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Numerus Clausus: An Economic Perspective, Wei Zhang Jan 2006

Numerus Clausus: An Economic Perspective, Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

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Privaticemos Las Vicuñas: Cómo Eliminar El Peligro De Extinción Y Aprovechar Su Potencial Económico, Enrique Pasquel, Andrés Bayly Jan 2006

Privaticemos Las Vicuñas: Cómo Eliminar El Peligro De Extinción Y Aprovechar Su Potencial Económico, Enrique Pasquel, Andrés Bayly

Enrique Pasquel

Si se establecieran derechos de propiedad sobre las vicuñas, se evitaría el peligro de extinción, se permitiría desarrollar el mercado de la lana más cara del mundo y se ayudaría a sacar de la pobreza a gran cantidad de gente. Este trabajo explica cómo las políticas de conservación de la vicuña han hecho lo contrario.


Home As A Legal Concept, Benjamin Barros Jan 2006

Home As A Legal Concept, Benjamin Barros

Benjamin Barros

This article, which is the first comprehensive discussion of the American legal concept of home, makes two major contributions. First, the article systematically examines how homes are treated more favorably than other types of property in a wide range of legal contexts, including criminal law and procedure, torts, privacy, landlord-tenant, debtor-creditor, family law, and income taxation. Second, the article considers the normative issue of whether this favorable treatment is justified. The article draws from material on the psychological concept of home and the cultural history of home throughout this analysis, providing insight into the interests at stake in various legal …


Beyond Worship: The Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act Of 2000 And Religious Institutions' Auxiliary Uses, Sara Bronin Dec 2005

Beyond Worship: The Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act Of 2000 And Religious Institutions' Auxiliary Uses, Sara Bronin

Sara C. Bronin

Religious institutions have long offered their congregants services that go beyond worship. Particularly in the last two decades, they have begun expanding far beyond their traditional offerings to a wider and more diverse array of auxiliary uses - non-worship uses that are affiliated with a religious institution. (One type of large religious institution, the megachurch, is fast gaining members by offering schools, community centers, dining facilities, even movie theaters and gymnasiums.) Government has long granted special protections to the worship uses of religious institutions. A recent federal law - the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) …


Unintended Consequences: Eminent Domain And Affordable Housing, Matthew J. Parlow Dec 2005

Unintended Consequences: Eminent Domain And Affordable Housing, Matthew J. Parlow

Matthew Parlow

The continuing controversy regarding Kelo v. City of New London demonstrates that there are a number of problems and tensions associated with eminent domain that entice scholars. This article addresses one such problem: the singular link between eminent domain and affordable housing. Though rarely discussed, this link reveals a long history of cities' use of their eminent domain power to advance development projects that rarely include affordable housing. Moreover, when cities condemn property through eminent domain to further new development projects, they often do so in a manner that undermines many of the goals of building more affordable housing. As …