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The Politics Of The Takings Clauses, Mila Versteeg 2015 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

The Politics Of The Takings Clauses, Mila Versteeg

Northwestern University Law Review

A long-standing consensus exists that the arbitrary or excessive expropriation of private property by a country hurts its economic growth. Although constitutions can play an important role in protecting private property, remarkably little is known about how they actually restrict the power of eminent domain and whether such restrictions are associated with reduced de facto expropriation risks. This Essay fills that gap by presenting original data on the procedural and substantive protections in constitutional takings clauses from 1946 to 2013. Its main finding is that no observable relationship exists between de jure constitutional restrictions on the power of eminent domain …


Barcelona, Spain As A Model For The Creation Of Innovation Districts And Sustainable Social Housing Without Spatial Segregation, Janice C. Griffith 2015 Suffolk University Law School

Barcelona, Spain As A Model For The Creation Of Innovation Districts And Sustainable Social Housing Without Spatial Segregation, Janice C. Griffith

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

Suburban growth in the post-World War II era led to the deterioration of central cities as the migration of more affluent households left a greater concentration of the poor and minorities in the core. To some extent, the twenty-first century’s global networking economy is reversing this trend because the workplace now thrives on the collaboration of a highly skilled labor force working in close proximity to each other. A number of cities have revitalized under-utilized urban areas, including obsolete industrial sectors, by turning them into vibrant cityscapes that provide an attractive environment for an information and technology driven economy. Barcelona, …


In The Aftermath Of Resolution 1373: Tackling The Protective Veil Of Counter-Terrorism, Johanny Santana 2015 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

In The Aftermath Of Resolution 1373: Tackling The Protective Veil Of Counter-Terrorism, Johanny Santana

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The absence of a universally accepted definition of terrorism has enabled states to exploit counterterrorism measures to justify human rights abuses, as exemplified by Uganda and India. A clear international definition is essential to prevent such abuses and enhance accountability under frameworks like the International Criminal Court.


Watch & Learn: Illegal Behavior And Obedience To Legal Norms Through The Eyes Of Israeli And American Popular Culture, Itay Ravid 2015 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

Watch & Learn: Illegal Behavior And Obedience To Legal Norms Through The Eyes Of Israeli And American Popular Culture, Itay Ravid

Faculty Publications

What do popular media tell us about the way we perceive the rule of law in our society? What conceptions of legal norms and obedience to these norms control popular mass media? How do these conceptions shape and reflect the legal culture of a given society? This paper aims to explore empirically these questions, through the analysis of American TV shows and Israeli TV shows that became popular in Israel. To achieve this goal a dual empirical strategy was adopted — content analysis of popular TV shows, and an Internet survey among Israeli respondents. This approach addresses a methodological and …


The Responsibility To Protect: Emerging Norm Or Failed Doctrine?, Camila Pupparo 2015 Pepperdine University

The Responsibility To Protect: Emerging Norm Or Failed Doctrine?, Camila Pupparo

Global Tides

This paper seeks to investigate the current shift from the non-intervention norm towards the “Responsibility to Protect,” commonly abbreviated as “RtoP,” which actually mandates intervention in cases of humanitarian intervention disasters. I will look at the May 2011 application of the R2P doctrine to the humanitarian crisis in Libya and assess whether it was a success or a failure. Many critics of the “Responsibility to Protect” norm consider it to be yet another imperial tool used by the West to pursue national interests, so this paper analyzes this argument in detail, referring to case study examples, particularly in the Middle …


European Community - Luxembourg Compromise - Council Of The European Community Ignores British Attempt To Exercise Implied Veto Power Of Luxembourg Compromise, Kevin Mason 2015 University of Georgia School of Law

European Community - Luxembourg Compromise - Council Of The European Community Ignores British Attempt To Exercise Implied Veto Power Of Luxembourg Compromise, Kevin Mason

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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International Copyright: Domestic Barriers To United States Participation In The Rome Convention On Neighboring Rights, Eric T. Johnson 2015 University of Georgia School of Law

International Copyright: Domestic Barriers To United States Participation In The Rome Convention On Neighboring Rights, Eric T. Johnson

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Dying In Original Sin Vis-À-Vis Living In Disgrace—In Defense Of The Right To Socio-Eugenic Abortion As Personal Liberty, JAYADEVAN V. R. DR. 2015 The National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi, Kerala, India

Dying In Original Sin Vis-À-Vis Living In Disgrace—In Defense Of The Right To Socio-Eugenic Abortion As Personal Liberty, Jayadevan V. R. Dr.

