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Full-Text Articles in Law
Introduction: Beyond The State? Rethinking Private Law, Ralf Michaels, Nils Jansen
Introduction: Beyond The State? Rethinking Private Law, Ralf Michaels, Nils Jansen
Faculty Scholarship
Introduction to an issue of the journal that brings together the papers presented, as revised by the participants, at a conference held at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany in the summer of 2007.
The New European Choice-Of-Law Revolution, Ralf Michaels
The New European Choice-Of-Law Revolution, Ralf Michaels
Faculty Scholarship
Conflict of laws in Europe was long viewed by outsiders as formalist, antiquated, and uninteresting. Now that the European Union has become more active in the field, things are changing, but most view these changes as a mere gradual evolution. This is untrue. Actually, and fascinatingly, we are observing a real European conflicts revolution—in importance, radicalness, and irreversibility comparable to the twentieth-century American conflicts revolution. European developments go beyond the federalization of choice-of-law rules in EU regulations. In addition, EU choice of law is being constitutionalized, in particular through the principles of mutual recognition and the country-of-origin principle, along with …
Arizona V. Johnson: Determining When A Terry Stop Becomes Consensual, Ryan Thompson
Arizona V. Johnson: Determining When A Terry Stop Becomes Consensual, Ryan Thompson
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
No abstract provided.
Pacific Bell V. Linkline: Price Squeezing And The Limits Of Judicial Administrability, Sandeep Vaheesan
Pacific Bell V. Linkline: Price Squeezing And The Limits Of Judicial Administrability, Sandeep Vaheesan
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
No abstract provided.
Fitzgerald V. Barnstable School Committee: Enforcement Of Constitutional Rights, Sarah Branstetter
Fitzgerald V. Barnstable School Committee: Enforcement Of Constitutional Rights, Sarah Branstetter
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
No abstract provided.
Davis V. Fec: The First Amendment Rights Of A Wealthy Candidate, Jeremy Earl
Davis V. Fec: The First Amendment Rights Of A Wealthy Candidate, Jeremy Earl
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
No abstract provided.
Panetti V. Quarterman: Raising The Bar Against Executing The Incompetent, D. G. Maxted
Panetti V. Quarterman: Raising The Bar Against Executing The Incompetent, D. G. Maxted
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
No abstract provided.
Explaining Change And Rethinking Dirty Words: Fcc V. Fox Television Stations, Inc., Tobias Coleman
Explaining Change And Rethinking Dirty Words: Fcc V. Fox Television Stations, Inc., Tobias Coleman
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
No abstract provided.
Pleasant Grove City V. Summum: Identifying Government Speech & Classifying Speech Forums, Aaron Harmon
Pleasant Grove City V. Summum: Identifying Government Speech & Classifying Speech Forums, Aaron Harmon
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
In Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, the Supreme Court must decide whether a privately-donated Ten Commandments monument currently on display in a city park is the private speech of the donor or the government speech of Pleasant Grove City. Summum, a religious organization, sued Pleasant Grove City in federal court claiming that because the city had displayed in a city park a donated Ten Commandments monument, the First Amendment compelled the city to also accept and display Summum's proposed "Seven Aphorisms of Summum" monument. If the Court decides it is the private speech of the donor, it will have to …
Ksr V. Teleflex: How “Obviousness” Has Changed, Daniel Becker
Ksr V. Teleflex: How “Obviousness” Has Changed, Daniel Becker
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
In KSR v. Teleflex, the Supreme Court examined the Federal Circuit's obviousness jurisprudence for patents. Both prior to and in this case, the Federal Circuit rigidly applied its judicially created "teaching, suggestion, or motivation" (TSM) test to determine whether the prior art would direct an inventor of ordinary skill in the art to combine references or elements in references in the same way as the patentee did. The Supreme Court, however, reversed the decision of the Federal Circuit, and held that by applying the TSM test in such a strict manner, the Federal Circuit had "analyzed the issue in a …
Why Our Next President May Keep His Or Her Senate Seat: A Conjecture On The Constitution’S Incompatibility Clause, Seth Barrett Tillman
Why Our Next President May Keep His Or Her Senate Seat: A Conjecture On The Constitution’S Incompatibility Clause, Seth Barrett Tillman
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
In this Article, Mr. Seth Barrett Tillman challenges the traditional interpretation of the Incompatibility Clause and argues that the President may serve both as the Chief Executive and as a member of Congress. Mr. Tillman utilizes the text, history, and structure of the Constitution to support his position. He ultimately concludes that whoever serves as the next President -- Senator Obama or Senator McCain -- need not resign from the Senate before assuming the Executive Office.
Why The Incompatibility Clause Applies To The Office Of The President, Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash
Why The Incompatibility Clause Applies To The Office Of The President, Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
Professor Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash responds to Mr. Seth Barret Tillman's Article and defends the traditional interpretation of the Incompatibility Clause, under which a President is prohibited from simultaneously serving as a congressional representative. The ramifications that would result if a President could also hold a position in the Senate or the House of Representatives, Professor Prakash argues, are too problematic for Mr. Tillman's reading to replace the traditional understanding of the Incompatibility Clause. Therefore, the next President, whether Senator McCain or Senator Obama, would need to resign from the Senate before assuming the Executive Office.
