacy of affirmative action, the appropriateness of race-consciousness (from legal and social perspectives) and the legitimacy of structural judicial remedies for various types of discrimination. This paper will add to this literature by demonstrating the influence of conservative race politics and ideology on Court doctrine concerning affirmative action and other race-based remedies. In particular, this Essay will demonstrate that, consistent with broader political trends, the Court disfavors governmental usage of race as a remedy for discrimination …
Keeping The State Out: The Separation Of Law And State In Classical Islamic Law, Lubna A. Alam
Keeping The State Out: The Separation Of Law And State In Classical Islamic Law, Lubna A. Alam
Michigan Law Review
The implementation and enforcement of Islamic law, especially Islamic criminal law, by modem-day Muslim nation-states is fraught with controversy and challenges. In Pakistan, the documented problems and failures of the country's attempt to codify Islamic law on extramarital sexual relations have led to efforts to remove rape cases from Islamic law courts to civil law courts. In striking contrast to Pakistan's experience, the Republic of the Maldives recently commissioned a draft of a penal law and sentencing guidelines based on Islamic law that abides by international norms. The incorporation of Islamic law into the legal systems of various countries around …
Summary Of Presentation: Climate Of Environmental Justice Conference, Michael B. Gerrard
Summary Of Presentation: Climate Of Environmental Justice Conference, Michael B. Gerrard
The Climate of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock (March 16-17)
Presenter: Michael B. Gerrard, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY
2 pages.