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Globalization Of Legal Practice In The Internet Age, Leonard Bierman, Michael A. Hitt
Globalization Of Legal Practice In The Internet Age, Leonard Bierman, Michael A. Hitt
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The Internet's global reach has had a significant impact on the legal profession. This essay explains a few of the key developments in this area, including: competition fueled by outsourcing legal work to lower-wage earning lawyers around the world, "virtual work" changing client interaction and attorney work schedules, law firm reputation as a result of information availability on the Internet, work-product monitoring and the commoditization of legal services, and work force diversity spurred by the influence of international clients.
Globalization of The Legal Profession, Symposium. Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, April 6, 2006
Fostering Creativity In Virtual Worlds: Easing The Restrictiveness Of Copyright For User-Created Content, Todd David Marcus
Fostering Creativity In Virtual Worlds: Easing The Restrictiveness Of Copyright For User-Created Content, Todd David Marcus
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Private Ordering And Intimate Spaces: Why The Ability To Negotiate Is Non-Negotiable, Michele Goodwin
Private Ordering And Intimate Spaces: Why The Ability To Negotiate Is Non-Negotiable, Michele Goodwin
Michigan Law Review
This review moves beyond a critique of Cherry's study to incorporate a radical new way of thinking about organ commodification as a social justice issue. Part I provides a brief empirical overview of organ demand in the United States, offering an alternative perspective and introducing data illexamined in commodification debates. Part II challenges the notion that private ordering abandons liberal and egalitarian values in favor of individualism over communitarianism. It also acknowledges the limitations of private ordering and addresses how its more problematic features, including the abuse of power, might be avoided. Part III argues for a hybrid system that …
Buy Me A Pound Of Flesh: China's Sale Of Death Row Organs On The Black Market And What Americans Can Learn From It, Sunny Woan
Santa Clara Law Review
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Commodification, Intellectual Property And The Women Of Gee’S Bend, Victoria F. Phillips
Commodification, Intellectual Property And The Women Of Gee’S Bend, Victoria F. Phillips
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In this article the author explores the story of the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, tracing the emergence of this group of isolated, disenfranchised craftswomen as both fine artists and the unlikely purveyors of mass-market consumer culture through commodification based on the power of intellectual property rights. The author then looks to recent trends in commodification literature to help explore the tensions and dualities presented in the story. Among other things, the article asks whether the quilters have been coerced into the marketplace and are unwittingly alienating part of their identity, or whether they have willingly tapped the power of …