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Sovereignty, Taxation And Social Contract, Allison Christians Jan 2009

Sovereignty, Taxation And Social Contract, Allison Christians

Minnesota Journal of International Law

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Creating A Global Rule Of Law Culture, Sarah Johnson Phillips Jan 2009

Creating A Global Rule Of Law Culture, Sarah Johnson Phillips

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Strengthening Demand For The Rule Of Law In Post-Conflict Societies, Jane Stromseth Jan 2009

Strengthening Demand For The Rule Of Law In Post-Conflict Societies, Jane Stromseth

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Rule Of Law And The Kosovo Constitution, John Tunheim Jan 2009

Rule Of Law And The Kosovo Constitution, John Tunheim

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Searching For The Meaning Of The Rule Of Law: Finding Extraordinary People, Mark S. Ellis Jan 2009

Searching For The Meaning Of The Rule Of Law: Finding Extraordinary People, Mark S. Ellis

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The End-Of-Life Vehicle (Elv) Directive: The Road To Responsible Disposal, Raymod J. Konz Jan 2009

The End-Of-Life Vehicle (Elv) Directive: The Road To Responsible Disposal, Raymod J. Konz

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Unclos: Securing The United States' Future In Offshore Wind Energy, Kieran Dwyer Jan 2009

Unclos: Securing The United States' Future In Offshore Wind Energy, Kieran Dwyer

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Universally Liable - Corporate-Complicity Liability Under The Principle Of Universal Jurisdiction, Kendra Magraw Jan 2009

Universally Liable - Corporate-Complicity Liability Under The Principle Of Universal Jurisdiction, Kendra Magraw

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Will Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (Vhs) Be The Straw That Breaks The Camel's Back - The Balkanization Of Great Lakes Ballast Water Law, Brian D. Clark Jan 2009

Will Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (Vhs) Be The Straw That Breaks The Camel's Back - The Balkanization Of Great Lakes Ballast Water Law, Brian D. Clark

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Enabling Private Ordering: Function, Scope And Effect Of Umbrella Clauses In International Investment Treaties, Stephan W. Schill Jan 2009

Enabling Private Ordering: Function, Scope And Effect Of Umbrella Clauses In International Investment Treaties, Stephan W. Schill

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


A Minnesota Judge's Perspective On The Rule Of Law In China And Kyrgyzstan, Paul H. Anderson Jan 2009

A Minnesota Judge's Perspective On The Rule Of Law In China And Kyrgyzstan, Paul H. Anderson

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Understanding The International Rule Of Law As A Commitment To Procedural Fairness, Kevin Burke Jan 2009

Understanding The International Rule Of Law As A Commitment To Procedural Fairness, Kevin Burke

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


International Bribery: The Moral Imperialism Critiques, Elizabeth Spahn Jan 2009

International Bribery: The Moral Imperialism Critiques, Elizabeth Spahn

Minnesota Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The Empirical Judiciary. Book Review Of: Constitutional Fictions: A Unified Theory Of Constitutional Facts. By David L. Faigman, A. Christopher Bryant Jan 2009

The Empirical Judiciary. Book Review Of: Constitutional Fictions: A Unified Theory Of Constitutional Facts. By David L. Faigman, A. Christopher Bryant

Constitutional Commentary

Book review: Constitutional Fictions: A Unified Theory of Constitutional Facts. By David L. Faigman. Oxford University Press. 2008. Pp. xiii + 230. Reviewed by: A. Christopher Bryant


Is Law? Constitutional Crisis And Existential Anxiety, Alice Ristroph Jan 2009

Is Law? Constitutional Crisis And Existential Anxiety, Alice Ristroph

Constitutional Commentary

No abstract provided.


Putting The Law Back In Constitutional Law, Suzanna Sherry Jan 2009

Putting The Law Back In Constitutional Law, Suzanna Sherry

Constitutional Commentary

No abstract provided.


So Much More Than A "Harmless Drudge": Samuel Johnson And His Dictionary, Joan Howland Jan 2009

So Much More Than A "Harmless Drudge": Samuel Johnson And His Dictionary, Joan Howland

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Originalism As Jujitsu. Book Review Of: Retained By The People: The "Silent" Ninth Amendment And The Constitutional Rights Americans Don't Know They Have. By Daniel A. Farber, Kurt T. Lash Jan 2009

Originalism As Jujitsu. Book Review Of: Retained By The People: The "Silent" Ninth Amendment And The Constitutional Rights Americans Don't Know They Have. By Daniel A. Farber, Kurt T. Lash

Constitutional Commentary

Book review: Retained by the People: The "Silent" Ninth Amendment and the Constitutional Rights Americans Don't Know They Have. By Daniel A. Farber. New York: Basic Books, 2007. Pp. xiv + 236. Reviewed by: Kurt T. Lash


Judicial Character (And Does It Matter). Book Review Of: Constitutional Conscience: The Moral Dimension Of Judicial Decision. H. Jefferson Powell; How Judges Think. Richard A. Posner; Judgement Calls: Principle And Politics In Constitutional Law. Daniel A. Farber & Suzanna Sherry, Paul Horwitz Jan 2009

Judicial Character (And Does It Matter). Book Review Of: Constitutional Conscience: The Moral Dimension Of Judicial Decision. H. Jefferson Powell; How Judges Think. Richard A. Posner; Judgement Calls: Principle And Politics In Constitutional Law. Daniel A. Farber & Suzanna Sherry, Paul Horwitz

Constitutional Commentary

Book review: Constitutional Conscience: The Moral Dimension of Judicial Decision. H. Jefferson Powell. University of Chicago Press. 2008. Pp. x + 149 ; How Judges Think. Richard A. Posner. Harvard University Press. 2008. Pp. 387 ; Judgement Calls: Principle and Politics in Constitutional Law. Daniel A. Farber & Suzanna Sherry. Oxford University Press. 2009. Pp. xv + 201. Reviewed by: Paul Horwitz


Guantanamo, Boumediene, And Jurisdiction-Stripping: The Imperial President Meets The Imperial Court, Martin J. Katz Jan 2009

Guantanamo, Boumediene, And Jurisdiction-Stripping: The Imperial President Meets The Imperial Court, Martin J. Katz

Constitutional Commentary

No abstract provided.


