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U.S. Immigration Policy: A Barrier To Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Innovation, And Startup Growth?, Courtney Kaiser Dec 2019

U.S. Immigration Policy: A Barrier To Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Innovation, And Startup Growth?, Courtney Kaiser

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bitcoin Is Speech: Notes Toward Developing The Conceptual Contours Of Its Protection Under The First Amendment, Justin S. Wales, Richard J. Ovelmen Nov 2019

Bitcoin Is Speech: Notes Toward Developing The Conceptual Contours Of Its Protection Under The First Amendment, Justin S. Wales, Richard J. Ovelmen

University of Miami Law Review

Bitcoin permits users to engage in direct expressive activity with one another without the need for centralized intermediaries. It does so by utilizing an open and community-managed global database called a blockchain. While much of the literature about Bitcoin has focused on its use as a form of digital payment, this Article suggests an expanded understanding by demonstrating its use as a protocol network, not unlike the internet, that can be used to extend the possible range of human expression. After developing an appreciation of the technology, this Article recommends a framework for applying the First Amendment to Bitcoin and …


Blame It On The Blockchain: Cryptocurrencies Boom Amidst Global Regulations, Jorge Galavis May 2019

Blame It On The Blockchain: Cryptocurrencies Boom Amidst Global Regulations, Jorge Galavis

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

Blockchain technologies created the most valuable digital currency in the world; Bitcoin. Bitcoin uses a Blockchain to be decentralized and widely accessible: Blockchains work by recording all transactions into online ledgers that are saved onto many separate blocks across the internet. Coins that use Blockchain technology are inherently difficult to modify, and transactions are permanently recorded because of the redundancy and reliability of the Blockchain system. So, this widely-available means of exchange has gained appeal as an online alternative to traditional currencies and securities. Blockchain coins gain popularity as currencies where there is reason to doubt the existing traditional currencies …


Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring: Origins Of A Constitutional And Humanitarian Crisis, Elizabeth Whiting Jan 2019

Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring: Origins Of A Constitutional And Humanitarian Crisis, Elizabeth Whiting

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Black, Poor, And Gone: Civil Rights Law’S Inner-City Crisis, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2019

Black, Poor, And Gone: Civil Rights Law’S Inner-City Crisis, Anthony V. Alfieri

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In recent years, academics committed to a new law and sociology of poverty and inequality have sounded a call to revisit the inner city as a site of cultural and socio-legal research. Both advocates in anti-poverty and civil rights organizations, and scholars in law school clinical and university social policy programs, have echoed this call. Together they have embraced the inner city as a context for experiential learning, qualitative research, and legal-political advocacy regarding concentrated poverty, neighborhood disadvantage, residential segregation, and mass incarceration. Indeed, for academics, advocates, and activists alike, the inner city stands out as a focal point of …


Beyond Bitcoin: Leveraging Blockchain To Benefit Business And Society, Rachel Epstein, Marcia Narine Weldon Jan 2019

Beyond Bitcoin: Leveraging Blockchain To Benefit Business And Society, Rachel Epstein, Marcia Narine Weldon

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No abstract provided.