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Trust: A Model For Disclosure In Patent Law, Ari Ezra Waldman Jan 2017

Trust: A Model For Disclosure In Patent Law, Ari Ezra Waldman

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How to draw the line between public and private is a foundational, first-principles question of privacy law, but the answer has implications for intellectual property, as well. This project is the first in a series of papers about first-person disclosures of information in the privacy and intellectual property law contexts, and it defines the boundary between public and non-public information through the lens of social science — namely, principles of trust.

Patent law’s “public use” bar confronts the question of whether legal protection should extend to information previously disclosed to a small group of people. I present evidence that shows …


Mobilizing Law For Justice In Asia: A Comparative Approach, Frank W. Munger, Scott Cummings, Louise Trubek Jan 2013

Mobilizing Law For Justice In Asia: A Comparative Approach, Frank W. Munger, Scott Cummings, Louise Trubek

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This article offers a comparative framework for studying why and how law is mobilized to advance justice claims by marginalized groups in Asia. In it, we build upon a series of collaborative exchanges between practitioners and scholars on the role of social justice lawyers in eleven Asian countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Based on lessons from this collaboration, we suggest that one way to understand variation in the type and scope of legal mobilization for the politically weak is in relation to two important domestic factors: political openness and autonomy of law. …


Durkheim's Internet: Social And Political Theory In Online Society, Ari Ezra Waldman Jan 2013

Durkheim's Internet: Social And Political Theory In Online Society, Ari Ezra Waldman

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While the Internet has changed dramatically since the early 1990s, the legal regime governing the right to privacy online and Internet speech is still steeped in a myth of the Internet user, completely hidden from others, in total control of his online experience, and free to come and go as he pleases. This false image of the “virtual self” has also contributed to an ethos of lawlessness, irresponsibility, and radical individuation online, allowing the evisceration of online privacy and the proliferation of hate and harassment.

I argue that the myth of the online anonym is not only false as a …


Cutting Municipal Services During Fiscal Crisis: Lessons From The Denial Of Services To Condominium And Homeowner Association Owners, Gerald Korngold Jan 2012

Cutting Municipal Services During Fiscal Crisis: Lessons From The Denial Of Services To Condominium And Homeowner Association Owners, Gerald Korngold

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The History Of The New York City Law Department: Fighting For The City By William E. Nelson, Ross Sandler Jan 2009

The History Of The New York City Law Department: Fighting For The City By William E. Nelson, Ross Sandler

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Book Review Of James Q. Whitman’S “Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment And The Widening Divide Between America And Europe", Lloyd Bonfield Jan 2005

Book Review Of James Q. Whitman’S “Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment And The Widening Divide Between America And Europe", Lloyd Bonfield

Other Publications

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The Reception Of Foreign Law In The U.S. Federal Courts, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1995

The Reception Of Foreign Law In The U.S. Federal Courts, Roger J. Miner '56

Bar Associations

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Foreword: Antitrust As Public Interest Law, Rudolph J.R. Peritz Jan 1990

Foreword: Antitrust As Public Interest Law, Rudolph J.R. Peritz

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The Aggregate Interest In Shared Respect And Human Rights: The Harmonization Of Public Order And Civic Order, Myers Mcdougal, Harold Lasswell, Lung-Chu Chen Jan 1977

The Aggregate Interest In Shared Respect And Human Rights: The Harmonization Of Public Order And Civic Order, Myers Mcdougal, Harold Lasswell, Lung-Chu Chen

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Non-Conforming Political Opinion And Human Rights: Transnational Protection Against Discrimination, Myers Mcdougal, Harold Lasswell, Lung-Chu Chen Jan 1975

Non-Conforming Political Opinion And Human Rights: Transnational Protection Against Discrimination, Myers Mcdougal, Harold Lasswell, Lung-Chu Chen

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