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Reflections From Embassy Lakes, Florida: The Effective Teaching Of Criminal Law, Charles I. Lugosi Jan 2004

Reflections From Embassy Lakes, Florida: The Effective Teaching Of Criminal Law, Charles I. Lugosi

Charles I. Lugosi

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A Preliminary Analysis Of The Amendments To The Japanese Secured Transaction Law, Wei Zhang Jan 2004

A Preliminary Analysis Of The Amendments To The Japanese Secured Transaction Law, Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

The collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble in the 90's left a record amount of non-performing loans in the nation's financial system. To tackle this unprecedented crisis, both legal scholars and practitioners in Japan advocated for a series of amendments to its secured transaction law to facilitate the enforcement of mortgages by banks. In this paper, based on the state of the post-bubble real estate finance market, I discussed the major drawbacks of the existing Japanese secured transaction system as it was applied in the real estate arena. I commented on the proposed material amendments to the Japanese secured …


On The Effectiveness Of The Restrictions Governing Life In A Common Interest Community: A Comparative Study Between American And Japanese Law (Japanese Version), Wei Zhang Jan 2004

On The Effectiveness Of The Restrictions Governing Life In A Common Interest Community: A Comparative Study Between American And Japanese Law (Japanese Version), Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

No abstract provided.


On The Effectiveness Of The Restrictions Governing Life In A Common Interest Community: A Comparative Study Between American And Japanese Law (Chinese Version), Wei Zhang Jan 2004

On The Effectiveness Of The Restrictions Governing Life In A Common Interest Community: A Comparative Study Between American And Japanese Law (Chinese Version), Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

In this article, I made a comparative study on the laws regulating the restrictions established by developers or among property owners in common interest communities in the U.S. and Japan, as well as the cultural and social backgrounds against which they are created. It appears that similar rules exist in both countries to combat excessive restrictions on life in common interest communities, although the American law treats the ex ante restrictions somewhat differently from the ex post ones. Using a law and economics perspective, I argue that such disparate treatments make good sense given the feasibility of internalizing the effects …


Remembering Pine Gate, 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 5 (2004), Douglas G. Baird Jan 2004

Remembering Pine Gate, 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 5 (2004), Douglas G. Baird

UIC Law Review

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