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The Historical And Constitutional Significance Of The Impeachment And Trial Of President Clinton, Michael J. Gerhardt
The Historical And Constitutional Significance Of The Impeachment And Trial Of President Clinton, Michael J. Gerhardt
Faculty Publications
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The Legacy Of Geographical Morality And Colonialism: A Historical Assessment Of The Current Crusade Against Corruption, Padideh Ala'i
The Legacy Of Geographical Morality And Colonialism: A Historical Assessment Of The Current Crusade Against Corruption, Padideh Ala'i
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This Article examines the legacy of the rule of geographical morality - that is the norm by which a citizen of the country in the North may engage in acts of corruption in any country in the South, including bribery and extortion, without the attachment of any moral condemnation to those acts. Part I of the Article begins by reviewing the impeachment trial of Warren Hastings, who served as Governor General of the Bengal from 1772-1785, on charges of bribery and corruption. It was during that impeachment proceeding when the words "principles of geographical morality" were used by, the prosectuor, …
Every Man Has A Right To Decide His Own Destiny: The Development Of Native Hawaiian Self-Determination Compared To Self-Determination Of Native Alaskans And The People Of Puerto Rico, Michael W. Carroll
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The Progressive Era Origins Of The National Security Act, Mark R. Shulman
The Progressive Era Origins Of The National Security Act, Mark R. Shulman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
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Knowledge About Welfare: Legal Realism And The Separation Of Law And Economics, Herbert J. Hovenkamp
Knowledge About Welfare: Legal Realism And The Separation Of Law And Economics, Herbert J. Hovenkamp
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The welfare state could not function without judgments about how well off its citizens are. For example, governments devise progressive income taxes, which are designed to capture more wealth from the well off and less from the impecunious. These policies presume an ability to take a manageable amount of information about an individual's income or assets and make judgments about her welfare. In fact, people do this all the time, mostly without thinking about the methodological problems involved.
The superficial casualness of our daily observations about welfare belies the state of the economic science of welfare measurement. Economists have attempted …