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A Simple Theory Of Takeover Regulation In The United States And Europe, Guido Ferrarini, Geoffrey P. Miller Oct 2009

A Simple Theory Of Takeover Regulation In The United States And Europe, Guido Ferrarini, Geoffrey P. Miller

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Death Is Different And A Refugee’S Right To Counsel, John R. Mills, Kristen M. Echemendia, Stephen Yale-Loehr Oct 2009

Death Is Different And A Refugee’S Right To Counsel, John R. Mills, Kristen M. Echemendia, Stephen Yale-Loehr

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Accountability And The Commission On The Limits Of The Continental Shelf: Deciding Who Owns The Ocean Floor, Anna Cavnar Oct 2009

Accountability And The Commission On The Limits Of The Continental Shelf: Deciding Who Owns The Ocean Floor, Anna Cavnar

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Paradox Of Commercial Real Estate Debt, Georgette Chapman Phillips Oct 2009

The Paradox Of Commercial Real Estate Debt, Georgette Chapman Phillips

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Sino-Japanese Cooperation In The East China Sea: A Lasting Arrangement, Alexander M. Peterson Oct 2009

Sino-Japanese Cooperation In The East China Sea: A Lasting Arrangement, Alexander M. Peterson

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Beyond The Employee Free Choice Act: Unleashing The States In Labor-Management Relations Policy, Henry H. Drummonds Oct 2009

Beyond The Employee Free Choice Act: Unleashing The States In Labor-Management Relations Policy, Henry H. Drummonds

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Trawling Dna Databases For Partial Matches: What Is The Fbi Afraid Of, David H. Kaye Oct 2009

Trawling Dna Databases For Partial Matches: What Is The Fbi Afraid Of, David H. Kaye

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The Military And The Law Elite, Dennis Jacobs Oct 2009

The Military And The Law Elite, Dennis Jacobs

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Policing The Good Guys: Regulation Of The Charitable Sector Through A Federal Charity Oversight Board, Terri Lynn Helge Oct 2009

Policing The Good Guys: Regulation Of The Charitable Sector Through A Federal Charity Oversight Board, Terri Lynn Helge

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Propensity Or Stereotype: A Misguided Evidence Experiment In Indian Country, Aviva Orenstein Oct 2009

Propensity Or Stereotype: A Misguided Evidence Experiment In Indian Country, Aviva Orenstein

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Kendra’S Law And The Rights Of The Mentally Ill: An Empirical Peek Behind The Courts’ Legal Analysis And A Suggested Template For The New York State Legislature’S Reconsideration For Renewal In 2010, Kathryn A. Worthington Oct 2009

Kendra’S Law And The Rights Of The Mentally Ill: An Empirical Peek Behind The Courts’ Legal Analysis And A Suggested Template For The New York State Legislature’S Reconsideration For Renewal In 2010, Kathryn A. Worthington

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Lessening Cumulative Burdens On The Right To Vote: A Legislative Response To Crawford V. Marion County Election Board, Neil P. Kelly Oct 2009

Lessening Cumulative Burdens On The Right To Vote: A Legislative Response To Crawford V. Marion County Election Board, Neil P. Kelly

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Book Review Jul 2009

Book Review

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Industrial Justice: Privacy Protection For The Employed, Ariana R. Levinson Jul 2009

Industrial Justice: Privacy Protection For The Employed, Ariana R. Levinson

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Lessons From The Laboratory: The Polar Opposites On The Public Sector Labor Law Spectrum, Ann C. Hodges Jul 2009

Lessons From The Laboratory: The Polar Opposites On The Public Sector Labor Law Spectrum, Ann C. Hodges

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The Social Costs Of Dangerous Products: An Empirical Investigation, Sidney Shapiro, Ruth Ruttenberg, Paul Leigh Jul 2009

The Social Costs Of Dangerous Products: An Empirical Investigation, Sidney Shapiro, Ruth Ruttenberg, Paul Leigh

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

Defective consumer products impose significant costs on consumers and third parties when they cause fatalities and injuries. This Article develops a novel approach to measuring the true extent of such costs, which may not be accurately captured under current methods of estimating the cost of dangerous products. Current analysis rests on a narrowly defined set of costs, excluding certain types of costs. The cost-of-injury estimates utilized in this Article address this omission by quantifying and incorporating these costs to provide a more complete picture of the true impact of defective consumer products. The new estimates help to gauge the true …


