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Gifts, Bribes, And Exchange: Relationships In Non-Market Economies And Lessons For Pax E-Commercia, Timothy L. Fort, James J. Noone

Cornell International Law Journal

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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act And Progeny: Morally Unassailable, Bill Shaw

Cornell International Law Journal

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Globalization, Asian Values, And Economic Reform: The Impact Of Tradition And Change On Ethical Values In Chinese Business, Clyde D. Stolenberg

Cornell International Law Journal

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Multilateral Cooperation To Combat Corruption: Normative Regimes Despite Mixed Motives And Diverse Values, Duane Windsor, Kathleen A. Getz

Cornell International Law Journal

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The Persistent Problem Of Obligation In International Law, Eduardo M. Peñalver

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Globalization And The Reproduction Of Hierarchy, Chantal Thomas

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Empirical Methods And The Law, Theodore Eisenberg

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

One can divide empirical analysis of legal issues into three major branches: (1) the use of scientific empirical analysis by litigants to attempt to prevail in individual cases, (2) the use of social scientific empirical analysis in individual cases, and (3) the use of the empirical methods to describe the legal system’s operation. The first two uses present difficulties that reflect a fundamental limitation on using statistical methods in law: the difference between establishing statistical association and establishing actual causation in an individual case filtered through our adversary legal system. The third use encounters no such obstacle and can aid …

Permitting Jury Discussions During Trial: Impact Of The Arizona Reform, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, G. Thomas Munsterman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

A field experiment tested the effect of an Arizona civil jury reform that allows jurors to discuss evidence among themselves during the trial. Judges, jurors, attorneys, and litigants completed questionnaires in trials randomly assigned to either a Trial Discussions condition, in which jurors were permitted to discuss the evidence during trial, or a No Discussions condition, in which jurors were prohibited from discussing evidence during trial according to traditional admonitions. Judicial agreement with jury verdicts did not differ between conditions. Permitting jurors to discuss the evidence did affect the degree of certainty that jurors reported about their preferences at the …

State Attorney General Actions, The Tobacco Litigation, And The Doctrine Of Parens Patriae, Richard P. Ieyoub, Theodore Eisenberg

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

On November 23, 1998, a master settlement agreement settled the lawsuits of forty-six states against the tobacco industry. The settlement brings about historic public health initiatives, such as the end to outdoor advertising, the ban on using cartoon characters in advertisements, and the creation of public education trusts. It also provides that the settling tobacco manufacturers will pay over $200 billion over the next twenty-five years. Some of the legal theories upon which states relied have implications beyond the tobacco litigation. Of particular importance is the application of the theory of parens patriae in the tobacco litigation. That theory may …

International Debt Forgiveness And Global Poverty Reduction, Chantal Thomas

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Aba And Mdps: Context, History, And Process, Charles W. Wolfram

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Drug Treatment Courts And Emergent Experimentalist Government, Michael C. Dorf, Charles Frederick Sabel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Despite the continuing "war on drugs," the last decade has witnessed the creation and nationwide spread of a remarkable set of institutions, drug treatment courts. In drug treatment court, a criminal defendant pleads guilty or otherwise accepts responsibility for a charged offense and accepts placement in a court-mandated program of drug treatment. The judge and court personnel closely monitor the defendant's performance in the program and the program's capacity to serve the mandated client. The federal government and national associations in turn monitor the local drug treatment courts and disseminate successful practices. The ensemble of institutions, monitoring, and pooling exemplifies …

David Peterson Mar, What Trouble I Have Seen: A History Of Violence Against Wives, Cynthia Grant Bowman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Social Security Reform: Risks, Returns, And Race, Dorothy A. Brown, Karen C. Burke, Grayson M. P. Mccouch

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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Who Gets The Final No - Tenant Participation In Public Housing Redevelopment, Georgette C. Poindexter

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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Evidentiary Hurdles In Defending Sexual Harassment Suits: Amended Rule 412 And Rule 415 Of The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Kevin C. Klein

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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Legal Limbo Of The Student Intern: The Responsibility Of Colleges And Universities To Protect Student Interns Against Sexual Harassment, Cynthia Grant Bowman, Marybeth Lipp

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Intuition And Technology In Product Design Litigation: An Essay On Proximate Causation, James A. Henderson Jr., Aaron Twerski

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Value Pluralism In Legal Ethics, W. Bradley Wendel

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Effect Of A Domestic Amnesty On The Ability Of Foreign States To Prosecute Alleged Perpetrators Of Serious Human Rights Violations, Roman Boed

Cornell International Law Journal

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Designing Health And Safety: Workplace Hazard Regulation In The United States And Canada, Randy S. Rabinowitz, Mark M. Hager

Cornell International Law Journal

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The Wild Wild Web: Non-Regulation As The Answer To The Regulatory Question, Shamoil Shipchandler

Cornell International Law Journal

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Book Review

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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Domestic Abuse And Alien Women In Immigration Law: Response And Responsibility, Elizabeth Shor

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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The Lawful Scope Of Human Rights Criteria In World Bank Credit Decisions: An Interpretive Analysis Of The Ibrd And Ida Articles Of Agreement, John D. Ciorciari

Cornell International Law Journal

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Heuristics And Biases In The Court: Ignorance Or Adaptation?, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No Federalists Here: Anti-Federalism And Nationalism On The Rehnquist Court, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Emotional Economy Of Capital Sentencing, Stephen P. Garvey

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

You often hear that one reason capital jurors condemn capital defendants is that jurors don't empathize with defendants. And one reason they don't empathize is that the process of capital sentencing is rigged against empathy. Using data from the South Carolina segment of the Capital Jury Project, I try to examine the role emotion plays in capital sentencing.

Without entering here all the important and necessary caveats, I find that the self-reported emotional responses jurors have toward capital defendants run the gamut from sympathy and pity at one extreme, to disgust, anger, and fear at the other. What causes these …

Whipped By Whiplash? The Challenges Of Jury Communication In Lawsuits Involving Connective Tissue Injury, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole Vadino

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Timing Of Opinion Formation By Jurors In Civil Cases: An Empirical Examination, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole L. Mott, G. Thomas Munsterman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The question of when and how jurors form opinions about evidence presented at trial has been the focus of seemingly endless speculation. For lawyers, the question is how to capture the attention and approval of the jury at the earliest possible point in the trial. Their goal is to maximize the persuasiveness of their arguments--or at least to minimize the persuasiveness of those of the opposing side. Judges, in contrast, are more concerned about prejudgment. They regularly admonish jurors to suspend judgment until after all the evidence has been presented and after the jurors have been instructed on the law. …