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Simplicity And Complexity In Contracts, Karen Eggleston

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Standard economic models of contract imply that contracts should be highly "complex," by which we mean (1) rich in the expected number of payoff-relevant contingencies; (2) variable in the magnitude of payoffs contracted to flow between parties; and (3) severe in the cognitive load necessary to understand the contract. Yet most realworld contracts are simple along all three of these dimensions. We argue that many factors, often neglected in the literature, account for this discrepancy. The factors are categorized as asymmetric information, monitoring dynamics, evolutionary pressures, conventions, reliance on trust and reputation, enforcement costs, bounded rationality, and renegotiation. This positive …

Seaall Membership Directory, 2000, Seaall

Administrative Materials

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Breaking Into The Academy: The 2000-2002 Michigan Journal Of Race & Law Guide For Aspiring Law Professors, Gabriel J. Chin, Denise C. Morgan

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

Once you have set your sights upon a career in law teaching you must determine how best to position yourself to obtain a job in the field. The answer is to write, publish, and otherwise bolster your credentials. Write as many papers with as many of your law school professors as you can; write onto a journal and have your article published; work as a research assistant for a professor and write with him or her; work for a judge and write bench memos and draft opinions; work for a public interest organization or a law firm and publish scholarship …

Bulletin 2000-2001, Seattle University School Of Law

Viewbooks

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The Elder Law Attorney: Is Knowledge Of The Law Enough, Monte L. Schatz

South Dakota Law Review

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Skilled Nursing Homes: Replacing Patient Restraints With Patient Rights, Cory W. Brooks

South Dakota Law Review

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Flying The Not-So-Friendly Skies: Charas V. Twa's Definition Of Service Under The Ada's Preemption Clause Exposes Airlines To Tort Liability, Christopher S. Morin

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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The Lawyer As Abolitionist: Ending Homelessness And Poverty In Our Time, Florence Wagman Roisman

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Representing The Poor And Homeless: Innovations In Advocacy Tackling Homelessness Through Economic Self-Sufficiency, Susan R. Jones

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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The New Localism In Welfare Advocacy, Matthew Diller

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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The Legal Regulation Of Adult Personal Relationships: Evaluating Policy Objectives And Legal Options In Federal Legislation, Brenda Cossman, Bruce Ryder

Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents

Few would dispute that adult personal relationships characterized by caring and commitment ought to be recognized and supported by the state because of their fundamental importance to the well-being of individuals and communities. The law has long sought to identify these relationships by reference to ties of blood, marriage or adoption. Contemporary norms, however, value adult personal relationships by reference to their qualitative attributes rather than their formal legal status. This shift in normative assumptions has accompanied profound shifts in Canadians’ living arrangements over the course of the last thirty years. We have witnessed a decline in the marriage rate, …

West Valley City V. Jasbir Singh Bhatia : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

AN APPEAL FROM A CRIMINAL CONVICTION OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH WEST VALLEY DEPARTMENT DATED MARCH 11, 1999 THE HONORABLE JUDGE PAUL MAUGHAN.

Tocqueville's Aristocracy In Minnesota, Paul D. Carrington

William Mitchell Law Review

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A Survey Of Recent Developments In The Law: Family Law, Tiernee L. Nelsen

William Mitchell Law Review

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Professional Values In The Practice Of Law, Robert Maccrate

William Mitchell Law Review

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Short Story: Free Enterprise Heaven; Ethics Hell, Lawrence J. Fox

William Mitchell Law Review

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The Virtues And Limits Of Codes In Legal Ethics, Vincent R. Johnson

Faculty Articles

In the absence of codified standards of ethics, the ethical quality of law practice would degenerate into inconsistency and unpredictability. The presence of an ethics code can unduly burden and limit the practice of law. However, ethics codes should not be thought of as tools to ensure the law is practiced humanely. Instead, they should be viewed as attempts to ameliorate the impediments to a humane practice and to call lawyers to that goal.

Tom Schaffer, a scholar and professor of Ethics at Notre Dame, lamented the fact that the codification of standards of attorney conduct could induce lawyers to …

Relationships Between Family And Government, Lynn D. Wardle

California Western International Law Journal

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Relationships Between Family And Government, Lynn D. Wardle

California Western International Law Journal

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The Path From Regulator To Hunter: The Exercise Of Prosecutorial Discretion In The Investigation Of Physicians At Teaching Hospitals, Pamela H. Bucy

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Professional Values In The Classroom, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1 (2000), Robert Maccrate

UIC Law Review

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Symposium: Creative Problem Solving Conference -- Stepping Outside The Box: Viewing Your Client In A Whole New Light, Michael L. Perlin

California Western Law Review

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Parallels In Predicting Dangerousness--What Price Security?, Vanessa Merton, Adele Bernhard

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

One question is: why should an employer have any duty to intervene, respond, or warn when an employee is deemed “dangerous”? What expertise in making these predictions can your average business manager bring to the table? As lawyers we tend never to look at law that is more than a week old. Similarly, scientists prefer not to rely on science that is more than a few months old. Yet, here is an article written almost 20 years ago when I was a young Associate for Law at the Hastings Center for a symposium honoring the great forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jonas …

California Dental Association: Not The Quick Look But Not The Full Monty, Stephen Calkins

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Eleventh Amendment Schizophrenia, Carlos Manuel Vázquez

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article argues that conflicting analytical strains run through the Supreme Court's recent majority opinions in the area of state sovereign immunity. The "supremacy" strain stresses that, despite the Eleventh Amendment, the states remain obligated to comply with federal law, and that the Constitution envisions the "necessary judicial means" to enforce these obligations against the state. These means include suits by the federal government, private suits for injunctive relief, and suits seeking damages from state officials in their individual capacities. Thus, according to the supremacy strain, state sovereign immunity is unimportant because it merely bars unnecessary means of enforcing the …

Shifting Power For Battered Women: Law, Material Resources, And Poor Women Of Color, Donna Coker

Articles

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Legal Xml And Standards For The Legal Industry, Winchel Iii Vincent

SMU Law Review

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Reflections On Disability Discrimination Policy—25 Years, Laura F. Rothstein

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Human Rights Of Indigenous Peoples: Report Of The Seminar On The Draft Principles And Guidelines For The Protection Of The Heritage Of Indigenous People, Erica-Irene Daes

St. Thomas Law Review

1. By its resolution 1997/13, the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (formerly Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities) requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene, prior to the sixteenth session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the fiftieth session of the Sub-Commission, a seminar on the draft principles and guidelines for the protection of the heritage of indigenous peoples elaborated by the Special Rapporteur, Mrs. Erica-Irene A. Daes, with her participation and the participation of representatives of Governments, United Nations bodies and organizations, specialized agencies, organizations …

The Role Of The Law Guardian In A Custody Case Involving Domestic Violence, Nancy S. Erickson

Fordham Urban Law Journal

A law guardian for a child has an extremely difficult job, one that arguably requires a higher degree of diligence than that of an attorney representing a competent adult. Yet, under New York law, the role of the law guardian for a child involved in a custody is not clearly defined. When domestic violence is involved, the law guardian's role becomes crucial. The role of the law guardian for a child in a custody case involving domestic violence has been expanded as a result of the enactment of chapter 85 of the 1996 Laws of New York. This article outlines …