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“O Controlo De Participações Qualificadas Em Instituições De Crédito Na Sequência Da Recente Reforma: Uma Primeira Aproximação” [The Control Of Qualifying Holdings In Credit Institutions Following The Recent Reforms: A First Look], Bruno Ferreira

Bruno Ferreira

No abstract provided.

Choice, Progressive Values, And Corporate Law: A Reply To Greenfield, Harry G. Hutchison

Harry G. Hutchison

In his recent book chapter, CORPORATE LAW AND THE RHETORIC OF CHOICE, Professor Kent Greenfield rejects contractarian justifications for existing corporate governance arrangements. Greenfield advances this critique on two grounds. First, relying on behavioralist scholars, he accepts the demise of the rational actor model and, accordingly, opposes the contemporary use of choice as a construct that legitimates current corporate governance approaches. Second, Greenfield refracts his analysis through the prism of Progressive thought and values.

Greenfield’s approach is disturbing for two reasons. First, he fails to notice that behavioralist scholars often rely on experimental data, while law and economics scholars rely …

The Hypocrisy Of The Acquiescence Canon, Blair C. Warner

Blair C Warner

The Court applies the acquiescence canon to infer that an agency or judicial statutory interpretation is correct when followed by Congressional inaction. This Article will argue that this practice is based on a number of faulty assumptions. Moreover, the canon is applied inconsistently and creates perverse incentives for the legislature. The Article will then explore the Court’s guidance to lower courts against deriving similar inferences from the denial of certiorari, a similar form of inaction. Drawing parallels between Congress and the Court, and noting the many reasons why conclusions should not be drawn from apparent inactivity, this Article will conclude …

The Credence Characteristics Of Corporate Reform, Omari S. Simmons

Omari Scott Simmons

No abstract provided.

La Ejecución De Títulos Valores Cambiarios Nulos, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

A propósito de un fallo plenario de Bahía Blanca, reexamen de una cuestión tratada en trabajos anteriores: la viabilidad en sede ejecutiva de pagarés nulos por defectos de forma

Primer Examen Del Fideicomiso Financiero En El Ámbito Concursal: El Caso "Bonesi", Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Continuación de análisis previos sobre la cuestión, ahora en oportunidad del primer caso judicial que trata sobre la eficacia del fideicomiso financiero en el concurso preventivo, y los derechos del fiduciario ante el incumplimiento del fiduciante y agente de cobro

¿El Consumidor Financiero Es Consumidor?, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de la aplicación de la normativa de defensa del consumidor en las operaciones y contratos del mercado de capitales

El Endoso En Procuración En El Cheque. A Propósito De La Comunicación A 4971 Del Bcra, Martin Paolantonio, Pablo Legón

Martin Paolantonio

Principales cuestiones vinculadas al endoso en procuración, con referencias a la reglamentación del BCRA orientada a la prevención del lavado de dinero

Consideraciones Sobre El Contrato De Factoring En La Argentina, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Revisión de un trabajo previo, incorporando actualizaciones de doctrina y jurisprudencia, sin modificación sustancial de las conclusiones anteriores (el trabajo no había sido publicado, sino presentado en Jornadas)

Securitización De Hipotecas, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Revisión del marco legal y práctica de la securitización de hipotecas en Argentina, con un apunte sobre la crisis financiera internacional

El Derecho Del Mercado De Capitales, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Reconstrucción de la disciplina jurídica del mercado de capitales, tomando como base un desarrollo de Bercovitz para España que es un clásico en la materia, con referencias normativas concretas al derecho argentino

Cancelación De "No Cheques" Por Un "No Portador Legítimo", Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Comentario sobre un fallo de la Cámara Comercial que autoriza la cancelación de formularios de cheques no integrados, legitimando al banco girado

Hipotecas Y Responsabilidad Limitada (En Enfoque Desde El Análisis Económico Del Derecho), Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de la responsabilidad limitada e ilimitada del deudor hipotecario, con un enfoque de AED y referencias de derecho comparado

Just The Facts: Solving The Corporate Privilege Waiver Dilemma, Don R. Berthiaume

Don R Berthiaume

How can corporations provide “just the facts” — which are, in fact, not privileged — without waiving the attorney client privilege and work product protection? This article argues for an addition to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure based upon Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which allows civil litigants to issue a subpoena to an organization and cause them to “designate one or more officers, directors, or managing agents, or designate other persons who consent to testify on its behalf … about information known or reasonably available to the organization.”[6] Why should we look to Fed. …

Pearson, Iqbal, And Procedural Judicial Activism, Goutam U. Jois

Goutam U Jois

In its most recent term, the Supreme Court decided Pearson v. Callahan and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, two cases that, even at this early date, can safely be called “game-changers.” What is fairly well known is that Iqbal and Pearson, on their own terms, will hurt civil rights plaintiffs. A point that has not been explored is how the interaction between Iqbal and Pearson will also hurt civil rights plaintiffs. First, the cases threaten to catch plaintiffs on the horns of a dilemma: Iqbal says, in effect, that greater detail is required to get allegations past the motion to dismiss stage. …

Tribal Land Laws In Andhra Pradesh, Hari Priya

Hari Priya

No abstract provided.

Section 4 Of The Hindu Succession Act Of 1956, Hari Priya

Hari Priya

A brief write up in the form of a comprehensive article aiming to critically evaluate the Section 4 of the Hindu Succession Act of 1956. The law, as it stands amended, has not only brought about changes in the succession laws of Hindus, but has also paved the way for some positive modifications in the law of partition, alienation of property, inheritance and adoption, and the paper is an effort to evaluate this provision of the law.

