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Documents from 2008

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Fighting the Food Crisis: Feeding Africa One Family at a Time, Karol C. Boudreaux and Adam Aft

Cautiously Optimistic: Economic Liberalization and Reconciliation in Rwanda's Coffee Sector, Karol C. Boudreaux and Puja Ahluwalia

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The Micromagic of Microcredit, Karol C. Boudreaux and Tyler Cowen

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Review of Christian G. Fritz, American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition before the Civil War, Terry Bouton

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Differential power in intact same-sex families based on legal and cultural understandings of parentage, Deirdre M. Bowen

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Turkish Cross-border Operations into Northern Iraq: International Law and Use of Force Analysis, Charles Bowers

A New Coalition Government for Pakistan: Good Riddance to a Sickly Pairing, Charles B. Bowers

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The Scope of Criminal Law and Criminal Sanctions: an Economic View and Policy Implications, Roger Bowles, Nuno Garoupa, and Michael Faure

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The Comparative and Absolute Advantages of Junior Law Faculty: Implications for Teaching and the Future of American Law Schools, Gregory W. Bowman

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The Domestic and Transnational Policy Implications of “Deep” versus “Broad” Preferential Trade Agreements, Gregory W. Bowman

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An Investment to Die For, Kelly J. Bozanic

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A Crisis Waiting to Happen: What’s Wrong With Pennsylvania Public Health Law., John A. Bozza

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Knock and Talk, Craig M. Bradley

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"Knock and Talk" and the Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley

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"Knock and Talk" and the Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley

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OVER THE RIVER AND (AROUND) THE WOODS TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE WE GO: LONG-TERM FIRM TRANSMISSION RIGHTS, TRANSMISSION MARKET POWER & GAMING STRATEGIES IN A DEREGULATED ENERGY MARKET-AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON, Richard R. Bradley

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Planes, Trains, and Inefficiencies: An Analysis of the Proposed Delta-Northwest Airlines Merger & Its Effects on Consumers, Richard R. Bradley

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For-Profit Philanthropy, Dana Brakman Reiser

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How I learned to stop worrying and use the legal argument – a critique of Giorgio Agamben’s notion of law, Leila Brännström

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Protecting Public Health and the Environment by the Stroke of a Presidential Pen: Seven Executive Orders for the President’s First 100 Days, Rebecca Bratspies, David Driesen, Robert Fischman, Sheila Foster, Eileen Gauna, Robert Glicksman, Alexandra Klass, Catherine O'Neill, Sidney Shapiro, Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzer, Robert R.M. Verchick, Wendy Wagner, and James Goodwin

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Information Pollution, Knowledge Overload, Limited Attention Spans, and Our Responsibilities as IS Professionals, David A. Bray

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Knowledge Ecosystems: Technology, Motivations, Processes, and Performance (Doctoral Dissertation), David A. Bray

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Re-Appropriating Social Dilemmas Research to Inform Service Science, David A. Bray

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Smart Business Networks (or, Let's Create 'Life' from Inert Information), David A. Bray

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Information Markets: Feasibility and Performance, David A. Bray, Karen Croxson, and William Dutton

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Seriosity: Addressing the Challenges of Limited Attention Spans, David A. Bray, Karen Croxson, William Dutton, and Benn Konsynski

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Sermo: A Community-Based, Knowledge Ecosystem, David A. Bray, Karen Croxson, William Dutton, and Benn Konsynski

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Nurturing an Energy and Environmental Security Ecosystem to Inform Government Policy, David A. Bray, Keith Daum, and Sean Costigan

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Towards Self-Organizing, Smart Business Networks: Let’s Create ‘Life’ from Inert Information, David A. Bray and Benn Konsynski

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Collective Intelligence: Promoting Diversity, Crowd Performance Algorithms, and Better Decision Outcomes, David A. Bray, Robert Laubacher, and Thomas Malone

