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“Hold on, I'm comin'”: Copyright, political campaigns, and the limits of songwriter control
The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how songwriters in the United States object to the unwanted performance of their musical works at live political events, and the legal options available to challenge such uses. Prompted by the repeated use of ‘Hold On, I'm Comin'’ as outro music at Donald Trump's campaign events between 2020 and 2024, and the recent ...
Joel Cooper, Marie Hadley
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Pursuing patents for their own sake: How the investment discourse shapes patent quality and quantity
The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.Abstract Patent systems worldwide face criticisms over declining patent quality and increasing patent quantity. While most research focuses on strengthening examination rigour, this article turns attention to relatively underexplored patenting incentives.
Li Liu
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The Spatial Impact of Judicial Administration on Firms' Performance
LABOUR, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the indirect effects of judicial adminstration (JA) on neighbouring firms operating in southern Italian regions characterised by endemic organised crime. When a mafia‐affiliated firm is placed under JA, the sector‐specific relational networks it sustained are abruptly severed. Using difference‐in‐differences estimators,
Vincenzo Sessa
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Erased by law: Kinship, care, and bureaucratic exclusion at the end of life in South Korea
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how institutional frameworks in South Korea erase nonlegal caregiving relationships within hospice care environments. Drawing on seven months of ethnographic fieldwork, the study delineates how patients are categorized as “unclaimed” despite the presence of long‐term companions or cohabitants who provide intimate end‐of ...
Seok Joo Youn
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How are online discourses in subissues within counternationalist movements constructed? This study better understands what comprises digital counternationalist dissent against right‐wing nationalism, finding that right‐wing nationalism's success can also be explained through limitations in counternationalist discourse.
Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui
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Dreams and Paintings: Descartes, Dream Skepticism, and the Constitution of Mental States
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contemporary epistemologists typically read Descartes’ dream argument as an argument for external world skepticism. This paper argues that Descartes’ own development of the issues suggests otherwise and enquires into the reasons for this divergence.
Mario Schärli
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Facets of Crises: How Problem Indicators and Public Perceptions Affect Policy Change
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Crises are widely acknowledged as catalysts for policy change. Yet, our understanding of the policy effects of crises remains limited. Why do only some crises lead to major changes, while significant policy changes also occur during seemingly non‐crisis periods?
Constantin Kaplaner +6 more
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The federal government, and its budget process, are facing unprecedented challenges. The federal debt is at historic levels, the process is in disarray, and the constitutional balance of powers is being challenged as never before. The debt, driven by growth in entitlement spending, stands at $38 trillion and is projected to continue to grow if
Carolyn Bourdeaux +4 more
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Contextualising Hohfeld's Analysis of Rights: Legal Relations and the Rule of Law
Ratio Juris, EarlyView.Abstract More than a century ago, W. N. Hohfeld offered the most influential analysis of rights to date. However, his classification has rarely been received without criticism. Many of the objections to his framework stem from the longstanding debate between interest and will theories of rights.
Paulo Baptista Caruso MacDonald
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Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.Abstract In its landmark advisory opinion on States' obligations regarding climate change, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) tackled the highly contentious issue of the legal consequences of unlawful acts and State responsibility. While the Court adopted a more cautious approach on this matter than it did when interpreting States' primary ...
Yann Kerbrat, Sandrine Maljean‐Dubois
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