Law School Scholarly Works: Recent submissions

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    • WTO Case Review 2005 

      Bhala, Raj; Gantz, David A. (University of Arizona, 2006)
      This WTO Case Review is the sixth in an annual series on the substantive international trade adjudications issued by the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. Each Review explains and comments on the Appellate ...

    • WTO Case Review 2006 

      Bhala, Raj; Gantz, David A. (University of Arizona, 2007)
      This WTO Case Review is the seventh in an annual series on the substantive international trade adjudications issued by the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. Each Review explains and comments on the Appellate ...

    • The Revolutionary 2012 Kansas Tax Act 

      Dickinson, Martin B., Jr.; Mazza, Stephen W.; Keenan, Michael R. (University of Kansas School of Law, 2012)
      This article analyzes the major Kansas tax legislation enacted in May of 2012. It describes in detail the provisions of the new legislation and their operation, examines aspects of the new law that may be “gamed” by ...

    • Beyond Regulation: A Comparative Look at State-Centric Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law in China 

      Harper Ho, Virginia E. (Vanderbilt Law School, 2012)
      Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is often understood as voluntary actions firms take beyond legal compliance. However, in recent years, governments around the world have also begun to actively promote CSR, reflecting ...

    • Theories of Corporate Groups: Corporate Identity Reconceived 

      Harper Ho, Virginia E. (Seton Hall University School of law, 2012-06-17)
      Theoretical debates about the nature of the corporation have raged for over a century, with competing visions of the corporation holding sway in different regulatory arenas and each making claims for normative supremacy. ...

    • Corporate Governance as Risk Regulation in China: A Comparative View of Risk Oversight, Risk Management, and Accountability 

      Harper Ho, Virginia E. (Lexxion, 2012)
      Risk management and oversight have long been recognized as core corporate governance issues and have gained renewed attention in the wake of the financial crisis. Following global trends, recent corporate governance reforms ...

    • Chinese Workers: Under Threat or a Threat to American Workers? 

      Harper Ho, Virginia E.; Zhang, Lu (Indiana University Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business, 2010-07-01)
      This paper provides a multi-dimensional analysis of the condition of workers in China in the wake of the adoption of new labor laws in China 2007 and 2008. From an economic perspective, wages have risen substantially during ...

    • An Overview of Bankruptcy Law in the United States 

      Ware, Stephen J. (Chase Cambria, 2012-12-21)
      This overview of bankruptcy and other debtor-creditor law in the United States is designed for lawyers trained outside of the U.S. It summarizes federal and state law governing collection from debtors in bankruptcy and ...

    • Poverty, Islamist Extremism, and the Debacle of Doha Round Counter-Terrorism: Part One of a Trilogy -- Agricultural Tariffs and Subsidies 

      Bhala, Raj (2012)
      This article is the first of three in the Doha Round Trilogy. The entire Trilogy has been published and is available on SSRN. There is a long-standing nexus among international trade law, economic development, and national ...

    • A Unified Theory of 28 U.S.C. Section 1331 Jurisdiction 

      Mulligan, Lumen N. (Vanderbilt University Law School, 2008)
      Title 28, section 1331 of the United States Code provides the jurisdictional grounding for the majority of cases heard in the federal courts, yet it is not well understood. The predominant view holds that section 1331 ...

    • What's Good for the Goose is Not Good for the Gander: Sarbanes-Oxley-Style Nonprofit Reforms 

      Mulligan, Lumen N. (University of Michigan Law School, 2007)
      In this article, I contend that these Sarbanes-Oxley-inspired, state, nonprofit reforms, particularly the costly disclosure requirements, will be of little value in the effort to improve ethical nonprofit board governance. ...

    • Why Bivens Won't Die: The Legacy of Peoples V. CCA Detention Centers 

      Mulligan, Lumen N. (Denver University Sturm College of Law, 2006)
      Interpreting recent Supreme Court precedent, the Tenth Circuit, in Peoples v. CCA Detention Centers, held that a federal prisoner confined in a privately run prison may not bring a Bivens suit against the employees of the ...

    • Jurisdiction by Cross-Reference 

      Mulligan, Lumen N. (Washington University Law School, 2011)
      State and federal law often cross-reference each other to provide a rule of decision. The difficulties attendant to these cross-referenced schemes are brought to the fore most clearly when a federal court must determine ...

    • Similarities Between Arbitration and Bankruptcy Litigation 

      Ware, Stephen J. (Nevada Law Journal, 2011)

    • The Federal and State Bills of Rights: The Great Charters of Our Liberty and Freedom 

      McCray Pearson, Joyce A. (Howard Law Journal, 1994)
      The relationship between the Federal and State Bills of Rights is one of complex inter-dependence and continual evolution. The Federal Bill of Rights, in fact, was based on early State models. Legal scholars and professionals ...

    • The Adarand Case: Now Narrowly Tailored to Prevent Monopoly and Competition 

      McCray Pearson, Joyce A. (Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1996)
      The Adarand case was significant as it applied the strict scrutiny test to a challenge to an affirmative action program. The program provided cash incentives to prime contractors who subcontracted with minority firms. A ...

    • Annual report of the Committee on Diversity 

      McCray Pearson, Joyce A. (Law Library Journal, 1998)
      An annual report of the Diversity Committee, chaired by Prof. Joyce A. McCray Pearson, for the 1997-1997 year. Committee efforts during the period focused n the organization of the third annual Diversity Symposium and ...

    • The Good, Bad, or Ugly: Women in Law and Literature Text 

      McCray Pearson, Joyce A. (Online Journal of Law and Popular Culture, 2003)
      An analysis of the legal and sociological ramifications of acts of violence perpetrated by women in literature. Sophocles' “Antigone,” Susan Glaspell's modern theatrical drama “Trifles,” (later adapted into the short story, ...

    • A Brief History of the University of Kansas School of Law 

      McCray Pearson, Joyce A. (University of Kansas Law Review, 2003)
      The article traces the history of the KU Wheat Law Library, the largest law library in the State of Kansas. It provides insights into the growth of the collection and budget, its first law librarian and all of those who ...

    • KU Law School Launches Program with Emporia State 

      McCray Pearson, Joyce A. (Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 2003)
      In 2003, Emporia State University and the University of Kansas teamed up to create the Legal Information Management Program. Conceived by KU Law Professor Michael H. Hoeflich, this inter-disciplinary (law-library) program ...