Systemic Risk, Steven L. Schwarcz
Systemic Risk, Steven L. Schwarcz
Faculty Scholarship
Governments and international organizations worry increasingly about systemic risk, under which the world’s financial system can collapse like a row of dominoes. There is widespread confusion, though, about the causes and even the definition of systemic risk, and uncertainty about how to control it. This Article offers a conceptual framework for examining what risks are truly “systemic,” what causes those risks, and how, if at all, those risks should be regulated. Scholars historically have tended to think of systemic risk primarily in terms of financial institutions such as banks. However, with the growth of disintermediation, in which companies can access …
Skating With Donovan: Thoughts On Librarianship As A Profession, Richard A. Danner
Skating With Donovan: Thoughts On Librarianship As A Profession, Richard A. Danner
Faculty Scholarship
James M. Donovan’s article: Skating on Thin Intermediation: Can Libraries Survive?, 27 Legal Reference Services Q. 95 (no. 2-3, 2008) argues that librarians place more emphasis than they might on providing service to library users at a time when information seekers are relying less on intermediaries, and that over-emphasizing service to the detriment of other values diminishes the status of librarianship as a profession. The article presents two contrasting models of librarianship. This article discusses Donovan’s models and comments on the continuing importance of the service model to librarianship.
The Year In Review 2007: Selected Cases From The Alaska Supreme Court, The Alaska Court Of Appeals, The United States Supreme Court, And The United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit
Alaska Law Review Year in Review
No abstract provided.
Recidivism In Alaska, Teresa W. Carns
Recidivism In Alaska, Teresa W. Carns
Alaska Law Review Online Articles Forum
Recidivism data are a tool that can help policymakers determine how effectively a criminal justice system is working to protect the public. Such data can help answer whether the current system is appropriate, whether alternative methods could provide better results, and whether specialized programs such as therapeutic courts can help reduce recidivism rates. The Alaska Judicial Council published two reports in 2007 that sought to address these questions and more. This Comment has combined much of the data from these two reports in order to present them in a unified fashion, providing direct comparisons and contrasts where appropriate. The Council …
Softening The Formality And Formalism Of The “Testimonial” Statement Concept, Robert P. Mosteller
Softening The Formality And Formalism Of The “Testimonial” Statement Concept, Robert P. Mosteller
Faculty Scholarship
In Crawford v. Washington (2004), the United States Supreme Court ruled that “testimonial” statements are the core, perhaps exclusive, concern of the Confrontation Clause. The Court began a process of defining the testimonial-statement concept but did not develop a comprehensive definition. In Crawford, the Court concluded that a statement was testimonial, which was tape recorded and obtained from a criminal suspect who was in police custody, had been given warnings under Miranda v. Arizona (1966), and was being interrogated by known governmental agents using what the Court termed “structured” questioning. One of the definitions the Court explicitly presented as a …
Insurance Expansions: Do They Hurt Those They Are Designed To Help?, Barak D. Richman
Insurance Expansions: Do They Hurt Those They Are Designed To Help?, Barak D. Richman
Faculty Scholarship
Seeking to redress health disparities across income and race, many policy-makers mandate health insurance benefits, presuming that equalized benefits will help equalize use of beneficial health services. This paper tests that presumption by measuring health care use by a diverse population with comprehensive health insurance. Focusing on use of mental health care and pharmaceuticals, it finds that even when insurance benefits and access are constant, whites and those with high incomes consume more of these benefits than other people do. This suggests that privileged classes extract more health care services even when everyone pays equal premiums for equal insurance coverage.
