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The bepress Legal Series contains manuscripts by top scholars, many of which will eventually appear in top law reviews. Browse the most recent submissions here!

from 2004

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Can a Bankrupt Company Assign Its Patent License to the Highest Bidder, Even When the License Itself Forbids Assignment? Why Everex Systems, Inc. v. Cadtrak Corp. Gives an Unconvincing Answer, Matthew D. Siegel

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The Poor State of Health Care Quality in The U.S.: Is Malpractice Liability Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?, Charles Silver

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The Constitution and the Lessons of Rome, Louis J. Sirico

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Will the WTO Turn Green? The Implications of Extending Observer Status to Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Richard L. Skeen

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Separation of Powers and the Commander in Chief: Congress’s Authority to Override Presidential Decisions in Crisis Situations, Reid Skibell

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The Market For Justice, The "Litigation Explosion," and The "Verdict Bubble": A Closer Look At Vanishing Trials, Frederic Nelson Smalkin and Frederic Nelson Chancellor Smalkin

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“Judicial Nationalism” in International Law: National Identity and Judicial Autonomy at the ICJ, Adam M. Smith

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Battered Non-Wives and Unequal Protection Order Coverage: A Call for Reform, Judith A. Smith

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Are You Experienced?: Examining the Need for Specialized Ethics Rules in Patent Litigation, Benjamin J. Sodey

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Procedural Justice, Lawrence B. Solum

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The Aretaic Turn in Constitutional Theory, Lawrence B. Solum

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From Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words to Bono’s One Dirty Word: A Look at the FCC’s Ever-Expanding Indecency Enforcement Role , Faith Sparr

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The Duchess' Privy Chamber: Early Modern Marriage Law and the Eviction of Women from the Public Sphere in John Webster's "Duchess of Malfi" , Carla Spivack

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Reform(aliz)ing Copyright, Chris Sprigman

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Dealing with Hate in the Feminist Classroom: Re-thinking the Balance, Kathryn Stanchi

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Global Governance, Antitrust, and the Limits of International Cooperation, Paul B. Stephan

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Mixed Signals: Reconsidering the Political Economy of Judicial Deference to Administrative Agencies, Matthew C. Stephenson

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Book Review: Analysis of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Dru Stevenson

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Entrapment and the Problem of Deterring Police Misconduct, Dru Stevenson

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The Cocaine Vaccine, Dru Stevenson

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Toward a New Theory of Notice and Deterrence, Dru Stevenson

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Rescuing Children from the Marriage Movement: The Case against Marital Restrictions on Adoption and Assisted Reproduction, Richard F. Storrow

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Citizens of an Enemy Land: Enemy Combatants, Aliens, and the Constitutional Rights of the Pseudo-Citizen, Juliet P. Stumpf

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A State's Power to Enter into a Consent Decree That Violates State Law Provisions: What "Findings" of a Federal Violation Are Sufficient to Justify a Consent Decree That Trumps State Law?, David W. Swift

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The New, Old United Nations - Proposal of an Interpretative Model, Paul Tan

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Reconsidering the Prohibition against General Solicitation during Section 3(c)(7) Offerings, Daniel P. Taub

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Beggar-Thy-Neighbor? Why the WTO Appellate Body’s Enforcement of a Rigorous “Parallelism Requirement” Limits the Exemption of Regional Trade Agreement Partners from the Application of Safeguard Measures, Jordan Taylor

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Expensing Isn't the Only Option: Alternatives to the FASB's Stock Option Expensing Proposal, Benjamin A. Templin

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Constitutional Law—State Employees Have Private Cause of Action against Employers under Family and Medical Leave Act—Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs, 538 U.S. 721 (2003)., Gabriel H. Teninbaum

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Time Travel, Hovercrafts, and the Fourth Amendment: If James Madison Could Have Seen the Future, George C. Thomas

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Essay: New Political and Legal Strategies for African-Americans: Dreaming Big, Dreaming Creatively, Maxim Thorne

