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Intellectual Property Law

Boston University School of Law

Faculty Scholarship

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Justice

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Laugh Track, Jay D. Wexler Jan 2005

Laugh Track, Jay D. Wexler

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The Supreme Court may have its own police force, its own museum curator, and even its own basketball court, but unlike the courts of yore it has no Jester. As a result, the responsibility of delivering humor within the hallowed halls of One First Street falls squarely on the backs of the nine Justices themselves. But which Justice provides the best comic entertainment for the court watchers, lawyers, and staff that make up the Court’s audience on any given argument day? Surely many believe that Justice Scalia, with his acerbic wit and quick tongue, has provided the most laughs from …


Intellectual Property Law, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 2003

Intellectual Property Law, Wendy J. Gordon

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This chapter for the OXFORD HANDBOOK ON LEGAL STUDIES provides an overview of the theoretical literature in Intellectual Property, and suggests directions for further study. The emphasis is on economic analysis, but effort is made to embrace other perspectives as well.


Commentary On Economic And Ethical Reasons For Protecting Data, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 2001

Commentary On Economic And Ethical Reasons For Protecting Data, Wendy J. Gordon

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Like Jane Ginsburg, I would like to drop back a bit, to talk about more general principles. Essentially, both of our primary speakers focused on a distinction between property and non-property modes of protecting data. I would like to highlight the economic and ethical reasons for maintaining that distinction.