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Good Faith Transferees Of U.S. Treasury Securities And Other Weird Ideas: Making Federal Commercial Law, Charles W. Mooney Jr. Apr 1993

Good Faith Transferees Of U.S. Treasury Securities And Other Weird Ideas: Making Federal Commercial Law, Charles W. Mooney Jr.

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"But Whoever Treasures Freedom...": The Right To Travel And Extraterritorial Abortions, Seth F. Kreimer Mar 1993

"But Whoever Treasures Freedom...": The Right To Travel And Extraterritorial Abortions, Seth F. Kreimer

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Blackmail And Other Forms Of Arm-Twisting, Leo Katz Jan 1993

Blackmail And Other Forms Of Arm-Twisting, Leo Katz

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Perchance To Dream: The Global Economy And The American Dream, Michael S. Knoll Jan 1993

Perchance To Dream: The Global Economy And The American Dream, Michael S. Knoll

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Labor Law Successorship: A Corporate Law Approach, Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter Jan 1993

Labor Law Successorship: A Corporate Law Approach, Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter

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Hate Crimes: Crimes Of Motive, Character, Or Group Terror?, Paul H. Robinson Jan 1993

Hate Crimes: Crimes Of Motive, Character, Or Group Terror?, Paul H. Robinson

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Confronting The Ethical Case Against The Ethical Case For Constituency Rights, William W. Bratton Jan 1993

Confronting The Ethical Case Against The Ethical Case For Constituency Rights, William W. Bratton

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Ways To Think About The Unitary Executive: A Comment On Approaches To Government Structure, Michael A. Fitts Jan 1993

Ways To Think About The Unitary Executive: A Comment On Approaches To Government Structure, Michael A. Fitts

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Taxing Prometheus: How The Corporate Interest Deduction Discourages Innovation And Risk-Taking, Michael S. Knoll Jan 1993

Taxing Prometheus: How The Corporate Interest Deduction Discourages Innovation And Risk-Taking, Michael S. Knoll

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This paper uses recent developments in the theory of optimal capital structure to demonstrate how the federal corporate income tax with an interest deduction, but without a corresponding dividend deduction, misallocates capital within the corporate sector by encouraging investment in low-risk, low-growth projects employing tangible assets over high-risk, high-growth projects employing intangible assets.


Imprudent Power: Reconsidering U.S. Regulation Of Foreign Tender Offers, Jill E. Fisch Jan 1993

Imprudent Power: Reconsidering U.S. Regulation Of Foreign Tender Offers, Jill E. Fisch

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Indexing The Tax Code, Reed Shuldiner Jan 1993

Indexing The Tax Code, Reed Shuldiner

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The Right To Privacy In The Pennsylvania Constitution, Seth F. Kreimer Jan 1993

The Right To Privacy In The Pennsylvania Constitution, Seth F. Kreimer

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Ignorance And Procedural Law Reform: A Call For A Moratorium, Stephen B. Burbank Jan 1993

Ignorance And Procedural Law Reform: A Call For A Moratorium, Stephen B. Burbank

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Rust V. Sullivan And The Control Of Knowledge, Dorothy E. Roberts Jan 1993

Rust V. Sullivan And The Control Of Knowledge, Dorothy E. Roberts

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Lawyer Liability In Third Party Situations: The Meaning Of The Kaye Scholar Case, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Jan 1993

Lawyer Liability In Third Party Situations: The Meaning Of The Kaye Scholar Case, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

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The Kaye Scholer I case has excited much attention and alarm within the legal profession. 2 It is interpreted as greatly expanding the scope of lawyer liability to third parties and heralding much greater regulatory intervention into the relationship between lawyer and client. In some respects this interpretation is accurate. The Kaye Scholer proceeding is at least a "wake up call" to the legal profession, signalling that lawyers should be much more attentive to their legal and ethical obligations in transactional and regulatory matters. However, there is also much misunderstanding about Kaye Scholer, particularly the supposition that it created novel …


The Article 9 Study Committee Report: Strong Signals And Hard Choices, Steven L. Harris, Charles W. Mooney Jr. Jan 1993

The Article 9 Study Committee Report: Strong Signals And Hard Choices, Steven L. Harris, Charles W. Mooney Jr.

