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The Logical Structure Of Fraudulent Transfers And Equitable Subordination, David G. Carlson
The Logical Structure Of Fraudulent Transfers And Equitable Subordination, David G. Carlson
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Of World Music And Sovereign States, Professors And The Formation Of Legal Norms, Justin Hughes
Of World Music And Sovereign States, Professors And The Formation Of Legal Norms, Justin Hughes
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An Autopsy Of The Structural Reform Injunction: Oops ... It's Still Moving, Myriam E. Gilles
An Autopsy Of The Structural Reform Injunction: Oops ... It's Still Moving, Myriam E. Gilles
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Against A Federal Patients' Bill Of Rights, Edward A. Zelinsky
Against A Federal Patients' Bill Of Rights, Edward A. Zelinsky
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The failure of the 107th Congress to pass a "Patients' Bill of Rights" (PBR) is widely considered a major disappointment, to be remedied in the 108th Congress by the adoption of such legislation. Indeed, federal PBR proposals have achieved the proverbial motherhood-and-apple-pie status; it is virtually impossible to find anyone actively opposing a federal PBR. Many members of the 108th Congress likely feel pressure to pass PBR legislation before returning to the electorate in 2004.
I advance a contrary perspective: A federal PBR is an idea whose time is past or, to be precise, is an idea whose rationales are …
The Internet And The Persistence Of Law, Justin Hughes
The Internet And The Persistence Of Law, Justin Hughes
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Since legal commentators first confronted cyberspace, three broad stories have emerged to describe the interrelation of law and the Internet: the "no-law Internet," the "Internet as a separate jurisdiction," and Internet law as "translation" of familiar legal concepts. This Article reviews these stories, focusing on how ongoing "translation" is giving way to a growing convergence in Internet law. The Article makes the case for convergence among legal responses to cyberspace and proposes a basic taxonomy for different models of convergence. With this taxonomy, the Article examines the ways in which convergence is occurring, as well as its effects on both …
Fair Use Across Time, Justin Hughes
Fair Use Across Time, Justin Hughes
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This Article proposes that, as a copyright work ages, the scope of fair use, especially as to derivative works and uses, should expand. This is because the "market" for a copyrighted work has a temporal dimension; the copyrighted work has a market of a fixed number of years. In considering the fourth element of § 107 fair use, courts have discussed two kinds of situations in which the market for a plaintiff's work can be adversely affected: (1) situations where a particular defendant's action adversely affected the plaintiffs market, and (2) situations where the defendant's action, if it became "widespread," …
Information Production And Rent-Seeking In Law School Administration: Rules And Discretion, Stewart E. Sterk
Information Production And Rent-Seeking In Law School Administration: Rules And Discretion, Stewart E. Sterk
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Hegel’S Theory Of Measure, David G. Carlson
Hegel’S Theory Of Measure, David G. Carlson
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The final segment in Hegel's analysis of "being" is measure - the unity of quality and quantity. At stake in these chapters is the difference between quantitative and qualitative change. A being or thing is indifferent to quantitative change, which comes from the outside. For instance, a legislature can increase the stringency of zoning regulations, and yet the legislation is still constitutional "zoning." But there comes a point at which quantitative change effects a qualitative change - zoning becomes an uncompensated "taking" of property. This paper analyzes how Hegel, in the "Science of Logic," derives measure from the categories of …
Public Diplomacy And The Transformation Of International Broadcasting, Monroe Price
Public Diplomacy And The Transformation Of International Broadcasting, Monroe Price
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Jurisdictional Competition To Abolish The Rule Against Perpetuities: R.I.P. For The R.A.P, Stewart E. Sterk
Jurisdictional Competition To Abolish The Rule Against Perpetuities: R.I.P. For The R.A.P, Stewart E. Sterk
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Queers Anonymous: Lesbians, Gay Men, Free Speech, And Cyberspace, Edward Stein
Queers Anonymous: Lesbians, Gay Men, Free Speech, And Cyberspace, Edward Stein
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The Admissibility Of Expert Testimony About Cognitive Science Research On Eyewitness Identification, Edward Stein
The Admissibility Of Expert Testimony About Cognitive Science Research On Eyewitness Identification, Edward Stein
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Eyewitness identifications are important to jurors, especially in criminal trials. Psychological research has shown, however, that eyewitness testimony is systematically fallible in ways that undermine the goals of the rules of evidence. This article assesses the arguments for and against admitting expert testimony concerning cognitive science research about eyewitness identification. The article concludes that experts should in many instances be allowed to testify about the problems with eyewitness identification testimony.
