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The Legal Regulation Of U.S. Crowdfunding: An Organically Evolving Patchwork, Joan Macleod Heminway
The Legal Regulation Of U.S. Crowdfunding: An Organically Evolving Patchwork, Joan Macleod Heminway
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The legal regulation of crowdfunding in the United States is neither well calibrated nor holistic. With the exception of specific securities regulation legislation, the regulation of crowdfunding under U.S. law exists as an extension of principles of pre-existing regulation to a specific new and continually changing Internet-based financing space. As a result, while some common consumer protection objectives can be identified, the legal regulatory approach to crowdfunding did not develop through deliberate, rational choice based on coherent public policy objectives. Instead, it arose and evolved by necessity in response to the spontaneous and natural origination and development of crowdfunding as …
Polygamous Marriage, Monogamous Divorce, Michael J. Higdon
Polygamous Marriage, Monogamous Divorce, Michael J. Higdon
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Could the constitutional right to marry also encompass polygamy? That question, which has long intrigued legal scholars, has taken on even greater significance in the wake of Obergefell v. Hodges. This Article answers that question in a novel way by scrutinizing the practice of plural marriage through the lens of economic game theory, exploring the extreme harms that would befall the state should polygamy become law. More specifically, the Article delves into the ex ante consequences of legalization, not on practicing polygamists (as is typically the focus), but on sequential bigamists—that is, those who never intend to have more than …
A Taxonomy And Evaluation Of Successor Liability (Revisited), George Kuney
A Taxonomy And Evaluation Of Successor Liability (Revisited), George Kuney
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Successor liability does not consist of just one doctrine or exception to the general corporate rule of non-liability for asset purchasers, but of many. There are two broad groups of successor liability doctrines, those that are judge-made (the “common law” exceptions) and those that are creatures of statute. Both represent a distinct public policy that in certain instances and for certain liabilities, the general rule of non-liability of a successor for a predecessor’s debts following an asset sale should not apply. With regard to the judge-made doctrines, some commentators have asserted that they are basically a species of liability based …
Timekeeping And Wage Theft In The 21st Century, Alex B. Long
Timekeeping And Wage Theft In The 21st Century, Alex B. Long
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The Sticks In The Chinese Property Rights Bundle, Gregory M. Stein
The Sticks In The Chinese Property Rights Bundle, Gregory M. Stein
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Getting Specific About The Policy And Tools Of Securities Regulation: A Limited Response To Diversifying To Mitigate Risk: Can Dodd-Frank Section 342 Help Stabilize The Financial Sector?, Joan Macleod Heminway
Getting Specific About The Policy And Tools Of Securities Regulation: A Limited Response To Diversifying To Mitigate Risk: Can Dodd-Frank Section 342 Help Stabilize The Financial Sector?, Joan Macleod Heminway
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State Misdemeanant, Federal Felon: Adolescent Sexual Offenders And The Ina, Michael J. Higdon
State Misdemeanant, Federal Felon: Adolescent Sexual Offenders And The Ina, Michael J. Higdon
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At the age of eighteen, Alberto Velasco-Giron had sex with his fifteen-year old girlfriend. As a result, he was deported.
To understand how this could happen, we have to back up a bit. In 1988, Congress amended the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) to state that any alien who commits an “aggravated felony” is subject to deportation. Since that time, Congress has continuously supplemented the definition of aggravated felony to include more and more crimes, the result being that noncitizens were subject to deportation for an ever-growing list of offenses. In 1996, the definition was revised yet again to include …