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Whilst inequality was the central theme at Davos this year, the current debate in international investment law revolves around imbalance and inconsistency in the legal framework regulating foreign direct investment. Particularly, imbalance between investor's rights and a host state's police...
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This Article investigates connections between the extensive New Deal law and regulation that led to the proliferation of single-family detached houses and the continuing racial disparities in housing security and ownership in the United States. Too often, the pervasiveness of the single-family...
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In a few short years, the American Dream has dried up like a raisin in the sun. Massive foreclosures of the mid-to-late 2000s have left the status of the American Dream of homeownership in serious question. In this paper, I argue that in order to formulate new federal housing and homeownership...
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Will-substitutes are legal techniques that allow the disposition of property on death outside of the deceased's estate. Such techniques, by reducing the assets in the estate, have the potential to harm the interests of creditors of the estate. This paper aims to identify some of the ways in...
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The fiduciary relationship is one of the most fundamental legal relationships, and its importance for both public and private law is increasingly recognized. Fiduciary mandates typically involve one person – the fiduciary – administering the affairs or property of other persons – an...
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The policy of sustainable development requires reductions in growth of human populations to promote environmental sustainability and economic development. The objective is to control environmental catastrophism and advance financial growth with population policies on a global scale to foster...
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Balancing the protection of private business interests against governmental regulation is one of the most significant legal frictions of the modern era. Over the course of the past twenty-eight months, this conflict has manifested itself through a federal sports gambling lawsuit involving New...
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Over centuries, efficient allocation of limited resources has been one main concerns of governments and social scientists. The emergence of the Internet fuelled the proliferation of online matching platforms that facilitate the redistribution of omnipresent surplus resources. This article...
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During the summer of 2015, daily fantasy sports (DFS) advertising in the United States became ubiquitous, with DraftKings and FanDuel embarking on an aggressive advertising campaign. One year later, those commercials all but disappeared from television and radio. In the United States, DFS...
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