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The End Of The Hudson Valley's Peculiar Institution: The Anti-Rent Movement's Politics, Social Relations, & Economics, Eric Kades Oct 2002

The End Of The Hudson Valley's Peculiar Institution: The Anti-Rent Movement's Politics, Social Relations, & Economics, Eric Kades

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No abstract provided.


Judicial Review And Global Federalism, Charles H. Koch Jr. Jan 2002

Judicial Review And Global Federalism, Charles H. Koch Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Editor's Observations: The 2001 Economic Crime Package: A Legislative History, Frank O. Bowman Iii Jul 2000

Editor's Observations: The 2001 Economic Crime Package: A Legislative History, Frank O. Bowman Iii

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On April 6, 2001, the U.S. Sentencing Commission approved a group of amendments to guidelines governing the sentencing of economic crimes. These measures, collectively known to as the “economic crime package,” are the culmination of some six years of deliberations by both the Conaboy and Murphy Sentencing Commissions working together with interested outside groups such as the defense bar, the Justice Department, probation officers, and the Criminal Law Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference, The package contains three basic components. First, the now-separate theft and fraud guidelines, Sections 2B1.1 and 2F1.1, will be consolidated into a single guideline. Second, the …


A Judicious Solution: The Criminal Law Committee Draft Redefinition Of The Loss Concept In Economic Crime Sentencing, Frank O. Bowman Iii Jan 2000

A Judicious Solution: The Criminal Law Committee Draft Redefinition Of The Loss Concept In Economic Crime Sentencing, Frank O. Bowman Iii

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In December 1999, the United States Sentencing Commission (Commission), an institution that had been in suspended animation for over a year with all seven voting seats vacant, fluttered its eyelids and came back to life. An agreement between the Senate and the White House produced seven new Commissioners: five sitting federal judges, the former General Counsel of the Commission, and a law professor. The new group began work immediately, making itself accessible in meetings with lawyers and judges around the country, exuding an air of intelligence and collegiality, and dispensing in short order with a backlog of amendments to the …


Database Protection In A Digital World, Mary Maureen Brown, Robert M. Bryan, John M. Conley Jan 1999

Database Protection In A Digital World, Mary Maureen Brown, Robert M. Bryan, John M. Conley

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Economic Theory, Trader Freedom And Consumer Welfare: State Oil Co. V. Khan And The Continuing Incoherence Of Antitrust Doctrine, Alan J. Meese Jan 1999

Economic Theory, Trader Freedom And Consumer Welfare: State Oil Co. V. Khan And The Continuing Incoherence Of Antitrust Doctrine, Alan J. Meese

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When Y2k Causes "Economic Loss" To "Other Property", Peter A. Alces, Aaron S. Book Jan 1999

When Y2k Causes "Economic Loss" To "Other Property", Peter A. Alces, Aaron S. Book

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Windfalls, Eric Kades Jan 1999

Windfalls, Eric Kades

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“Why Infer”? What The New Institutional Economics Has To Say About Law-Supplied Default Rules, Juliet P. Kostritsky Jan 1998

“Why Infer”? What The New Institutional Economics Has To Say About Law-Supplied Default Rules, Juliet P. Kostritsky

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A central question of contract law remains: when should the law supply a term not expressly agreed to? Many scholars have addressed that question, yet the justification for law-supplied terms often remains unconvincing. Because many proposals to supply terms do not incorporate a comparative framework for assessing the costs and benefits of legal interventions, they are incompletely justified. This Article proposes that a comparative net benefit approach (developed in institutional economics to explain private arrangements) be adapted and expanded to resolve the fundamental issues of legal intervention. The Article uses that framework to critique the hypothetical bargain and Ayres/Gertner penalty …


Restating Capitalization Standards And Rules: The Case For "Rough Justice" Regulations (Part Two), John W. Lee, Eldridge Blanton, Veena Luthra, Glenn Walberg, Darryl Whitesell Oct 1997

Restating Capitalization Standards And Rules: The Case For "Rough Justice" Regulations (Part Two), John W. Lee, Eldridge Blanton, Veena Luthra, Glenn Walberg, Darryl Whitesell

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No abstract provided.


Lifestyles Of The Not-So-Rich Or Famous: The Role Of Choice And Sacrifice In Bankruptcy, A. Mechele Dickerson Oct 1997

Lifestyles Of The Not-So-Rich Or Famous: The Role Of Choice And Sacrifice In Bankruptcy, A. Mechele Dickerson

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No abstract provided.


Price Theory And Vertical Restraints: A Misunderstood Relation, Alan J. Meese Jan 1997

Price Theory And Vertical Restraints: A Misunderstood Relation, Alan J. Meese

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The Chicago School of antitrust analysis has exerted a strong influence over the law of vertical restraints in the past two decades, leading the Supreme Court to abandon much of its traditional hostility toward such agreements. Chicago's success has provoked a vigorous response from Populists, who support the traditional approach. Chicago, Populists claim, has improperly relied upon neoclassical price theory to inform the normative and descriptive assumptions that drive its analysis of trade restraints generally and of vertical restraints in particular. This reliance is misplaced, Populists assert, because the real world departs from that portrayed by price-theoretic models and, at …


Environmental Inequity: Economic Causes, Economic Solutions, Thom Lambert, Christopher Boerner Jan 1997

Environmental Inequity: Economic Causes, Economic Solutions, Thom Lambert, Christopher Boerner

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The article examines one such shortcoming: namely, that existing research fails to account for the dynamic nature of the housing market. Analyzing data from the St. Louis metropolitan area, this study finds that economic factors--not siting discrimination--are behind many claims of environmental racism. This phenomenon suggests the need to develop public policies that fit the economic nature of the problem. In particular, a policy that compensates individuals living near industrial sites is the key to securing environmental justice.