A Theory Of Presumptions, Charles M. Yablon
A Theory Of Presumptions, Charles M. Yablon
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This paper deals with presumptions that shift the burden of persuasion on some issue in a civil case and attempts to explain why lawyers and judges treat these rules as having great importance. If the persuasion burden applied is 'more probable than not', such rules should affect outcomes only in those rare cases when the evidence is in equipoise. Yet in practice, these rules form an important and vigorously contested part of doctrinal law. The paper attempts to account for the prominence of these rules by considering them from the perspective of behavioral theory, particularly studies of anchoring and adjustment …
Retrenchment On Entrenchment, Stewart E. Sterk
On The Theory Class's Theories Of Asbestos Litigation: The Disconnect Between Scholarship And Reality, Lester Brickman
On The Theory Class's Theories Of Asbestos Litigation: The Disconnect Between Scholarship And Reality, Lester Brickman
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Was Spinoza A Jewish Philosopher, J. David Bleich
The Market For Contingent Fee-Financed Tort Litigation: Is It Price Competitive?, Lester Brickman
The Market For Contingent Fee-Financed Tort Litigation: Is It Price Competitive?, Lester Brickman
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Tort liability has undergone an enormous expansion in the past 40 years. So too has the effective hourly rate obtained by plaintiff lawyers which has increased well over 1000% in that time frame (adjusted for inflation). That the enormous increases in effective hourly rates parallel the enormous expansion in tort liability raises a number of issues. In this article, I examine one of them: whether the market for contingent fee-financing of tort litigation is price competitive. To do so, I examine certain indicia of a noncompetitive market including the fact of uniform pricing, the absence of economic justification for uniform …
The Appearance Of Right And The Essence Of Wrong: Metaphor And Metonymy In Law, Jeanne L. Schroeder, David G. Carlson
The Appearance Of Right And The Essence Of Wrong: Metaphor And Metonymy In Law, Jeanne L. Schroeder, David G. Carlson
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A Missing Piece To The Dividend Puzzle: Agency Costs Of Mutual Funds, Mitchell L. Engler
A Missing Piece To The Dividend Puzzle: Agency Costs Of Mutual Funds, Mitchell L. Engler
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Democracy Realized One Classroom At A Time, Peter Goodrich
Democracy Realized One Classroom At A Time, Peter Goodrich
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Belgium’S Universal Jurisdiction Law: Vindication Of International Justice Or Pursuit Of Politics?, Malvina Halberstam
Belgium’S Universal Jurisdiction Law: Vindication Of International Justice Or Pursuit Of Politics?, Malvina Halberstam
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Nietzsche And Aretaic Legal Theory, Kyron Huigens
Spinoza's Dialectic And The Paradoxes Of Tolerance: A Foundation For Pluralism, Michel Rosenfeld
Spinoza's Dialectic And The Paradoxes Of Tolerance: A Foundation For Pluralism, Michel Rosenfeld
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Tolerance and pluralism seem to draw on the same criterion of legitimacy. The liberal case for tolerance, however, leads to a series of paradoxes, including Popper's paradox of tolerance according to which tolerating theintolerant is self-defeating. Spinoza's defense of tolerance as it emergesfrom his Theological-Political Treatise and his Ethics is more pervasive and much more encompasssing than the liberal justification. Spinoza justifies tolerance as a private and public virtue as well as on prudential grounds. Although Spinoza's conception of tolerance appears in significant respects paradoxical and contradictory - e.g., it is puzzling why Spinoza, the philosopher of reason, should avocate …
Spinoza's Identity And Philosophy: Jewish Or Otherwise?, Suzanne Last Stone
Spinoza's Identity And Philosophy: Jewish Or Otherwise?, Suzanne Last Stone
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Introduction To The Conference On Fundamentalisms, Equalities, And The Challenge To Tolerance In A Post-9/11 Environment, Richard H. Weisberg
Introduction To The Conference On Fundamentalisms, Equalities, And The Challenge To Tolerance In A Post-9/11 Environment, Richard H. Weisberg
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Paul, Pomo, And The Legitimacy Of Choice Post 9/11: A Brief Comment On Three Papers, Richard H. Weisberg
Paul, Pomo, And The Legitimacy Of Choice Post 9/11: A Brief Comment On Three Papers, Richard H. Weisberg
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A Progressive Consumption Tax For Individuals: An Alternative Hybrid Approach, Mitchell L. Engler
A Progressive Consumption Tax For Individuals: An Alternative Hybrid Approach, Mitchell L. Engler
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Dissatisfaction with the existing income tax has increased in recent years. Practical problems with the income tax base create numerous loopholes, increasingly exploited by well-advised taxpayers. For the most part, these gaps are attributable to the income tax's "realization" requirement, under which taxpayers report gains and losses as "realized" through market transactions. A consumption tax appeals as a response to these significant current loopholes since "realization" loses its significance under a consumption-based tax. The consumption tax's appeal has been further enhanced by the recent and growing recognition of the narrow difference between income and consumption taxes, assuming away practical problems. …
Rulemaking, Michael Herz
Partnerships And Facilitation: Mediators Develop New Skills For Complex Cases, Lela P. Love
Partnerships And Facilitation: Mediators Develop New Skills For Complex Cases, Lela P. Love
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What Did Punitive Damages Do? Why Misunderstanding The History Of Punitive Damages Matters Today, Anthony J. Sebok
What Did Punitive Damages Do? Why Misunderstanding The History Of Punitive Damages Matters Today, Anthony J. Sebok
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In 2001 the Supreme Court, in Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. suggested that, although modern punitive damages punish, in earlier times they almost exclusively compensated for noneconomic damages that were ignored by a less progressive legal system. This article demonstrates that the historical foundation upon which the Supreme Court bases its argument is groundless. In the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries punitive damages served a number of functions, but none of them were to provide the noneconomic damages identified by the court. Instead, as the article shows, the sort of injuries for which punitive damages were once demanded …