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Money as Infrastructure
(2018)
Traditional infrastructure regulation—the law of regulated industries—rests atop three pillars: rate regulation, entry restriction, and universal service. This mode of regulation has typically been applied to providers of ...
In Appreciation of the Tarlock Effect
(Chicago-Kent Law Review, 2018)
So, what is one to do about The Tarlock Effect? It didn't take long for me to realize early in my academic career-well before my foray into climate change adaptation policy-that there's just no escaping it. So I learned ...
Topic Modeling the President
(George Washington Law Review, 2018)
Law is generally represented through text, and lawyers have for centuries classified large bodies of legal text into distinct topics — they “topic model” the law. But large bodies of legal documents present challenges for ...
Patenting Around Failure
(University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2018)
Many patents cover inventions that do not work as described. Fingers often point to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office), which is criticized for doing a poor job of examining patents. But the story is more ...
Decoding Guilty Minds: How Jurors Attribute Knowledge and Guilt
(Vanderbilt Law Review, 2018)
A central tenet of Anglo-American penal law is that in order for an actor to be found criminally liable, a proscribed act must be accompanied by a guilty mind. While it is easy to understand the importance of this principle ...
The Gendered Burdens of Conviction and Collateral Consequences on Employment
(Journal of Legislation, 2018)
Ex-offenders are subject to a wide range of employment restrictions that limit the ability of individuals with a criminal background to earn a living. This Article argues that women involved in the criminal justice system ...
Too-Big-to-Fail Shareholders
(Minnesota Law Review, 2018)
To build resilience within the financial system, post-Crisis regulation relies heavily on banks to fund themselves more fully by issuing equity. This reserve of value should buttress failing banks by providing a mechanism ...
The Fatal Failure of the Regulatory state
(William & Mary Law Review, 2018)
While regulatory agencies place high values on the benefits associated with the reduction in mortality risks due to regulations, these same agencies substantially undervalue lives in their enforcement efforts. The disparity ...
Environmental Protection Requires More than Social Resilience
(The Regulatory Review, 2018-10-01)
Achieving the green economy requires taking into account divisive politics and distributive justice.