Equilibrium Theory, The Ficas Model, And International Banking Law, Raj Bhala Jan 1997

Equilibrium Theory, The Ficas Model, And International Banking Law, Raj Bhala

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No abstract provided.


Restating Capitalization Standards And Rules: The Case For "Rough Justice" Regulations (Part One), John W. Lee, Eldridge Blanton, Veena Luthra, Glenn Walberg, Darryl Whitesell Jan 1997

Restating Capitalization Standards And Rules: The Case For "Rough Justice" Regulations (Part One), John W. Lee, Eldridge Blanton, Veena Luthra, Glenn Walberg, Darryl Whitesell

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No abstract provided.


Antitrust Balancing In A (Near) Coasean World: The Case Of Franchise Tying Contracts, Alan J. Meese Jan 1996

Antitrust Balancing In A (Near) Coasean World: The Case Of Franchise Tying Contracts, Alan J. Meese

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No abstract provided.


Critique Of Current Congressional Capital Gains Contentions, John W. Lee Jul 1995

Critique Of Current Congressional Capital Gains Contentions, John W. Lee

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No abstract provided.


Striker Replacements: A Law, Economics, And Negotiations Approach, Rafael Gely, Leonard Bierman Apr 1995

Striker Replacements: A Law, Economics, And Negotiations Approach, Rafael Gely, Leonard Bierman

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In this article, we directly attack Professors Wachter and Cohen's assertion regarding the economic efficiency of the Mackay doctrine. Applying internal and external labor market analysis, we argue that the Mackay doctrine is economically inefficient because it allows employers to behave “opportunistically” with respect to employees that have made “firm-specific” investments in their employing firms. To remedy this problem we propose a new “negotiations approach,” the components of which are: (1) the statutory overruling of Mackay, and (2) the concomitant amendment of the NLRA to make the striker replacement issue a “mandatory” subject of collective bargaining.


Avoiding Takings “Accidents”: A Torts Perspective On Takings Law, Eric Kades Jan 1994

Avoiding Takings “Accidents”: A Torts Perspective On Takings Law, Eric Kades

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Viewing the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment as a form of insurance appeals to our intuition. The government, like fire, does not often "take" property, but when faced with extraordinary risk property owners naturally desire compensation. Recent scholarship, however, has dissolved the attractiveness of this perspective. This literature, through economic analysis, claims that the Takings Clause should be repealed and replaced with private takings insurance. This is the "no-compensation" result. This article argues that the insurance-based understanding of the just compensation requirement can be preserved without reaching the surprising no-compensation result. The intuitive appeal of understanding the Takings Clause …


Mortgage Prepayment Clauses: An Economic And Legal Analysis, Dale A. Whitman Jan 1993

Mortgage Prepayment Clauses: An Economic And Legal Analysis, Dale A. Whitman

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Most mortgages on income-producing real estate (as distinct from owner-occupied housing) contain clauses restricting early payment of the loan. These clauses are highly controversial, and borrowers often resist their enforcement. While other writers have discussed prepayment clauses in the recent legal literature, my objectives in this article are to advance this discussion in three respects: first, to provide an economic perspective on mortgage prepayment as support for a set of legal recommendations; second, to consider whether the bankruptcy of the mortgagor should affect enforceability of a prepayment fee clause; and third, to analyze the cumulative effect of the presence in …


Contingent Income Items And Cost Basis Corporate Acquisitions: Correlative Adjustments And Clearer Reflection Of Income, John W. Lee, Mark S. Bader Jan 1987

Contingent Income Items And Cost Basis Corporate Acquisitions: Correlative Adjustments And Clearer Reflection Of Income, John W. Lee, Mark S. Bader

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The Fallacy Of Weighting Asset Value And Earnings Value In The Appraisal Of Corporate Stock, Elmer J. Schaefer Jul 1982

The Fallacy Of Weighting Asset Value And Earnings Value In The Appraisal Of Corporate Stock, Elmer J. Schaefer

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No abstract provided.


Book Review Of The New Industrial Order: Concentration Regulation And Public Policy And Property, Markets, And Government Intervention: A Textbook In Microeconomic Theory And Its Current Application, Charles H. Koch Jr. Jan 1977

Book Review Of The New Industrial Order: Concentration Regulation And Public Policy And Property, Markets, And Government Intervention: A Textbook In Microeconomic Theory And Its Current Application, Charles H. Koch Jr.

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No abstract provided.


The Trade Act Of 1974: Coping With Unequal Environmental Control Costs, Scott C. Whitney Jan 1975

The Trade Act Of 1974: Coping With Unequal Environmental Control Costs, Scott C. Whitney

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No abstract provided.