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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 2006

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Open Source, Free Software and Contractual Issues, Jose Javier González de Alaiza

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The Case of the Extradition of Luis Posada Carriles: Is the United States Harboring a Terrorist?, Ernesto Gonzalez

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SOX, Statutory Interpretation, and the Seventh Amendment: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower Claims and Jury Trials, Jarod S. Gonzalez

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The Punishment of Dixie Shanahan: Is There Justice for Battered Women Who Kill?, Leigh Goodmark

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Career Criminals Targeted: The Verdict Is In, California’s Three Strikes Law Proves Effective, Naomi Harlin Goodno

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Cyberstalking, a New Crime: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Current State and Federal Laws, Naomi Harlin Goodno

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Toward an International Criminal Procedure: Due Process Aspirations and Limitations, Gregory S. Gordon

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Final Offer Arbitration in the New Era of Major League Baseball, Spencer B. Gordon

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Knowledge Inputs, Legal Institutions and Firm Structure: Towards a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm, Erica Gorga and Michael Halberstam

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Leveling the Playing Field: Is It Time for a Legal Assistance Center for Developing Nations in Investment Treaty Arbitration? , Eric J. Gottwald

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Treaties in U.S. Courts: Judge Bork's Anti-Originalist Revolution, Kay Graeff and David Sloss

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Why Justice Scalia Should Be a Constitutional Comparativst . . . Sometimes, David C. Gray

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The Marginal Incentive of Insider Trading: An Economic Reinterpretation of the Case Law, Kristoffel R. Grechenig

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“A Modest Proposal”: Universal Cesarean Section to Reduce Professional Liability Costs, James A. Greenberg, Katherine E. Economy, Andrew W. Beckwith, and Jeffrey L. Ecker

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Darn Your SOX: Exploring Retroactive Application of Extended Statutes of Limitation and Repose in Securities Fraud Litigation, Sarah J. Greenberg

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Urban Legends, Desegregation and School Finance: Did Kansas City Really Prove That Money Doesn’t Matter?, Preston C. Green

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The Action Bias in American Law: Internet Jurisdiction and the Triumph of Zippo Dot Com, Richard Greenstein

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Looting, Law, and Lawlessness, Stuart Green

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The Dividend Problem, Daniel J.H. Greenwood

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Section 7525’s Last Gasps: The Tax Practitioner Privilege and the Selective Waiver Doctrine, Amandeep S. Grewal

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Substance over Form? Phantom Regulations and the Internal Revenue Code, Amandeep S. Grewal

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Regulating Contract Formation: Precontractual Reliance, Sunk Costs, and Market Structure, Ofer Grosskopf and Barak Medina

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Langdell Upside-Down: The Anticlassical Jurisprudence of Anticodification, Lewis A. Grossman

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The Politics of Memory/Errinerungspolitik and the Use and Propriety of Law in the Process of Memory Construction, Vivian Grosswald Curran

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Revitalizing Our Urban Core without Marginalizing Our Core People: Closing Tax Credit Loopholes for the Wealthy while Generating Ethnic Entrepreneurial Self Help Alternatives to Subsidized Gentrification, Roger M. Groves

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Revitalizing Our Urban Core without Marginalizing Our Core People: Closing Tax Credit Loopholes for the Wealthy while Generating Ethnic Entrepreneurial Self Help Alternatives to Subsidized Gentrification, Roger M. Groves

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The De-Gentrification of New Markets Tax Credits, Roger M. Groves

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Comparative Corporate Governance: Irish, American, and European Responses to Corporate Scandals, Manish Gupta

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St. George Tucker’s Second Amendment: Deconstructing ‘The True Palladium of Liberty’, Stephen P. Halbrook

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Legislative Threats, Guy Halfteck

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Principles of U.S. Family Law, Vivian E. Hamilton

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Not a Living Room Sofa: Changing the Legal Status of Companion Animals, Susan J. Hankin

