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The Coase Theorem And Arthur Cecil Pigou, Herbert J. Hovenkamp Dec 2008

The Coase Theorem And Arthur Cecil Pigou, Herbert J. Hovenkamp

All Faculty Scholarship

In "The Problem of Social Cost" Ronald Coase was highly critical of the work of Cambridge University Economics Professor Arthur Cecil Pigou, presenting him as a radical government interventionist. In later work Coase's critique of Pigou became even more strident. In fact, however, Pigou's Economics of Welfare created the basic model and many of the tools that Coase's later work employed. Much of what we today characterize as the "Coase Theorem," including the relevance of transaction costs, externalities, and bilateral monopoly, was either stated or anticipated in Pigou's work. Further, Coase's extreme faith in private bargaining led him to fail …


International News V Associated Press: A Theme And Variations Over Four Days, Christopher Wadlow Dec 2008

International News V Associated Press: A Theme And Variations Over Four Days, Christopher Wadlow

Christopher Wadlow

A series of four classes at the University of Trier (Germany) for undergraduate law students, using the International News v Associated Press case 248 U.S. 215 (1918) to discuss some principles of unfair competition and copyright law, as well as some more fundamental doctrines from the common law, and American Constitutional law.


Jogelmélet Jog Nélkül? [Legal Theory Without Law?], Péter Cserne Nov 2008

Jogelmélet Jog Nélkül? [Legal Theory Without Law?], Péter Cserne

Péter Cserne

No abstract provided.


La Naturaleza Jurídica Del Distrito Federal. Historia, Actualidad Y Pendientes, Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño Jun 2008

La Naturaleza Jurídica Del Distrito Federal. Historia, Actualidad Y Pendientes, Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

No abstract provided.


The Making Of The Post-War Paradigm In American Intellectual Property Law, Steven Wilf Jan 2008

The Making Of The Post-War Paradigm In American Intellectual Property Law, Steven Wilf

Faculty Articles and Papers

During the New Deal period, intellectual property underwent a transformation. Copyright was recast from literary property to industrial property; trademark shifted from a common law tort of palming off to a regulatory regime for a mass consumer economy, and patent law was rethought to accommodate corporate invention. This essay begins by examining the advantages of looking at intellectual property as deeply situated in New Deal debates over political economy, and calls for a new history of intellectual property very different from conventional narratives moored in the introduction of new technologies. More broadly, it suggests that examining foundational past policy debates, …


The “Institutional Turn” In Jurisprudence: Critique And Reconstruction., Andres Palacios Lleras Jan 2008

The “Institutional Turn” In Jurisprudence: Critique And Reconstruction., Andres Palacios Lleras

Andrés Palacios Lleras

This paper engages in a inquiry into the roles that courts play within the legal system, given that judges are interdependent interpreters of legal rules that are boundedly rational and, arguably, politically biased. Contemporary authors claim that, although these two conditions play an important role in interpretation, contemporary theories in jurisprudence have not addressed them properly. Their assessments raise legal issues that are very significant; given the fact that judges are boundedly rational and tend to display political biases, how should they interpret legal rules? Is it best for them to interpret these rules in a formalist fashion, without resorting …


The Indeterminate Side Of Constitutions As Precommitment Strategies, Andres Palacios Lleras Jan 2008

The Indeterminate Side Of Constitutions As Precommitment Strategies, Andres Palacios Lleras

Andrés Palacios Lleras

This paper engages in a time-honored inquiry in American jurisprudence, an inquiry which continues to be invigorated by contemporary studies in Constitutional Law. It is an inquiry into the determinacy of the American Constitution as a legal text, taking into account that it was drafted and approved more than two hundred years ago with the purpose, arguably, to organize present and future political decision-making. Some contemporary authors claim that the discussion about the role of the Constitution is muddled, and that to acknowledge its authority does not necessarily entail a theory of constitutional interpretation. Furthermore, other authors have claimed that …


La Justicia Constitucional En México. Propuesta De Reformas A Los Artículos 94, 103, 105, 107 Y 116 De La Constitución Política De Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Juan Pablo Pampillo Jan 2008

La Justicia Constitucional En México. Propuesta De Reformas A Los Artículos 94, 103, 105, 107 Y 116 De La Constitución Política De Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Juan Pablo Pampillo

Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

No abstract provided.


La Filosofía De La Historia Del Derecho Y El Futuro De La Tradición Jurídica Occidental, Juan Pablo Pampillo Jan 2008

La Filosofía De La Historia Del Derecho Y El Futuro De La Tradición Jurídica Occidental, Juan Pablo Pampillo

Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

No abstract provided.


La Filosofía De La Historia Del Derecho Y El Futuro De La Tradición Jurídica Occidental, Juan Pablo Pampillo Jan 2008

La Filosofía De La Historia Del Derecho Y El Futuro De La Tradición Jurídica Occidental, Juan Pablo Pampillo

Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

No abstract provided.


