The Restatement (Third) Of Restitution & Unjust Enrichment: Some Introductory Suggestions,
2011
Washington and Lee University School of Law
The Restatement (Third) Of Restitution & Unjust Enrichment: Some Introductory Suggestions, Michael Traynor
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ely At The Altar: Political Process Theory Through The Lens Of The Marriage Debate,
2011
Stanford Law School
Ely At The Altar: Political Process Theory Through The Lens Of The Marriage Debate, Jane S. Schacter
Michigan Law Review
Political process theory, closely associated with the work of John Hart Ely and footnote four in United States v. Carolene Products, has long been a staple of constitutional law and theory. It is best known for the idea that courts may legitimately reject the decisions of a majority when the democratic process that produced the decision was unfair to a disadvantaged social group. This Article analyzes political process theory through the lens of the contemporary debate over same-sex marriage. Its analysis is grounded in state supreme court decisions on the constitutionality of barring same-sex marriage, as well as the high-profile, …
Explaining The Importance Of Public Choice For Law,
2011
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Explaining The Importance Of Public Choice For Law, D. Daniel Sokol
UF Law Faculty Publications
The next generation of government officials, business leaders and members of civil society likely will draw from the current pool of law school students. These students often lack a foundation of the theoretical and analytical tools necessary to understand law's interplay with government. This highlights the importance of public choice analysis. By framing issues through a public choice lens, these students will learn the dynamics of effective decision-making within various institutional settings. Filling the void of how to explain the decision-making process of institutional actors in legal settings is Public Choice Concepts and Applications in Law by Maxwell Stearns and …
Coase And The Constitution: A New Approach To Federalism,
2011
University of Richmond
Coase And The Constitution: A New Approach To Federalism, F.E Guerra-Pujol
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
This paper proposes a new approach to the centuries-old question of federalism. In a word, we approach the problem offederalism from a Coasian or property-rights perspective. That is, instead of attempting to draw an arbitrary boundary line between state and federal spheres of power through traditional legal or semantic analysis of the constitution and previous judicial precedents, this paper proposes the creation of alternative 'federalism markets" in which governmental powers and functions would be allocated to Congress, the states, or even private firms through decentralized auction mechanisms and secondary markets. The paper is divided into five parts. Following a brief …
What We Make Matter,
2011
University of Michigan Law School
What We Make Matter, Sherman J. Clark
Michigan Law Review
The Michigan Law Review's Survey of Books Related to the Law provides an annual opportunity not only to consider a range of legal issues and views, but also to think about the range of ways we argue about and study the law. In this Foreword, I would like to suggest that we think not only about how we choose to argue, but also the potential consequences of those choices. When we study or argue about law and politics, we routinely and sensibly consider the possible unintended impact of particular substantive rules and policies. Here I suggest that we should attend …
A Failure Of Conscience: How Pakistan’S Devastating Floods Compare To America’S Experience During Katrina,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
A Failure Of Conscience: How Pakistan’S Devastating Floods Compare To America’S Experience During Katrina, Oded Cedar
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Rediscovering The Transportation Frontier: Improving Sustainability In The United States Through Passenger Rail,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Rediscovering The Transportation Frontier: Improving Sustainability In The United States Through Passenger Rail, Benjamin J. Wickizer, Andrew Snow
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Traffic Jam Equality: Evaluating The Constitutionality Of Congestion Pricing,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Traffic Jam Equality: Evaluating The Constitutionality Of Congestion Pricing, Christopher Hudock
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Sustainable Cities Of The Future: The Behavior Change Driver,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Sustainable Cities Of The Future: The Behavior Change Driver, Peter Newman
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Enhancing Urban Albedo To Fight Climate Change And Save Energy,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Enhancing Urban Albedo To Fight Climate Change And Save Energy, Elise Stull, Xiaopu Sun, Durwood Zaelke
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Introduction: Cities And Sustainability,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Introduction: Cities And Sustainability
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
About Sdlp,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Environmental Deliberative Democracy And The Search For Administrative Legitimacy: A Legal, Positivism Approach,
2011
University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
Environmental Deliberative Democracy And The Search For Administrative Legitimacy: A Legal, Positivism Approach, Michael Ray Harris
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The failure of regulatory systems over the past two decades to lessen the environment degradation associated with modern human economic output has begun to undermine the legitimacy of environmental lawmaking in the United States and around the world. Recent scholarship suggests that reversal of this trend will require a breach of the environmental administrative apparatus by democratization of a particular kind, namely the inclusion of greater public discourse within the context of regulatory decision-making. This Article examines this claim through the lens of modern legal positivism. Legal positivism provides the tools necessary to test for and identify the specfic structural …
Plurality Of Political Opinion And The Concentration Of The Media,
2011
University of Tennessee College of Law
Plurality Of Political Opinion And The Concentration Of The Media, Maurice Stucke
Book Chapters
No abstract provided.
