Reassessing Corporate Personhood In The Wake Of Occupy Wall Street, 2012 University of Central Florida
Reassessing Corporate Personhood In The Wake Of Occupy Wall Street, Nick J. Sciullo
Nick J. Sciullo
This article is about corporate personhood, discussed on the backdrop of class consciousness and criticisms of capital generated, in large part, by the recent and continuing Occupy Movements. I am at first concerned with articulating the evolving jurisprudence of corporate personhood as developed in the Supreme Court of the United States. Combined with this doctrinal approach, I offer a Marxist criticism of corporate personhood jurisprudence that culminates in a discussion of the Occupy Movements' logic of resistance to corporate domination in the United States' law and policy. First, I discuss the role Marxist criticism has played in legal discourse and …
Energy And Environment Policy Case For A Global Project, 2012 Australian National University
Energy And Environment Policy Case For A Global Project, Thomas A. Faunce
Thomas A Faunce
A policy case is made for a global project on artificial photosynthesis including its scientific justification, potential governance structure and funding mechanisms.
Legal Theory From The Regulative Point Of View, 2012 Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C.
Legal Theory From The Regulative Point Of View, Alani Golanski
Alani Golanski
Can A Pluralistic Commonwealth Endure?, 2012 University of Oklahoma
Can A Pluralistic Commonwealth Endure?, Brian M. Mccall
Brian M McCall
This article considers whether the American pluralist system can satisfy Cicero's definition of a commonwealth as a multitude united in a definition of law and justice. The analysis is based upon a review of Thaddeus Kozinski's book, The Problem or Religious Pluralism and Why Philosophers Can't Solve It. This book critiques the philosophy of John Rawls, Jacques Maritain and Alisdaire MacIntyre. The critique is based upon Cicero's definition of a commonwealth and the article concludes that a society which maintains a deep pluralism over the first principles of law and justice cannot survive as a commonwealth.
Parsing Judicial Activism, 2012 University of California Hastings College of Law
Parsing Judicial Activism, Scott Dodson
Scott Dodson
This microsymposium contribution responds to Suzanna Sherry's paper "Why We Need More Judicial Activism" and offers a heuristic--what I call libertarian activism--for distinguishing activism that reduces governmental power from activism that enhances governmental power.
Copyright Infringement Of Music Cases: Determining Whether What Sounds Alike Is Alike, 2012 DePaul University
Copyright Infringement Of Music Cases: Determining Whether What Sounds Alike Is Alike, Margit Livingston, Joseph Urbinato
Margit Livingston
Anonymous Speech On The Internet, 2012 Washington and Lee University School of Law
Anonymous Speech On The Internet, Brian C. Murchison
Brian C. Murchison
No abstract provided.
From Natural Law To Natural Inferiority: The Construction Of Racist Jurisprudence In Early Virginia, 2012 Huntingdon College; Faulkner University; Supreme Court of Alabama
From Natural Law To Natural Inferiority: The Construction Of Racist Jurisprudence In Early Virginia, Allen P. Mendenhall
Allen Mendenhall
Science informed American jurisprudence during the age of the Revolution. Colonials used science and naturalism to navigate the wilderness, define themselves against the British, and forge a new national identity and constitutional order. American legal historians have long noted the influence of science upon the Founding generation, and historians of American slavery have casually noted the influence of science upon early American racism as organized and standardized in slave codes. This article seeks to synthesize the work of American legal historians and historians of American slavery by showing how natural law jurisprudence, anchored in scientific discourse and vocabulary, brought about …
Diverse Discursive Contextualization Of Audience, Place, And Power In Legal Communication: Review Of Vijay K. Bhatia, Christoph A. Hafner, Lindsay Miller, And Anne Wagner (Editors): Transparency, Power, And Control: Perspectives On Legal Communication, 2012 University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Diverse Discursive Contextualization Of Audience, Place, And Power In Legal Communication: Review Of Vijay K. Bhatia, Christoph A. Hafner, Lindsay Miller, And Anne Wagner (Editors): Transparency, Power, And Control: Perspectives On Legal Communication, Sarah Marusek
Sarah Marusek, Ph.D
No abstract provided.
