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Towards Engaged Scholarship, Jessica Owley, John R. Nolon, Keith Hirokawa, Sean Nolon Jul 2013

Towards Engaged Scholarship, Jessica Owley, John R. Nolon, Keith Hirokawa, Sean Nolon

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Using A Human Rights Approach In Immigration Advocacy: An Introduction, Rebecca Sharpless, Robert Pauw, Judith L. Wood Jul 2013

Using A Human Rights Approach In Immigration Advocacy: An Introduction, Rebecca Sharpless, Robert Pauw, Judith L. Wood

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From Citizen Suits To Conservation Easements: The Increasing Private Role In Public Permit Enforcement, Jessica Owley Jun 2013

From Citizen Suits To Conservation Easements: The Increasing Private Role In Public Permit Enforcement, Jessica Owley

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The past 40 years have seen an increase in the involvement of private actors in environmental law. One of the best-known (and arguably best-loved) methods for public involvement is the citizen suit. This popular method of public enforcement of environmental permits (among other things) has been joined by the use of conservation easements. Conservation easements are increasingly used to meet permit mitigation requirements. When private nonprofits hold these exacted conservation easements, they assume the role of permit enforcers. It is their job to ensure that conservation easement terms are complied with, giving them oversight and control over one of the …


Inherent Human Rights: Philosophical Roots Of The Universal Declaration, James W. Nickel May 2013

Inherent Human Rights: Philosophical Roots Of The Universal Declaration, James W. Nickel

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The Impact Of Rankings And Rules On Legal Education Reform, David Yellen May 2013

The Impact Of Rankings And Rules On Legal Education Reform, David Yellen

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Legal education is experiencing intense pressures and is undergoing profound changes. Two important forces that help shape and limit the nature and scope of legal education reform are the U.S. News & World Report rankings and the American Bar Association's accreditation standards. The push and pull of these forces helps explain why law schools are embracing some changes and resisting others


Rethinking Sustainability To Meet The Climate Change Challenge, Jessica Owley, Michael Burger, Elizabeth Burleson, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Robin Kundis Craig, David M. Driesen, Alexandra R. Harrington, Keith H. Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Stephen R. Miller, Patrick Parenteau, Melissa Powers, Shannon M. Roesler, Jonathan Rosenbloom Apr 2013

Rethinking Sustainability To Meet The Climate Change Challenge, Jessica Owley, Michael Burger, Elizabeth Burleson, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Robin Kundis Craig, David M. Driesen, Alexandra R. Harrington, Keith H. Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Stephen R. Miller, Patrick Parenteau, Melissa Powers, Shannon M. Roesler, Jonathan Rosenbloom

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A group of environmental law professors formed the Environmental Law Collaborative with the goal of engaging environmental law scholars in the thorny issues of the day. The members of the Collaborative gathered in the summer of 2012 to produce an intensive and collective assessment of sustainability in the age of climate change. Their writings examine the process of adapting the principles and application of sustainability to the demands of climate change, including framing the term sustainability in climate change discussions; coordinating sustainable practices across disciplines such as law, economics, ethics, and the hard sciences; and conceptualizing the role of sustainability …


From Global Financial Crisis To Sovereign Debt Crisis And Beyond: What Lies Ahead For The European Monetary Union?, Caroline Bradley Jan 2013

From Global Financial Crisis To Sovereign Debt Crisis And Beyond: What Lies Ahead For The European Monetary Union?, Caroline Bradley

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Personal Jurisdiction And Choice Of Law In The Cloud, Damon C. Andrews, John M. Newman Jan 2013

Personal Jurisdiction And Choice Of Law In The Cloud, Damon C. Andrews, John M. Newman

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Cloud computing has revolutionized how society interacts with, and via, technology. Though some early detractors criticized the "cloud" as being nothing more than an empty industry buzzword, we contend that by dovetailing communications and calculating processes for the first time in history, cloud computing is--both practically and legally-a shift in prevailing paradigms. As a practical matter, the cloud brings with it a previously undreamt-of sense of location independence for both suppliers and consumers. And legally, the shift toward deploying computing ability as a service, rather than as a product, represents an evolution to a contractual foundation for interacting.

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Who's Naughty And Who's Nice? Frictions, Screening, And Tax Law Design, Leigh Osofsky Jan 2013

Who's Naughty And Who's Nice? Frictions, Screening, And Tax Law Design, Leigh Osofsky

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Does The Individual Mandate Coerce?, Raphael Boleslavsky, Sergio J. Campos Jan 2013

Does The Individual Mandate Coerce?, Raphael Boleslavsky, Sergio J. Campos

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes an individual mandate that penalizes individuals who do not purchase health insurance. Critics of the individual mandate, including a majority of justices on the Supreme Court, contend that Congress cannot use its Commerce Clause power to coerce individuals to buy a product. Supporters concede that the mandate coerces but argue that it is otherwise permissible under the Commerce Clause. This article questions whether the individual mandate coerces. It uses a simple economic model to show that, under certain conditions, the individual mandate induces insurers to sell health insurance at a price each …


"Public ... Since Time Immemorial": The Labor History Of Hague V. Cio, Kenneth M. Casebeer Jan 2013

"Public ... Since Time Immemorial": The Labor History Of Hague V. Cio, Kenneth M. Casebeer

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Guantánamo Military Commissions: “Judicial Approval And Guidance”, Christina Frohock Jan 2013

Guantánamo Military Commissions: “Judicial Approval And Guidance”, Christina Frohock

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"He Is The Darkey With The Glasses On": Race Trials Revisited, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2013

"He Is The Darkey With The Glasses On": Race Trials Revisited, Anthony V. Alfieri

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"Pets Must Be On A Leash": How U.S. Law (And Industry Practice) Often Undermines And Even Forbids Valuable Privacy Enhancing Technology, A. Michael Froomkin Jan 2013

