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Reply to Ripstein: Notes on Welfarist versus Deontological Principles
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)In Fairness versus Welfare (FVW), we advance the thesis that social policies should be assessed entirely with regard to their effects on individuals' well-being. That is, no independent weight should be accorded to notions ... -
Report of the Massachusetts Justice for All Project Housing Working Group
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Report on the Conference of the International Commission of Jurists on the Development and the Rule of the Law
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Representing a Minor: A Shared Dilemma in Ontario and Massachusetts
(2008)This commentary considers what lawyers should do when confidential information from their minor clients indicates that the minor's instructions either present a substantial risk of harm to the minor or are irrational. The ... -
Reproduction in the Genetic Age: A Proposed Scheme for the Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies
(2002)In the last several years, there have been a number of advances in the area of assisted (or advanced) reproductive technology (ART) that are so fantastic that they strain the credulity of even those well-versed in medicine ... -
Republicanism and the Preference Problem
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Requiring Active Choosing is a Form of Paternalism
(2014-09-22)Many people insist on drawing a line between active choosing and paternalism, but that line is often illusory. Whenever private or public institutions override people’s desire not to choose, and insist on active choosing, ... -
Research and the Justice Mission of Law Schools
(1992)There are some obvious things to say about research and the justice mission of law schools, and many other contributors to this discussion have said them. For example, jurisprudence lies at the core of the classical legal ... -
Research Guide: The Federal REgulation of Dietary Supplements
(2000)This is a guide to researching the Federal regulation of dietary supplements. -
Research on the Terminally Ill: A Balancing Act Between Facilitating Access to Innovative Therapies and Protecting Vulnerable Subjects in Search of One Last Hope for Survival
(2003)This paper presents the application of the current federal regulatory system governing clinical research in the United States to research involving terminally ill subjects, with a special emphasis on those patients battling ... -
Researching and Regulating Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs in Adolescents
(2003)The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) occupies a prominent place in the pantheon of public health-oriented agencies of the United States government, seated within the Department of Health and Human Services and maintaining ... -
The Resilience of Nationality
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Resolving Legal Uncertainty: The Unfulfilled Promise of Advance Tax Rulings
(2009)Advance tax rulings allow taxpayers to achieve certainty about the tax consequences of contemplated transactions, and are thus considered indispensable in the modern world of tax administration and compliance. After providing ... -
Resolving Reverse-Payment Settlements With The Smoking Gun Of Stock Price Movements
(2015)The Supreme Court recently held that in reverse payment settlements of drug patent disputes, anticompetitive effects can be inferred if the reverse payment exceeds the patent holder’s anticipated litigation costs, absent ... -
Resource Constraints and the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from Judicial Vacancies
(Harvard John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, 2015)Ten percent of federal judgeships are currently vacant, yet little is known on the impact of these vacancies on criminal justice outcomes. Using judge deaths and pension eligibility as instruments for judicial vacancies, ... -
Respecting Dissent: Justice Ginsburg’s Critique of the Troubling Invocation of Appearance
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Responding to First Responders: A Proposal for a Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
(2003)In December 2002, President Bush announced a plan to provide smallpox vaccinations to first responders--individuals who would be on the front lines in the event of a biological attack. To date, the plan has been unsuccessful ...