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Helms Burton: Social Policy And Norm Definition, Manuel A. Rodriguez Oct 2002

Helms Burton: Social Policy And Norm Definition, Manuel A. Rodriguez

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Helms Burton: A View From Abroad, Runa Kinzel Oct 2002

Helms Burton: A View From Abroad, Runa Kinzel

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Another Try At Taking Legislation In South Carolina: An Analysis Of South Carolina Senate Bill 528 And The Fight For Property Rights, Courtney P. Stevens Oct 2002

Another Try At Taking Legislation In South Carolina: An Analysis Of South Carolina Senate Bill 528 And The Fight For Property Rights, Courtney P. Stevens

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Extent Of Protection Of The Individual's Personality Against Commercial Use: Toward A New Property Right, George P. Smith Ii Oct 2002

The Extent Of Protection Of The Individual's Personality Against Commercial Use: Toward A New Property Right, George P. Smith Ii

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Paradigm Shifts And Access Controls: An Economic Analysis Of The Anticircumvention Provisions Of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Melissa A. Kern Jun 2002

Paradigm Shifts And Access Controls: An Economic Analysis Of The Anticircumvention Provisions Of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Melissa A. Kern

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note addresses the broadened scope of protection granted to copyright holders under the anticircumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA). This broadened scope extends to copyright holders the right to control access to their works, diminishing the consumer's 'fair use" of those works that previously served as a defense to alleged copyright infringements. While access controls are supported by economists who believe they are useful in correcting market inefficiencies and excluding free riders, this Note suggests that access controls cannot correct all market inefficiencies. Furthermore, such access controls deny access and use of copyrighted material …


Cbm Development, Ranching, And Agriculture, Nancy Sorenson, Jill Morrison Apr 2002

Cbm Development, Ranching, And Agriculture, Nancy Sorenson, Jill Morrison

Coalbed Methane Development in the Intermountain West (April 4-5)

5 pages.


Palazzolo V. Rhode Island: Takings, Investment-Backed Expectations, And Slander Of Title, Garrett Power Jan 2002

Palazzolo V. Rhode Island: Takings, Investment-Backed Expectations, And Slander Of Title, Garrett Power

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Demsetz Thesis And The Evolution Of Property Rights, Thomas W. Merrill Jan 2002

The Demsetz Thesis And The Evolution Of Property Rights, Thomas W. Merrill

Faculty Scholarship

Both conventional price theory and standard economic accounts of tort and contract law assume fixed property rights. In fact, however, property regimes are not static but change over time. Given the assumption of fixed property that otherwise prevails in economic literature, explaining the evolution of property rights is one of the great challenges for the economic analysis of law.

The point of departure for virtually all efforts to explain changes in property rights is Harold Demsetz’s path‐breaking article, “Toward a Theory of Property Rights.” The article is still widely cited and reproduced, especially in first‐year property courses in law schools. …