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No Way To Deal With Slums, Bernadette Atuahene Oct 2004

No Way To Deal With Slums, Bernadette Atuahene

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The Common Core Of European Private Law: The Project And Its Books, David J. Gerber Jul 2004

The Common Core Of European Private Law: The Project And Its Books, David J. Gerber

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Legal Title To Land As An Intervention Against Urban Poverty In Developing Nations, Bernadette Atuahene Feb 2004

Legal Title To Land As An Intervention Against Urban Poverty In Developing Nations, Bernadette Atuahene

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One intervention intended to ameliorate poverty and its subsidiary effects is the distribution of legal title to land to poor urban dwellers, otherwise known as land titling. Given the billions of dollars that the World Bank, country-based development agencies, regional development banks, and developing countries themselves have spent on land titling programs, it has become one of the most important property law issues confronting the developing world. Several countries have undertaken comprehensive urban land titling programs to transform the dwellings of those who live in the squalor of squatter settlements into assets recognized by the formal sector. This Article accepts …


Authority Heuristics, David J. Gerber Jan 2004

Authority Heuristics, David J. Gerber

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Language plays two roles in acquiring knowledge of foreign law. One is obvious - it provides access to information. Language also performs, however, a second function that is less frequently acknowledged, but no less important: it shapes what we know. This knowledge-shaping (or "cognitive") role conditions all knowledge of foreign law, and it is seldom explored. This article focuses on one aspect of this cognitive role of language. It examines the ways in which assumptions about the authority of legal language shape and often fundamentally distort our knowledge of foreign law and foreign legal systems. My central claim is that …


Book Review, J.O. Haley's Antitrust In Germany And Japan, The First Fifty Years, 1947-1998, David J. Gerber Jan 2004

Book Review, J.O. Haley's Antitrust In Germany And Japan, The First Fifty Years, 1947-1998, David J. Gerber

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Constructing Competition Law In China: The Potential Value Of European And U.S. Experience, David J. Gerber Jan 2004

Constructing Competition Law In China: The Potential Value Of European And U.S. Experience, David J. Gerber

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Courts As Experts In European Merger Law, David J. Gerber Jan 2004

Courts As Experts In European Merger Law, David J. Gerber

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Implementing Competition Law In Asia: Using European And U.S. Experience, David J. Gerber Jan 2004

Implementing Competition Law In Asia: Using European And U.S. Experience, David J. Gerber

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Discussed In Federico Stella, The Vitality Of The Covering Law Model: Considerations On Wright And Mackie, Richard W. Wright Jan 2004

Discussed In Federico Stella, The Vitality Of The Covering Law Model: Considerations On Wright And Mackie, Richard W. Wright

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