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The Green To Blue Pipeline: Defense Contractors And The Police Industrial Complex, Karena Rahall
The Green To Blue Pipeline: Defense Contractors And The Police Industrial Complex, Karena Rahall
Cardozo Law Review
Images of police in tactical gear, pointing automatic weapons at unarmed demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, represented a flashpoint in public awareness that American police are rapidly militarizing. Federal grants have been quietly arming police with tanks, drones, and uniforms more suited to waging war than patrolling the streets. As police have acquired more military gear, Special Weapons and Tactics teams and deployments have proliferated. Even small towns receive surplus military materiel to fight the "wars" on drugs and terrorism. In addition, police training uses a military approach that threatens to transform the traditional police mandate of protecting and serving into …
Contract Theory And The Failures Of Public-Private Contracting, Wendy Netter Epstein
Contract Theory And The Failures Of Public-Private Contracting, Wendy Netter Epstein
Cardozo Law Review
The market for public-private contracting is huge and flawed. Privatization proponents predict that privatizing will both cut costs and improve service quality. But public-private contracts for services such as prisons and welfare administration tend to result in cost savings at the sacrifice of quality service. For instance, to cut costs, private prisons skimp on security. Public law scholars have studied these problems for decades and have proposed various public law solutions. But the literature is incomplete because it does not approach the problem through a commercial lens. This Article fills that gap by applying contract-theory principles to public-private contracting.
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"Perverts," "Terrorists," And Business As Usual: Fantasies And Genealogies Of U.S. Law, Penelope Pether
"Perverts," "Terrorists," And Business As Usual: Fantasies And Genealogies Of U.S. Law, Penelope Pether
Cardozo Law Review
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Outsourcing Incompetence: An Essay In Honor Of Paul Verkuil, Arthur J. Jacobson
Outsourcing Incompetence: An Essay In Honor Of Paul Verkuil, Arthur J. Jacobson
Cardozo Law Review
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Outsourcing Enforcement: Principles To Guide Self-Policing Regimes, Sarah L. Stafford
Outsourcing Enforcement: Principles To Guide Self-Policing Regimes, Sarah L. Stafford
Cardozo Law Review
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Federalism And False Claims, Pamela H. Bucy
"The Last Full Measure Of Devotion:" Sacrifice And Textual Authority, Ronald R. Garet
"The Last Full Measure Of Devotion:" Sacrifice And Textual Authority, Ronald R. Garet
Cardozo Law Review
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Secrecy In Law And Science, Jack B. Weinstein, Catherine Wimberly
Secrecy In Law And Science, Jack B. Weinstein, Catherine Wimberly
Cardozo Law Review
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