Hamline Law Review

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Book Review: International Encyclopedia Of Comparative Law Xi Torts (1983), Thomas A. Eaton 2015 University of Georgia School of Law

Book Review: International Encyclopedia Of Comparative Law Xi Torts (1983), Thomas A. Eaton

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Dictionary Of Legal, Commercial And Political Terms, Part I: English-German And Part Ii: German-English. Clara-Erika Dietl, Anneliese A. Moss & Egon Lorenz. New York: Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., Stanley L. Paulson 2015 Washington University

Book Review: Dictionary Of Legal, Commercial And Political Terms, Part I: English-German And Part Ii: German-English. Clara-Erika Dietl, Anneliese A. Moss & Egon Lorenz. New York: Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., Stanley L. Paulson

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Treasury's Twenty Year Battle With Treaty Shopping: Article 16 Of The 1977 United States Model Treaty, Robert R. Oliva 2015 Florida International University

The Treasury's Twenty Year Battle With Treaty Shopping: Article 16 Of The 1977 United States Model Treaty, Robert R. Oliva

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Mining Investment In Brazil, Peru, And Mexico: A Practical Methodology, Gerald J. Pels 2015 Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, and Laboon

Mining Investment In Brazil, Peru, And Mexico: A Practical Methodology, Gerald J. Pels

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Extraterritorial Jurisdiction - Antitrust - The Impact Of The British Protection Of Trading Interests Act On The United States Antitrust Suit Brought By Laker Airways Against British Airways And British Caledonian., Ward S. Bondurant 2015 University of Georgia School of Law

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction - Antitrust - The Impact Of The British Protection Of Trading Interests Act On The United States Antitrust Suit Brought By Laker Airways Against British Airways And British Caledonian., Ward S. Bondurant

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Product Liability Law In Japan: An Introduction To A Developing Area Of Law, Younghee Jin Ottley, Bruce L. Ottley 2015 Continental Bank

Product Liability Law In Japan: An Introduction To A Developing Area Of Law, Younghee Jin Ottley, Bruce L. Ottley

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


United States - European Economic Community Antidumping Laws: The Need For A Comprehensive Approach, Larry B. Loftis 2015 University of Florida

United States - European Economic Community Antidumping Laws: The Need For A Comprehensive Approach, Larry B. Loftis

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Gaming Corporations Gamble With The Fcpa, Joseph Grusman 2015 University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

Gaming Corporations Gamble With The Fcpa, Joseph Grusman

UNLV Gaming Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Beyond Ownership: State Capitalism And The Chinese Firm, Curtis J. Milhaupt, Wentong Zheng 2015 University of Florida Levin College of Law

Beyond Ownership: State Capitalism And The Chinese Firm, Curtis J. Milhaupt, Wentong Zheng

UF Law Faculty Publications

Chinese state capitalism has been treated as essentially synonymous with state-owned enterprises (SOEs). But drawing a stark distinction between SOEs and privately owned enterprises (POEs) misperceives the reality of China’s institutional environment and its impact on the formation and operation of large enterprises of all types. We challenge the “ownership bias” of prevailing analyses of Chinese firms by exploring the blurred boundary between SOEs and POEs in China. We argue that the Chinese state has less control over SOEs and more control over POEs than its ownership interest in the firms suggests. Our analysis indicates that Chinese state capitalism can …


Insuring Floods: The Most Common And Devastating Natural Catastrophes In America, Christopher French 2015 Penn State Law

Insuring Floods: The Most Common And Devastating Natural Catastrophes In America, Christopher French

Faculty Scholarship

Flooding is the most common natural catastrophe Americans face, accounting for 90% of all damage caused by natural catastrophes. Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, for example, collectively caused over $160 billion in damage, but only approximately 10% of the Hurricane Katrina victims and 50% of the Hurricane Sandy victims had insurance to cover their flood losses. Consequently, both their homes and lives were left in ruins in the wake of the storms. Nationwide, only approximately 7% of homeowners have insurance that covers flood losses even though the risk of flooding is only increasing as coastal areas continue to be developed and …


The Discipline Of International Law In Republican China And Contemporary Taiwan, Pasha L. HSIEH 2015 Singapore Management University

The Discipline Of International Law In Republican China And Contemporary Taiwan, Pasha L. Hsieh

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This Article examines the evolution of international law as a professional and intellectual discipline in the Republic of China (ROC), which has governed Mainland China (1912–1949) and post-1949 Taiwan. The ROC’s centennial development fundamentally shaped modern China’s course of foreign relations and postwar global governance. The Article argues that statism, pragmatism, and idealism define the major features of the ROC’s approach to international law. These characteristics transformed the law of nations into universally valid normative claims and prompted modern China’s intellectual focus on the civilized nation concept. First, the Article analyzes the professionalization of the discipline of international law. It …


Does Shari’A Play A Role In Turkey?, Russell Powell 2015 Pepperdine University

Does Shari’A Play A Role In Turkey?, Russell Powell

Pepperdine Law Review

An essay is presented in which the author explores the relationship of religious law with contemporary Turkey. Topics discussed include certain civil law supporting adoption of Sharia in Turkey, role of religious people in providing protection to religious freedom in Turkey, and role of traditional Kemalist secularism laiklik in distinguishing Turkey.


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