"Pets Must Be On A Leash": How U.S. Law (And Industry Practice) Often Undermines And Even Forbids Valuable Privacy Enhancing Technology, A. Michael Froomkin

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Fidelity Diluted: Client Confidentiality Gives Way To The First Amendment & Social Media In Virginia State Bar, Ex Rel. Third District Committee V. Horace Frazier Hunter, Jan L. Jacobowitz, Kelly Rains Jesson Jan 2013

Fidelity Diluted: Client Confidentiality Gives Way To The First Amendment & Social Media In Virginia State Bar, Ex Rel. Third District Committee V. Horace Frazier Hunter, Jan L. Jacobowitz, Kelly Rains Jesson

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Copyright Freeconomics, John M. Newman Jan 2013

Copyright Freeconomics, John M. Newman

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Innovation has wreaked creative destruction on traditional content platforms. During the decade following Napster's rise and fall, industry organizations launched litigation campaigns to combat the dramatic downward pricing pressure created by the advent of zero-price, copyright-infringing content. These campaigns attracted a torrent of debate among scholars and stakeholders regarding the proper scope and role of copyright law-but this ongoing debate has missed the forest for the trees. Industry organizations have abandoned litigation efforts, and many copyright owners now compete directly with infringing products by offering legitimate content at a price of $0.00.

This sea change has ushered in an era …


From Kansas To The Congo: Why Naming And Shaming Corporations Through The Dodd-Frank Act's Corporate Governance Disclosure Won't Solve A Human Rights Crisis, Marcia Narine Jan 2013

From Kansas To The Congo: Why Naming And Shaming Corporations Through The Dodd-Frank Act's Corporate Governance Disclosure Won't Solve A Human Rights Crisis, Marcia Narine

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Doing The Math (And The English) In The Windfall Tax Cases, Stanley I. Langbein Jan 2013

Doing The Math (And The English) In The Windfall Tax Cases, Stanley I. Langbein

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Community Education And Access To Justice In A Time Of Scarcity: Notes From The West Grove Trolley Garage Case, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2013

Community Education And Access To Justice In A Time Of Scarcity: Notes From The West Grove Trolley Garage Case, Anthony V. Alfieri

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Exempt Entities As Government Contractors: Regulation Through Cooperative Federalism, Frances R. Hill Jan 2013

Exempt Entities As Government Contractors: Regulation Through Cooperative Federalism, Frances R. Hill

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The Benefits Of Mindfulness For Litigators, Jan L. Jacobowitz Jan 2013

The Benefits Of Mindfulness For Litigators, Jan L. Jacobowitz

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Managing Global Supply Chains: Coca Cola And Sugar In Brazil, Caroline Bradley Jan 2013

Managing Global Supply Chains: Coca Cola And Sugar In Brazil, Caroline Bradley

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Next Generation Civil Rights Lawyers: Race And Representation In The Age Of Identity Performance, Anthony V. Alfieri, Angela Onwuachi-Willig Jan 2013

Next Generation Civil Rights Lawyers: Race And Representation In The Age Of Identity Performance, Anthony V. Alfieri, Angela Onwuachi-Willig

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This Book Review addresses two important new books, Professor Kenneth Mack's Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer and Professors Devon Carbado and Mitu Gulati's Acting White? Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America, and utilizes their insights to both explore the challenges that face the next generation of civil rights lawyers and offer suggestions on how this next generation of civil rights lawyers can overcome these difficulties. Overall, this Book Review highlights one similarity in the roles of black civil rights attorneys past and present: the need for lawyers in both generations to perform their identities in …


The Increasing Privatization Of Environmental Permitting, Jessica Owley Jan 2013

The Increasing Privatization Of Environmental Permitting, Jessica Owley

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A Match Made On Earth: Getting Real About Science And The Law, Susan Haack Jan 2013

A Match Made On Earth: Getting Real About Science And The Law, Susan Haack

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Modern legal systems increasingly depend on scientific testimony; but they also need somehow to ensure, so far as possible, that fact-finders aren't misled by highly speculative, poorly-conducted, or dishonestly-presented science. The Critical Common-sensist understanding of science that the author has developed in Defending Science and elsewhere sheds some light on why these interactions between law and science have proven so problematic. But Ms. Acharya's approach to these difficult issues rests on a flawed conception of the supposed "scientific method, " and an idea of legal "legitimacy" too weak to bear the weight she places on it; and her claim that …


Balkan Ghosts, Patrick O. Gudridge Jan 2013

Balkan Ghosts, Patrick O. Gudridge

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Future Present?, Patrick O. Gudridge Jan 2013

Future Present?, Patrick O. Gudridge

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Ppl, The Foreign Tax Credit, And The Gitlitz “Finger” Principle, Stanley I. Langbein Jan 2013

Ppl, The Foreign Tax Credit, And The Gitlitz “Finger” Principle, Stanley I. Langbein

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Presumptive Collection: An Innovative Proposal For A Notoriously Difficult Problem, Leigh Osofsky Jan 2013

Presumptive Collection: An Innovative Proposal For A Notoriously Difficult Problem, Leigh Osofsky

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Copyright In Teams, Anthony J. Casey, Andres Sawicki Jan 2013

Copyright In Teams, Anthony J. Casey, Andres Sawicki

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Dozens of people worked together to produce Casablanca. But a single person working alone wrote The Sound and the Fury. While almost all films are produced by large collaborations, no great novel ever resulted from the work of a team. Why does the frequency and success of collaborative creative production vary across art forms?

The answer lies in significant part at the intersection of intellectual property law and the theory of the firm. Existing analyses in this area often focus on patent law and look almost exclusively to a property-rights theory of the firm. The implications of organizational …