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SYMPOSIUM ON DEFAULT RULES AND CONTRACTUAL CONSENT ArticlePreliminary Thoughts on Optimal Tailoring of Contractual Rules Ian Ayres Comments Social Structure, Legal Structure, and Default Rules: A Comment Todd D. Rakoff The Futile Search for Principles for Default Rules W. David Slawson Article Relational Contract and Default Rules Jay M. Feinman Comments Social Norms and Default Rules Analysis Lisa Bernstein The Relational Move: Some Questions from Law and Economics Richard Craswell Article Default Principles, Legitimacy, and the Authority of a Contract Steven J. Burton Comments Cooperation and Convention in Contractual Defaults Clayton P. Gillette Looking for Default Rule Legitimacy in All the Wrong Places: A Critique of the Authority of Contract Model and the Coordination Principle Proposed by Professor Burton Juliet P. Kostritsky Coordination by Default: Comment on Steven Burton Richard Warner Article The Pseudo-Debate Over Default Rules in Contract Law Dennis Patterson Comments Default Rules, Efficiency, and Prudence Richard Craswell Comment on Professor Patterson's Pseudo-Debate Over Default Rules in Contract Law Steven J. Burton The Boundaries of Legal Discourse and the Debate Over Default Rules in Contract Law Lawrence B. Solum Articles Default Rules / Mandatory Principles: A Game Theoretic Analysis of Good Faith and the Contract Modification Problem Jason Scott Johnston The Default Rule Paradigm and the Limits of Contract Law Alan Schwartz Afterword ...and Contractual Consent Randy E. Barnett Forum Should Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Be Repealed? -- Part Two A False Sense of Social Reality: A Response to Erwin Chemerinsky Richard A. Epstein Professor Epstein's Strange Sense of Social Reality: Of Course, All Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Should Not Be Repealed Erwin Chemerinsky Note Canons, Presumptions and Manifest Injustice: Retroactivity of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 Scott M. Pearson |
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SYMPOSIUM ON NATURAL LAW ArticlesA Practitioner's Primer on Natural Law Schuyler M. Moore Is Natural Law Theory of Any Use in Constitutional Interpretation? R. George Wright Comment Objectivity, Moral Truth, and Constitutional Doctrine: A Comment on R. George Wright's "Is Natural Law Theory of Any Use in Constitutional Interpretation?" David M. Adams Articles Substance Above All: The Utopian Vision of Modern Natural Law Constitutionalists Thomas B. McAffee Natural Law and a Limited Constitution Charles R. Kesler Comment Distinguishing Between Constitutional Art and Morals Russell Hittinger Articles Nonsense and Natural Law Steven D. Smith Deposing Finnis Ronald R. Garet Copying Constitutional Text: Natural Law, Constitutionalism, Authority Michael H. Hoffheimer Comment The Augustan Constitution and Our Natural Rights Tradition: Is There a Conflict? Thomas B. McAffee Forum Jaffa's Quarrel with Bork: Religious Belief Masquerading as Constitutional Argument Lino A. Graglia Graglia's Quarrel with God: Atheism and Nihilism Masquerading as Constitutional Argument Harry V. Jaffa Notes The Need for International Agreements Concerning the Ozone Depleting Effects of Chemical Rocket Propulsion Lynn Anne Shapiro Subliminal Speech: Is It Worthy of First Amendment Protection? Nicole Grattan Pearson |
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Articles Notes NOW WHAT? A NEW DIRECTION FOR U.S. BUSINESSES AND LAW IN THE WAKE OF THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONClaudia Fendian HOMELAND ADVANCED RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY (HART) DATA COLLECTION: FOURTH AMENDMENT CONSIDERATIONS & SUGGESTED STATUTORY ALTERNATIVES Brandon R. Thompson |
Articles Notes BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: ANALYZING CALIFORNIA'S INVERSE CONDEMNATION STRICT LIABILITY RULE FOR UTILITY-CAUSED WILDFIRESAriel Jacoby PROPOSITION 22 AND THE FIGHT TO PREVENT PLATORM WORKERS FROM MISCLASSIFICATION AND EXPLOITATION David Gobel A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: WHY REQUIRING CORPORATIONS TO ADD WOMEN TO BOARDS IS THE BEST OPTION Lindsey Sporrer and Robin Kowalski THE DIFFICULTIES FACING CALIFORNIA'S AND NEW YORK'S WEALTH TAX PROPOSALS Ari Mandell |
Articles Notes DIGITAL DRAGNETS: HOW THE FOURTH AMENDMENT SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AND APPLIED TO GEOFENCE WARRANTSEsteban De La Torre EQUITABLE MOOTNESS IN THE SECOND CIRCUIT Tiffany Chang ENGENDERING EQUALITY: DERIVATIVE CITIZENSHIP AND THE MORAL READING Rebecca Lei THE MODERN SECOND AMENDMENT: A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO LIMITING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS UNDER THE SECOND AMENDMENT Pitrina Gilger |
Articles Note THE DIGITAL MARKETPLACE: FOSTERING COURAGEOUS COMMUNICATION FOR ONLINE UNION ORGANIZING IN HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENTSJacob Axelrad |
Articles Notes CRYPTOCURRENCY AND RANSOMWARE ATTACKS: CIRCUMVENTING THE BSA AND MLCAJennifer Guillen IS WITNESS CREDIBILITY ON VIRTUAL COURTROOM PROCEDURES IMPAIRED OR ENHANCED FOR ADULTS OR CHILDREN? Daniel Tran |
Articles Notes OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY AND THE MINORITY VETO: A CASE AGAINST THE FILIBUSTERSadaf A. Bajwa TESTING THE LIMITS OF AUTONOMY IN FREE SPEECH: IDENTITY, HATE SPEECH, AND MISGENDERING Tim Wolfe |
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