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Resale Communications Carriers (Sb 375), Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities Oct 1983

Resale Communications Carriers (Sb 375), Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities

California Senate

No abstract provided.


Telephone Service After Divestiture, Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities Oct 1983

Telephone Service After Divestiture, Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities

California Senate

No abstract provided.


Product Liability And The Passage Of Time: The Imprisonment Of Corporate Rationality, James A. Henderson Jr. Oct 1983

Product Liability And The Passage Of Time: The Imprisonment Of Corporate Rationality, James A. Henderson Jr.

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

In theory, the product liability system should induce manufacturers to invest in product safety at the socially optimal level, i.e., the level at which the marginal cost of the investment equals the marginal cost of product-related accidents thereby avoided. In reality, however, this inducement may be weakened by countervailing incentives, causing manufacturers in marginal cases to forgo investment that would appear to be cost-effective. Professor Henderson argues that in these cases corporate rationality has been "imprisoned" by two "real-world" phenomena. First, a manufacturer may postpone product improvements lest they be viewed by potential claimants and juries as a confession of …


Public Participation In Utility Ratemaking Procedures, Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities Apr 1983

Public Participation In Utility Ratemaking Procedures, Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities

California Senate

No abstract provided.


The Recent Erosion Of The Secured Creditor's Rights Through Cases, Rules And Statutory Changes In Bankruptcy Law, James J. White Jan 1983

The Recent Erosion Of The Secured Creditor's Rights Through Cases, Rules And Statutory Changes In Bankruptcy Law, James J. White

Articles

One can view the law of creditors' rights as a series of cyclesin which alternatively the rights of the creditor and then those of the debtor are in ascendancy. Looking back through Americanlegislative history, one sees both the state legislatures and the Congress intervening on behalf of debtors in a variety of ways onmany occasions. An early example of such intervention was the enactment, particularly in the Midwest and West, of generous exemption laws that removed a variety of property beyond the reach of general creditors. A second example is the enactment of usury laws, which continue to be a …


Book Review. How Consumer Remedies Fail, Bryant G. Garth Jan 1983

Book Review. How Consumer Remedies Fail, Bryant G. Garth

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Contractual Disclaimer And Limitation Of Liability Under The Law Of New York, James Brook Jan 1983

Contractual Disclaimer And Limitation Of Liability Under The Law Of New York, James Brook

Articles & Chapters

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