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Network Effects And Legal Citation: How Antitrust Theory Predicts Who Will Build A Better Bluebook Mousetrap In The Age Of Electronic Mice, A. Christine Hurt
Network Effects And Legal Citation: How Antitrust Theory Predicts Who Will Build A Better Bluebook Mousetrap In The Age Of Electronic Mice, A. Christine Hurt
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An Elective Advanced Course, Jeanne M. Kaiser, Beth Cohen
An Elective Advanced Course, Jeanne M. Kaiser, Beth Cohen
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The Authors discuss Legal Research and Writing course requirements at Western New England College School of Law. Although the students must complete a qualified writing course, previously there was no general advanced legal research and writing course. However, recently Western New England College School of Law has offered an Advanced Legal Research and Writing tutorial as an elective. This course is taught by a member of the Legal Research and Writing faculty on a rotating basis.
Availability Of Works Cited In Recent Law Review Articles On Lexis, Westlaw, The Internet, And Other Databases, Simon Canick
Availability Of Works Cited In Recent Law Review Articles On Lexis, Westlaw, The Internet, And Other Databases, Simon Canick
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In this study, a group of recent law articles was examined to determine the proportion of cited resources that are easily findeable online. Searches were conducted in databases such as LEXIS and Westlaw, and on the Internet, for full-text versions of every source cited in seven articles. The results have been broken down into 13 categories, including: federal cases, books, foreign law, and legal periodicals pre-1990. Not surprisingly coverage differs widely between the categories. Overall the study found that 77% of the 1,984 citations in the articles reviewed are available online. This article concludes with a general discussion of why …
Endowment Effects Within Corporate Agency Relationships, Jennifer H. Arlen, Matthew L. Spitzer, Eric L. Talley
Endowment Effects Within Corporate Agency Relationships, Jennifer H. Arlen, Matthew L. Spitzer, Eric L. Talley
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Behavioral economics is an increasingly prominent field within corporate law scholarship. A particularly noteworthy behavioral bias is the "endowment effect" – the observed differential between an individual's willingness to pay to obtain an entitlement and her willingness to accept to part with one. Should endowment effects pervade corporate contexts, they would significantly complicate much common wisdom within business law, such as the presumed optimality of ex ante agreements. Existing research, however, does not adequately address the extent to which people manifest endowment effects within agency relationships. This article presents an experimental test for endowment effects for subjects situated in an …