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Collective Intelligence in the Executive Branch: Ten Priority Issues for the Next U.S. President, David A. Bray, Jerry Mechling, Benn Konsynski, and Holli Semetko

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Extending March's Exploration and Exploitation: Managing Knowledge in Turbulent Environments, David A. Bray and Michael J. Prietula

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SSRN as an Initial Revolution in Academic Knowledge Aggregation and Dissemination, David A. Bray, Sascha Vitzthum, and Benn Konsynski

Enough is Enough: Time to Eliminate Design Patents and Rely on More Appropriate Copyright and Trademark Protection for Product Designs, Daniel Harris Brean

Neutrality in Liberal Legal Theory and Catholic Social Thought, John M. Breen

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Children Play with God: A Contemporary Thomistic Understanding of the Child, Patrick McKinley Brennan

Differentiating Church and State without Losing the State, Patrick McKinley Brennan

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Introduction to The Vocation of the Child, Patrick McKinley Brennan

Locating Authority in Law, and Avoiding the Authoritarianism of Textualism, Patrick McKinley Brennan

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Locating Authority in Law, and Avoiding the Authoritarianism of Textualism, Patrick McKinley Brennan

Persons, Participating, and "Higher Law", Patrick McKinley Brennan

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Review of John DiIulio, Godly Republic: A Centrist Blueprint for America's Faith-Based Future (University of California Press 2007) (Invited), Patrick McKinley Brennan

“What’s the Matter with You Catholics?”, Patrick McKinley Brennan

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What's the Matter With You Catholics? Soundings in Catholic Social Thought (Review of Mary Ann Glendon, Traditions in Turmoil, 2006) (Invited), Patrick McKinley Brennan

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The Vocation of the Child, Patrick McKinley Brennan, Marcia Bunge, William Werpehowski, John Coons, Vigen Guroian, William Harmless, Philip Reynolds, Anthony Kelly, Charles Reid, John Witte, Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Charles Glenn, George Van Grieken, Elmer John Thiessen, and Robert Vischer

Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation, Thomas J. Brennan and Karl S. Okamoto

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Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation, Thomas J. Brennan and Karl S. Okamoto

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Creating Effective Broadband Network Regulation, Daniel L. Brenner

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Fantasy Crime, Susan Brenner

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Capital in Chaos: The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and the Social Capital Response, Raymond H. Brescia

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Book Review, Stephen J. Grabill, Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics, William S. Brewbaker

Law, Higher Law, and Human Making, William S. Brewbaker

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Revisiting the Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege: a Proposal to Remedy the Disparity in Protections for Civil and Criminal Privilege Holders, cary a. bricker

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Revisiting the Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege: a Proposal to Remedy the Disparity in Protections for Civil and Criminal Privilege-Holders, cary a. bricker

The Use Of Litigation Screenings, Lester Brickman

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Contracts as Plans, Curtis Bridgeman

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All the World’s a Stage, But Admission is Limited: The Need for a Standardized Ticketing Policy for Patrons with Disabilities, Deborah Brightman

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Midnight Regulations and Regulatory Review, Jerry Brito

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Toward A More Perfect Union: Regulatory Analysis and Performance Management, Jerry Brito and Jerry Ellig

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Overview of Environmental Criminal Investigations, Beau James Brock

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A Comment on State Succession to International Responsibility, Benjamin E. Brockman-Hawe

Business Activities of Nonprofit Organizations: Legal Boundary Problems, Evelyn Brody

Governing the U.S. Nonprofit Organization: Accommodating Autonomy in Organizational Law, Evelyn Brody

Draft Model Nonprofit Corporation Act Needs Coordination with Tax Code, Evelyn Brody and Marion R. Fremont-Smith

Truth, Justice, and the American Way: The Socialization of the Modern American Lawyer and Its Consequences, Steven Brody

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“Better the Devil You Know”: Home State Approaches to Promoting Transnational Corporate Accountability, Christen L. Broecker