Crisis, Rescue And Corporate Social Responsibility Under American Corporate Law, Robert Rhee

Robert Rhee

This chapter discusses the legal issues of rescue and corporate social responsibility during times of public crisis. It analyzes a corporate board’s fiduciary duty related to the management of a public crisis and the provision of aid to government and the public. The thesis is that American corporate law adequately provides corporate boards authority to assume broad principles of corporate social responsibility, and that during a public crisis this authority is specially recognized in the enabling statutes of corporate law and should be broadened even further to pursue the public good in exigent circumstances.

‘Organizational’ Criminal Liability Of Partnerships In Canada: Constitutional And Practical Impediments, Darcy Macpherson

Darcy L MacPherson

No abstract provided.

Duty To Report Attorney Misconduct, Luke M. Scheuer

Luke M Scheuer

No abstract provided.

The Moral Responsibility Of The Corporate Lawyer, Judith A. Mcmorrow, Luke M. Scheuer

Judith A. McMorrow

Lawyers traditionally claim that they are not morally accountable for the goals or activities of their clients that are within the bounds of the law. This essay explores this concept of non-accountability in the context of corporate transactional representation. We argue that corporate lawyers, whose practice is forward looking, undertaken on behalf of corporate clients who have legally impaired ability to engage in independent moral reasoning, and who function in a world of relatively minimal legal oversight (i.e. whose work is furthest from the model of the adversary system) cannot persuasively claim that they are not morally responsible for the …

Setting Aside An Arbitration Award, Fernando Leila

Fernando Leila

I - Facts Most arbitration rules stipulate that the arbitral awards that result from arbitration under those agreements or rules are ‘final.’ Yet there is almost always the possibility for a party to challenge the award, whether or not the parties have agreed. According to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”), a successful challenge will usually result in the award being ‘set aside,’ ‘vacated,’ or’ annulled,’ and therefore ceasing to exist, at least within the jurisdiction of the court setting it aside. To set aside an award means to 'declare the award to be disregarded in whole …

The Missing Link Of Democracy, Fernando Leila

Fernando Leila

The Missing Link of Democracy: The Federal Reserve Submission to the Democratic Government

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, (i.e., the "business cycle") the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

Thomas Jefferson

Abstract

This paper examines the shortcomings of the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) as an institution, its power and policy under a democratic system of government, and the consequences thereof.

America is in …

Using Podcasts To Support Students In A Land Law Class, Michael Lp Lower, Keith Thomas, Annisa Ho

Michael LP Lower

This paper describes the experience of creating and using podcasts to support student learning of land law for JD and LL.M. students in Hong Kong. Podcasting involves preparing a series of audio or video broadcast files for download onto a digital media player by students. Four different types of podcast were prepared for the law class in question. Some were simply podcasts, while others were embedded in PowerPoint slides and converted into flash files using ‘Authorpoint’. Together, the podcasts sought to give students an introduction/ review of the main topics and of the problem questions discussed in class.

The aim …

"That Man Is You!" The Juristic Person And Faithful Love, Scott T. Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

No abstract provided.

India Recognizes Limited Liability Partnerships – Any Attraction For Us Investors?, Vikas Varma

Vikas Varma

The Indian form of LLP is broadly comparable to New York Registered Limited Liability Partnerships (“NY LLP”) and to some extent to New York Limited Liability Companies (“NY LLC”).

Black Tuesday And Graying The Legitimacy Line For Governmental Intervention: When Tomorrow Is Just A Future Yesterday, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

Black Tuesday in October 1929 marked a major crisis in American history. As we face current economic woes, it is appropriate to recall not only the event but also reflect on how it altered the legal landscape and the change it precipitated in the acceptance of governmental intervention into the marketplace. Perceived or real crises can cause us to dance between free markets and regulatory power. Much like the events of 1929, current financial concerns have led to new, unprecedented governmental intervention into the private sector. This Article seeks caution, on the basis of history, arguing that fear and crisis …

Shareholder Primacy And The Business Judgment Rule: Arguments For Expanded Corporate Democracy, Robert Sprague, Aaron Lyttle

Robert Sprague

There is a fundamental flaw in the law’s approach to corporate governance. While shareholder primacy is a well-established norm within U.S. corporate law, the business judgment rule essentially holds directors blameless when they fail to maximize shareholder wealth. During the past century, control of the corporation has passed from shareholders to managers. As a result, shareholders have little practical say in who runs the corporation, even though they cannot usually hold managers legally liable when those managers destroy shareholder wealth through incompetence. Despite a number of arguments asserting that shareholders do not deserve any additional management powers, this article concludes …

Veil-Piercing, Peter B. Oh

Peter B. Oh

From its inception veil-piercing has been a scourge on corporate law. Exactly when the veil of limited liability can and will be circumvented to reach into a shareholder’s own assets has befuddled courts, litigants, and scholars alike. And the doctrine has been bedeviled by empirical evidence of a chasm between the theory and practice of veil-piercing; notably, veil-piercing claims inexplicably seem to prevail more often in Contract than Tort, a finding that flouts the engrained distinction between voluntary and involuntary creditors. With a dataset of 2,908 cases from 1658 to 2006, this study presents the most comprehensive portrait of veil-piercing …