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Reverse Monitoring: On the Hidden Role of Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Sharon Hannes

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The Market for Takeover Defenses, Sharon Hannes

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The Regulation of Intercountry Adoption, Mary E. Hansen and Daniel Pollack

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Tradeoffs in Formulating a Consistent National Policy on Adoption, Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Daniel Pollack

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If You Work for the Government, Then Shut Your Mouth: Garcetti v. Ceballos and the Future of Public Employee Speech, Joseph E. Hardgrave

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Semper Disqualified: The Incongruity between Federal and State Suffrage Protections for Certain Military Voters Seeking to Vote in State and Local Elections, and a Possible Legislative Remedy, Alexandra R. Harrington

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered, and ?: The Correlation between Policy Areas, Signing, and Legal Ratification of Organization of American States’ Treaties by Member States., Alexandra R. Harrington

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To Protect or to Serve: Confidentiality, Client Protection and Domestic Violence, Dana Harrington-Conner

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The Capabilities Approach as a Solution to the Need for a More Encompassing Definition of Poverty, Sarah L. Harrington

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The War on Terror, Local Police, and Immigration Enforcement: A Curious Tale of Police Power in Post-9/11 America, David A. Harris

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Don't Mourn --- Reorganize! An Introduction to the Next Wave Organizing Symposium Issue, Seth Harris

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Law, Economics, and Accommodations in the Internal Labor Market, Seth Harris

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Analysis of Certain Aspects of the “Long-Term Legal Strategy Project for Preserving Security and Democratic Freedoms in the War on Terrorism” Report in Light of Customary International Law, Michael P. Hatchell

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Compensation Representatives: A Prudent Solution to Excessive CEO Pay, Lawton W. Hawkins

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Inside the Outsider: Critical Race Theory against Human Rights?, Eric Heinze

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The Use and Abuse of Human Rights Discourse: A Legitimacy Test for NGOs, IGOs and Governments, Eric Heinze

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Courts, Cops, Citizens, and Criminals, Justin David Heminger

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Sex, Trust, and Corporate Boards, Joan M. Heminway

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No Direction Home: Will the Law Keep Pace with Human Tracking Technology to Protect Individual Privacy and Stop Geoslavery? , William A. Herbert

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Opening Bottlenecks: On Behalf of Mandated Network Neutrality, Bill D. Herman

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Mediating Animal Law Matters, Kathy M. Hessler

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Doing Deals in Japan: An Analysis of Recent Trends & Developments for the U.S. Practitioner, Christopher T. Hines, Tatsuya Tanigawa, and Andrew P. Hughes

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A Defense of Structural Injunctive Remedies in South African Law, Danielle E. Hirsch

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Taking State Property Rights out of Federal Labor Law, Jeffrey M. Hirsch

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The Rise and Fall of Private Sector Unionism: What Next for the NLRA?, Jeffrey M. Hirsch and Barry T. Hirsch

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The Day Laborer Debate: Small Town, U.S.A. Takes on Federal Immigration Law Regarding Undocumented Workers, Margaret B. Hobbins

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In Sickness, Health, and Cyberspace: Protecting the Security of Electronic Private Health Information, Sharona Hoffman and Andy Podgurski

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The Expressive Impact of Patents, Timothy R. Holbrook

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Pregnancy in Pieces: The Potential Gap in State and Federal Provided Pregnancy Leave, Sarah Stewart Holland

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Judicial Anarchy: The Admission of Convictions to Impeach -State Supreme Court Interpretive Standards, 1990-2004, Dannye Holley

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Is the Eli Lilly Written Description Requirement a Paper Tiger?: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Impact of Eli Lilly and Its Progeny in the Courts and PTO, Christopher M. Holman

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The Meaning of “Life”: The Morning-After-Pill, the Question of When Life Begins, and Judicial Review, Jason M. Horst

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Light from the Trees: The Story of Minors Oposa and the Russian Forest Cases , Oliver Austin Houck

