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Market Power And The Cross-Industry Behavior Of Prices Around A Business Cycle Trough, Jonathan Baker, Peter Woodward

Working Papers

Our paper examines the behavior of prices in a large number of highly-disaggregate industries around the trough of the business cycle. We conclude that the degree to which prices are pro- or counter-cyclical differs between business cycle peaks and business cycle troughs, and that the cyclical behavior of prices varies substantially across industries. We also observe a tendency for industry prices to rise immediately following a business cycle trough. In general, we accept a market power explanation for that observation: either oligopolists pricing above marginal cost take advantage of a cyclical tendency for demand functions to grow more inelastic in …

First In The Field: The Unique Mission And Legitimacy Of The Red Cross In A Culture Of Legality, Kenneth Anderson

Popular Media

This 1998 Times Literary Supplement essay reviews a massive history of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Cross movement up through the end of the Second World War - a book which was the first to use access to ICRC archives of the Second World War.

From Open Access To Convergence Mergers: An Antitrust Perspective On The Transition To Electricity Competition, Jonathan Baker

Presentations

INTRODUCTIONIn looking over the program before you arrived this morning, some of you may well have asked: what is someone from the Federal Trade Commission doing as our luncheon speaker? I thought this was an electricity conference. After all we've got FERC and the state commissions looking over our shoulders, including looking at mergers. What have we got here, some sort of party crasher? Besides violating the obvious adage and giving an economist a free lunch, what's the point?In the course of the next few minutes I hope to convince you that we are not party crashing. In fact, we …

Strengthening The Inter-American Human Rights System: The Current Debate, Claudio Grossman

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An End To Silence: Women Prisoners’ Handbook On Identifying And Addressing Sexual Misconduct, 2nd Ed., Brenda V. Smith, Marcia Greenberger, Nancy Duff Campbell, Deborah Brake, Joanna Grossman, Kathie Donnelly, Laura Cutiletta, Christina Davis, Marelisa Fabrega, Kristin Flynn, Kristin Holman, Jessica Jackson, Heather Lamberg, Kimberly Harris, Shauna Helton, Alvin Stith, Aurie Hall, Jonathan Smith, Andie Moss, Theresa Hunt Katsel, Drs. Elaine Carmen, Shelley Neiderbach

Reports

The National Women’s Law Center is a non-profit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women’s legal rights. The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families including education, employment, reproductive rights, health, family support and income security, with special attention given to the concerns of low-income women.

As a legal arm of the women’s movement, the Center has litigated ground-breaking cases and filed briefs in landmark Supreme Court decisions; advocated before state and federal policymakers to shape legislation and policies affecting women’s lives; and educated the public about issues important …

On Long-Haul Lawyering, Susan Bennett

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Separation Anxiety: International Responses To Ethno-Separatist Claims, Diane Orentlicher

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Logos, Links, And Lending: Towards Standardized Privacy And Use Policies For Banking Web Sites, Walter Effross

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Rape In Wartime: Redress In United States Courts Under The Alien Tort Claims Act, Susana Sácouto

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Palabras Del Presidente De La Comision Interamericana De Derechos Humanos En La Sesion Inaugural Del 95, Claudio Grossman

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Administrative Law In The 21st Century, Andrew Popper

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Comparative Law In Action: Promissory Estoppel, The Civil Law, And The Mixed Jurisdiction, David Snyder

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Exploring The Concept Of Post-Tenure Review In Law Schools, Ira Robbins

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Introduction: Faculty in American law schools and universities often view the award of tenure as an inviolate guarantee of job security.' From this perspective, any attempt to monitor the level and quality of a tenured professor's work infringes on academic freedom. Recently, however, academics have argued that shielding the performance of tenured faculty from serious review potentially may be a disservice to the academic institution. Critics complain that schools sacrifice professional accountability when deficient performance goes undetected and uncorrected.

