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Equality, Equity, And Dignity, Nancy E. Dowd
Equality, Equity, And Dignity, Nancy E. Dowd
UF Law Faculty Publications
In this Essay I explore the definition and scope of children’s equality. I argue that equality includes equity and dignity. The meaning of each of these concepts is critical in imagining a deep, rich vision of equality, and in constructing policies to achieve that vision. This definition of equality creates affirmative rights, demands action to resolve structural discrimination that creates and sustains hierarchies among children, and requires affirmative support for children’s developmental equality.
Corporate Natural Law: The Dominance Of Justice In A Codified World, Stuart R. Cohn
Corporate Natural Law: The Dominance Of Justice In A Codified World, Stuart R. Cohn
UF Law Faculty Publications
One tends to think of corporate law as quite formalistic, bound by corporate statutes, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and customary rules of commercial conduct. While many aspects of corporate law are indeed so rule-bound, the truth is that the major issues facing directors, officers and shareholders, ranging from fiduciary duties to minority rights, are generally determined by much more amorphous principles of equity. Hence the notion of “corporate natural law.”