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Mexican Families & United States Immigration Reform, Bernard Trujillo Jan 2010

Mexican Families & United States Immigration Reform, Bernard Trujillo

Bernard Trujillo

This essay argues that we should understand U.S. immigration policy as a series of bi-national relationships rather than as a single, user-indifferent interface. Applying this regulatory approach to Mexican labor migration (i) allows a more accurate definition of the migrating person in the context of the family he seeks to support; and (ii) highlights the United States' duty to provide for Mexican families.


Randomness And Complexity In Social Explanation: Evidence From Finance And Bankruptcy Law, Bernard Trujillo Jan 2008

Randomness And Complexity In Social Explanation: Evidence From Finance And Bankruptcy Law, Bernard Trujillo

Bernard Trujillo

No abstract provided.


Immigration Reform, National Security After September 11, And The Future Of North American Integration, Kevin R. Johnson, Bernard Trujillo Jan 2007

Immigration Reform, National Security After September 11, And The Future Of North American Integration, Kevin R. Johnson, Bernard Trujillo

Bernard Trujillo

No abstract provided.


Patterns In A Complex System: An Empirical Study Of Valuation In Business Bankruptcy Cases, Bernard Trujillo Jan 2005

Patterns In A Complex System: An Empirical Study Of Valuation In Business Bankruptcy Cases, Bernard Trujillo

Bernard Trujillo

This Article applies complex systems research methods to explore the characteristics of the bankruptcy legal system. It presents the results of an empirical study of twenty years of bankruptcy court valuation doctrine in business cramdown cases. The data provide solid descriptions of how courts exercise their discretion in valuing firms and assets. This Article has two objectives: First, using scientific methodology, it explains the content of bankruptcy valuation doctrine. Second, the Article uses doctrine as a variable to explore the system dynamics that govern the processes of change over time. Significant findings include: ( 1 ) Courts tend to split …


Self-Organizing Legal Systems: Precedent And Variation In Bankruptcy, Bernard Trujillo Jan 2004

Self-Organizing Legal Systems: Precedent And Variation In Bankruptcy, Bernard Trujillo

Bernard Trujillo

Models of legal ordering are frequently hierarchical. These models do not explain two prominent realities: (1) variation in the content of a legal system, and (2) patterns of non-hierarchical ordering that we observe. As a supplement to hierarchical explanations of legal order, this Article, drawing from physical and social science research on complex systems, offers a self-organizing model. The self-organizing model focuses on variation in the content of legal systems and attempts to explain the relationship between that variation and patterns of ordering. The self-organizing model demonstrates that variation and ordering are not opposite categories, but rather constitute one continuous …


Immigrant Visa Distribution: The Case Of Mexico, Bernard Trujillo Jan 2000

Immigrant Visa Distribution: The Case Of Mexico, Bernard Trujillo

Bernard Trujillo

No abstract provided.


The Wisconsin Exemption Clause Debate Of 1846: An Historical Perspective On The Regulation Of Debt, Bernard Trujillo Jan 1998

The Wisconsin Exemption Clause Debate Of 1846: An Historical Perspective On The Regulation Of Debt, Bernard Trujillo

Bernard Trujillo

No abstract provided.