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Japanese Intellectual Property Law In Translation: Representative Cases And Commentary, Kenneth L. Port
Japanese Intellectual Property Law In Translation: Representative Cases And Commentary, Kenneth L. Port
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Like much of Japanese law, Japanese intellectual property law is often criticized as being inaccessible. This inaccessibility has contributed to the misperception that Japanese case law regarding intellectual property does not exist. Even if it exists, the perception goes, it takes forever to track down and it is nearly irrelevant.
This Commentary, in a very modest way, is aimed at debunking the myth that Japanese case law regarding intellectual property is either non-existent or less meaningful than its U.S. counterpart. This Commentary consists of five translations of recent, significant intellectual property cases, as well as commentary regarding the relevance and …
Damages To Deter Police Shootings, W. Kip Viscusi, S. Jeffrey
Damages To Deter Police Shootings, W. Kip Viscusi, S. Jeffrey
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Many fatal shootings by police are not warranted. These shootings impose losses on the victims and their families and reflect the failure of existing administrative and legal restraints to deter these unwarranted shootings. This Article proposes a revamping of existing incentives to both provide more adequate compensation to the victims' families and to establish levels of deterrence that are sufficient to curtail unjust fatalities. There are legal criteria for what level of force is "reasonable," but determining reasonableness in practice may be difficult. Practical guidance such as the "21-foot rule" for the threat to warrant a shooting is often problematic. …