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Captive Courts: The Destruction Of Judicial Decisions By Agreement Of The Parties, Jill E. Fisch Jan 1993

Captive Courts: The Destruction Of Judicial Decisions By Agreement Of The Parties, Jill E. Fisch

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Markets, Courts, And The Brave New World Of Bankruptcy Theory, David A. Skeel Jr. Jan 1993

Markets, Courts, And The Brave New World Of Bankruptcy Theory, David A. Skeel Jr.

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Crime, Race And Reproduction, Dorothy E. Roberts Jan 1993

Crime, Race And Reproduction, Dorothy E. Roberts

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Removal And The Eleventh Amendment: The Case For District Court Remand Discretion To Avoid A Bifurcated Suit, Mitchell N. Berman Jan 1993

Removal And The Eleventh Amendment: The Case For District Court Remand Discretion To Avoid A Bifurcated Suit, Mitchell N. Berman

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Racism And Patriarchy In The Meaning Of Motherhood, Dorothy E. Roberts Jan 1993

Racism And Patriarchy In The Meaning Of Motherhood, Dorothy E. Roberts

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Self-Regulation, Normative Choice, And The Structure Of Corporate Fiduciary Law, William W. Bratton Jan 1993

Self-Regulation, Normative Choice, And The Structure Of Corporate Fiduciary Law, William W. Bratton

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Foreword: The Criminal-Civil Distinction And Dangerous Blameless Offenders, Paul H. Robinson Jan 1993

Foreword: The Criminal-Civil Distinction And Dangerous Blameless Offenders, Paul H. Robinson

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Foreword: The Law Of Federal Judicial Discipline And The Lessons Of Social Science, Stephen B. Burbank, Sheldon Jay Plager Jan 1993

Foreword: The Law Of Federal Judicial Discipline And The Lessons Of Social Science, Stephen B. Burbank, Sheldon Jay Plager

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Codifying Criminal Law: Do Modern Codes Have It Right?, Paul H. Robinson Jan 1993

Codifying Criminal Law: Do Modern Codes Have It Right?, Paul H. Robinson

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As Time Goes By: New Questions About The Statute Of Limitations For Rule 10b-5, Jill E. Fisch Jan 1993

As Time Goes By: New Questions About The Statute Of Limitations For Rule 10b-5, Jill E. Fisch

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In this Article. Professor Fisch examines the history and legacy of Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilberston, the controversial 1991 Supreme Court decision that established a federal statute of limitations for private causes of action brought under Rule 10b-5. In Part I Professor Fisch reviews the history of the 10b-5 statute of limitations prior to LampE Part II then analyzes both the issues resolved and questions raised by Lampf. Part III traces the congressional reaction to Lampf that culminated in the addition of section 27A to the Securities Act of 1934. In Part IV, Professor Fisch concludes by …


From Legitimacy To Logic: Reconstructing Proxy Regulation, Jill E. Fisch Jan 1993

From Legitimacy To Logic: Reconstructing Proxy Regulation, Jill E. Fisch

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Financial Distress As A Non-Cooperative Game: A Proposal For Overcoming Obstacles To Private Workouts, Claire Oakes Finkelstein Jan 1993

Financial Distress As A Non-Cooperative Game: A Proposal For Overcoming Obstacles To Private Workouts, Claire Oakes Finkelstein

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Rape, Violence, And Women's Autonomy, Dorothy E. Roberts Jan 1993

Rape, Violence, And Women's Autonomy, Dorothy E. Roberts

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Motherhood And Crime, Dorothy E. Roberts Jan 1993

Motherhood And Crime, Dorothy E. Roberts

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