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Book Review
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press), 2008)The article reviews the book "Calculating Promises: The Emergence of Modern American Contract Doctrine," by Roy Kreitner. -
Book Review
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Book Review: Review of The Right of Conquest: The Acquisition of Territory by Force in International Law Practice, by Sharon Korman
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Book Review: What's in a Name?
(Indiana University School of Law, 2002)In the spring of 1998, the U.S. government told the Internet: Govern yourself. This unfocused order - a blandishment, really, expressed as an awkward "statement of policy" by the Department of Commerce, carrying no direct ... -
Borrowing Trouble: Should the FDA Regulate Human Cloning?
(2000)Less than a year after scientist Ian Wilmut announced the birth of Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, entrepreneur and physicist Richard Seed stated on National Public Radio that he intended to establish a for-profit ... -
Botanical Drugs: The Next New New Thing?
(2002)While herbal medicines hold great promises for treating diseases, they also have serious limitation in their current forms. Currently the regulatory scheme for herbal medicines in the United States is inadequate and it ... -
Bottom-Feeding at the Bar: Usury Law and Value-Dissipating Attorneys in Japan
(Mohr Siebeck, 2013)Critics have long complained that lawyers dissipate value. Some do, of course. Some legal work dissipates more value than others, and the lawyers who focus on the most notorious rent-seeking sectors extract a heavy toll ... -
Boundedly Rational Borrowing
(University of Chicago Press, 2006)Excessive borrowing, no less than insufficient savings, might be a product of bounded rationality. Identifiable psychological mechanisms are likely to contribute to excessive borrowing; these include myopia, procrastination, ... -
Boundedly Rational Borrowing: A Consumer's Guide
(2005)Excessive borrowing, no less than insufficient savings, might be a product of bounded rationality. Identifiable psychological mechanisms are likely to contribute to excessive borrowing; these include myopia, procrastination, ... -
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: The Past Present and Future of Mad Cow Disease in the United States
(1998)In an attempt to provide an introductory, yet thorough, discussion of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and its ramifications in the United States, this paper shall: discuss the history of and explain the disease known as ... -
Breaking Bankruptcy Priority: How Rent-Seeking Upends the Creditors' Bargain
(Virginia Law Review Association, 2013)“Bankruptcy reallocates value in a faltering firm. The bankruptcy apparatus eliminates some claims and alters others, leaving a reduced set of claims to match the firm’s diminished capacity to pay. This restructuring is ... -
BREAKTRHOUGH BIOTECHNOLOGIES: CAN THE FDA KEEP UP WITH THE SPEED OF SCIENCE?
(2004)Biotechnology advances have the potential to dramatically change the practice of medicine. Currently research is underway to find cures for diseases that were before untreatable, and many biotechnology products are already ... -
Brennan and Democracy--The 1996-97 Brennan Center Symposium Lecture
(California Law Review Inc., 1998) -
Brexit and the Trouble with an Uncodified Constitution: R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
(Vermont Law School, 2018)On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom voted, unexpectedly, to leave the European Union. That such a decision would have constitutional implications was not surprising, but the vote also caused an unforeseen constitutional ... -
A Brief History of Tea: The Rise and Fall of the Tea Importation Act
(2000)The goal of this paper is to provide a general history of the Tea Importation Act of 1897. It focuses on the Act's legislative scheme, the Act's antecedents and amendments, and its legislative history. Special attention ... -
A Brief History of the International Regulation of Wine Production
(2002)Regulations regarding wine production have a profound effect on the character of the wine produced. Such regulations can be found on the local, national, and international levels, but each level must be considered with the ... -
Brief of Amici Curiae J. Richard Harvey, Leandra Lederman, Ruth Mason, Susan Morse, Stephen Shay and Bret Wells in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner, in Support of Respondent-Appellant Commissioner
(2016)The Treasury regulations at issue in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner condition the validity of controlled taxpayers’ income allocation under a cost-sharing agreement upon the requirement that the controlled parties share all ...