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Sex Slavery in the United States and Its Law to Stop It Here and Abroad, Susan Tiefenbrun

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The New Neurobiology of Severe Psychiatric Disorders and Its Implications for Laws Governing Involuntary Commitment and Treatment, E Fuller Torrey and Ken Kress

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The New Neurobiology of Severe Psychiatric Disorders and Its Implications for Laws Governing Involuntary Commitment and Treatment, E Fuller Torrey and Kenneth Kress

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Fine Art Online: Digital Imagery and Current International Interpretations of Ethical Considerations in Copyright Law, Molly A. Torsen

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The Customary International Law Supergame, Joel P. Trachtman and George Norman

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The Rave Act: A Specious Solution to the Serious Problem of Increased Ecstasy Distribution within the United States That Is Unconstitutionally Overbroad, Erin Treacy

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Federal Permitting Issues Related to Offshore Wind Energy, Using the Cape Wind Project in Massachusetts as an Illustration, Thomas A. Utzinger

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The Limitations of Retirement Plan Law, Peter M. van Zante

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Crime-Facilitating Speech, Eugene Volokh

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Crime Severity and Constitutional Line-Drawing, Eugene Volokh

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Speech as Conduct: Generally Applicable Laws, Illegal Courses of Conduct, “Situation-Altering Utterances,” and the Uncharted Zones, Eugene Volokh

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The Law in Action at the WTO, Spencer Weber Waller

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Dancing with Wolves: Regulation and De-regulation of Foreign Investment in China's Stock Market, Jiangyu Wang

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A Deadly Dilemma: The Failure of Nations' Organ Procurement Systems and Potential Reform Alternatives, Christy M. Watkins

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Causation and Attenuation in the Slavery Reparations Debate, Kaimipono D. Wenger

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Contracting Out of Bankruptcy: An Empirical Intervention, Jay L. Westbrook and Elizabeth Warren

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An Attitudinal Theory of Excuse in Criminal Law, Peter Westen

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Some Commonplace Confusions about Consent in Rape Cases, Peter Westen

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Responsible Corporate Officers and Section 113(C)(6) of the Clean Air Act: The Dormant Provision with a Useful Function, Peter C. White

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Affirmative Action: More Efficient than Color Blindness, Abraham L. Wickelgren

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On the Misuse of the Nash Bargaining Solution in Law and Economics, Abraham L. Wickelgren

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Dead Men Telling Tales - A Policy-Based Proposal for Survivability of Qui Tam Actions under the Civil False Claims Act, Vickie J. Williams

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Making Federalism Doctrine, Ernest A. Young

from 2003

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The Self-Incrimination Clause Explained and Its Future Predicted, Ronald J. Allen

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The Assumption of Risk Doctrine, Liability-Limiting Statutes, and Skateboarding, David Amell

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Technological Protection Measures in the United States, the European Union and Germany - How much Fair Use do we need in the "Digital World"?, Wencke Baesler

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Arthritic Flexibilities: Analysis of WTO Action Regarding Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, Brook K. Baker

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The "No Property" Problem: Understanding Poverty by Understanding Wealth, Jane Baron

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Biological Factors Associated with Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Comparative Analysis of Scientific, Societal, and Legal Dimensions, Troy M. Bear

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A Family Affair: Sharing Information about Genetic Diseases, Lyria K. Bennett Moses

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Mass Toxic Tort Litigation and Class Action Rule Reform in the United States, Jason L. Betts

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“All Aboard!” An Overview of the Continuing Debate Regarding the Enforceability of Dispute Resolution Provisions of Filipino Seamen Employment Contracts, Richard V. Blystone

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Barbarians at The Gates: A Post-September 11th Proposal to Rationalize the Laws of War, William C. Bradford

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Toward a Criminal Law for Cyberspace: Distributed Security, Susan Brenner

