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Living Wills And Pre-Commitment, Adam Feibelman Jan 2011

Living Wills And Pre-Commitment, Adam Feibelman

American University Business Law Review

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Preemption, Agency Cost Theory, And Predatory Lending By Banking Agents: Are Federal Regulators Biting Off More Than They Can Chew , Christopher L. Peterson Jan 2007

Preemption, Agency Cost Theory, And Predatory Lending By Banking Agents: Are Federal Regulators Biting Off More Than They Can Chew , Christopher L. Peterson

American University Law Review

A pitched battle is currently being waged for control of the American banking industry. For over a hundred years, the federal and state governments have maintained a complex, but relatively stable truce in their contest for power. At the beginning of our republic, state governments were the primary charterers and regulators of banks. In the wake of the Civil War, the National Bank Act created parity between federal and state banks, cementing the notion of a dual banking system that endured through the twentieth century. But in the past five years, the federal government has increasingly used its powers under …


The Law-And-Markets Movement , Michael Abramowicz Jan 1999

The Law-And-Markets Movement , Michael Abramowicz

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.