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The Doma Supreme Court Question: Do The Conservatives Really Care About States' Rights?, Kent Greenfield
The Doma Supreme Court Question: Do The Conservatives Really Care About States' Rights?, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Here's A Scary Thought: Anthony Kennedy Is Now The Leader Of The Court's "Liberal" Wing, Kent Greenfield
Here's A Scary Thought: Anthony Kennedy Is Now The Leader Of The Court's "Liberal" Wing, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
North American Futures: Canadian & U.S. Perspectives, Managing The Arctic, David Caron
North American Futures: Canadian & U.S. Perspectives, Managing The Arctic, David Caron
David D. Caron
Presentation and discussion of issues relevant to balanced Arctic exploration, multilateral cooperation policy, growth and development and political-economic perspectives.
Wikicódigocivil Y La Recodificación Del Ordenamiento Jurídico En El Siglo Xxi, Francisco Villalón Ezquerro
Wikicódigocivil Y La Recodificación Del Ordenamiento Jurídico En El Siglo Xxi, Francisco Villalón Ezquerro
Francisco Villalón Ezquerro
Como un sistema de incentivos y sistema de comunicación, el Derecho privado decisivamente hace posible que sean las personas que poseen información las que tomen las decisiones, y las personas que tienen incentivos las que emprendan las acciones, dentro de la economía.
A Campaign Funding Mess, Kent Greenfield
A Way Out Of The Citizens United Mess?, Kent Greenfield
A Way Out Of The Citizens United Mess?, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
No abstract provided.
Tort Law And Probabilistic Litigation: How To Apply Multipliers To Address The Problem Of Negative Value Suits, Ben Depoorter
Tort Law And Probabilistic Litigation: How To Apply Multipliers To Address The Problem Of Negative Value Suits, Ben Depoorter
Ben Depoorter
This Article advances a proposal that brings to life valuable lawsuits that litigation costs currently discourage. Our proposal converts claims with negative expected values into positive expected value claims by implementing a novel system involving flexible conditional multipliers. Our proposal has two components. First, under the proposed system a plaintiff is allowed to select a damage multiplier that determines the amount of damages the plaintiff will receive if the litigation is successful. Second, courts select cases for litigation randomly with a probability inverse to the multiplier the plaintiff selected.
The People's Agents And The Battle To Protect The American Public, Rena Steinzor, Sidney Shapiro
The People's Agents And The Battle To Protect The American Public, Rena Steinzor, Sidney Shapiro
Rena I. Steinzor
Reasonable people disagree about the reach of the federal government, but there is near-universal consensus that it should protect us from such dangers as bacteria-infested food, harmful drugs, toxic pollution, crumbling bridges, and unsafe toys. And yet, the agencies that shoulder these responsibilities are in shambles; if they continue to decline, lives will be lost and natural resources will be squandered. In this timely book, Rena Steinzor and Sidney Shapiro take a hard look at the tangled web of problems that have led to this dire state of affairs.
It turns out that the agencies are not primarily to blame …
Law In The Shadow Of Bargaining: The Feedback Effect Of Civil Settlements, Ben Depoorter
Law In The Shadow Of Bargaining: The Feedback Effect Of Civil Settlements, Ben Depoorter
Ben Depoorter
Lawmakers, courts, and legal scholars often express concern that settlement agreements withhold important information from the public. This Essay identifies, to the contrary, problematic issues involving the availability of information on non-representative settlements. The theoretical and empirical evidence presented in this Essay demonstrates that, despite the widespread use of nondisclosure agreements, information on settlements is distributed both inside and outside legal communities, reaching actors through various channels including the oral culture in legal communities, specialized reporters, professional interest organizations, and media coverage. Moreover, information on private settlement agreements circulates more widely if the agreed compensation in a given settlement exceeds …