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Note: The Lesson Of Lopez: The Political Dynamics Of Federalism's Political Safeguards, Daniel Lyons Nov 2005

Note: The Lesson Of Lopez: The Political Dynamics Of Federalism's Political Safeguards, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.


Property Law And Development Economics, Joyce Palomar Oct 2005

Property Law And Development Economics, Joyce Palomar

Joyce Palomar

No abstract provided.


Executing The Factually Innocent: The U.S. Constitution, Habeus Corpus, And The Death Penalty: Facing The Embarrassing Question At Last, Charles I. Lugosi Aug 2005

Executing The Factually Innocent: The U.S. Constitution, Habeus Corpus, And The Death Penalty: Facing The Embarrassing Question At Last, Charles I. Lugosi

Charles I. Lugosi

No abstract provided.


In Wake Of Deadly Tsunami Comes Dangerous Litigation, Daniel Lyons Mar 2005

In Wake Of Deadly Tsunami Comes Dangerous Litigation, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.


Public Policy In The Judicial Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards: Lessons For And From Australia, Winnie Ma Jan 2005

Public Policy In The Judicial Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards: Lessons For And From Australia, Winnie Ma

Winnie Ma

Judicial enforcement of arbitral awards is necessary where there is no voluntary compliance by the relevant parties. Courts world-wide may refuse to enforce arbitral awards if such enforcement would be contrary to the public policy of their countries. This is known as ‘the public policy exception to the enforcement of arbitral awards’. It is enshrined in the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 (New York Convention) and the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985 (Model Law), which are two of the most prominent international instruments in promoting and regulating international commercial …


Beyond Personhood: Abortion, Child Abuse And Equal Protection, Charles I. Lugosi Jan 2005

Beyond Personhood: Abortion, Child Abuse And Equal Protection, Charles I. Lugosi

Charles I. Lugosi

No abstract provided.


Is The Contractor More Secure With A Priority Right? A Functional Analysis Of Article 286 Of Prc Contract Law (Chinese Version), Wei Zhang Jan 2005

Is The Contractor More Secure With A Priority Right? A Functional Analysis Of Article 286 Of Prc Contract Law (Chinese Version), Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

No abstract provided.


Is The Contractor More Secure With A Priority Right? A Functional Analysis Of Article 286 Of Prc Contract Law (English Version), Wei Zhang Jan 2005

Is The Contractor More Secure With A Priority Right? A Functional Analysis Of Article 286 Of Prc Contract Law (English Version), Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

No abstract provided.


At Last, Some Clarity: The Potential Long-Term Impact Of Lingle V. Chevron And The Separation Of Takings And Substantive Due Process, Benjamin Barros Jan 2005

At Last, Some Clarity: The Potential Long-Term Impact Of Lingle V. Chevron And The Separation Of Takings And Substantive Due Process, Benjamin Barros

Benjamin Barros

This short essay discusses the Supreme Court's recent decision in Lingle v. Chevron and its potential long-term impact on the Court's regulatory takings doctrine. Lingle involved a narrow (though important) issue of takings law, and on the surface it appears to be a relatively modest case. A deeper look, however, reveals that in its separation of substantive due process and regulatory takings, Lingle has tremendous potential to clarify regulatory takings doctrine. If this potential is fulfilled, Lingle is likely to be far more significant in the long term than Kelo v. City of New London, which has dominated the commentary …


The Trade-Off Between Self-Determination And The Trust Doctrine: Tribal Government And The Possibility Of Failure, Ezra Rosser Jan 2005

The Trade-Off Between Self-Determination And The Trust Doctrine: Tribal Government And The Possibility Of Failure, Ezra Rosser

Ezra Rosser

This paper argues that tribes and scholars need to come to grips with the trade-off between trust and self-determination, and that failure to do so-by for example expressing a yearning that the trust doctrine was stronger-will lead to poor choices by tribes. Choices thus need to be based on an understanding of this trade-off and tribes must be aware that exercising self-determination inevitably will lead to a weakening of the trust doctrine over the areas which tribe's assume authority. This point is illustrated using a close analysis of the arguments used by the parties and the Supreme Court's treatment of …


This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Your Land: Markets And Institutions For Economic Development On Native American Reservations, Ezra Rosser Jan 2005

This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Your Land: Markets And Institutions For Economic Development On Native American Reservations, Ezra Rosser

Ezra Rosser

This paper presents the current land regime and nature of economic development found on most Native American reservations, drawing predominantly from the Navajo Nation. It then considers the situation according to (1) neo-classical economics and (2) New Institutional Economics (NIE). The paper begins with the paired assumptions that economic growth can and should reach reservations and that the U.S. and tribal governments can improve upon past performance and institutional arrangements. Policy solutions to reservation commercial and light industrial underdevelopment, corresponding to each economic perspective in turn, are then discussed. The paper broadens the range of policy options available to tribes …


The Nature Of Representation: The Cherokee Right To A Congressional Delegate, Ezra Rosser Jan 2005

The Nature Of Representation: The Cherokee Right To A Congressional Delegate, Ezra Rosser

Ezra Rosser

This paper explores the history and present day implications of the Cherokee Nation's 1835 treaty-based right to a Congressional Delegate.


Principles Of Law And Economics, Daniel Cole, Peter Grossman Dec 2004

Principles Of Law And Economics, Daniel Cole, Peter Grossman

Peter Z. Grossman

No abstract provided.


Gone Too Far: Measure 37 And The Perils Of Over-Regulating Land Use, Sara C. Bronin Dec 2004

Gone Too Far: Measure 37 And The Perils Of Over-Regulating Land Use, Sara C. Bronin

Sara C. Bronin

In November 2004, Oregonians passed a ballot measure, Measure 37, that presented a radical remedy for landowners by preventing the state from engaging in regulatory takings without compensating landowners. It required that local governments either monetarily compensate landowners whose properties fall in value as a result of land use regulations or, under certain conditions, exempt those landowners from the regulations altogether. At its core, Measure 37 addressed Oregon voters' concern that - for all the good the land use system had done - the government had gone too far in prohibiting landowners from using their land as they saw fit. …


Copyright Law And Subject Matter Specificity: The Case Of Computer Software, Joseph P. Liu, Stacey L. Dogan Dec 2004

Copyright Law And Subject Matter Specificity: The Case Of Computer Software, Joseph P. Liu, Stacey L. Dogan

Joseph P. Liu

Drawing on recent work by Dan Burk and Mark Lemley in the patent context, this paper explores the extent to which courts have adapted pre-existing copyright doctrines to the special case of computer software. We argue that a number of courts have, as has been widely recognized, significantly adapted copyright doctrines to deal
with special features of the computer software market. We further argue that these adaptations have, by and large, positively sought to strike a balance between the copyright act's dual goals of incentive and access. Despite this general trend toward adaptation, however, we point to a handful of …