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Tax, Trade And Harmful Tax Competition: Reflections On The Fsc Controversy, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah Dec 2000

Tax, Trade And Harmful Tax Competition: Reflections On The Fsc Controversy, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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This article contrasts three approaches to dealing with the BEPS problem: adopting a unitary taxation regime, ending deferral, and adopting anti-base-erosion measures. It concludes that while the first approach is the best long-term option, the other two are more promising as immediate candidates for adoption in the context of U.S. tax reform and the OECD BEPS project.


What Has Modern Literary Theory To Offer Law? (Reviewing Guyora Binder & Robert Weisberg, Literary Criticisms Of Law (2000)), Richard A. Posner Oct 2000

What Has Modern Literary Theory To Offer Law? (Reviewing Guyora Binder & Robert Weisberg, Literary Criticisms Of Law (2000)), Richard A. Posner

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Where Hannah Arendt Went Wrong, David Abraham Oct 2000

Where Hannah Arendt Went Wrong, David Abraham

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The Best-Laid Plans, Carl E. Schneider Jul 2000

The Best-Laid Plans, Carl E. Schneider

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It is natural to suppose law is like the centurion and can do as it will: "I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it." But a thousand years ago, King Canute tried to disillusion his courtiers about his efficacy by commanding the waves to stop beating. And fifty years ago, Harry Truman predicted of Dwight Eisenhower, "He'll sit here, and he'll say, 'Do this! Do that!' And nothing will happen. Poor Ike-it won't be a bit like the Army. He'll find it …


Law, Business, And Politics: Liability For Accidents In Georgia, 1846-1880, James L. Hunt Jul 2000

Law, Business, And Politics: Liability For Accidents In Georgia, 1846-1880, James L. Hunt

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Brief Reflections On The Enterprise, Patricia D. White Jul 2000

Brief Reflections On The Enterprise, Patricia D. White

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Law And Regret (Reviewing E. Allan Farnsworth, Changing Your Mind: The Law Of Regretted Decisions (1998)), Eric A. Posner May 2000

Law And Regret (Reviewing E. Allan Farnsworth, Changing Your Mind: The Law Of Regretted Decisions (1998)), Eric A. Posner

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In Memoriam Rafael C. Benitez, Keith S. Rosenn Apr 2000

In Memoriam Rafael C. Benitez, Keith S. Rosenn

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Is Relevant Conduct Relevant - Reconsidering The Guidelines Approach To Real Offense Sentencing, David Yellen Apr 2000

Is Relevant Conduct Relevant - Reconsidering The Guidelines Approach To Real Offense Sentencing, David Yellen

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Book Review (Reviewing Jeremy Waldron, Law And Disagreement (1999)), Richard A. Posner Mar 2000

Book Review (Reviewing Jeremy Waldron, Law And Disagreement (1999)), Richard A. Posner

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Book Review (Reviewing Jeremy Waldron, Law And Disagreement (1999)), Richard A. Posner Mar 2000

Book Review (Reviewing Jeremy Waldron, Law And Disagreement (1999)), Richard A. Posner

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In Law and Disagreement, Jeremy Waldron, born and educated in New Zealand and trained in England, mounts a powerful argument in favor of legislation as a legitimate source of authority and correspondingly denigrates the American faith in judicial review. Waldron claims among other things that a legislature's inability to achieve consensus enables legislation to resolve disputes in a way that preserves the dignity and self-respect of losers in the policy struggle. In this Book Review Essay, Judge Posner commends Waldron for his impressive criticisms of the theoretical basis for the American faith in judicial review. At the same time, he …


The Uneasy Case For Devolution Of The Individual Income Tax, Lior Strahilevitz Mar 2000

The Uneasy Case For Devolution Of The Individual Income Tax, Lior Strahilevitz

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Not "If" But "How": Reflecting On The Aba Commission's Recommendations On Multidisciplinary Practice, John H. Matheson, Edward S. Adams Jan 2000

Not "If" But "How": Reflecting On The Aba Commission's Recommendations On Multidisciplinary Practice, John H. Matheson, Edward S. Adams

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Multidisciplinary practice (MDP) has been aptly described as the, "most important issue facing the legal profession today." The American Bar Association's Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice (Commission) surprised most observers on June 8, 1999 by recommending that the American Bar Association (ABA) amend the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (Model Rules) to allow lawyers to combine with, and share fees with, other professionals within a single professional entity. Under the proposal, lawyers could create partnerships with accountants, developers, engineers, bankers, and all other professionals, thereby giving clients access to one-stop shopping at multidisciplinary firms.


