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Assisted Death And The Slippery Slope—Finding Clarity Amid Advocacy, Convergence, And Complexity, Mary J. Shariff

Mary J. Shariff

This paper unpacks the slippery slope argument as it pertains to assisted death. The assisted-death regimes of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and the states of Washington and Oregon are discussed and examined with respect to the slippery slope analytical rubric. In addition to providing a preliminary explanation of how the slippery slope argument has been academically defined and constructed, the paper examines assisted-death models from the perspective of considering what might exist at the top and at the bottom of the slippery slope. It also explores the nature and scope of safeguards implemented to avoid slippage, and shows that …

Divagaciones En Torno A La Resarcibilidad Del Daño Por Lesión Del Derecho De Autor, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

No abstract provided.

El Rostro Público De La Propaganda Administrativa, Norma E. Pimentel

Norma E Pimentel

No abstract provided.

Hechos Lícitos Dañosos, Funciones De La Responsabilidad Civil Y Derecho De Autor, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

En la presente nota se desea analizar como el empleo de la categoría de los hechos lícitos dañosos pueden ser de utilidad para comprender el ejercicio de ciertas prerrogativas del titular del derecho moral de autor, así como las diferencias entre resarcimiento e indemnización. Todo lo anterior con el propósito de establecer las diferencias en la función que desempeñan tales categorías.

Cuando La Educación Sea Diferente, Norma E. Pimentel

Norma E Pimentel

No abstract provided.

Bosquejo De Las Hipótesis De Lesión Del Contenido Del Derecho De Autor, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

En la presente nota se desea analizar como en atención a las diversas manifestaciones del derecho de autor, sea en su componente patrimonial o moral, pueden ser afectadas por la actuación de un tercero. La aproximación que se sugiere me permitirá luego descender al análisis concreto de las responsabilidades que se tendrán que asignar sobre dichos terceros, aspecto que será analizado en otro post.

¿Quién Fue El (La) Gran Ausente En El #Debate2012?, Norma E. Pimentel

Norma E Pimentel

Reflexión personal sobre el "debate" del día 06.05.2012

Is There A Need To 'Substantially Modify' The Terms Of The Trips Agreement?, Varun Vaish

Varun Vaish

The TRIPS Agreement is no stranger to controversy and since its inception has been subject to harsh criticism and calls for modification. The task of defending the TRIPS Agreement, particularly from the point of view of an observer from a third world country is, therefore no mean feat. This article focuses on four major fields where a substantial modification of the TRIPS is being debated and suggests that in the light of the recent decisions of the TRIPS Council, the special and differential treatment incorporated, the intrinsic flexibilities available, and the initiatives undertaken at Doha, ‘substantial modification’ is avoidable. The …

Apuntes Sobre La Configuración Del Derecho De Autor, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

En la presente nota se desea analizar la justificación del derecho de autor como extensión de la personalidad del autor, con un gran énfasis en la vinculación entre creador y obra; o como una titularidad que permite la explotación económica de la creación, por lo que los remedios que ofrezca el derecho tenderán a proteger dicho componente.

Contract Law, Chao-Hung Christopher Chen

Christopher Chao-hung Chen

No abstract provided.

La Transparencia En La Protección De Datos Personales, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

La Transparencia en la Protección de Datos Personales, ponencia elaborada dentro de los trabajos del VII Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autónomos (OPAM)

Summary Of Schettler V. Ralron Capital Corp., 128 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 20, Jason L. Deforest

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court considered whether the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) divests a court of jurisdiction to consider any defenses or affirmative defenses not first adjudicated through FIRREA’s claims process. The Court also considered, as a matter of first impression, whether FIRREA’s jurisdictional bar extends to successors in interest to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Celebrando Un Año Más Del Día Internacional Del Trabajo, Norma E. Pimentel

Norma E Pimentel

No abstract provided.

