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Imprisoning Rationalities, Eileen Baldry, David Brown, Mark Brown, Chris Cunneen, Melanie Schwartz, Alex Steel

David C. Brown

Imprisonment is a growth industry in Australia. Over the past 30-40 years all state and territory jurisdictions have registered massive rises in both the absolute numbers of those imprisoned and the per capita use of imprisonment as a tool of punishment and control. Yet over this period there has been surprisingly little criminological attention to the national picture of imprisonment in Australia and to understanding jurisdictional variation, change and continuity in broader theoretical terms. This article reports initial findings from the Australian Prisons Project, a multi-investigator Australian Research Council funded project intended to trace penal developments in Australia since about …

Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process In Nsw, Alex Steel, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara, Michael Grewcock, Donna Spears

David C. Brown

The success of Criminal Laws lies both in its distinctive features and in its appeal to a range of readerships. As one review put it, it is simultaneously a “textbook, casebook, handbook and reference work”. As such it is ideal for criminal law and criminal justice courses as a teaching text, combining as it does primary sources with extensive critical commentary and a contextual perspective. It is likewise indispensable to practitioners for its detailed coverage of substantive law and its extensive references and inter-disciplinary approach make it a first point of call for researchers from all disciplines. This fifth edition …

A Comparative Approach To Coordination: How Apes, Monkeys And Humans Respond To An Assurance Game With Equivalent Procedures, Bart Wilson, Sarah Brosnan

Bart J Wilson

Our research directly compares coordinated decision making across the entire primate lineage, including a new-world monkey, an old-world monkey, an ape, and humans, to help understand how decision making is different between these species. We find that the ability to coordinate on a mutually beneficial decision does vary across species, that there is variability within each taxonomic group, and that this variation overlaps between groups. Each species represents a continuum, with pairs of each species ranging from random outcomes to those which coordinate on the payoff dominant outcome. What differs is the frequency of payoff dominant outcomes within each species.

An Experiment On Protecting Intellectual Property, Bart Wilson

Bart J Wilson

We conduct a laboratory experiment to explore whether the protection of intellectual property (IP) incentivizes people to create non-rivalrous knowledge goods, foregoing the production of other rivalrous goods. In the contrasting treatment with no IP protection, participants are free to resell and remake non-rivalrous knowledge goods originally created by others. We find that creators reap substantial profits when IP is protected and that rampant pirating is not uncommon when there is no IP protection. But most importantly, we find that IP protection in and of itself is neither necessary nor sufficient for generating wealth from the discovery of knowledge goods.

Horizontal Product Differentiation In Auctions And Multilateral Negotiations, Bart Wilson, Charles Thomas

Bart J Wilson

We experimentally compare first-price auctions and multilateral negotiations after introducing horizontal product differentiation into a standard procurement setting. Both institutions yield identical surplus for the buyer, a difference from prior findings with homogeneous products that results from differentiation’s influence on sellers’ pricing behavior. The data are consistent with this finding being driven by concessions from low-cost sellers in response to differentiation reducing their likelihood of being the buyer’s surplus-maximizing trading partner. Further analysis shows that introducing product differentiation increases or leaves unchanged the intensity of price competition among sellers, which contrasts with the conventional wisdom that product differentiation softens competition.

Using Experimental Economics To Understand Competition, Bart Wilson

Bart J Wilson

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Geography And Social Networks In Nascent Distal Exchange, Bart Wilson, Erik Kimbrough

Bart J Wilson

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Updates Editor: Chapters 3, 6, 31-36, 54, 55, 77-81, Robert Bloom

Robert Bloom

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When Rights Become Empty Promises: Promoting An Exclusionary Rule That Vindicates Personal Rights, Robert Bloom, Erin Dewey

Robert Bloom

The United States has played a leading role in the development of the exclusionary rule since Weeks v. United States (1914). The original exclusionary rule justification set out in Weeks is the vindication principle which operates so as to exclude unconstitutionally obtained evidence for the purpose of vindicating the rights of the accused. In this way the exclusion of evidence provides a remedy to the victim of an illegality by maintaining the status quo ante. The U.S. Supreme Court observed in Wolf v Colorado (1949) that “[o]f 10 jurisdictions within the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth of Nations which …

The Right To Die: Themes And Variations, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

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Help Me Help You: Why Congress's Attempt To Cover Torts Committed By Indian Tribal Contractors With The Ftca Hurts The Government And The Tribes, Joseph W. Gross