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The Trajectory of (Corporate Law) Scholarship, Brian R. Cheffins

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The Israeli Lust for Peace: Illusion, Tragedy and Prospect, Lloyd R. Cohen

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Democracy's Global Quest: A Noble Crusade Wrapped in Dirty Reality?, Andrew K. Coleman and Jackson Nil Maogoto

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Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the Compliance Continuum, Teall E. Crossen

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The Narrow Tailoring Issue in the Affirmative Action Cases: Reconsidering the Supreme Court's Approval in Gratz and Grutter of Race-Based Decision Making by Individualized Discretion, David Crump

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Expected Value Arbitration, Joshua P. Davis

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Difused Surface Water: Reasonable Use Has Become the Common Enemy, Wendy B. Davis

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The Philadelphia Story: The Rhetoric of School Reform, Susan DeJarnatt

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Judge Noonan's J'accuse . . . !, Brannon P. Denning

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The Several Lives of Mickey Mouse: The Expanding Boundaries of Intellectual Property Law, Ben Depoorter

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Old Lyrics, Knock-Off Videos, and Copycat Comic Books: The Fourth Fair Use Factor in U.S. Copyright Law, Gregory M. Duhl

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Secularism's Laws: State Blaine Amendments and Religious Persecution, Kyle Duncan

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Norms, Rationality, and Communication: A Reputation Theory of Social Norms, Andreas Engert

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Takings Formalism and Regulatory Formulas: Exactions and the Consequences of Clarity, Mark Fenster

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The Rational Exuberance of Structuring Venture Capital Startups, Victor Fleischer

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Beyond Dilution: Toward a Coherent Theory of the Anti Free Rider Impulse in American Trademark Law, David J. Franklyn

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This Is Not Like Any Other Legal Question: A Brief History of Nazi Law before British and American Courts, David Fraser

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The Dogmatic and Practical Implications of Article 78 of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) on Claims for Interest under International Sales Contracts. , Friso Garbers

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Universal Jurisdiction and Drug Trafficking: A Tool for Fighting One of the World's Most Pervasive Problems , Anne H. Geraghty

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Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Forum Shopping: Conflicts of Law as Spontaneous Order, Nita Ghei and Francesco Parisi

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The Guise of Justice: Jurisdiction & Extradition of Osama Bin Laden & Al Qaeda Terrorists, Matthew Greenwell

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Occupational Risk: The Outrageous Reaction to HIV Positive Public Safety and Health Care Employees in the Workplace, Manju Gupta

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Booze, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: Crime During the College Years, Paul S. Gutman

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ATCA, Doe v. Unocal: A Paquete Habana Approach to the Rescue, John Haberstroh

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Developing Internationally Uniform Liability Principles for Harms from Genetically Modified Organisms , Ryan C. Hansen

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Used, Abused, Arrested and Deported: The Case for Extending Immigration Benefits to Protect Victims of Trafficking and Secure Prosecution of Traffickers, Dina F. Haynes

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The American "Covenant Marriage" in the Conflict of Laws, Peter Hay

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A Room of One's Own: Morality and Sexual Privacy after Lawrence v. Texas, Marybeth Herald

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Monopoly Power in the Electronic Information Industry: Why, and So What?, Curt A. Hessler

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Narrative Highground: The Failure of Intervention as a Procedural Device in Affirmative Action Litigation, Danielle R. Holley

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Real Options in Law: (Possibly, Frivolous) Litigation and Other Applications, Peter H. Huang

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Arbitration and Contract: What Are the Law Schools Teaching?, Stephen K. Huber

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The Internal Revenue Code as Sodomy Statute, Anthony C. Infanti

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Trial of the Accused Taliban and Al Qaeda Operatives Captured in Afghanistan and Detained on a U.S. Military Base in Cuba, Jaime Jackson

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WTO Plus: Creating Liberal Investment through Regulating Tax Incentives, Jeremiah Johnson