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Social and Behavioral Sciences

1982

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Entrevista A Jorge Luis Borges: El Otro, El Mismo, Jose Luis Sardon Sep 1982

Entrevista A Jorge Luis Borges: El Otro, El Mismo, Jose Luis Sardon

Jose Luis Sardon

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The Challenge Of Socialist Thought, Noel B. Reynolds Sep 1982

The Challenge Of Socialist Thought, Noel B. Reynolds

Noel B Reynolds

This presentation points to socialists’ mistaken assumptions of a malleable and perfectible human nature as an insuperable reason for the inevitable failure of socialist systems. It also points to socialist and liberal dependence on declarations of human rights as ineffective protections for human freedom—protections which can only be maintained in constitutionalist systems with deeper structural safeguards against tyranny

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A Theory Of Economic Loss In The Law Of Torts, Mario Rizzo Jun 1982

A Theory Of Economic Loss In The Law Of Torts, Mario Rizzo

Mario Rizzo

This article contains a general theory that explains why pure economic loss ( that is, financial loss not associated with physical harm to the person or property of the plaintiff) is not to be recoverable at times and is recoverable at other times. The theory stresses the importance in the law of reducing contracting costs while still providing incentives to avoid true social costs.

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The Internationalization Of The American Economy: The Textile Industry, Joseph Pelzman Mar 1982

The Internationalization Of The American Economy: The Textile Industry, Joseph Pelzman

Joseph Pelzman

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A Note On Uncertain Lifetimes: A Comment, Joseph Pelzman, Don Rousslang Feb 1982

A Note On Uncertain Lifetimes: A Comment, Joseph Pelzman, Don Rousslang

Joseph Pelzman

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Post-Tefra Holding Company Strategies, David Randall Jenkins Dec 1981

Post-Tefra Holding Company Strategies, David Randall Jenkins

David Randall Jenkins, Ph.D.

Post-TEFRA holding company succession planning strategies relied on the Supreme Court's decision in Vogel Fertilizer Co.

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Legal Aspects Of Prison Riots, Ira P. Robbins Dec 1981

Legal Aspects Of Prison Riots, Ira P. Robbins

Ira P. Robbins

Introduction: Riots are a recurrent phenomenon in American prisons. In the 1950s and the early 1970s, major riots erupted in prisons across the country, and many have occurred in the past several years.' Riots will continue to occur as long as the dominant function of prisons is the custodial confinement of inmates. As one commentator explains, "The way to make a strong bomb is to build a strong perimeter and generate pressure inside. Similarly, riots occur where ... pressures and demands are generated in the presence of strong custodial confinement."

When such a bomb detonates and a prison riot erupts, …

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