Pledge Your Body For Your Bread: Welfare, Drug Testing, And The Inferior Fourth Amendment,
2011
University of New Hampshire School of Law
Pledge Your Body For Your Bread: Welfare, Drug Testing, And The Inferior Fourth Amendment, Jordan C. Budd
Law Faculty Scholarship
Proposals to subject welfare recipients to periodic drug testing have emerged over the last three years as a significant legislative trend across the United States. Since 2007, over half of the states have considered bills requiring aid recipients to submit to invasive extraction procedures as an ongoing condition of public assistance. The vast majority of the legislation imposes testing without regard to suspected drug use, reflecting the implicit assumption that the poor are inherently predisposed to culpable conduct and thus may be subject to class-based intrusions that would be inarguably impermissible if inflicted on the less destitute. These proposals are …
Coase And The Constitution: A New Approach To Federalism,
2011
University of Richmond
Coase And The Constitution: A New Approach To Federalism, F.E Guerra-Pujol
Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest
This paper proposes a new approach to the centuries-old question of federalism. In a word, we approach the problem offederalism from a Coasian or property-rights perspective. That is, instead of attempting to draw an arbitrary boundary line between state and federal spheres of power through traditional legal or semantic analysis of the constitution and previous judicial precedents, this paper proposes the creation of alternative 'federalism markets" in which governmental powers and functions would be allocated to Congress, the states, or even private firms through decentralized auction mechanisms and secondary markets. The paper is divided into five parts. Following a brief …
Review Of Arthur Ripstein, Force And Freedom,
2011
Western University
Review Of Arthur Ripstein, Force And Freedom, Andrew Botterell
Law Publications
No abstract provided.
Punctuated Equilibrium: A Model For Administrative Evolution, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 353 (2011),
2011
UIC School of Law
Punctuated Equilibrium: A Model For Administrative Evolution, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 353 (2011), Mark C. Niles
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Endowment Effect In Ip Transactions: The Case Against Debiasing,
2011
Ono Academic College
The Endowment Effect In Ip Transactions: The Case Against Debiasing, Ofer Tur-Sinai
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
This Article contains a critical discussion of recent studies by Christopher Buccafusco and Christopher Sprigman concerning the role of the endowment effect in intellectual property transactions. According to the thesis presented in these studies, the existence of an endowment effect in the markets for IP goods causes inefficiencies. In order to counteract such inefficiencies, the authors argue, IP rights must be weakened in various ways, including shifting toward liability rules, adding formalities in copyright law, and expanding the fair use doctrine. The thesis as presented is groundbreaking and would have broad implications. This Article, however, points out several shortcomings of …
Conflict Of Norms Or Conflict Of Laws?: Different Techniques In The Fragmentation Of International Law,
2011
Duke Law School
Conflict Of Norms Or Conflict Of Laws?: Different Techniques In The Fragmentation Of International Law, Ralf Michaels, Joost H.B. Pauwelyn
Faculty Scholarship
One of the most pressing topics in current international law is fragmentation. Traditionally, most constructive attempts to deal with fragmentation have been based on analogies what one of us, in an earlier book, called "conflicts of norms" - those rules in domestic law that deal with conflicts of norms within one legal system. In this article, we assess under what circumstances a different approach, based on an analogy to conflict of laws - those rules in domestic law that deal with conflicts of norms between different legal systems - yields a more adequate structure. The result is that public international …
