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2004

Selected Works

Law and Society

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Full-Text Articles in Law

Leadership Opportunities Hiding In Plain View (With Harold J. Krent), Ronald W. Staudt Feb 2004

Leadership Opportunities Hiding In Plain View (With Harold J. Krent), Ronald W. Staudt

Ronald W Staudt

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Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Psychological Analysis Of Personality Strengths And Weaknesses, Susan Daicoff Dec 2003

Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Psychological Analysis Of Personality Strengths And Weaknesses, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

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Chipping: Could A High Tech Dog Tag Find Future American Mias?, Marren Sanders Dec 2003

Chipping: Could A High Tech Dog Tag Find Future American Mias?, Marren Sanders

Marren Sanders

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Achieving Batterer Accountability In The Child Protection System, Leigh Goodmark Dec 2003

Achieving Batterer Accountability In The Child Protection System, Leigh Goodmark

Leigh S. Goodmark

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Recognizing Friends Amidst The Rubble: Seeking Truth Outside The Culture Wars, Randy Lee Dec 2003

Recognizing Friends Amidst The Rubble: Seeking Truth Outside The Culture Wars, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

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Post-Realism, Or The Jurisprudential Logic Of Late Capitalism: A Socio-Legal Analysis Of The Rise And Diffusion Of Law & Economics, Eric M. Fink Dec 2003

Post-Realism, Or The Jurisprudential Logic Of Late Capitalism: A Socio-Legal Analysis Of The Rise And Diffusion Of Law & Economics, Eric M. Fink

Eric M Fink

One problem that is ripe for socio-legal inquiry is the emergence and diffusion of the Law and Economics movement. A socio-legal approach would consider Law and Economics not simply as a style of legal analysis or a school of thought within law, but as a discursive project, constituted by and constitutive of an emergent socio-legal matrix. That approach would be attentive not only to the instrumental significance of Law and Economics, but also what difference, if any, Law and Economics makes in deciding legal cases; who employs and benefits from Law and Economics; and similar concerns. This approach would additionally …

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General Causation At A Crossroads In Toxic Tort Cases, Alani Golanski Dec 2003

General Causation At A Crossroads In Toxic Tort Cases, Alani Golanski

Alani Golanski

Traditional approaches to specific causation are not feasible in toxic tort litigations. This article explores in depth the middle path between such unworkable, traditional approaches and institutionally improbable proposals that causation simply be abolished when toxic products are at issue. The middle way relies on the new judicial acceptance of certain forms of statistical proof. Epidemiological findings, especially when conjoined with case-specific differential diagnosis testimony, support causal inferences and should be attainable in a wide variety of toxic tort cases.

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