Programa Análisis Económico Del Derecho - Estudiantes De Derecho, Daniel Monroy

Daniel A Monroy C

La economía y particularmente la microeconomía ha abandonado la concepción de estudio de tratarse del simple movimiento del dinero, en las últimas décadas ha tomado una fuerza y ha aportado herramientas de análisis prácticamente para cualquier área del conocimiento, el derecho no ha sido la excepción en este movimiento y por tanto, cada vez son más los artículos y textos en general que parten del razonamiento microeconómico para analizar el porqué y el cómo de las instituciones legales, de ahí la importancia del presente curso, en el cual se pretende principalmente lograr los siguientes,

OBJETIVOS DEL CURSO

Perfeccionar la habilidad …

La Comercialización De Cigarrillos En Colombia Y El “Problema Del Autocontrol”: La Restricción De Venta Al Menudeo, Daniel Monroy

Daniel A Monroy C

La “Teoría de la Adicción Racional” y el denominado “Modelo de Inconsistencia Temporal de la Adicción” son los enfoques teóricos dominantes en la economía que tratan de explicar la dinámica del consumo de cigarrillo entendido este como un producto que genera adicción. Aunque la estructura de estos dos enfoques son ciertamente similares, las implicaciones de utilizar uno u otro modelo son bien diferentes, particularmente en lo relativo al criterio normativo relativo a la intervención del Estado respecto de la conducta individual en el mercado. El artículo se concentra en el segundo enfoque indicado, particularmente en el denominado “problema de autocontrol” …

Who's The Author? A Bright-Line Rule For Specially Commissioned Works Made For Hire, Richard D. Palmieri

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Promissory Estoppel In Singapore Law, Tiong Min Yeo

2009 Yong Pung How Professorship of Law Lecture

In the preface to the first Singapore and Malaysian edition of Cheshire, Fifoot, and Furmston’s Law of Contract in 1994, Yong Pung How CJ said: “The Singapore legal system should strive towards indigenous development, preferably by way of a rationalization of its basic laws in the first instance.”1 Singapore law has come a long way since then. In recent years we have seen significant restatements by the Singapore judiciary in diverse areas including contract law, tort law, property law, company law and the conflict of laws. This paper will examine a small but basic topic, promissory estoppel, where there have …

Liability For Work Done Where Contract Is Denied: Contractual And Restitutionary Approaches, Man Yip, Yihan Goh

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This paper explores the divide between the law of contract and the law of restitution in dealing with the different situations that arise from one party commencing work prior to the conclusion of a formal contract. It argues that contract and unjust enrichment each have a proper role to play in dealing with such cases. First, it argues against a purely contractarian view that such cases should be exclusively resolved by the law of contract, through an implied collateral contract. Such a technique, applied vigorously, would result in nullifying the concept of “essential terms” and an artificial construction of parties …

Contract Modifications: Reflections On Two Commonwealth Cases, Pey Woan Lee

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The common law rule that a promise to perform a pre-existing obligation is no consideration is said to have done the most in giving the doctrine of consideration a bad name. While the English innovation of 'practical benefits' in Williams v Roffey has effectively enervated this rule, general discontentment with the conceptual difficulties residing in this approach has often led to calls for the abolition of consideration in the context of contract modifications. This article examines two Commonwealth cases that took this step and warns against an overly optimistic view of such a development. It argues, instead, that the post-Williams …

The Lost Controversy Limitation Of The Federal Arbitration Act, Stephen Friedman

Stephen E Friedman

Despite Congress’s deliberate limitation of the Federal Arbitration Act (the “FAA”) to disputes arising out of a contract containing an arbitration provision, broader arbitration provisions are ubiquitous. Courts invariably enforce such provisions under the FAA. Notably, the Supreme Court has almost entirely disregarded the relevant language of the FAA and has ignored the conflict between the FAA’s narrow language and the broad language typically found in arbitration provisions. In so doing, the Court has quietly and inappropriately elevated the language of private agreements above the language of the statute. In this article, Professor Friedman first identifies the origin of the …