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Industrialization and real estate development continue to deplete natural resources, thereby decimating fauna, flora and their open space habitats. Government action has failed to stem this destruction. Thus, the burden of land conservation has generally fallen upon individuals, trusts, and the...
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This paper seeks to devise a theoretical explanation for recent disputes over the construction of an outlet from Devils Lake, North Dakota, in a way that affords a predictive framework for future international environmental law issues. Opponents of the outlet alleged it would violate U.S....
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This article concerns the history of automation in U.S. tax administration and the challenges automation presents to administering the laws consistent with democratic values. The most under-theorized aspect of tax administration is the expansion of automation and its impact on the current tax...
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Patent protection for genetic enhancements would tend to spur genetic innovation, but would tend to limit access to those genetic enhancements through discriminatory mechanisms such as price and favoritism. The patent system would likely ensure high rates of genetic enhancement innovation,...
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The legal and economic analysis presented here empirically tests the theoretical framework advanced by Buscaglia (1997) and by Kugler, Verdier, and Zenou (2003). This paper goes beyond the prior literature by focusing on the empirical assessment of the actual implementation of the institutional...
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The legal and economic analysis presented here empirically tests the theoretical framework advanced by Buscaglia (1997) and by Kugler, Verdier, and Zenou (2003). This paper goes beyond the prior literature by focusing on the empirical assessment of the actual implementation of the institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218810
Although designed to resolve private disputes, usually commercial in nature, arbitration may nevertheless encounter during its course allegations of impropriety and criminal behaviour. In the context of international commercial arbitration, the most common of those are allegations of bribery....
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Acknowledging the growing interest in law and economics in New Zealand, the Forward to the first issue of the 1996 Review highlights the role of economics in informing public policy assessments and developments in New Zealand
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The Supreme Court’s approach to equity exerts a decisive influence on legislative developments. There is considerable controversy surrounding the judicial use of equitable principles to deny statutory relief. Of equal concern is that courts engage in interest balancing, or policy-making, that...
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Conflict is an inevitable facet of international relations. As much as the nations of the world work harmoniously in order to achieve their mutual interest, they also disagree as they strive to protect and preserve their individual national interests. Where conflict is inevitable and is part of...
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