Reassignment Under The Americans With Disabilities Act: Reasonable Accommodation, Affirmative Action, Or Both?, Stephen F. Befort, Tracey Holmes Donesky Jan 2000

Reassignment Under The Americans With Disabilities Act: Reasonable Accommodation, Affirmative Action, Or Both?, Stephen F. Befort, Tracey Holmes Donesky

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One of Congress's principal motivations for enacting the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 1 was to help disabled individuals enter into and remain in the American workplace. In the ADA's "findings and purposes" section, Congress stated that "the Nation's proper goals regarding individuals with disabilities are to assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for such individuals." 2 The legislative history is filled with the statements of senators and representatives supporting the Act as a vehicle for bringing individuals with disabilities "into the economic and social mainstream of American life." 3 Legislators viewed the ADA as …


The Curious Incident Of The Workers In The Boardroom, Brett Mcdonnell Jan 2000

The Curious Incident Of The Workers In The Boardroom, Brett Mcdonnell

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In Silver Blaze, Sherlock Holmes investigated the disappearance of a prize horse and the killing of its trainer. At one point in the investigation the officer in charge, Inspector Gregory, asks Holmes, "'Is there any other point to which you would wash to draw my attention?' 2 Holmes replies, "'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.""' Gregory says "'The dog did nothing in the night-time."'' "'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes."'


Esop's Failures: Fiduciary Duties When Managers Of Employee-Owned Companies Vote To Entrench Themselves, Brett Mcdonnell Jan 2000

Esop's Failures: Fiduciary Duties When Managers Of Employee-Owned Companies Vote To Entrench Themselves, Brett Mcdonnell

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Managers, Inc.'s workers own the majority of the company's shares. They do not vote for the board of directors; instead, a trust votes the workers' shares. Managers, Inc.'s own directors appoint the committee that votes the trust's shares. Shockingly, those directors find themselves entrenched, winning repeated reelection under this system. The workers own the firm, but they have little or no say in the management of the firm.


An Analysis Of The Fifty-First Session Of The United Nations Sub-Commission On The Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights, David Weissbrodt, Mayra Gomez, Bret Thiele Jan 2000

An Analysis Of The Fifty-First Session Of The United Nations Sub-Commission On The Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights, David Weissbrodt, Mayra Gomez, Bret Thiele

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The United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Sub-Commission), 2 formerly the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, met at the European Headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2 August through 27 August 1999 for its fifty-first session. 3 The Sub-Commission is a subsidiary body of the Commission on Human Rights [End Page 788] (Commission). It is composed of twenty-six members who are nominated by their respective governments and elected to four-year terms by the Commission. Under the principle of geographic distribution, the Sub-Commission has seven members from Africa, …


A Review Of The 51st Session Of The United Nations Sub-Commission On Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights, David Weissbrodt, Mayra Gomez, Bret Thiele Jan 2000

A Review Of The 51st Session Of The United Nations Sub-Commission On Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights, David Weissbrodt, Mayra Gomez, Bret Thiele

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The United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Sub-Commission)' met at the European Headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2 August through 27 August 1999 for its fifty-first session. The Sub-Commission is a subsidiary body of the Commission on Human Rights (Commission).


Pride And Prejudice: A Study Of Connections, Mary Louise Fellows Jan 2000

Pride And Prejudice: A Study Of Connections, Mary Louise Fellows

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Although customs surrounding attribution require that only I be named as author of this Article, that fact obscures other truths about this Article. 1 One way for readers to appreciate this Article as reflecting group activity at the same time it reflects my own individual effort is the literary allusion in the title to Jane Austen and her work. I feel a particular connection to Jane Austen because she seems neither to have enjoyed nor sought the solitary life many of us imagine novelists live. When Austen finds herself, after ten years of having written virtually nothing, back in a …


Innovation And Creativity In The Fine Arts: The Relevance And Irrelevance Of Copyright, Daniel J. Gifford Jan 2000

Innovation And Creativity In The Fine Arts: The Relevance And Irrelevance Of Copyright, Daniel J. Gifford

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How have social institutions, customs, and intellectual property laws affected creative activity in the fine arts? This article examines the many relationships between the fine arts and their social and legal environment. For the purposes of this paper, the fine arts embrace painting, sculpture, and (classical) musical composition. As will be shown below, in the arena of the fine arts, the respective roles of subjective factors - factors internal to the artists themselves - and external influences upon them from the larger society have changed dramatically over the last one hundred years. These changes have expanded the role of the …