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Please Don't Feed the Homeless: Pottinger Revisited, Shirley D. Howell

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Tackling the "Evils" of Interlocking Directorates in Healthcare Nonprofits, Nicole Huberfeld

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Review Essay: Using All Available Information, Max Huffman

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Standing for Extraterritoriality: Defining the Empagran Exception, Max Huffman

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Rescue Me: Legislating Cooperation between Animal Control Authorities and Rescue Organizations, Rebecca J. Huss

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Compulsory Unionism as a Fraternal Conceit?, Harry G. Hutchison

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The Little Word "Due", Andrew T. Hyman

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The United States' Experience with Energy-Based Tax Incentives: The Evidence Supporting Tax Incentives for Renewable Energy, Mona L. Hymel

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Individual or Collective Liability for Corporate Directors?, Darian M. Ibrahim

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Traditional Values, or a New Tradition of Prejudice? The Boy Scouts of America vs. the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, Eric Alan Isaacson

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Halbert v. Michigan: The Application of the Douglas-Ross Dichotomy in Constitutionalizing Indigency in States’ Appellate Court Processes, Omari O. Jackson

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Probing Environmental Discretion: An Argument for Regulating Greenhouse Gases from Motor Vehicles under the Clean Air Act, Omari O. Jackson

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Competing Models of Judicial Coalition Formation and Case Outcome Determination, Tonja Jacobi

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Redefining the Right to Be Let Alone: Privacy Rights and the Constitutionality of Technical Surveillance Measures in Germany and the United States, Nicole E. Jacoby

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Gayanashogowa and Guardianship: Expanding and Clarifying the Federal-Tribal Trust Relationship, Kavitha Janardhan

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Ordered Conflict Resolution, David R. Jenkins

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One Small Step: The Past, Present, and Future of the Federal Sentencing System , Matthew Jill

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Desperate Cities: Eminent Domain and Economic Development in a Post-Kelo World, Asmara Tekle Johnson

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Desperate Cities: Eminent Domain and Economic Development in a Post-Kelo World, Asmara Tekle Johnson

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Privatizing Eminent Domain: The Delegation of a Very Public Power to Private, Non-Profit and Charitable Corporations, Asmara Tekle Johnson

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Explanation, Human Nature, and Tort Theory, Jeffery L. Johnson

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The Focused Attention of Others: A Conceptual and Normative Model of Personal and Legal Privacy, Jeffery L. Johnson

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Judith Johnson ADA Article, Judith Johnson

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Standardized Tests, Erroneous Scores, and Tort Liability, Vincent R. Johnson

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Imposing Conditions on Developing Countries’ Tariff Preferences, Jennifer S. Jones

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The Deregulatory Valence of Justice O'Connor's Federalism, Bradley W. Joondeph

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Legislation and Legitimation: Congress and Insider Trading in the 1980s, Thomas W. Joo

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The Chameleon Effect: Beyond the Bonding Hypothesis for Cross-Listed Securities, Cally Jordan

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Repairing Facade Easements: Is This the Gift That Launched a Thousand Deductions?, Martha W. Jordan

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The Convicted Felon as a Guardian: Considering the Alternatives of Potential Guardians with Less-Than-Perfect Records, Mike Jorgensen

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Rethinking Yamashita: Holding Military Leaders Accountable for Wartime Rape, Joshua h. Joseph

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Teaching in Reverse: A Positive Approach to Analytical Errors in 1L Writing, Lesley S. Kagan and Susan E. Provenzano

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The Headscarf as Threat? A Comparison of German and American Legal Discourses, Robert A. Kahn

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Patent Drafter Estoppel: Why Didn't Sage Products Create a New Foreseeability Limitation on the Application of the Doctrine of Equivalents?, Christopher M. Kaiser

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A Case for the Prosecution of Kim Jong Il for Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, and War Crimes , Grace M. Kang