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Leviathans and Liberation: Did Whaling Contribute to the Decline of Slavery?

open access: yesInternational Social Science Journal, Volume 75, Issue 257, Page 507-519, September 2025.
ABSTRACT We test the hypothesis slavery started declining in the United States not due to fossil fuel‐driven industrialization but the exploitation of the bioenergy reserves of the world's largest animals. We predict the population in slavery in US states from 1790 to 1840 as a function of the recorded whaling harvest.
Topher L. McDougal   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mixed-methods study to assess delay among patients with tuberculosis in an urban setting of Bangladesh. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Ahmed S   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Distance Factor in Remedies

open access: yesJournal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 22, Issue 3, Page 270-297, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This article proposes a new classification of legal remedies that cuts across existing classifications. It argues that all remedies involving the transfer of resources are positioned along a continuum from close to remote, which determines their “distance factor.” The basic distinction is between remedies provided directly by the injurer to ...
Daphna Lewinsohn‐Zamir, Ilana Ritov
wiley   +1 more source

The Diffusion of Deal Innovations in Complex Contractual Networks

open access: yesJournal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 22, Issue 3, Page 378-396, September 2025.
ABSTRACT We introduce a new method for studying contractual evolution in complex markets. We situate the diffusion of a deal innovation within an advisory network and then provide methods for inferring a law firm's preference for adopting the innovation and for calculating each firm's proximity to prior adopters.
Kristina Bishop   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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