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Sailing Toward Safe Harbor Hours: The Constitutionality Of Regulating Television Violence, Eric C. Chaffee
Sailing Toward Safe Harbor Hours: The Constitutionality Of Regulating Television Violence, Eric C. Chaffee
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Because of the recent focus on television violence, it is more a question of "when," rather than "if," Congress will take action on this issue. "Safe harbor" regulation, or restricting violent programming to certain hours of the day, is one form of regulation that is recurrently suggested as a means for dealing with the potential ills created by television violence. The possibility of such regulation implicates numerous constitutional issues. This Article addresses whether "safe harbor" regulation of television violence is feasible without violating the First Amendment and other provisions of the Constitution.
Take Us Back To The Ball Game: The Laws And Policy Of Professional Sports Ticket Prices, Nathan R. Scott
Take Us Back To The Ball Game: The Laws And Policy Of Professional Sports Ticket Prices, Nathan R. Scott
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The prices of professional sports tickets have skyrocketed in recent years, depriving many fans of the time-honored tradition of taking their families out to a ball game. This Article argues that legal reform and political action are appropriate responses to these soaring prices.
First, the Article rebuts the threshold objection that economics alone justify current ticket prices. Professional sports teams reap a windfall from the public through corporate welfare, special-interest legislation, and favorable antitrust and tax laws. This preferential legal treatment undercuts the argument that teams are simply charging, or should charge, what the market will bear. In addition, teams …
Spaceship Sheriffs And Cosmonaut Cops, Lee Seshagiri
Spaceship Sheriffs And Cosmonaut Cops, Lee Seshagiri
Dalhousie Law Journal
This paper examines some of the current legal regimes applicable to criminal law in outer space and offers insights into options for future legal developments in the cosmos. It begins by setting out the context for law enforcement in outer space, emphasizing the commercial nature of future space exploration and the need for laws and law enforcement in that environment. Next, various methods for assigning legal jurisdiction in space are examined, and the underlying justifications for the exercise of such jurisdiction are considered. The paper goes on to explore preventative approaches to space crime, highlighting the usefulness of such approaches …
A Shadow Government: Private Regulation, Free Speech, And Lessons From The Sinclair Blogstorm, Marvin Ammori
A Shadow Government: Private Regulation, Free Speech, And Lessons From The Sinclair Blogstorm, Marvin Ammori
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
Because of the economics of online information, thousands who do not know each other can band together in hours, without previous organizational coordination or any persistent central coordination, to affect others and conform society to their idea of the social good. This changes the dynamic of political action and the ability of unaffiliated, lone individuals to respond to social acts where government and the market have not. Through ad hoc volunteerism, the Sinclair participants produced regulatory action against a private party with whom they were not transacting--because they believed government failed to do so. Although ad hoc volunteerism has received …
"The Regulatory Grass In Greener": A Comparative Analysis Of The Alien Tort Claims Act And The European Union's Green Paper On Corporate Social Responsibility, Joshua M. Chanin
"The Regulatory Grass In Greener": A Comparative Analysis Of The Alien Tort Claims Act And The European Union's Green Paper On Corporate Social Responsibility, Joshua M. Chanin
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Technology Wars: The Failure Of Democratic Discourse, Gregory N. Mandel
Technology Wars: The Failure Of Democratic Discourse, Gregory N. Mandel
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
Conflicts over the use and regulation of various technologies pervade public discourse and have dramatic implications for the public interest. Controversies over the regulation of genetically modified products, nuclear power, and nanotechnology, among others, provoke some of the most socially and politically volatile debates of our time. These technology conflicts extract a substantial price from society--they create costly inefficiencies, prevent society from optimally managing new technologies, consume vast resources, and retard technological growth. This Article develops a framework for understanding technology controversies, and consequently proposes new means for resolving or ameliorating a variety of seemingly intractable legal and regulatory standoffs. …
Imposing Self-Interest: Behavioural Law And Economics, The Ultimatum Game, And Value Possibilities, Michael Ilg
Imposing Self-Interest: Behavioural Law And Economics, The Ultimatum Game, And Value Possibilities, Michael Ilg
Dalhousie Law Journal
With the recent emergence of the behavioural approach to law and economics, there is now a systematic critique of law and economics which remains sympathetic to its overall objectives. Rather than seek to undermine traditional law and economics, the intent of the behavioural approach is generally to augment it, and render its formulations more representative of reality. Drawing upon experimental evidence and well-known examples of anomalies within economic theory, behavioural scholars claim that the law needs to better account for instances of individual irrationality. Having identified the situations when rational maximization does not hold, behavioural scholars are then able to …
Universal Service: Problems, Solutions, And Responsive Policies, Allen S. Hammond Iv
Universal Service: Problems, Solutions, And Responsive Policies, Allen S. Hammond Iv
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Broadcast Flag: It's Not Just Tv, Wendy Seltzer
The Broadcast Flag: It's Not Just Tv, Wendy Seltzer
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Time For Change On Media Cross-Ownership Regulation, John F. Sturm
Time For Change On Media Cross-Ownership Regulation, John F. Sturm