Introducing Negotiation And Drafting Into The Contracts Classroom, Carol Chomsky, Maury Landsman Jan 2000

Introducing Negotiation And Drafting Into The Contracts Classroom, Carol Chomsky, Maury Landsman

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It is by now almost a commonplace to say that the first year of law school should include skills-focused opportunities in addition to the massive doses of legal doctrine and analysis that form the core of the first year curriculum. 1 Understanding contracts only through the lens of litigated disputes gives students a very limited picture of what lawyers do with respect to contracts and little opportunity to develop the skills of effective representation and artful and precise drafting needed to avoid such litigation. Moreover, the necessary emphasis on contract doctrine may obscure the degree to which many contract-related problems …


The Sounds Of Silence: The Libertarian Ethos Of Erisa Preemption, Stephen F. Befort, Christopher J. Kopka Jan 2000

The Sounds Of Silence: The Libertarian Ethos Of Erisa Preemption, Stephen F. Befort, Christopher J. Kopka

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In the Winter of 1996, the Harvard Journal on Legislation published an article entitled in part, The Last Article About the Language of ERISA Preemption?' Absent the question mark, one might have thought it a bold (and hopefully accurate) statement. Yet, as the question mark suggests, no scholar has been able to provide the definitive answer regarding the scope of ERISA preemption.


Unlocking The Mysteries Of Holy Trinity: Spirit, Letter, And History In Statutory Interpretation, Carol Chomsky Jan 2000

Unlocking The Mysteries Of Holy Trinity: Spirit, Letter, And History In Statutory Interpretation, Carol Chomsky

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In 1892, the Supreme Court construed the Alien Contract Labor Act of 1885, which barred importation of “any alien” under contract to perform “labor or service of any kind,” as not prohibiting a New York church from hiring a British pastor to occupy its vacant pulpit. “[A] thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers,” wrote Justice David Brewer in Holy Trinity Church v. United States. Brewer's opinion is a touchstone for those seeking to overcome plain statutory language, but is …


A Market-Based Solution To The Judicial Clerkship Selection Process, Edward S. Adams Jan 2000

A Market-Based Solution To The Judicial Clerkship Selection Process, Edward S. Adams

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For many years, federal judges and others have labored to reform judicial clerkship hiring so judges might conduct a dignified, collegial, and efficient selection process. To date, however, these reform efforts have had little success. This Article endeavors to forge a solution to the problems endemic to the current judicial clerkship hiring process: lack of collegiality, cut-throat hiring methods, lack of efficiency, and hiring based on inadequate information about candidates. Part I of this Article explores the historical problems in the clerkship hiring process, reviews previously attempted but failed efforts at reform, and identifies problems with such approaches. Part II …


A Statutory Model For Corporate Constituency Concerns, Edward S. Adams, John H. Matheson Jan 2000

A Statutory Model For Corporate Constituency Concerns, Edward S. Adams, John H. Matheson

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The modern corporation by its nature creates interdependencies with a variety of groups with whom the corporation has a legitimate concern, such as employees, customers, suppliers, and members of the communities in which the corporation operates. Corporate governance involves a system of contractual and fiduciary duties that influence directors and officers to make decisions consistent with defined obligations. This system requires that directors consider shareholders' interests first and foremost in making corporate decisions because the share-holders are the, "owners," of the corporation. Over the past several decades, a number of states have implemented this policy by enacting constituency statutes. These …


Focal Point Theory Of Expressive Law, Richard H. Mcadams Jan 2000

Focal Point Theory Of Expressive Law, Richard H. Mcadams

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Law And Social Norms: The Case Of Tax Compliance, Eric A. Posner Jan 2000

Law And Social Norms: The Case Of Tax Compliance, Eric A. Posner

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A Theory Of Contract Law Under Conditions Of Radical Judicial Error, Eric A. Posner Jan 2000

A Theory Of Contract Law Under Conditions Of Radical Judicial Error, Eric A. Posner

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Tributes: Health, Heart And Mind: The Contributions Of Richard A. Posner To Health Law And Policy, Diane P. Wood Jan 2000

Tributes: Health, Heart And Mind: The Contributions Of Richard A. Posner To Health Law And Policy, Diane P. Wood

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Animal Rights (Reviewing Steven M. Wise, Rattling The Cage: Toward Legal Rights For Animals (2000)), Richard A. Posner Jan 2000

Animal Rights (Reviewing Steven M. Wise, Rattling The Cage: Toward Legal Rights For Animals (2000)), Richard A. Posner

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