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Who controls American immigration policy? The biggest immigration controversies of the last decade have all involved policies produced by the President policies such as President Obama's decision to protect Dreamers from deportation and President Trump's proclamation banning immigrants from several majority-Muslim nations. While critics of these policies have been separated by a vast ideological chasm, their broadsides have embodied the same widely shared belief: that Congress, not the President, ought to dictate who may come to the United States and who will be forced to leave. This belief is a myth. In The President and Immigration Law, Adam B. Cox and Cristina M. Rodríguez chronicle the ...
An accessible and timely guide to increasing female presence and leadership in tech companies Tech giants like Apple and Google are among the fastest growing companies in the world, leading innovations in design and development. The industry continues to see rapid growth, employing millions of people: in the US it is at the epicenter of the American economy. So why is it that only 5% of senior executives in the tech industry are female? Underrepresentation of women on boards of directors, in the C-suite, and as senior managers remains pervasive in this industry. As tech companies are plagued with high-profile claims of harassment and discrimination, and salary discrepancies for comparable wo...
Examines predatory practices in mortgage markets to provide invaluable insight into the racial wealth gap between black and white Americans.
Examining the treatment of persons with mental disabilities in the criminal justice system, this book offers new perspectives that are crucial to an understanding of the ways in which society projects onto criminal defendants prejudices and attitudes about responsibility, free will, autonomy, choice, public safety, and the meaning and purpose of punishment, all with a focus on ways to enhance dignity in the criminal trial process. It is a detailed exploration of issues of adequacy of counsel; the impact of international human rights law, following the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); the role of mental health courts; and the inf...
Environmental harm is commonly associated with companies that extract, consume, and pollute our shared natural resources. Rarely are the 'unseen polluters,' the financiers that sponsor and profit from eco-damaging corporations, placed at the forefront of the environmental debate. By focusing on these unseen polluters, Benjamin Richardson provides a comprehensive examination of socially responsible investment (SRI), and offers a guide to possible reform. Richardson proposes that greater regulatory supervision of SRI will help ensure that the financial sector prioritizes ethically-based investments. In Socially Responsible Investment Law, he suggests that new governmental reforms should encourage companies to participate in socially responsible investments by providing a better mix of standards and incentives for SRI through measures that include redefining the fiduciary responsibilities of institutional investors to incorporate environmental concerns. By doing so, Richardson posits that corporate financiers, including banks, hedge funds, and pension plans, will become more accountable to the goals of ensuring sustainable development.
The November 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal (the second of academic year 2014-2015) features new articles on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • Article, "Agency Enforcement of Spending Clause Statutes: A Defense of the Funding Cut-Off," Eloise Pasachoff • Essay, "Bounded Institutions," Yair Listokin • Book Review, "Constitutions of Hope and Fear," Frederick Schauer • Note, "Price's Progress: Sex Stereotyping and Its Potential for Antidiscrimination Law," Zachary Herz • Note, "Dual Sovereignty, Due Process, and Duplicative Punishment: A New Solution to an Old Problem," Adam Adler • Note, "Measuring the Fortress: Explaining Trends in Supreme Court and Circuit Court Dictionary Use," John Calhoun • Comment, "Parens Patriae, the Class Action Fairness Act, and the Path Forward: The Implications of Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp.," Patrick Hayden This quality ebook edition features linked notes, active Contents, active URLs in notes, and proper Bluebook formatting. The November 2014 issue is Volume 124, Number 2.
Private law has long been the focus of efforts to explain wider developments of law in an era of globalisation. As consumer transactions and corporate activities continue to develop with scant regard to legal and national boundaries, private law theorists have begun to sketch and conceptualise the possible architecture of a transnational legal theory. Drawing a detailed map of the mixed regulatory landscape of 'hard' and 'soft' laws, official, unofficial, direct and indirect modes of regulation, rules, recommendations and principles as well as exploring the concept of governance through disclosure and transparency, this book develops a theoretical framework of transnational legal regulation....
The contents of the January-February 2015 issue of the Yale Law Journal (Volume 124, Number 4) are: Articles: • "Cost-Benefit Analysis of Financial Regulation: Case Studies and Implications," John C. Coates IV • "Beyond the Indian Commerce Clause," Gregory Ablavsky Essays: • "On Evidence: Proving Frye as a Matter of Law, Science, and History," Jill Lepore • "The End of Jurisprudence," Scott Hershovitz Notes: • "Against the Tide: Connecticut Oystering, Hybrid Property, and the Survival of the Commons," Zachary C.M. Arnold • "Perceptions of Taxing and Spending: A Survey Experiment," Conor Clarke & Edward Fox Comments: • "The Psychology of Punishment and the Puzzle of Why Tortfeasor Death Defeats Liability for Punitive Damages," Roseanna Sommers • "The Case for Regulating Fully Autonomous Weapons," John Lewis • "From Child Protection to Children's Rights: Rethinking Homosexual Propaganda Bans in Human Rights Law," Ryan Thoreson Quality ebook formatting includes fully linked footnotes and an active Table of Contents (including linked Contents for all individual Articles, Notes, and Essays), proper Bluebook formatting, and active URLs in footnotes.
All over the world, companies play an important role in the economy. Different types of stakeholders hold the reins in these companies. An important class are the shareholders that finance the activities of these companies. In return, stakeholders have a say on how these companies should be organized and structure their activities. This is primarily done through voting and engaging. These mechanisms of voting and engaging allow the shareholders to decide significant aspects of the company structure, from who governs it to how much directors are paid. However, how shareholders vote and engage and how far their rights stretch are organized differently in different countries. This pioneering book provides insights into what rights these shareholders have and how the shareholders of companies in nineteen different jurisdictions participate in corporate life through voting and engaging. Comparative and international in scope, it pays particular attention to how jurisdictions align and differ around the world.
This November issue of The Yale Law Journal (the second of Volume 123, academic year 2013-2014) features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: * Article, "Leviathan and Interpretive Revolution: The Administrative State, the Judiciary, and the Rise of Legislative History, 1890-1950," by Nicholas R. Parrillo * Essay, "Reconsidering Citizens United as a Press Clause Case," Michael W. McConnell * Note, "The Mens Rea of Accomplice Liability: Supporting Intentions" * Comment, "A First Amendment Approach to Generic Drug Manufacturer Tort Liability" * Comment, "The EU General Data Protection Regulation: Toward a Property Regime for Protecting Data Privacy" Quality ebook formatting includes fully linked footnotes, active Table of Contents (including linked Contents for individual articles), active URLs in notes, and properly presented tables and graphs throughout.