The Law Review Approach: What The Humanities Can Learn, 2012 Huntingdon College; Faulkner University; Supreme Court of Alabama
The Law Review Approach: What The Humanities Can Learn, Allen P. Mendenhall
Allen Mendenhall
This essay describes how the law review process generally works and then discusses what the humanities can learn and borrow from the law review process. It ends by advocating for a hybrid law review/peer review approach to publishing. The law review process is not a panacea for our publishing ills. It has several drawbacks and shortcomings. This essay highlights the positives and notes some of the negatives of the law review publishing process, but a lengthy explanation of all that is good or bad about law reviews is not my aim. Every law review has its idiosyncrasies and methodologies, but …
Justice Holmes And Conservatism, 2012 Huntingdon College; Faulkner University; Supreme Court of Alabama
Justice Holmes And Conservatism, Allen P. Mendenhall
Allen Mendenhall
Conservatives and libertarians have been harsh critics of Justice Holmes, but Holmes was not the progressive that these critics make him out to be. Holmes’s jurisprudence lends itself to conservative and libertarian jurisprudence, in particular in the areas of federalism and judicial restraint. Holmes disdained the politics of the young socialists who adored him, and Richard Posner goes so far as to cast Holmes as a free market capitalist. A common mistake is to take Holmes’s deference to the mores and traditions of states and localities as evidence of his shared belief in those mores and traditions. Holmes did not …
The Property Platform In Anglo-American Law And The Primacy Of The Property Concept, 2012 Chapman University School of Law
The Property Platform In Anglo-American Law And The Primacy Of The Property Concept, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
This Article proposes that the property concept, when reduced to its basic principles, is a foundational element and a useful lens for evaluating and understanding the whole of Anglo-American private law even though the discrete disciplines—property, tort, and contract—have their own separate and distinct existence. In this Article, a broad property concept is not focused just on things or on sticks related to things but instead is defined as relating to all things owned. These things may include one’s self and all the key elements associated with this broader set of things owned—including the right to exclude, ownership, dominion, authority, …
The "Reason Giving" Lawyer: An Ethical, Practical, And Pedagogical Perspective, 2012 Chapman University School of Law
The "Reason Giving" Lawyer: An Ethical, Practical, And Pedagogical Perspective, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
Whether as a matter of duty or utility, lawyers give reasons for their actions all the time. In the various venues in which legal skills must be employed, reason giving is required in some, expected in others, desired in many, and useful in most. This Essay underscores the pervasiveness of reason giving in the practice of law and the consequent necessity of lawyers developing a skill at giving reasons. This Essay examines reason giving as an innate human characteristic related directly to our need for answers and our constant yearning to understand the answer to the question “why.” It briefly …
Certainty Of Title: Perspectives After The Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis On The Essential Function Of Effective Recording Systems, 2012 Chapman University School of Law
Certainty Of Title: Perspectives After The Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis On The Essential Function Of Effective Recording Systems, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
Recording systems for property play a pivotal, market-facilitating role for the players engaged in any transaction, the judiciary that must resolve disputes between the players, and others members of the general public by informing each about the true nature of ownership of the real property things in the world. This symposium article explores the essential character of such systems in providing certainty of title, and takes a tour through the mortgage foreclosure crisis to see where adherence to and respect for these systems’ roles broke down. Leading up to the crisis, as securitization became vogue and the housing boom blurred …
Book Review - 'The Elements Of Legislation' By Neil Duxbury, 2012 Academia Sinica
Book Review - 'The Elements Of Legislation' By Neil Duxbury, Brian Christopher Jones
Brian Christopher Jones
No abstract provided.
"El Tjue Aporta Una Nueva Precisión Sobre El Concepto ‘Declaración De Reducción Del Riesgo De Enfermedad’ En El Etiquetado Alimentario: La Sentencia 'Green – Swan' De 18 De Julio De 2013", 2012 Asociación Iberoamericana para el Dereho Alimentario
"El Tjue Aporta Una Nueva Precisión Sobre El Concepto ‘Declaración De Reducción Del Riesgo De Enfermedad’ En El Etiquetado Alimentario: La Sentencia 'Green – Swan' De 18 De Julio De 2013", Luis González Vaqué
Luis González Vaqué
El Reglamento (UE) nº 1924/2006 armoniza las disposiciones legales, reglamentarias y administrativas de los Estados miembros referentes a las declaraciones nutricionales y las relativas a la salud a fin de garantizar el funcionamiento eficaz del mercado interior y, al mismo tiempo, tiende a proporcionar un alto nivel de protección del consumidor. En 2012, el 'Nejvyšší správní soud' (Tribunal Supremo Administrativo de la República Checa) remitió al TJUE un petición de decisión prejudicial referente a la interpretación de varios artículos de dicha normativa comunitaria. El órgano jurisdiccional remitente preguntaba, en particular, si el artículo 2, apartado 2, número 6, del citado …
‘Jogalkotási Javaslatok Megfogalmazása A Jogtudományban’ [Policy Proposals And Legal Scholarship], 2012 University of Hull
‘Jogalkotási Javaslatok Megfogalmazása A Jogtudományban’ [Policy Proposals And Legal Scholarship], Péter Cserne, György Gajduschek
Péter Cserne
This is the manuscript of a chapter written for a Hungarian handbook on legal scholarship. It provides an historical overview and a theoretical defense of a policy oriented, in contrast to doctrinal, study of law. The chapter also provides an introduction to the foundations and methodological tools of public policy analysis, including regulatory impact assessment.
Irreparability Resurrected?: Does A Recalibrated Irreparable Injury Rule Threaten The Warren Court's Establishment Clause Legacy?, 2012 Washington and Lee University School of Law
Irreparability Resurrected?: Does A Recalibrated Irreparable Injury Rule Threaten The Warren Court's Establishment Clause Legacy?, Doug Rendleman
Doug Rendleman
No abstract provided.
Retos De La Enseñanza Del Derecho Civil, 2012 Catholic University of Lima - Perú
Retos De La Enseñanza Del Derecho Civil, Leysser L. Leon
Leysser L. León
El autor reflexiona sobre la situación actual de la enseñanza del Derecho Civil en las Universidades peruanas e identifica dos desafíos importantes para los docentes de esta materia: la superación de los programas curriculares basados libros del Código Civil y la profudización en el conocimiento teórico y práctico de la vasta temática de esta área formativa fundamental.
Impostos E Alternativas, 2012 Universidade do Porto
Impostos E Alternativas, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
O Tribunal Constitucional terá que muito provavelmente apreciar o OGE para 2013. Será uma prova decisiva para a nossa democracia e a II República. Façamos entretanto um recuo e lembremos, ainda que muito sucintamente, os problemas de legitimação de qualquer tributação, e o contrato social para que remete. Será também que, como se dizia nos tempos da "dama de ferro", "there is no alternative"? Há sempre alternativas. Por isso é que há política e não mera tecnocracia. Há sempre Política. E sempre pode haver outras políticas, desde que haja políticos com coragem, imaginação e competência.