Antitrust And Nonprofit Hospital Mergers: A Return To Basics, Barak D. Richman
Antitrust And Nonprofit Hospital Mergers: A Return To Basics, Barak D. Richman
Faculty Scholarship
Courts reviewing proposed mergers of nonprofit hospitals have too often abandoned the bedrock principles of antitrust law, failing to pay heed to the most elemental hallmarks of socially beneficial competition. This Article suggests that courts’ misapplication of antitrust law in these cases reflects a failure to understand the structural details of the American health care market. After reviewing recent cases in which courts have rejected challenges to proposed mergers between nonprofit hospitals, it documents how courts have engaged in a faulty analysis that ultimately protects nonprofit hospitals from the rigors of standard antitrust scrutiny. It then identifies the core principles …
The New Innovation Frontier? Intellectual Property And The European Court Of Human Rights, Laurence R. Helfer
The New Innovation Frontier? Intellectual Property And The European Court Of Human Rights, Laurence R. Helfer
Faculty Scholarship
This article provides the first comprehensive analysis of the intellectual property case law of the European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR"). Within the last three years, the ECHR has issued a trio of intellectual property rulings interpreting the right of property protected by the European Convention on Human Rights. These decisions, which view intellectual property through the lens of fundamental rights, have important consequences for the region's innovation and creativity policies. The cases are also emblematic of a growing number of controversies in domestic and international law over the intersection of human rights, property rights, and intellectual property. The article …
Nonconsensual International Lawmaking, Laurence R. Helfer
Nonconsensual International Lawmaking, Laurence R. Helfer
Faculty Scholarship
This article documents the rise of nonconsensual international lawmaking and analyzes its consequences for the treaty design, treaty participation, and treaty adherence decisions of nation states. Grounding treaties upon the formal consent of states has numerous advantages for a decentralized and largely anarchic international legal system that suffers from a pervasive “compliance deficit.” But consent also has real costs, including the inability to ensure that all nations affected by transborder problems join treaties that seek to resolve those problems. This “participation deficit” helps explain why some international rules bind countries without their acceptance or approval. Such rules have wide applicability. …
Disclosure’S Failure In The Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Steven L. Schwarcz
Disclosure’S Failure In The Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Steven L. Schwarcz
Faculty Scholarship
This symposium article examines how disclosure, the regulatory focus of the federal securities laws, has failed to achieve transparency in the sub-prime mortgage crisis and what this failure means for modern financial securities markets.
Prosecuting Aggression, Noah Weisbord
Prosecuting Aggression, Noah Weisbord
Faculty Scholarship
The Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court will soon have its first opportunity to revise the Rome Statute and activate the latent crime of aggression, which awaits a definition of its elements and conditions for the exercise of jurisdiction. The working group charged with drafting a provision is scheduled to complete its task by 2008 or 2009, one year before the International Criminal Court’s first review conference. Beginning with a history of the crime meant to put the current negotiations in the context of past initiatives, this article sets out the status of the negotiations and begins …
The State Of Public Access To Federal Government Databases Detailed In Recommended New Book, Jennifer L. Behrens
The State Of Public Access To Federal Government Databases Detailed In Recommended New Book, Jennifer L. Behrens
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Nothing But The Truth? Experiments On Adversarial Competition, Expert Testimony, And Decision Making, Cheryl Boudreau, Mathew D. Mccubbins
Nothing But The Truth? Experiments On Adversarial Competition, Expert Testimony, And Decision Making, Cheryl Boudreau, Mathew D. Mccubbins
Faculty Scholarship
Many scholars debate whether a competition between experts in legal, political, or economic contexts elicits truthful information and, in turn, enables people to make informed decisions. Thus, we analyze experimentally the conditions under which competition between experts induces the experts to make truthful statements and enables jurors listening to these statements to improve their decisions. Our results demonstrate that, contrary to game theoretic predictions and contrary to critics of our adversarial legal system, competition induces enough truth telling to allow jurors to improve their decisions. Then, when we impose additional institutions (such as penalties for lying or the threat of …
Odious Debts And Nation-Building: When The Incubus Departs, Mitu Gulati, Lee C. Buchheit
Odious Debts And Nation-Building: When The Incubus Departs, Mitu Gulati, Lee C. Buchheit
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Voices Of American Law: Us Supreme Court Cases Meet The 21st Century, Lauren M. Collins
Voices Of American Law: Us Supreme Court Cases Meet The 21st Century, Lauren M. Collins
Faculty Scholarship
reviewing Voices of American Law documentary series(Thomas B. Metzloff & Sarah Wood producers)
The Constitutive And Entrenchment Functions Of Constitutions: A Research Agenda, Ernest A. Young
The Constitutive And Entrenchment Functions Of Constitutions: A Research Agenda, Ernest A. Young
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Amending The Exceptions Clause, Joseph Blocher
Amending The Exceptions Clause, Joseph Blocher
Faculty Scholarship
Jurisdiction stripping is the new constitutional amendment, and the Exceptions Clause is the new Article V. But despite legal academia’s long-running obsessions with the meaning of constitutional amendment and the limits (if any) on Congress’s power to control federal jurisdiction, we still lack even a basic understanding of how these two forms of constitutional politicking interact. As legislators increasingly propose and pass jurisdiction-stripping legislation and pursue politically charged constitutional amendments, these constitutional processes have begun to step off of the pages of law reviews and into the halls of Congress. The looming collision between them makes it all the more …
Corn Futures: Consumer Politics, Health, And Climate Change, Jedediah Purdy, James Salzman
Corn Futures: Consumer Politics, Health, And Climate Change, Jedediah Purdy, James Salzman
Faculty Scholarship
The Mexicans have long been known as the Corn People, but that label perhaps provides a better fit for modern day Americans. The simple seeds of corn play a fundamental role unprecedented in the history of human agriculture. Corn now underpins two major sectors, arguably the two most important sectors, of our modern economy - food supply and energy supply. How we choose to consume this seed has far-ranging consequences for pressing issues as far apart as climate change and diabetes, energy policy and immigration, tropical deforestation and food riots.