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"Three essays on personal bankruptcy"

open access: yes, 2006
This thesis presents three essays on the field of personal bankruptcy.  The research carried out is mostly, but not fully, theoretical in nature.  The first chapter develops a model of general equilibrium with default and asks, among other things, how the level of default penalties can affect the welfare of different agents in an economy, when do ...
openaire   +1 more source

Two Pathways to Proletarianization: Understanding Professionals' Adaptation to the “Corporatization” of Chinese Law Firms

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how lawyers in China adapt to the “corporatization” of law firms, which limits their professional autonomy within bureaucratic structures. “Proletarianization” theory, which emerged in the 1970s, effectively explains employment relations and internal stratification within the legal profession, but it has been underestimated
Xinyi Shen
wiley   +1 more source

Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
wiley   +1 more source

Principles and Policy Recommendations for Comprehensive Genetic Data Governance. [PDF]

open access: yesProc AAAI ACM Conf AI Ethics Soc
Ramanan V   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hear Me Out: A Lesson in Civil Discourse

open access: yesJournal of Legal Studies Education, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 7-30, Winter 2026.
Abstract This article describes an innovative and engaging lecture and class exercise designed to teach students how to think critically about issues from different perspectives and communicate effectively with those who disagree with them. The interactive lecture and class exercise introduce a civil discourse framework to encourage constructive ...
Cheryl L. Black
wiley   +1 more source

Making the Case for Studying Business Law: A Teaching Note Providing a First Week Blueprint for First‐Time Instructors

open access: yesJournal of Legal Studies Education, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 41-49, Winter 2026.
Abstract Most business students are not interested in becoming lawyers. Therefore, business law and legal environment instructors must convey why students should study business law. To assist instructors (especially first‐time ones), this teaching note presents interrelated pedagogical questions to introduce the first week of class.
Jason R. Hildebrand
wiley   +1 more source

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