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What Should Lawyers Know About Economics, Robert Whaples, Andrew P. Morriss, John C. Moorhouse

Faculty Scholarship

To find out what law-and-economics scholars and economists think lawyers should know about economics, we conducted surveys of random samples of members of the American Law and Economics Association and the American Economic Association. We posed two questions to both groups: What do you think are the five most important economic concepts law students ought to learn in a law-and-economics course?

Law-and-economics courses sometimes include economics articles in their reading lists. If you could choose up to five articles for such a course, what would they be?

Charting The Influences On The Judicial Mind: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Reasoning, Gregory C. Sisk, Michael Heise, Andrew P. Morriss

Faculty Scholarship

In 1988, hundreds of federal district judges were suddenly confronted with the need to render a decision on the constitutionality of the Sentencing Reform Act and the newly promulgated criminal Sentencing Guidelines. Never before has a question of such importance and involving such significant issues of constitutional law, mandated the immediate and simultaneous attention of such a large segment of the federal trial bench. Accordingly, this event provides an archetypal model for exploring the influence of social background, ideology, judicial role and institution, and other factors on judicial decisionmaking. Based upon a unique set of written decisions involving an identical …

Copyright Law Tackles Yet Another Challenge: The Electronic Frontier Of The World Wide Web, April Mara Barton

Law Faculty Publications

The Internet has seen an explosion of popularity over the past few years. Government workers and university scholars of yesterday's Internet must now share today's Information Superhighway with big business, commercial industry, and hundreds of thousands of recreational users. With the growing popularity of the Internet, incidents of online fraud, theft, piracy, and infringement have grown correspondingly.

The Digests Of Pennsylvania, Joel Fishman

Law Faculty Publications

Published case law in Pennsylvania dates from the colonial period and constitutes one of the largest collections of court decisions in American law. Digests have long stood as an important tool for those conducting research in this material, with the first appearing not long after the cases themselves. Mr. Fishman helps to document the history of Pennsylvania digests by reviewing their publication, beginning with the early nineteenth century to the present. A bibliography is appended.

Foreword, Neal Devins

Law and Contemporary Problems

Devins discusses his own experiences with government lawyers and the contextualization that seems to dominate their experiences and work.

Lawyers And Policymakers In Government, Peter H. Schuck

Law and Contemporary Problems

Schuck discusses the conflicts in policymaking that occurred between the office of the ASPE (Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation) and the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Joseph A. Califano. Califano believed that only lawyers were fit policymakers and everyone else was a mere technician.

The Role Of Government Attorneys In Regulatory Agency Rulemaking, Thomas O. Mcgarity

Law and Contemporary Problems

The many roles that agency lawyers can play in the internal processes of developing proposed rules and responding to public comments on those rules are discussed.

Reallocating Interpretive Criminal-Lawmaking Power Within The Executive Branch, Dan M. Kahan

Law and Contemporary Problems

A strategy for regaining control of federal criminal law, the reallocation of interpretive criminal law-making power within the Executive Branch, is discussed.

Hell, Handbaskets, And Government Lawyers: The Duty Of Loyalty And Its Limits, Michael Stokes Paulsen

Law and Contemporary Problems

Paulsen provides an autobiographical and a conjectural account of cases of personal and professional dilemmas of government lawyers.

“For The United States”: Government Lawyers In Court, Patricia M. Wald

Law and Contemporary Problems

Wald provides a largely impressionistic view of governmental layering in court.

United States Attorneys — Whom Shall They Serve?, H. W. Perry Jr.

Law and Contemporary Problems

Perry examines the fidelity of US Attorneys in a new light and provides a way to consider them more broadly.

Independent Counsel And Vigorous Investigation And Prosecution, William Michael Treanor

Law and Contemporary Problems

Two completed investigations into allegations of presidential wrongdoing, Watergate and Iran-Contra, are examined and the offices of Independent Counselor and Special Prosecutor are discussed.

The Solicitor General And The Interests Of The United States, David A. Strauss

Law and Contemporary Problems

Strauss examines the institutional and administration approach to the issue of the Solicitor General's involvement in legal questions not directly involving the federal government.

The Battle That Never Was: Congress, The White House, And Agency Litigation Authority, Neal Devins, Michael Herz

Law and Contemporary Problems

Department of Justice control of government litigation is discussed.

Journal Staff

Law and Contemporary Problems

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Mustering The Moxie To Master The Media Mess, Robert C.L. Moffat

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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"Stunt Journalism," Professional Norms, And Public Mistrust Of The Media, David A. Logan

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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Responsibility In The Media, Hugh Stevens

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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Journalism, Rational Subjectivity, And Democracy, Elliot D. Cohen

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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Freedom Of The Press: An Inalienable Right Or A Privilege To Be Earned?, Jane E. Kirtley

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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Governmental Immunity And Taxation In Florida, David M. Hudson

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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Marriage And Divorce: Degrees Of "I Do," And Analysis Of The Every-Changing Paradigm Of Divorce, Nicole D. Lindsey

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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Reno V. Aclu: Establishing A First Amendment Level Of Protection For The Internet, Rebecca Jakubcin

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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The Creation Of A Cause Of Action For Negligent Stillbirth, Tanner V. Hartog, 696 So. 2d 705 (Fla. 1997)), Shelly Kohler

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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Department Of Fisheries Annual Report 1997/1998, Department Of Fisheries, Western Australia

Department of Fisheries Annual Reports

In accordance with Section 62 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985, I submit for your information the Annual Report of Fisheries WA for the financial year ending 30 June 1998.

The Annual Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Administration and Audit 1985 and Section 263 of the Fish Resources Management 1994.

Indirect Infringement And Counterfeiting: Remedies Available Against Those Who Knowingly Rent To Counterfeiters, Barbara Kolsun, Jonathan Bayer

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

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The Role Of Corporate Law In French Corporate Governance, James A. Fanto

Faculty Scholarship

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Investor Education, Securities Disclosure, And The Creation And Enforcement Of Corporate Governance And Firm Norms, James A. Fanto

Faculty Scholarship

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Of Babies, Bathwater, And Throwing Out Proof Structures: It Is Not Time To Jettison Mcdonnell Douglas, William Corbett

Journal Articles

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Portia Goes To Parliament: Women And Their Admission To Membership In The English Legal Profession, Christine Corcos

Journal Articles

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