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The Legal Origins Theory In Crisis, Lisa M. Fairfax Dec 2009

The Legal Origins Theory In Crisis, Lisa M. Fairfax

BYU Law Review

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Rethinking The "Law And Finance" Paradigm, Katharina Pistor Dec 2009

Rethinking The "Law And Finance" Paradigm, Katharina Pistor

BYU Law Review

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A "Law & Personal Finance" View Of Legal Origins Theory, Karl S. Okamoto Dec 2009

A "Law & Personal Finance" View Of Legal Origins Theory, Karl S. Okamoto

BYU Law Review

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Legal Origins, Investor Protection, And Canada, Poonam Puri Dec 2009

Legal Origins, Investor Protection, And Canada, Poonam Puri

BYU Law Review

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Competition Policy And Comparative Corporate Governance Of State-Owned Enterprises, D. Daniel Sokol Dec 2009

Competition Policy And Comparative Corporate Governance Of State-Owned Enterprises, D. Daniel Sokol

BYU Law Review

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BYU Law Review

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Law And Finance: Inaccurate, Incomplete, And Important, Ruth V. Aguilera, Cynthia A. Williams Dec 2009

Law And Finance: Inaccurate, Incomplete, And Important, Ruth V. Aguilera, Cynthia A. Williams

BYU Law Review

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Law And Financial Development: What We Are Learning From Time-Series Evidence, John Armour, Simon Deakin, Viviana Mollica, Mathias Siems Dec 2009

Law And Financial Development: What We Are Learning From Time-Series Evidence, John Armour, Simon Deakin, Viviana Mollica, Mathias Siems

BYU Law Review

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Unpacking Adaptibility, Andreas Engert, D. Gordon Smith Dec 2009

Unpacking Adaptibility, Andreas Engert, D. Gordon Smith

BYU Law Review

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Legal Origins And The Tasks Of Corporate Law In Economic Development: A Preliminary Exploration, John Ohnesorge Dec 2009

Legal Origins And The Tasks Of Corporate Law In Economic Development: A Preliminary Exploration, John Ohnesorge

BYU Law Review

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Boumediene V. Bush: Habeas Corpus, Exhaustion, And The Special Circumstances Exception, Brandon C. Pond Dec 2009

Boumediene V. Bush: Habeas Corpus, Exhaustion, And The Special Circumstances Exception, Brandon C. Pond

BYU Law Review

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Legal Regimes And Political Particularism: An Assessment Of The "Legal Families" Theory From The Perspectives Of Comparative Law And Political Economy, John W. Cioffi, D. Gordon Smith Dec 2009

Legal Regimes And Political Particularism: An Assessment Of The "Legal Families" Theory From The Perspectives Of Comparative Law And Political Economy, John W. Cioffi, D. Gordon Smith

BYU Law Review

The “legal families” theory of corporate law and ownership structures pioneered by Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-deSilanes, Andrei Shleifer, and Robert Vishny provides one of the most influential accounts of why “law matters” in shaping economic organization and outcomes. However, the empirical bases and theoretical logic of the theory contain serious flaws and limitations. First, as has been pointed out by a number of critics engaged in this revision, the legal origins literature contains numerous problematic characterizations of substantive law that expose the serious problems of quantitative operationalization of legal rules as a mode of comparative legal analysis. Second, the …


Mixing-And-Matching Across (Legal) Family Lines, J. Mark Ramseyer Dec 2009

Mixing-And-Matching Across (Legal) Family Lines, J. Mark Ramseyer

BYU Law Review

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Contemporary Legal Transplants: Legal Families And The Diffusion Of (Corporate) Law, Holger Spamann Spamann Dec 2009

Contemporary Legal Transplants: Legal Families And The Diffusion Of (Corporate) Law, Holger Spamann Spamann

BYU Law Review

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Legal Origins, Functionalism, And The Future Of Comparative Law, Chrisopher A. Whytock Dec 2009

Legal Origins, Functionalism, And The Future Of Comparative Law, Chrisopher A. Whytock

BYU Law Review

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Diversity V. Colorblindness, Patrick S. Shin Dec 2009

Diversity V. Colorblindness, Patrick S. Shin

BYU Law Review

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Fair Housing And Roommates: Contesting A Presumption Of Constitutionality, Brooke Wright Dec 2009

Fair Housing And Roommates: Contesting A Presumption Of Constitutionality, Brooke Wright

BYU Law Review

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The Stigma Of Conviction: Coram Nobis, Civil Disabilities, And The Right To Clear One's Name, David Wolitz Dec 2009

The Stigma Of Conviction: Coram Nobis, Civil Disabilities, And The Right To Clear One's Name, David Wolitz

BYU Law Review

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Just Go Away: Representation, Due Process, And Preclusion In Class Actions, Debra Lyn Bassett Dec 2009

Just Go Away: Representation, Due Process, And Preclusion In Class Actions, Debra Lyn Bassett

BYU Law Review

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Suboptimal Executive Privilege, Stephen C. N. Lilley Dec 2009

Suboptimal Executive Privilege, Stephen C. N. Lilley

BYU Law Review

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Commercial Speech, "Irrational" Clients, And The Persistence Of Bans On Subjective Lawyer Advertising, Nat Stern Dec 2009

Commercial Speech, "Irrational" Clients, And The Persistence Of Bans On Subjective Lawyer Advertising, Nat Stern

BYU Law Review

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Beautifying The Ugly Step-Sister: Desiging An Effective Cap-And-Trade Program To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Miles Young Dec 2009

Beautifying The Ugly Step-Sister: Desiging An Effective Cap-And-Trade Program To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Miles Young

BYU Law Review

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BYU Law Review

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Cops, Robbers, And Search Engines: The Questionable Role Of Criminal Law In Contributory Infringement Doctrine, Mark Bartholomew Nov 2009

Cops, Robbers, And Search Engines: The Questionable Role Of Criminal Law In Contributory Infringement Doctrine, Mark Bartholomew

BYU Law Review

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Arbitration Awards In An Environment Of Compulsory Unionization: Is The High Degree Of Deference Warranted?, Nephi Hardman Nov 2009

Arbitration Awards In An Environment Of Compulsory Unionization: Is The High Degree Of Deference Warranted?, Nephi Hardman

BYU Law Review

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Patening The Curve Ball: Business Methods And Industry Norms, Gerard N. Magliocca Nov 2009

Patening The Curve Ball: Business Methods And Industry Norms, Gerard N. Magliocca

BYU Law Review

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BYU Law Review

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Talking Originalism , Andrew B. Coan Nov 2009

Talking Originalism , Andrew B. Coan

BYU Law Review

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Ways To Change: A Reevaluation Of Article V Campaigns And Legislative Constitutionalism , Mary Ziegler Nov 2009

Ways To Change: A Reevaluation Of Article V Campaigns And Legislative Constitutionalism , Mary Ziegler

BYU Law Review

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The Knowledge Problem Of New Paternalism, Mario J. Rizzo, Douglas Glen Whitman Nov 2009

The Knowledge Problem Of New Paternalism, Mario J. Rizzo, Douglas Glen Whitman

BYU Law Review

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