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Law and Economics

2002

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Land Tenure Security As A Market Stimulator In China, Joyce Palomar Oct 2002

Land Tenure Security As A Market Stimulator In China, Joyce Palomar

Joyce Palomar

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The Schooling Of Southern Blacks: The Roles Of Legal Activism And Private Philanthropy, 1910–1960*, John J. Donohue, James J. Heckman, Petra E. Todd Jan 2002

The Schooling Of Southern Blacks: The Roles Of Legal Activism And Private Philanthropy, 1910–1960*, John J. Donohue, James J. Heckman, Petra E. Todd

John Donohue

Improvements in education and educational quality are widely acknowledged to be major contributors to black economic progress in the twentieth century. This paper investigates the sources of improvement in black education in the South in the first half of the century and demonstrates the important roles of social activism, especially NAACP litigation and private philanthropy, in improving the quality and availability of public schooling. Many scholars view education as a rival to social activism in explaining black economic progress, but such a view misses the important role of philanthropic and legal interventions in promoting education.

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Equity And Efficiency In Markets For Ideas, Richard Adelstein Dec 2001

Equity And Efficiency In Markets For Ideas, Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

Intellectual property and patent protection in light of the AIDS crisis in Africa.

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Land Tenure Security As A Market Stimulator In China, Joyce Palomar Dec 2001

Land Tenure Security As A Market Stimulator In China, Joyce Palomar

Joyce Palomar

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Can Law And Economics Be Both Practical And Principled?, Michael P. O'Shea, David A. Hoffman Dec 2001

Can Law And Economics Be Both Practical And Principled?, Michael P. O'Shea, David A. Hoffman

Michael P. O'Shea

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Stopping Above-Cost Predatory Pricing, Aaron S. Edlin Dec 2001

Stopping Above-Cost Predatory Pricing, Aaron S. Edlin

Aaron Edlin

Since 1993 when the Supreme Court decided Brooke Group, no predatory pricing plaintiff has prevailed in a final determination in the federal courts. This decision was the ultimate triumph of the Chicago School antitrust scholars and judges like Frank Easterbrook, who have argued that predation is like dragons and that there is no sufficient reason for antitrust law or the courts to take it seriously. This article argues, however, that the Court's reading of the law is unduly narrow and should be revisited. There is no compelling reason to restrict predation cases to below-cost pricing, as above-cost pricing can also …

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