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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

1997

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Almost Everybody Disagrees Almost All The Time: The Genericity Of Weakly Merging Nowhere, Ronald I. Miller, Chris William Sanchirico Nov 1997

Almost Everybody Disagrees Almost All The Time: The Genericity Of Weakly Merging Nowhere, Ronald I. Miller, Chris William Sanchirico

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Suppose we randomly pull two agents from a population and ask them to observe an unfolding, infinite sequence of zeros and ones. If each agent starts with a prior belief about the true sequence and updates this belief on revelation of successive observations, what is the chance that the two agents will come to agree on the likelihood that the next draw is a one? In this paper we show that there is no chance. More formally, we show that under a very unrestrictive definition of what it means to draw priors “randomly,” the probability that two priors have any …


Masthead, Editors Nov 1997

Masthead, Editors

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tying Meets The New Institutional Economics: Farewell To The Chimera Of Forcing , Alan J. Meese Nov 1997

Tying Meets The New Institutional Economics: Farewell To The Chimera Of Forcing , Alan J. Meese

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

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Organized Illusions: A Behavioral Theory Of Why Corporations Mislead Stock Market Investors (And Cause Other Social Harms), Donald C. Langevoort Nov 1997

Organized Illusions: A Behavioral Theory Of Why Corporations Mislead Stock Market Investors (And Cause Other Social Harms), Donald C. Langevoort

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Are Verdicts, Too, Like Sausages: Lifting The Cloak Of Jury Secrecy, Clifford Holt Ruprecht Nov 1997

Are Verdicts, Too, Like Sausages: Lifting The Cloak Of Jury Secrecy, Clifford Holt Ruprecht

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Implicit Redefinitions, Evidentiary Proscriptions, And Guilty Minds: Intoxicated Wrongdoers After Montana V. Egelhoff , Brett G. Sweitzer Nov 1997

Implicit Redefinitions, Evidentiary Proscriptions, And Guilty Minds: Intoxicated Wrongdoers After Montana V. Egelhoff , Brett G. Sweitzer

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Class Action Reform, Qui Tam, And The Role Of The Plaintiff, Jill E. Fisch Oct 1997

Class Action Reform, Qui Tam, And The Role Of The Plaintiff, Jill E. Fisch

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Federal Government's War On Economic Espionage, Darren S. Tucker Oct 1997

The Federal Government's War On Economic Espionage, Darren S. Tucker

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Product Liability And Legal Leverage: The Perverse Effect Of Stiff Penalties, Michael S. Knoll Oct 1997

Product Liability And Legal Leverage: The Perverse Effect Of Stiff Penalties, Michael S. Knoll

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Incoterms: Facilitating Trade In The Asian Pacific, William V. Roth Jr., William V. Roth Iii Oct 1997

Incoterms: Facilitating Trade In The Asian Pacific, William V. Roth Jr., William V. Roth Iii

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The Economic Future Of Afghan Women: The Interaction Between Islamic Law And Muslim Culture, Kathryn J. Webber Oct 1997

The Economic Future Of Afghan Women: The Interaction Between Islamic Law And Muslim Culture, Kathryn J. Webber

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


A Modest Proposal: Statehood And Sovereignty In A Global Age, Celia R. Taylor Oct 1997

A Modest Proposal: Statehood And Sovereignty In A Global Age, Celia R. Taylor

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Avoiding The Nature-Purpose Distinction: Redefining An International Commercial Act Of State, Howard J. Lager Oct 1997

Avoiding The Nature-Purpose Distinction: Redefining An International Commercial Act Of State, Howard J. Lager

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Sealing The Conceptual Cracks In The Sec's Environmental Disclosure Rules: A Risk Communication Approach, Steven L. Bray Jul 1997

Sealing The Conceptual Cracks In The Sec's Environmental Disclosure Rules: A Risk Communication Approach, Steven L. Bray

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium On Managing International Environmental Risk: The Role Of Private Parties In Resolving Public Problems: Foreword, Carol M. Browner Jul 1997

Symposium On Managing International Environmental Risk: The Role Of Private Parties In Resolving Public Problems: Foreword, Carol M. Browner

