Vol. 87:4
Categories: In Print, In Print - Table of Contents, Volume 87, Volume 87-4, Volumes | Posted: May 5, 2010
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The Case for Employee Referenda on Transformative Transactions as Shareholder Proposals
In an earlier article in the Washington University Law Review, I made the case for a unique addition to the corporate law framework. I proposed that employees at a company involved in a corporate combination, such as a merger or sale of substantially all assets, would be entitled to vote in a nonbinding referendum [...]
Left Behind: The Paternalistic Treatment of Status Offenders Within the Juvenile Justice System
In the last half century, the juvenile justice system has changed dramatically. Through changes to legislation, various state and federal court decisions, and attitudinal changes, juvenile offenders are increasingly being afforded rights that were once reserved for adult offenders. Youth offenders are now given procedural due process rights, the right to [...]
Administrative Monopoly and China’s New Anti-Monopoly Law: Lessons from Europe’s State Aid Doctrine
On August 1, 2008, China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), its first comprehensive anti-monopoly legislation, came into effect. Observers guardedly hope the AML will serve as a crucial legal foundation for the sustained development of China’s thriving market economy. Much as American antitrust law is “the Magna Carta of [United States] free enterprise” and [...]
Financing the Next Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s success has led other regions to attempt their own high-tech transformations, yet most imitators have failed. Entrepreneurs may be in short supply in these “non-tech” regions, but some non-tech regions are home to high-quality entrepreneurs who relocate to Silicon Valley due to a lack of local financing for their start-ups. Non-tech regions [...]
Complimentary Discrimination and Complementary Discrimination in Faculty Hiring
This Article focuses on one form of discrimination in faculty hiring. Specifically, this Article concentrates on discrimination against the “overqualified” minority faculty candidate, the candidate who is presumed to have too many opportunities and thus gets excluded from faculty interview lists and consideration. In so doing, this Article poses and answers the question: “Can [...]