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Patent Fences And Constitutional Fence Posts: Property Barriers To Pharmaceutical Importation, Daniel R. Cahoy
Patent Fences And Constitutional Fence Posts: Property Barriers To Pharmaceutical Importation, Daniel R. Cahoy
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Patent Fences And Constitutional Fence Posts: Property Barriers To Pharmaceutical Importation, Daniel R. Cahoy
Patent Fences And Constitutional Fence Posts: Property Barriers To Pharmaceutical Importation, Daniel R. Cahoy
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Sarbanes-Oxley And Regulation Of Lawyers’ Conduct: Pushing The Boundaries Of The Duty Of Confidentiality, Christin M. Stephens
Sarbanes-Oxley And Regulation Of Lawyers’ Conduct: Pushing The Boundaries Of The Duty Of Confidentiality, Christin M. Stephens
Saint Louis University Public Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Professionalization Of Ethics, Margaret Raymond
The Professionalization Of Ethics, Margaret Raymond
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article looks at the importance of teaching law graduates to be ethical lawyers. The author hypothesizes that the current versions of the ethical rules and the structure of law firms have the potential to encourage the professionalization of ethics rather than connecting all practitioners to the values of professional responsibility. This Article sets out the factors that contribute to the increased professionalization of professional responsibility in large law firms. These factors are the need for lawyers to always be accessible, the pressure to specialize in a specific field, and the complexity of the ethics rules as written. The author …
Rethinking Multinational Corporate Governance In Extractive Industries, Matthew Nick
Rethinking Multinational Corporate Governance In Extractive Industries, Matthew Nick
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The oil and natural gas reserves under the Caspian Sea have sparked the interest of international investors and oil firms. The political, economic, and social turmoil in the five countries bordering the Caspian Sea, however, pose significant challenges for effective regulation of multinational interaction with the five Caspian states. A joint-effort approach to regulation involving the World Bank, multinational enterprises, and the individual Caspian states' governments poses the most functional and efficient means of instituting international oversight. Such a tripartite structure connects the fortunes of all the parties and provides safeguards against default by any single entity. A mutually beneficial …
Applying Restraints To Private Police, Heidi Boghosian
Applying Restraints To Private Police, Heidi Boghosian
Missouri Law Review
Private security needs better public oversight. This Article argues that equitable remedies in the form of improved training and oversight should be requested as part of relief in all Section 1983 claims involving private police. Improved training would greatly benefit society by reducing the number of violent encounters between private security officers and the public.
The Blackout Of 2003: What Is Next?, Joel B. Eisen
The Blackout Of 2003: What Is Next?, Joel B. Eisen
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Needle And The Damage Done: The Pervasive Presence Of Obsolete Mass Media Audience Models In First Amendment Doctrine, Mehmet Konar-Steenberg
The Needle And The Damage Done: The Pervasive Presence Of Obsolete Mass Media Audience Models In First Amendment Doctrine, Mehmet Konar-Steenberg
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Do audiences need the government's protection from mass media? Or are they capable of choosing media and protecting themselves? For decades, judicial opinion on this issue developed in the form of judicial notice, speculation, and assumption. Yet during that time, a rich social science discipline was emerging that could have helped to address these issues based on empirical research about mass media effects and audiences. Given the renewed importance of this issue, it is time to bridge the gap between the law of mass media content regulation and the social science research into mass media consumption.
To that end, this …
Transgovernmental Networks Vs. Democracy: The Case Of The European Information Privacy Network, Francesca Bignami
Transgovernmental Networks Vs. Democracy: The Case Of The European Information Privacy Network, Francesca Bignami
Michigan Journal of International Law
The perspective offered by this Article is twofold. The emergence of transgovernmental networks gives rise to two questions, one causal and the other normative. First, how do we explain transnational cooperation through networks? Why do governments and regulators choose to establish networks rather than retain virtually limitless discretion over policymaking, conditioned only by international legal obligations? Based on the author’s examination of the records of the intergovernmental negotiations on the Data Protection Directive, this Article concludes that one precondition for fettering national discretion through networks is common preferences among governments on the substance of the policy to be administered. Compared …
A Prescription For Drug Liability And Regulation, Victor E. Schwartz, Phil Goldberg
A Prescription For Drug Liability And Regulation, Victor E. Schwartz, Phil Goldberg
Oklahoma Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Nirvana Fallacy In Law Firm Regulation Debate, Elizabeth Chambliss
The Nirvana Fallacy In Law Firm Regulation Debate, Elizabeth Chambliss
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article addresses self-regulation in the legal industry. Lawyers have traditionally resisted the benefits of bureaucratic management. This Article highlights that many lawyers fear that centralized management controls with regard to regulation will undermine individual accountability. This article does not agree with that sentiment. This article uses data to suggest that centralized management, i.e. specialists in charge, may significantly improve individual accountability and compliance with professional rules. This article really reviews what it feels like are misconstrued assumptions about regulation at law firms. This Article argues that the nostalgia for an idealized collegial form has prevented legal scholars and regulators …