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Hell Hath No Fury Like A Fan Scorned: State Regulation Of Sports Agents, Phillip J. Closius
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Fan Scorned: State Regulation Of Sports Agents, Phillip J. Closius
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This article first describes the existing system of state statutes regulating sports agents, including the proposed Model Uniform Athlete Agents Act. The article then examines the validity of these statutes in the context of jurisdictional limitations and dormant Commerce Clause principles. Lastly, federal regulation and the rules of professional sports unions are considered as alternatives to state legislative activity.
Constitutional Constraints On Redistribution Through Class Power, Mark Barenberg
Constitutional Constraints On Redistribution Through Class Power, Mark Barenberg
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My comments will not be so much a critique as an elaboration of the two papers, especially Professor Neuman's paper on United States (U.S.) law, since I am not an expert on German constitutional law. For those less familiar with U.S. law, my goal is to bring to light some additional elements of the U.S. constitutional tradition that impede the use of law to achieve economic equality-elements of U.S. constitutional law that reinforce the weak "general equality" principle of the Equal Protection Clause.2 I will use U.S. labor law as my vehicle for showing the variety of constitutional principles that …