Attorney-Client Privilege: The Eroding Concept Of Confidentiality Should Be Abolished, Paul Rice

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Averting Malpractice By Information: Informed Consent In The Pediatric Treatment Environment, Andrew F. Popper

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A One Term Tort Reform Tale: Victimizing The Vulnerable, Andrew F. Popper

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During its spring 1997 term, Congress passed the Volunteer Protection Act and considered but did not pass the Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1997. The Volunteer Protection Act provides a wide range of tort immunities to volunteers working for charitable organizations. The Biomaterials Access Assurance Act would have provided tort immunity to biomaterials producers. In this Article, the author examines the origins and possible implications of both these tort reform proposals from a class-based perspective and within the broader context of the ongoing tort reform debate. The author concludes that both of these proposals ultimately would harm individuals in vulnerable …

Feminist Theory And Feminist Method: Transforming The Experience Of The Classroom, Ann Shalleck

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Task Force Statement Of The Twentieth Century Fund's Task Force On Apprehending Indicted War Criminals: Meeting The Obligations Of Justice, Paul Williams

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On Long-Haul Lawyering, Susan Bennett

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Notes On Pki And Digital Negotiability: Would The Cybercourier Carry Luggage, Walter Effross

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The Aba Section Of Administrative Law And Regulatory Practice - From Objector To Protector Of The Apa, Jeffrey Lubbers

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If It Didn't Exist, It Would Have To Be Invented - Reviving The Administrative Conference, Jeffrey Lubbers

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Creating International Space For Taiwan: The Law And Politics Of Recognition, Paul Williams

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Is Taiwan an entity with an international legal personality entitling it to a certain degree of international space? Or is it an integral political unit of China? The task of this presentation is to analyze the potential legal and political reaction to an attempt by Taiwan to move its current status over the cusp and into the realm of independence, or an alternative attempt by China to back down Taiwan into a one China with the one system policy.

Redirecting The Debate Over Trafficking In Women: Definitions, Paradigms, And Contexts, Janie Chuang

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Numero Special Presente A L'Occasion Du Cinquantieme Anniversaire De La - Declaration Americaine Des Droits Et De Devoirs De L'Homme, Juan E. Mendez, Javier Mariezcurrena, Denis Racicot

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The Founding Of The Washington College Of Law: The First Law School Established By Women For Women, Mary Clark

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Prosecution And Race: The Power And Privilege Of Discretion, Angela J. Davis

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This article examines prosecutorial discretion and argues it is a major cause of racial inequality in the criminal justice system. It asserts that prosecutorial discretion may instead be used to construct effective solutions to racial injustice. The article maintains that since prosecutors have more power than any other criminal justice officials, with practically no corresponding accountability to the public they serve, they have the responsibility to use their discretion to help eradicate the discriminatory treatment of African Americans in the criminal justice system.

Part I of the Article explains the importance and impact of the prosecution function. Part II discusses …

Gender, Legal Education, And Judicial Philosophy In The Region, Claudio Grossman

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Bright Lines Or Blurry Labels, Walter Effross

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Introduction:The emerging mathematical discipline of "fuzzy logic" has recently sparked dramatic efficiencies in modern industrial processes while inviting comparisons to the age-old philosophies of Taoism and Zen. As concepts of "fuzziness" have filtered from technical journals to popular science magazines to trade paperbacks, they have begun to appear in legal commentaries as well.

The Legal Architecture Of Virtual Stores, Walter Effross

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INTRODUCTION: A major "selling point" of the World Wide Web is its ability to offer a "virtual storefront" to anyone, from an individual to a multinational corporation, with a product to market. Commercially available software packages enable even those computer users who are not versed in the intricacies of programming to create customized Web sites quickly, and at a relatively low cost. The swift development of this technology and a cultural shift towards encouraging on-line commerce have led to dramatic growth in the demographics and dollar amounts of the on-line marketplace, which in turn offers a challenging new context for …