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Crowdfunding For Biotechs: How The Sec’S Proposed Rule May Undermine Capital Formation For Startups, Brian J. Farnkoff Dec 2013

Crowdfunding For Biotechs: How The Sec’S Proposed Rule May Undermine Capital Formation For Startups, Brian J. Farnkoff

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.


Louisiana Civil Code - Code Civil De Louisiane Book Iii, Titles 15 And 16, Center Of Civil Law Studies Dec 2013

Louisiana Civil Code - Code Civil De Louisiane Book Iii, Titles 15 And 16, Center Of Civil Law Studies

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Trahan V. Kingrey, John H. Leech Jr. Dec 2013

Trahan V. Kingrey, John H. Leech Jr.

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Cover, Masthead, & Contents Dec 2013

Cover, Masthead, & Contents

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


A Legal System Based On Translation: The Turkish Experience, Esin Örücü Dec 2013

A Legal System Based On Translation: The Turkish Experience, Esin Örücü

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


François Gény In Louisiana, François-Xavier Licari Dec 2013

François Gény In Louisiana, François-Xavier Licari

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Criticism Of The Testamentary Undue Influence Doctrine In The United States: Lessons For South Africa?, François Du Toit Dec 2013

Criticism Of The Testamentary Undue Influence Doctrine In The United States: Lessons For South Africa?, François Du Toit

Journal of Civil Law Studies

This article analyzes undue influence in the South African law of wills in light of scholarly criticism of the testamentary undue influence doctrine in the United States. The article assesses in particular whether the so-called “undue influence paradox” identified in American scholarship is manifest in the South African law of wills: is testamentary undue influence’s role as guardian of testamentary freedom undermined by the judicial pursuit of family protectionism? The article proceeds, with due recognition of the differences between the American and South African legal traditions, from American scholars’ conceptualization of the paradox and their views on other complexities associated …


Inflation In Enrichment Claims: Reflections On The Brazilian Civil Code, Aimite Jorge Dec 2013

Inflation In Enrichment Claims: Reflections On The Brazilian Civil Code, Aimite Jorge

Journal of Civil Law Studies

Inflation can be one of the risks assumed by the parties to a contract. Notwithstanding, contractual terms may provide for monetary corrections to offset that risk in cases of foreseeable inflation. The same may not hold true, however, for claims based on unjustified enrichment. They may find themselves in the position of innocents because the events that brought about the decline of purchasing power of the currency were unconnected to them. This paper analyses the approach recently favoured in the new Brazilian Civil Code on inflation in enrichment claims. Its focus is on article 884 (headed “enriquecimento sem justa causa”), …


Neoconstitutionalism, Rights, And Natural Law, Juan Cianciardo Dec 2013

Neoconstitutionalism, Rights, And Natural Law, Juan Cianciardo

Journal of Civil Law Studies

Rights are, without a doubt, the most outstanding feature of contemporary legal systems. It can be argued that since the middle of the past century we are immersed in a culture of rights. Neo-constitutionalism is one among other such concepts that has been used to designate and study this phenomenon. The hypothesis we will attempt to address in this paper is that some of the central characters of our culture of rights, here termed as “neo-constitutionalism,” cannot be explained consistently without an explicit reference to natural law.

We will specifically examine the connection between the assertion that there exist natural …


Origins Of The Division Of Servitudes Into Natural, Legal And Contractual, Carlos Felipe Amunátegui Perelló Dec 2013

Origins Of The Division Of Servitudes Into Natural, Legal And Contractual, Carlos Felipe Amunátegui Perelló

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


European Union Law And Gay Rights: Assessing The Equal Treatment In Employment And Occupation Directive And Case Law On Employment Benefits For Registered Same-Sex Partnerships, Jeneba Barrie Dec 2013

European Union Law And Gay Rights: Assessing The Equal Treatment In Employment And Occupation Directive And Case Law On Employment Benefits For Registered Same-Sex Partnerships, Jeneba Barrie