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The Clash of Obligations: Exercising Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Conformance with Transitional Justice, Christen L. Broecker

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The Quiet Revolution Revived: Sustainable Design, Land Use Regulation, and the States, Sara Bronin

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From the Black Sox to the Sky Box: The Evolution and Mechanics of Commissioner Authority, Aaron Brooks and Colin Daniels

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Independent Directors and Board Control in Venture Finance, Brian Broughman

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The Role of Independent Directors in VC-Backed Firms, Brian Broughman

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Renegotiation of Cash Flow Rights in the Sale of VC-Backed Firms, Brian Broughman and Jesse Fried

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Social Media and Marketing (Blog booklet 1 of 5), Linda Margaret Broughton

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The Safe Harbour Agreement and Maintaining Status Quo, Linda Margaret Broughton

KENNEDY, THE FALL, AND THE TAIL OF MINOS, Richard Broughton

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It's Not Just Shopping, Urban Lofts, and the Lesbian Gay-by Boom: How Sexual Orientation Demographics Can Inform Family Courts, todd brower

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Social Cognition 'At Work:' Schema Theory and Lesbian and Gay Identity in Title VII, todd brower

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Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown

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Yick Wo and the Constitutional Regulation of Criminal Law, Darryl K. Brown

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Is There a Need for a Safe Harbor for Aspirational Codes of Conduct?, Elizabeth F. Brown

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Is There a Need for a Safe Harbor for Aspirational Corporate Codes of Conduct?, Elizabeth F. Brown

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The Tyranny of the Multitude is a Multiplied Tyranny: Is the United States Financial Regulatory Structure Undermining U.S. Competitiveness?, Elizabeth F. Brown

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Trying to Vote in Good Conscience, Elizabeth F. Brown

Georgia's New Battleground: Five Georgia Law Professors Examine the State's New Tort Legislation, Lonnie T. Brown Jr., Ronald L. Carlson, Thomas A. Eaton, C. Ronald Ellington, and Michael L. Wells

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The Fall and Rise of Qualified Immunity: From Hope to Harris, Mark R. Brown

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The Fall and Rise of Qualified Immunity: From Hope to Harris, Mark R. Brown

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Aftermath: Living with the Crisis: From PTC to Governing through Crime, Michelle Brown

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LAST-MILE DILEMMA: HOW NETWORK NEUTRALITY LEGISLATION COULD CREATE BARRIERS TO INNOVATION, Nicholas R. Brown

Equality in the Garden State: Litigation and Social Activism in the Struggle for Marriage Equality, Andrew Bruck

Supply, Demand, and the Changing Economics of Large Law Firms, Andrew Bruck and Andrew Canter

Overruled by Home Rule, Andrew Bruck and H. Joseph Pinto III

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The Paradox of Social Instability in China and the Role of the Xinfang System, Matthew Adam Bruckner

Qui Tam Actions - Shrinking Relator Rights in Twenty Years of "Conservative " Supreme Court Jurisprudence, John A. Bruegger

AGGIUDICAZIONE DIRETTA SENZA PREVIA PUBBLICAZIONE DI UN BANDO DI GARA, Ferdinando Bruno

ALLA CORTE COSTITUZIONALE LA QUESTIONE DELL'ESTINZIONE DEL GIUDIZIO, Ferdinando Bruno

ALLE SEZIONI UNITE LA QUESTIONE DELL'AMMISSIBILITÀ DELLE DELIBERE IMPLICITE, Ferdinando Bruno

ANCHE LA SOCIETÀ POSTA IN LIQUIDAZIONE E CANCELLATA PUÒ FALLIRE, Ferdinando Bruno

Ancora sulla questione della natura privilegiata del credito IRAP, Ferdinando Bruno

ANCORA SULLA VIOLAZIONE DEGLI OBBLIGHI DELL'INTERMEDIARIO, Ferdinando Bruno

Antiriciclaggio - Controllo sui movimenti illegali di denaro, Ferdinando Bruno