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Securities Class Actions As Pragmatic Ex Post Regulation, Elizabeth C. Burch Jan 2008

Securities Class Actions As Pragmatic Ex Post Regulation, Elizabeth C. Burch

Georgia Law Review

Securities class actions are on the chopping block--again. Traditional commentators continue to view class actions with suspicion; they see class suits as nonmeritorious byproducts of self-interest and the attorneys who bring them as rent-seekers. This approach has popularized securities class actions' negative effects. High-profile commissions capitalizing on this rhetoric, such as the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, have recently recommended eliminating or severely curtailing securities class actions. But this approach misses the point: in the ongoing push and pull of securities regulation,corporations are winning the battle. Thus, understandingthe complete picture of securities class actions necessitates a positive pragmatic account. This …

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Reflections On Hope, Erica J. Hashimoto Jan 2007

Reflections On Hope, Erica J. Hashimoto

Georgia Law Review

Fighting for a more just society-a society that treats all of its members with dignity and respect-calls for courage, passion, and vision. People with those qualities who choose to work in the public interest will discover the joy of having a "job" that many days is exhilarating and rewarding and often is just plain fun.' There will also, however, be difficult days. Surviving those days and sticking around for the next day's fight requires a somewhat irrational anti- cynicism in the face of overwhelming odds, a sentiment more commonly known as hope.

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The Word And The Law, James B. White Jan 2007

The Word And The Law, James B. White

Georgia Law Review

The Word and the Law is an extraordinary combination of law, personal statement, literary criticism, and theology. In a sense its central question is whether it is possible to have a life in the law that is good, and the answer is yes-yes, though not at all easy. I have often suggested it as reading to students who are worried about the profession they have chosen, and they frequently return to me with deep thanks for the introduction. Milner's commitment throughout is not to abstraction or theory or generalization, but to particular realities. Partly for this reason he begins the …

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A Theology Of Justice: Some Reflections On Milner Ball's Non-Religious Practice Of Belief, Stephen Wizner Jan 2007

A Theology Of Justice: Some Reflections On Milner Ball's Non-Religious Practice Of Belief, Stephen Wizner

Georgia Law Review

For the past twenty years, during the first weekend in March, law students, law teachers, and public interest lawyers have gathered in the snowy woods of rural New Hampshire for a public interest retreat. The annual event is dedicated to the memory and legacy of Robert Cover, a beloved law professor, brilliant legal scholar, and committed social activist who died in 1986 at the age of forty-two. Robert Cover and Milner Ball were close friends and intellectual fellow travelers. They shared not only an academic interest in the inter-relationships between law, theology, and literature, but also a passionate commitment to …

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Chicken Little Revisited: Nafta Regulatory Expropriations After Methanex, Jessica C. Lawrence Jan 2006

Chicken Little Revisited: Nafta Regulatory Expropriations After Methanex, Jessica C. Lawrence

Georgia Law Review

In August, 2005, a NAFTA dispute-resolution panel handed down its decision in Methanex Corp. v. United States, holding that, inter alia, California's regulatory ban on the gasoline additive MTBE was not a regulatory expropriation under NAFTA's Article 1110. Many of NAFTA's supporters reacted jubilantly to the decision, claiming that it proved--contrary to the "doomsday predictions" of anti-NAFTA "Chicken Littles"--that the agreement's investment chapter does not interfere with states' ability to enact regulations designed to protect the public interest. Such elation, however, is premature. This Note explains how, far from having "consigned to the garbage heap" the idea that the regulatory …

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Democracy And Social Justice: Founding Centers For Social Justice In Law Schools, Stephanie M. Wildman Mar 2005

Democracy And Social Justice: Founding Centers For Social Justice In Law Schools, Stephanie M. Wildman

Journal of Legal Education

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Pro Bono In Principle And In Practice, Deborah L. Rhode Sep 2003

Pro Bono In Principle And In Practice, Deborah L. Rhode

Journal of Legal Education

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Broadening Scholarship: Embracing Law Reform And Justice, Douglas L. Colbert Dec 2002

Broadening Scholarship: Embracing Law Reform And Justice, Douglas L. Colbert

Journal of Legal Education

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The National Association Of Women And The Law : Pre-Budget Submission To The Standing Committee On Finance, House Of Commons, Lisa Philipps Oct 2001

The National Association Of Women And The Law : Pre-Budget Submission To The Standing Committee On Finance, House Of Commons, Lisa Philipps

Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents

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The Professional Responsibilities Of Professors, Deborah L. Rhode Jun 2001

The Professional Responsibilities Of Professors, Deborah L. Rhode

Journal of Legal Education

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For-Profit Corporations That Perform Public Functions: Politics, Profit, And Poverty, Cheryl L. Wade Jan 1999

For-Profit Corporations That Perform Public Functions: Politics, Profit, And Poverty, Cheryl L. Wade

Faculty Publications

In this Article, Professor Wade argues that the corporate law shareholder-primacy paradigm fails to adequately account for individuals who depend upon for-profit corporations for the educational, medical, correctional, and social services traditionally provided by government. These for-profit corporations, termed "Public Function Companies" by Professor Wade, have two distinct constituencies: shareholders who expect wealth maximization to guide corporate action and "Corporate Dependents" who rely upon the essential services administered by these corporations. Because corporate law generally requires officers and directors to act only in the interest of shareholders, Corporate Dependents may be left with inadequate services and no mechanism to influence …

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Developments, Fran Pepitone Arreola Rockwell, Robert V. Stover, Howard W. Brill, Robert J. Hopperton Mar 1982

Developments, Fran Pepitone Arreola Rockwell, Robert V. Stover, Howard W. Brill, Robert J. Hopperton

Journal of Legal Education

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