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Martin V. A-1 Home Appliance Center, Bogdan Buta Dec 2013

Martin V. A-1 Home Appliance Center, Bogdan Buta

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Bloxom V. City Of Shreveport, Garrett Condon Dec 2013

Bloxom V. City Of Shreveport, Garrett Condon

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Reed V. St. Romain, Alexandru-Daniel On Dec 2013

Reed V. St. Romain, Alexandru-Daniel On

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Wagoner V. Chevron Ii, Michael Wynne Dec 2013

Wagoner V. Chevron Ii, Michael Wynne

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


France: French Tort Law In The Light Of European Harmonization, Olivier Moréteau Dec 2013

France: French Tort Law In The Light Of European Harmonization, Olivier Moréteau

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Italy: Trust And The Italian Legal System: Why Menu Matters, Laura Franciosi Dec 2013

Italy: Trust And The Italian Legal System: Why Menu Matters, Laura Franciosi

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Complete V.6 No.2 Dec 2013

Complete V.6 No.2

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.


A State’S Right To Military Power: The International Legal Implications Of Potential Sdf Action, Rachel Mueller Dec 2013

A State’S Right To Military Power: The International Legal Implications Of Potential Sdf Action, Rachel Mueller

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Immigration Reform And The Democratic Will, Daniel I. Morales Dec 2013

Immigration Reform And The Democratic Will, Daniel I. Morales

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


The Need For Sexting Law Reform: Appropriate Punishments For Teenage Behaviors, Alexandra Kushner Dec 2013

The Need For Sexting Law Reform: Appropriate Punishments For Teenage Behaviors, Alexandra Kushner

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Distant Silences And Default Judgments: Access To Justice For Transnationally Abandoned Women, Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee Dec 2013

Distant Silences And Default Judgments: Access To Justice For Transnationally Abandoned Women, Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


An Employment Opportunity Or A Discrimination Dilemma?: Sheltered Workshops And The Employment Of The Disabled, Laura C. Hoffman Dec 2013

An Employment Opportunity Or A Discrimination Dilemma?: Sheltered Workshops And The Employment Of The Disabled, Laura C. Hoffman

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Originalism And Same-Sex Marriage, Grant Darwin Dec 2013

Originalism And Same-Sex Marriage, Grant Darwin

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Dec 2013

Front Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Dec 2013

Table Of Contents

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sanford Levinson And The Prospects For Constitutional Reform, Sotirios A. Barber Dec 2013

Sanford Levinson And The Prospects For Constitutional Reform, Sotirios A. Barber

Tulsa Law Review

Reviewing Sanford Levinson, Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Government (2012).


"Constitutional Myths" And "Democratic Politics": Two Takes On The American Constitution, Sanford Levinson Dec 2013

"Constitutional Myths" And "Democratic Politics": Two Takes On The American Constitution, Sanford Levinson

Tulsa Law Review

Reviewing Ray Raphael, Constitutional Myths: What We Get Wrong and How to Get it Right (2013), and Anthony King, the Founding Fathers v. The People: Paradoxes of American Democracy (2012).


The Fourth Problem, I. Bennett Capers Dec 2013

The Fourth Problem, I. Bennett Capers

Tulsa Law Review

Reviewing Stephen J. Schulhofer, More Essential Than Ever: The Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-First Century (2012), and Tracy Maclin, The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment's Exclusionary Rule (2013).


The Declaration Of Independence As Canon Fodder, Mark A. Graber Dec 2013

The Declaration Of Independence As Canon Fodder, Mark A. Graber

Tulsa Law Review

Reviewing Alexander Tsesis, For Liberty and equality: The Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence (2012), Justin Buckley Dyer, Natural Law and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition (2012), Nicholas Buccola, The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass (2012), and Brian R. Dirck, Lincoln and the Constitution (2012).