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The Commodity Exchange Monopoly – Reform Is Needed, Jerry W. Markham Jan 1991

The Commodity Exchange Monopoly – Reform Is Needed, Jerry W. Markham

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In theory, the commodity futures markets are the essence of competition. All orders are required to be exposed to trading pits where traders vie competitively and aggressively to assure the best possible execution price. On the surface, as observed from the exchange galleries or on television, the exchanges do appear to be highly competitive, particularly when one views hundreds of traders screaming and gesticulating wildly for orders. The now famous sting operations on the Chicago exchanges in 1989, however, have provided dramatic evidence that a dangerous symbiotic relationship has developed among traders on the floor that is undermining competition and …


Not Another Constitutional Law Course: A Proposal To Teach A Course On The Constitution, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1991

Not Another Constitutional Law Course: A Proposal To Teach A Course On The Constitution, Thomas E. Baker

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Professors Baker and Viator discuss the shortcomings of the current law school constitutional law curriculum. They lament the emphasis on current Supreme Court cases to the almost complete exclusion of the actual text of the Constitution and writings of the intellectual and philosophical history from which it sprang. The professors then lay out a syllabus for their proposed three credit constitutional law class.


An Introduction To Federal Court Rulemaking Procedure, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1991

An Introduction To Federal Court Rulemaking Procedure, Thomas E. Baker

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Toward the end of September 1990 at a closed meeting in Washington, DC, the Judicial Conference of the United States passed on a substantial set of proposed amendments to the rules of practice and procedure of the federal courts. The new appellate rules authorized local circuit rules on electronic filing, required a jurisdictional statement in the appellant's brief and eliminated some inconsistencies in the notice rules for admiralty appeals.