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Poisoning The Well: Law & Economics And Racial Inequality, Robert Suggs Dec 2009

Poisoning The Well: Law & Economics And Racial Inequality, Robert Suggs

Robert E. Suggs

The standard Law & Economics analysis of racial discrimination has stunted our thinking about race. Its early conclusion, that laws prohibiting racial discrimination were unnecessary and wasteful, discredited economic analysis of racial phenomena within the civil rights community. As a consequence we know little about the impact of racial discrimination on commercial transactions between business firms. Laws do not prohibit racial discrimination in transactions between business firms, and the disparity in business revenues between racial minorities and the white mainstream dwarf disparities in income by orders of magnitude. This disparity in business revenues is a major factor in the persistence …


Editorial, Why 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Matters 50 Years Later, Randy Lee Nov 2009

Editorial, Why 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Matters 50 Years Later, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

No abstract provided.


Creating A Legal Framework For Copyright Management Of Open Access Within The Australian Academic And Research Sector, Brian Fitzgerald, Anne Fitzgerald, Mark Perry, Scott Kiel-Chisholm, Erin Driscoll, Dilan Thampapillai, Jessica Coates Oct 2009

Creating A Legal Framework For Copyright Management Of Open Access Within The Australian Academic And Research Sector, Brian Fitzgerald, Anne Fitzgerald, Mark Perry, Scott Kiel-Chisholm, Erin Driscoll, Dilan Thampapillai, Jessica Coates

Mark Perry

This Report analyses the copyright law framework needed to ensure open access to outputs of the Australian academic and research sector such as datasets, articles and theses. It is written in the context of an increasing recognition, in Australia and internationally, that access to knowledge is a key driver of social, cultural and economic development and that publicly funded research should be openly accessible. With the objective of enabling access to knowledge, this Report proposes the development of clear protocols for copyright management (designed as practical and effective tools) for implementation in the Australian academic and research sector The Report …


Open Access Week (Retention Of Author Rights), Mark Perry Oct 2009

Open Access Week (Retention Of Author Rights), Mark Perry

Mark Perry

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Creative Commons Licensing And Non-Creative Geographic Data, Harlan Onsrud Jan 2009

Creative Commons Licensing And Non-Creative Geographic Data, Harlan Onsrud

Harlan J Onsrud

Why does the scientific community need a simple method for letting each of us know that we are allowed legally to build on the work and data products of each other without asking permission? Does merely following the traditional practices of science and giving credit now make me a lawbreaker? What's the problem, how did we get here and what's the solution? Why does the solution for creative works not apply to geographic and other utilitarian data and databases? This presentation addresses these questions and approaches for arriving at solutions.


Book Review Of "Intellectual Proptery Rights In Eu Law: Free Movement And Competition Law, Mark Perry Jan 2009

Book Review Of "Intellectual Proptery Rights In Eu Law: Free Movement And Competition Law, Mark Perry

Mark Perry

No abstract provided.


The Law On Shareholders' Meetings In Malaysia, Mohammad Salim, Ong Shyun Dec 2008

The Law On Shareholders' Meetings In Malaysia, Mohammad Salim, Ong Shyun

Mohammad Rizal SALIM

Shareholders’ meetings provide links of communication between shareholders and management and enables members to exercise their votes. The law that governs these meetings is, therefore, an important aspect of corporate governance. This paper identifies critical weaknesses in the law on shareholders’ meetings in Malaysia and makes some suggestions to overcome these weaknesses.