Judicial Review And Judicial Duty: The Original Understanding. Book Review Of: Law And Judicial Duty. By Philip Hamburger, Nelson Lund Jan 2009

Judicial Review And Judicial Duty: The Original Understanding. Book Review Of: Law And Judicial Duty. By Philip Hamburger, Nelson Lund

Constitutional Commentary

Book review: Law and Judicial Duty. By Philip Hamburger. Harvard University Press, 2008. Pp. xviii + 658. Reviewed by: Nelson Lund


When And How U.S. Courts Should Cite Foreign Law, Stephen Yeazell Jan 2009

When And How U.S. Courts Should Cite Foreign Law, Stephen Yeazell

Constitutional Commentary

No abstract provided.


Originalism's Misplaced Fidelity: "Original" Meaning Is Not Objective, Tara Smith Jan 2009

Originalism's Misplaced Fidelity: "Original" Meaning Is Not Objective, Tara Smith

Constitutional Commentary

No abstract provided.


Remarks By Chief Judge Kozinski, Alex Kozinski Jan 2009

Remarks By Chief Judge Kozinski, Alex Kozinski

Constitutional Commentary

No abstract provided.


Publius For All Of Us. Book Review Of: The Story Of The Federalist: How Hamilton And Madison Reconceived America. By Dan T. Coenen, Brannon P. Denning Jan 2009

Publius For All Of Us. Book Review Of: The Story Of The Federalist: How Hamilton And Madison Reconceived America. By Dan T. Coenen, Brannon P. Denning

Constitutional Commentary

Book review: The Story of the Federalist: How Hamilton and Madison Reconceived America. By Dan T. Coenen. Twelve Tables Press. 2007. Pp. xi+ 406. Reviewed by: Brannon P. Denning


The Sometimes Unitary Executive: Presidential Practice Throughout History. Book Review Of: The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power From Washington To Bush. Steven G. Calabresi And Christopher S. Yoo, Harold J. Krent Jan 2009

The Sometimes Unitary Executive: Presidential Practice Throughout History. Book Review Of: The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power From Washington To Bush. Steven G. Calabresi And Christopher S. Yoo, Harold J. Krent

Constitutional Commentary

Book review: The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power from Washington to Bush. Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher S. Yoo. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2008. Pp. xiii +544. Reviewed by: Harold J. Krent


Gender And The Rule Of Law In Transitional Societies, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Michael Hamilton Jan 2009

Gender And The Rule Of Law In Transitional Societies, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Michael Hamilton

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This article examines a unique relationship—specifically, the connection between the rule of law, as it is imported and experienced in post-conflict/post-repression societies, and gender. We assert that some of the most gendered and problematic dimensions of rule of law discourse and practice can arise with intensity in post-conflict or post-repressive societies. In particular, we explore a fundamental contradiction. Transitional societies bring powerful and transformative moments to global attention.


The Modern Law Of Corporate Groups: An Empirical Study Of Piercing The Corporate Veil In The Parent-Subsidiary Context, John H. Matheson Jan 2009

The Modern Law Of Corporate Groups: An Empirical Study Of Piercing The Corporate Veil In The Parent-Subsidiary Context, John H. Matheson

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Today, massive corporations – both national and international – dominate financial and commercial activities, exercising enormous economic power. The standard organizational structure for these businesses has a parent corporation as the sole shareholder of multiple, separately incorporated operating subsidiaries (or layers of subsidiaries) in a corporate group. One particular application of the law of corporate groups entails dealing with the ramifications of subsidiary insolvency. Given the massive financial assets of many multinational parent corporations, actions to ignore the legal separateness of a corporate subsidiary of a parent company offer some of the biggest potential payoffs for claimants. In today's global …


Executive Compensation And The Optimal Penumbra Of Delaware Corporate Law, Claire Hill, Brett Mcdonnell Jan 2009

Executive Compensation And The Optimal Penumbra Of Delaware Corporate Law, Claire Hill, Brett Mcdonnell

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Corporate law has done a very bad job on executive pay: executives have been rewarded for stellar performance that turned out to be anything but stellar, and shareholders have had no meaningful recourse. Indeed, there are many other such cases, where there is no breach of the fiduciary duties of care and loyalty, but the board's behavior nevertheless smacks of a classic agency problem known as structural bias. We argue that law on the books and as enforced is not well situated to deal with structural bias. What shows some promise is the marshaling of extra legal forces that effectively …


Professor Bainbridge And The Arrowian Moment: A Review Of The New Corporate Governance In Theory And Practice, Brett Mcdonnell Jan 2009

Professor Bainbridge And The Arrowian Moment: A Review Of The New Corporate Governance In Theory And Practice, Brett Mcdonnell

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The New Corporate Governance in Theory and Practice, a new book by Stephen Bainbridge, pulls together the leading arguments for director primacy that Bainbridge has made in a series of articles. In his core argument, Bainbridge uses theoretical work by Kenneth Arrow to explain the attractions of the separation of ownership and control with a centralized hierarchy headed by a board of directors. Bainbridge posits that achieving an optimal tradeoff between authority and accountability is the central problem of corporate law. He uses a key passage from Arrow to argue that in making this tradeoff, lawmakers should always make a …