This essay deals with one of the persistent problems in the law of negotiable instruments, namely the practice-originated legal phenomenon of so called quasi-instruments (it focuses on quasi-checks and deals also with quasi-notes.) First, it supplies a formal definition for quasi-instruments. It...

This paper analyzes the rise of private ordering as a dominant strategy for governing creative works in the digital environment. It explores the changing nature of private ordering in the Web 2.0 environment, where it is used for governing User-Generated Content (UGC). Private ordering is...

This Note examines a full range of security issues involving privately-owned but publicly accessible office buildings in the post-9/11 era, from a landlord's basic security duties to privacy infringement. The analysis focuses on the recent proliferation of computer-enabled access control and...

In early 2009, the Federal Reserve Board, along with the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) (the quot;Agenciesquot;) proposed new rules primarily targeted to ATM and debit card transactions quot;intended to ensure that consumers have clear and...

The text of the Constitution nowhere mentions God; the document is, as some scholars put it, quot;godless.quot; What is the significance of that silence? This brief essay, written for a discussion conference on religion, multiculturalism, and citizenship, considers and criticizes two possible...

The presence of Mexican law - as the applicable foreign law - continues to grow considerably in American courts. This phenomenon is significant in California and the southwestern states, as well as in Illinois, New York and Washington, D.C. It is unquestionable that deciding cases based on...

John Finnis's powerfully and deservedly influential modern classic, quot;Natural Law and Natural Rights,quot; expounds a theory of law and morality that is based on a picture of quot;personsquot; using practical reason to pursue certain quot;basic goods.quot; While devoting much attention to...

Ten years down the road, what is the enduring significance of the quot;assisted suicidequot; cases, Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill? The cases reflect an unusually earnest, but nonetheless unsuccessful, attempt by the Supreme Court to grapple with a profound moral issue. So, why was...