American University Law Review

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Financial Assistance - The Case For Re-Examining Section 76 Of The Companies Act, Wai Yee Wan

Wai Yee WAN

Section 76 of the Companies Act prohibits the giving by a company of financial assistance for the purpose of or in connection with the acquisition of its own shares. This penal provision is highly controversial in view of its breadth and uncertainty in its application. In the recent criminal prosecution of PP v Lew Syn Pau and in the recent civil litigation of Wu Yang Construction Group v Zhejiang Jinyi Group Co, Ltd, the Singapore High Court had to determine the scope of the prohibition under s 76 of the Companies Act. This case comment examines the two Singapore decisions …

Commentary On Recommendations On Prohibition Of Financial Assistance: A Response To Consultation Paper: Report Of The Steering Committee For Review Of The Companies Act, Wai Yee Wan

Wai Yee WAN

This is a commentary on the recommendations on prohibition of financial assistance in the Report of the Steering Committee for Review of the Companies Act

Sistema Brasileiro De Provas, Nelson Rodrigues Netto

Nelson Rodrigues Netto

No abstract provided.

The Vehicle Miles Tax: The Unintended Consequences Of Paying As You Drive, Gregory A. Lush

Gregory A. Lush

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The Vehicle Miles Tax: The Unintended Consequences Of Paying As You Drive, Gregory A. Lush

Gregory A. Lush

3. A Vehicle Miles Tax Reduces Manufacturer Incentives to Build Electric Vehicles

It follows that if consumers have few incentives to buy electric vehicles, manufacturers will have less of an incentive to make them. If electric cars were not in demand, then why would anyone make them and try to sell them? In a market that is finding electric vehicles to be a tough sell, we need to encourage the sale and production of electric vehicles as much as possible. The effect of enacting a mileage-based tax will be the attrition of automakers producing electric vehicles, furthering the nation’s dependency …

President Obama And The Changing Cyber Paradigm, Eric Talbot Jensen

Faculty Scholarship

Among the most important issues for American National Security is the national response to the growing threat from cyber activities. This threat is both ubiquitous and potentially catastrophic as recently demonstrated by both the recent decision by the UK to prioritize cyber capabilities over putting in service an air-capable aircraft carrier and the targeted effectiveness of the STUXNET worm. The evolving cyber paradigm will force the United States to reevaluate the way in which it thinks of both national security and the concept of armed conflict. To combat this threat, President Obama must refocus America’s attention, by both reallocating the …

Probing The Power Of The Supreme Court, Reviewing Tom S. Clark, The Limits Of Judicial Independence And Matthew E. K. Hall, The Nature Of Supreme Court Power, Lawrence Baum

Tulsa Law Review

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The Biological Passport: Closing The Net On Doping, Peter Charlish

Marquette Sports Law Review

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When The Numbers Don't Add Up: Oversigning In College Football, Jonathan D. Bateman

Marquette Sports Law Review

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In Memoriam: Judge Terence T. Evans

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The Wiaa As A State Actor: A Decade Later, Brentwood Academy's Potential Effect On Wisconsin Interscholastic Sports, Joseph P. Trevino

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Marquette Sports Law Review

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Inside The Huddle: Analyzing The Mediation Efforts In The Nfl's Brady Settlement And Its Effectiveness For Future Professional Sports Disputes, Timothy J. Bucher

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Cross-Checking: An Overview Of The International Tax Issues For Professional Hockey Players, Alan Pogroszewski, Kari Smoker

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Unconstitutional Hosting Of The Super Bowl: Anti-Ambush Marketing Clean Zones' Violation Of The First Amendment, Ari J. Sliffman

Marquette Sports Law Review

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A New Solution For Salary Disputes: Implementing Salary Arbitration In The National Basketball Association, Scott Bukstein

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Topps Gets Exclusive License, Leaving Upper Deck On The Bench: An Analysis Of Major League Baseball's Antitrust Exemption In The Modern Era, Sarah A. Padove

Marquette Sports Law Review

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We Reap What We Sow: Using Post-Disaster Development Paradigms To Reverse Structural Determinist Frameworks And Empower Small Farmers In Mississippi And Haiti , Michéle Alexandre

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

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Mass Incarceration, Ex-Felon Discrimination & Black Labor Market Disadvantage , Jordan Segall

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.