Del Mos Europaeus Al Mos Americanus Iura Legendi. Una Propuesta De Refundación De La Ciencia Nueva Para La Integración Jurídica Americana, Juan Pablo Pampillo Jan 2008

Del Mos Europaeus Al Mos Americanus Iura Legendi. Una Propuesta De Refundación De La Ciencia Nueva Para La Integración Jurídica Americana, Juan Pablo Pampillo

Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

No abstract provided.


Del Mos Europaeus Al Mos Americanus Iura Legendi. Una Propuesta De Refundación De La Ciencia Nueva Para La Integración Jurídica Americana, Juan Pablo Pampillo Jan 2008

Del Mos Europaeus Al Mos Americanus Iura Legendi. Una Propuesta De Refundación De La Ciencia Nueva Para La Integración Jurídica Americana, Juan Pablo Pampillo

Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

No abstract provided.


The Giuliani Years: Corporation Counsel 1994–1997, Paul A. Crotty Jan 2008

The Giuliani Years: Corporation Counsel 1994–1997, Paul A. Crotty

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Implementation And Impact Of The 2004–2005 Amendments To The Community Reinvestment Act Regulations: Th E Continuing Importance Of The Cra Examination Process, Josh Silver, Richard Marsico Jan 2008

An Analysis Of The Implementation And Impact Of The 2004–2005 Amendments To The Community Reinvestment Act Regulations: Th E Continuing Importance Of The Cra Examination Process, Josh Silver, Richard Marsico

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cascade Health Solutions V. Peacehealth, Sara Shouse Jan 2008

Cascade Health Solutions V. Peacehealth, Sara Shouse

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


The History Of The New York City Law Department: Fighting For The City By William E. Nelson, Ross Sandler Jan 2008

The History Of The New York City Law Department: Fighting For The City By William E. Nelson, Ross Sandler

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Defending The Historian’S Art: A Response To Paul A. Crotty’S Attack On Fighting For The City, William E. Nelson Jan 2008

Defending The Historian’S Art: A Response To Paul A. Crotty’S Attack On Fighting For The City, William E. Nelson

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On The New York City Law Department, Edward I. Koch Jan 2008

Reflections On The New York City Law Department, Edward I. Koch

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Institutional Reform Litigation, Leonard Koerner Jan 2008

Institutional Reform Litigation, Leonard Koerner

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Implementing A New City Charter: Thoughts On My Tenure As Corporation Counsel In A Time Of Transition, O. Peter Sherwood Jan 2008

Implementing A New City Charter: Thoughts On My Tenure As Corporation Counsel In A Time Of Transition, O. Peter Sherwood

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


How The International Financial Institutions Can Help To Win Globalization Of More Stakeholders - By Making More Stockholders, Robert C. Hockett Jan 2008

How The International Financial Institutions Can Help To Win Globalization Of More Stakeholders - By Making More Stockholders, Robert C. Hockett

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Ancient Roots Of Modern Financial Innovation: The Early History Of Regulatory Arbitrage, Michael S. Knoll Jan 2008

The Ancient Roots Of Modern Financial Innovation: The Early History Of Regulatory Arbitrage, Michael S. Knoll

All Faculty Scholarship

Recent years have seen an explosion of financial innovation. Much of this innovation seeks to exploit inconsistencies in the regulatory environment, and one of the most popular techniques for doing so uses put-call parity. Nonetheless, regulatory arbitrage using put-call parity is not a new phenomenon, as is frequently suggested. This Essay traces the use of put-call parity to avoid the usury prohibition back to Ancient Israel. It also describes the important role that put-call parity played in developing the equity of redemption, the defining characteristic of a modern mortgage, in Medieval England. In addition, this Essay describes how Muslims living …


The Future Of Social Security: Principles To Guide Reform, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1061 (2008), Kathryn L. Moore Jan 2008

The Future Of Social Security: Principles To Guide Reform, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1061 (2008), Kathryn L. Moore

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Cra: A Welcome Anomaly In The Foreclosure Crisis, Warren W. Traiger Jan 2008

The Cra: A Welcome Anomaly In The Foreclosure Crisis, Warren W. Traiger

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Urban Development And Unequal Access To Housing Finance Services, Gregory D. Squires Jan 2008

Urban Development And Unequal Access To Housing Finance Services, Gregory D. Squires

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Critical Mass: Restricting Advocates’ Rights Under The Community Reinvestment Act, Ruth S. Uselton Jan 2008

Critical Mass: Restricting Advocates’ Rights Under The Community Reinvestment Act, Ruth S. Uselton

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


First Hudson Capital, Llc V. Seaborn, Kristopher Ferranti Jan 2008

First Hudson Capital, Llc V. Seaborn, Kristopher Ferranti

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On My Years As Corporation Counsel, Peter L. Zimroth Jan 2008

Reflections On My Years As Corporation Counsel, Peter L. Zimroth

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Independence Of The Law Department, Jeffrey D. Friedlander Jan 2008

The Independence Of The Law Department, Jeffrey D. Friedlander

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Taking The Offensive: New York City’S Affirmative Suits, Gail Rubin Jan 2008

Taking The Offensive: New York City’S Affirmative Suits, Gail Rubin

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.