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NoteVol. 96 · Iss. 3
A Lawyer’s Divorce: Will Decentralized Ledgers and Smart Contracts Succeed in Cutting Out the Middleman?
Society is progressing at a rapid pace. As math and science evolve, new technologies begin to utilize these advances and create something novel. These…
Charlotte R. Young -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 2
Noncompetes as Tax Evasion
Al Capone famously boasted of his criminal empire: “Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.” Treasury Agent Frank…
Rebecca N. Morrow -
NoteVol. 96 · Iss. 1
Mahr Provisions and the Case for Shari’a Arbitration
The global Muslim population is currently estimated at 1.8 billion people, comprising twenty-four percent of the total global population. The United States alone is…
Cora Allen -
ArticleVol. 93 · Iss. 2
Corporate Law and the Limits of Private Ordering
The Delaware legislature in 2015 amended the Delaware General Corporation Law to authorize forum-selection bylaws and to prohibit charter or bylaw provisions that would…
James D. Cox -
NoteVol. 93 · Iss. 1
Life is Better in the Land Down Under: Australian Treatment of GM Contamination and Why It Should Be Followed in the United States
Over the past two decades, the United States has seen the introduction and widespread adoption of genetically modified (“GM”) crops, followed by the rise…
Jeremy A. Tripp -
ArticleVol. 91 · Iss. 4
Formalizing Gratuitous And Contractual Transfers: A Situational Theory
By tradition, gifts, wills, and contracts are formalized according to protocols established within each legal category. This Article examines the policies that underlie these…
Adam J. Hirsch -
ArticleVol. 91 · Iss. 2
Intruders in the Boardroom: The Case of Constituency Directors
Under current fiduciary rules, directors who fail to maintain an undivided loyalty to common shareholders are essentially “intruders,” exposed to shareholder retribution and liability…
Simone M. Sepe -
ArticleVol. 97 · Iss. 3
The Hidden Transactional Wisdom of Media Discrimination in Pre-AWCPA Copyright
Media neutrality in copyright’s subject matter means that works of authorship are protected against copying, or not, regardless of the tangible medium in which…
Kevin Emerson Collins -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 3
Breaking Down Status
The law regulates some of society’s most significant relationships through status. Yet social and legal changes can diminish a status’s effectiveness and importance. The…
Kaiponanea T. Matsumura -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Payday
Legislation lags behind technology all too often. While trillions of dollars are exchanged in online transactions—safely, cheaply, and instantaneously—workers still must wait two weeks…
Yonathan A. Arbel