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


International Environmental Management Standard, Iso 14000: A Non-Tariff Barrier Or A Step To An Emerging Global Environmental Policy , Paula C. Murray Jul 1997

International Environmental Management Standard, Iso 14000: A Non-Tariff Barrier Or A Step To An Emerging Global Environmental Policy , Paula C. Murray

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The Second Time As Tragedy: The Assisted Suicide Cases And The Heritage Of Roe V. Wade, Seth F. Kreimer Jul 1997

The Second Time As Tragedy: The Assisted Suicide Cases And The Heritage Of Roe V. Wade, Seth F. Kreimer

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Linking Our Land And Our Liberty, Senator Rick Santorum Jul 1997

Linking Our Land And Our Liberty, Senator Rick Santorum

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Can Emissions Trading Work Beyond A National Program: Some Practical Observations On The Available Tools, Jeffrey C. Fort, Cynthia A. Faur Jul 1997

Can Emissions Trading Work Beyond A National Program: Some Practical Observations On The Available Tools, Jeffrey C. Fort, Cynthia A. Faur

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Environmental Insurance As A Policy Enforcement Tool In Developing Countries, Paul K. Freeman Jul 1997

Environmental Insurance As A Policy Enforcement Tool In Developing Countries, Paul K. Freeman

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Models And Metaphors For Encouraging Responsible Private Management Of Transboundary Toxic Substance Risk: Toward A Theory Of International Incentive-Based Environmental Experimentation , Robert F. Blomquist Jul 1997

Models And Metaphors For Encouraging Responsible Private Management Of Transboundary Toxic Substance Risk: Toward A Theory Of International Incentive-Based Environmental Experimentation , Robert F. Blomquist

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Stop The World, We Want Our Own Labels: Treaties, State Voter Initiative Laws, And Federal Pre-Emption, James T. O’Reilly Jul 1997

Stop The World, We Want Our Own Labels: Treaties, State Voter Initiative Laws, And Federal Pre-Emption, James T. O’Reilly

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


International Emissions Trading: Equity Issues In The Search For Market-Based Solutions To Global Environmental Degradation, Tanya L. Forsheit Jul 1997

International Emissions Trading: Equity Issues In The Search For Market-Based Solutions To Global Environmental Degradation, Tanya L. Forsheit

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Making Constitutional Doctrine In A Realist Age, Victoria F. Nourse Jun 1997

Making Constitutional Doctrine In A Realist Age, Victoria F. Nourse

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reits And Upreits: Pushing The Corporate Law Envelope , Chadwick M. Cornell Jun 1997

Reits And Upreits: Pushing The Corporate Law Envelope , Chadwick M. Cornell

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ascertaining The Laws Of The Several States: Positivism And Judicial Federalism After Erie , Bradford R. Clark Jun 1997

Ascertaining The Laws Of The Several States: Positivism And Judicial Federalism After Erie , Bradford R. Clark

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Meaning Of General Laws: The Extent Of Congress's Power Under The Full Faith And Credit Clause And The Constitutionality Of The Defense Of Marriage Act , Julie L. B. Johnson Jun 1997

Meaning Of General Laws: The Extent Of Congress's Power Under The Full Faith And Credit Clause And The Constitutionality Of The Defense Of Marriage Act , Julie L. B. Johnson

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Defending A Sentence: The Judicial Establishment Of Sentencing Entrapment And Sentencing Manipulation Defenses, Joan Malmud May 1997

Defending A Sentence: The Judicial Establishment Of Sentencing Entrapment And Sentencing Manipulation Defenses, Joan Malmud

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Solving A Profound Flaw In Fraud-On-The-Market Theory: Utilizing A Derivative Of Arbitrage Pricing Theory To Measure Rule 10b-5 Damages , Edward S. Adams, David E. Runkle May 1997

Solving A Profound Flaw In Fraud-On-The-Market Theory: Utilizing A Derivative Of Arbitrage Pricing Theory To Measure Rule 10b-5 Damages , Edward S. Adams, David E. Runkle

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Public Assets Theory Of Lawyers' Pro Bono Obligations , Steven Lubet, Cathryn Stewart May 1997

Public Assets Theory Of Lawyers' Pro Bono Obligations , Steven Lubet, Cathryn Stewart

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.