Symposium: Brown v. Board of Education and Its Legacy: A Tribute to Justice Thurgood Marshall, Learning Together: Justice Marshall\u27s Desegregation Opinions [PDF]
In this Article, Professor Marcus examines the influence of Justice Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court\u27s current school desegregation agenda. Justice Marshall was part of the majority in desegregation cases during his earlier years on the high ...
Marcus, Maria L.
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Abortion restriction laws and mobility of scientists
Abstract Research Summary We track the enactment of targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) laws in the United States and analyze 4.98 million person‐year mobility records for 535,568 biomedical scientists from 1990 to 2018. Our estimations reveal a 0.8–1.6 percentage‐point increase in scientists' relocation probability after states enacted ...
Beril Yalcinkaya, Waverly W. Ding
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Aereo and Internet Television: A Call to Save the Dukes (A La Carte) [PDF]
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably a duck. The most recent U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the Copyright Act employed this “duck test” when determining that Aereo, an Internet content-streaming ...
Patel, Pooja
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): The Definition of Disability [PDF]
[From Summary] The threshold issue in any Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case is whether the individual alleging discrimination is an individual with a disability. The ADA definition is a functional one and does not list specific disabilities.
Jones, Nancy Lee
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Local regulatory anticipation and GHG emissions
Abstract Research Summary Regulatory anticipation is a nonmarket response whereby firms, foreseeing future penalties, adjust their behavior when peers are targeted by regulators. Prior research defines peers using broad jurisdictional boundaries. Instead, I argue that regulatory anticipation may emerge locally, driven by two channels: proximity to peer
Leandro Nardi
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First Amendment, Second Fiddle? Free Speech in New Hampshire‘s Constitution [PDF]
[Excerpt] “A car dealer in Concord, New Hampshire recently challenged the city zoning board‘s denial of its application to replace its existing readerboard (with manually changeable letters) with an electronic sign.
Rick, Adam
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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The Changing Discourse of the Supreme Court [PDF]
[Excerpt] “Academics, judges, and other commentators complain that, for the past few decades, the Justices on the Supreme Court have been increasingly writing opinions that are unreadable for most American citizens.
Johnson, Stephen M.
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What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann
ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
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The Constitutionality of Public School Financing Laws: Judicial and Legislative Interaction [PDF]
This Note looks at the various ways states fund public education. Then the Note examines the how the U.S. Supreme Court\u27s decision of Board of Education v. Nyquist impacts how states fund public education.
Gitlin, Bruce
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