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In Pari Delicto And Crop Gene Patents: An Equitable Defense For Innocently Infringing Farmers, David Costa
In Pari Delicto And Crop Gene Patents: An Equitable Defense For Innocently Infringing Farmers, David Costa
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law
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Property In Law: Government Rights In Legal Innovations, Stephen Clowney
Property In Law: Government Rights In Legal Innovations, Stephen Clowney
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
One of the most enduring themes in American political thought is that competition between states encourages legal innovation. Despite the prominence of this story in the national ideology, there is growing anxiety that state and local governments innovate at a socially suboptimal rate. Academics have recently expressed alarm that the pace of legal experimentation has become "extraordinarily slow," "inefficient," and "less than ideal." Ordinary citizens, too, seem concerned that government has been leeched of imagination and the dynamic spirit of experimentation; both talk radio programs and newspapers remain jammed with complaints about legislative gridlock and do-nothing politicians who cannot, or …