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The Social Costs of Punitive Damages Against Corporations in Environmental and Safety Torts
(Georgetown Law Journal, 1998)
Legal scholars and judges have long expressed concerns over the unpredictability and arbitrariness of punitive damages awards. Proposed remedies, such as restricting punitive damages to narrowly defined circumstances, have ...
Independent Judges and Independent Justice
(Law and Contemporary Problems, 1998)
Professor Currie's article [See David P. Currie, "Separating Judicial Power", 61 LAW & CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 7 (Summer 1998) ] discusses historical attempts to limit judicial independence. I consider the converse: how ...
Who Needs Congress? An Agenda for Administrative Reform of the Endangered Species Act
(N.Y.U. Environmental Law Journal, 1998)
This article comprehensively examines the history and content of the numerous administrative reforms of the Endangered Species Act program carried out under the tenure of Department of the Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. ...
Exploring the Mysteries: Can We Ever Know Anything About Race and Tax?
(North Carolina Law Review, 1998)
The politics behind tax legislation are explored in order to demonstrate that, rather than being surprising or unexpected, it is easily predictable that federal tax laws would favor whites over blacks.
Redistribution Through Discriminatory Taxes: A Contractarian Explanation of the Role of the Courts
(George Mason Law Review, 1998)
What role should courts serve regarding wealth redistribution through tax provisions? Perhaps they should base decisions on efficiency grounds, protecting society from the transactions costs and other wealth reductions ...
What Should the Law Say About Disclosure of Genetic Information to Relatives?
(Journal of Health Care Law and Policy, 1998-01-01)
When a person is diagnosed with a genetic disease or characteristic, his or her relatives are more likely than others in the general population to be similarly affected. This fact raises a host of questions. What should ...