Of Atkins And Men: Deviations From Clinical Definitions Of Mental Retardation In Death Penalty Cases, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Christopher Seeds Jul 2009

Of Atkins And Men: Deviations From Clinical Definitions Of Mental Retardation In Death Penalty Cases, John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Christopher Seeds

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

Under Atkins v. Virginia, the Eighth Amendment exempts from execution individuals who meet the clinical definitions of mental retardation set forth by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the American Psychiatric Association. Both define mental retardation as significantly subaverage intellectual functioning accompanied by significant limitations in adaptive functioning, originating before the age of 18. Since Atkins, most jurisdictions have adopted definitions of mental retardation that conform to those definitions. But some states, looking often to stereotypes of persons with mental retardation, apply exclusion criteria that deviate from and are more restrictive than the accepted scientific and clinical …


State Employer Sanctions Laws And The Federal Preemption Doctrine: The Legal Arizona Workers Act Revisited, Nchimunya D. Ndulo Jul 2009

State Employer Sanctions Laws And The Federal Preemption Doctrine: The Legal Arizona Workers Act Revisited, Nchimunya D. Ndulo

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Conflicts Between Dispute Settlement Mechanisms In Regional Trade Agreements And The Wto - What Should Wto Do, Jennifer Hillman Apr 2009

Conflicts Between Dispute Settlement Mechanisms In Regional Trade Agreements And The Wto - What Should Wto Do, Jennifer Hillman

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Policy Coordination: The Solicitor General As Amicus Curiae In The First Two Years Of The Roberts Court, Ryan Juliano Apr 2009

Policy Coordination: The Solicitor General As Amicus Curiae In The First Two Years Of The Roberts Court, Ryan Juliano

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Allocating The Burden Of Proof In Wto Dispute Settlement Proceedings, David Unterhalter Apr 2009

Allocating The Burden Of Proof In Wto Dispute Settlement Proceedings, David Unterhalter

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Process And Procedure In Wto Dispute Settlement, John H. Jackson Apr 2009

Process And Procedure In Wto Dispute Settlement, John H. Jackson

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Polarizing Dilemma: Assessing Potential Regulatory Gap-Filling Measures For Arctic And Antarctic Marine Genetic Resource Access And Benefit Sharing, Pamela L. Schoenberg Apr 2009

A Polarizing Dilemma: Assessing Potential Regulatory Gap-Filling Measures For Arctic And Antarctic Marine Genetic Resource Access And Benefit Sharing, Pamela L. Schoenberg

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Moving The Wto Forward - One Case At A Time, Robert Howse Apr 2009

Moving The Wto Forward - One Case At A Time, Robert Howse

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Lessons From Europe On How To Tame U.S. Patent Trolls, Anna Mayergoyz Apr 2009

Lessons From Europe On How To Tame U.S. Patent Trolls, Anna Mayergoyz

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Sharing Governance: Family Law In Congress And The States, Ann Laquer Estin Apr 2009

Sharing Governance: Family Law In Congress And The States, Ann Laquer Estin

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Mitigating Death, Emily Hughes Apr 2009

Mitigating Death, Emily Hughes

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Is Arbitration Under Attack: Exploring The Recent Judicial Skepticism Of The Class Arbitration Waiver And Innovative Solutions To The Unsettled Legal Landscape, Ramona L. Lampley Apr 2009

Is Arbitration Under Attack: Exploring The Recent Judicial Skepticism Of The Class Arbitration Waiver And Innovative Solutions To The Unsettled Legal Landscape, Ramona L. Lampley

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Why Parentians Can’T Prescribe: Preferences, Principles, And Imperatives In Law And Policy, Robert Hockett Apr 2009

Why Parentians Can’T Prescribe: Preferences, Principles, And Imperatives In Law And Policy, Robert Hockett

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The Unbalanced Imagery Of Anti-Terrorism Policy, Stuart Macdonald Apr 2009

The Unbalanced Imagery Of Anti-Terrorism Policy, Stuart Macdonald

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.