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8 Jun 2010, 8:06 am
After describing three canonical battles between the SEC and the bar, it identifies and examines the powerful rhetoric of “lawyer exceptionalism” – the notion that lawyers’ societal function is unique and qualitatively different from that of other professionals who have legal obligations to avert fraud – and that this unique function is so valiant and virtuous that lawyers should be exempt from these gatekeeping obligations. [read post]
9 May 2011, 6:16 pm
Recognizing that terrorists are willing to manipulate societal norms to evade detection, TSA has been actively assessing less invasive screening methods for low-risk populations, such as younger passengers, while still maintaining a high level of security. [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 9:43 am
Fabricated snitch testimony that leads to wrongful convictions is expensive not only in financial costs, but in societal costs: an innocent person is punished while a guilty person remains at large. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 3:28 am
A Shot Across the Bow: Obama's Executive Compensation Changes Yesterday, on our "Advisors' Blog" on CompensationStandards.com, I blogged a story about a conversation with a cabdriver about the Wall Street bonuses and how the environment has been altered so much that boards absolutely must change their thinking about executive compensation practices or else face potential societal implications (see this NY Times article). [read post]
7 Feb 2024, 3:58 am
Board of Education, the case also brought about far-reaching societal changes, reinforcing tribal sovereignty and remedying decades of injustice. [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 10:03 pm
What Cassidy thinks women in the corporate governance field can add to the current conversation on the societal role of companies. [read post]
27 Apr 2024, 12:49 pm
The MCC mandates that political parties and candidates refrain from activities that foster societal discord, opting instead for constructive criticism of opponents’ policies. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 11:51 am
Contents include:StudiPaolo Picone, Considerazioni sulla natura della risoluzione del Consiglio di sicurezza a favore di un intervento ‘umanitario’ in LibiaFabrizio Marongiu Buonaiuti, Azioni risarcitorie per la commissione di crimini internazionali ed immunità degli Stati dalla giurisdizione: la controversia tra la Germania e l’Italia innanzi alla Corte internazionale di giustizia Andrea Atteritano, Crimini internazionali, immunità degli Stati, giurisdizione… [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 6:56 am
The antidemocratic nature of philanthropy is self-evident: When a wealthy person determines the best way to address a societal problem without the input of either society at large or the intended beneficiaries of the philanthropy, the result is a deficit of democracy. [read post]
10 Feb 2022, 12:55 pm
The present paper investigates this question, following threads of legal discourse into various interconnected societal contexts―including Boston high society, 19th century baseball, German intellectual property law, the neuroscience of sleep, and Civil War contract management. [read post]
27 Aug 2008, 7:31 pm
We are an unenlightened society that likes to put people in jail because we have failed make it possible for people to conform their conduct to societal norms. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 9:40 pm
This essay argues that since the “relevant” features described by Galligan are, ultimately, related to legal rules, his approach amounts to a top-down method of contextualising the impact of the law on society and as such loses sight of law’s fluidity and societal embeddedness. [read post]
8 Aug 2022, 6:37 pm
The human pathogenic diseases and transmission pathways aggravated by climatic hazards are too numerous for comprehensive societal adaptations, highlighting the urgent need to work at the source of the problem: reducing GHG emissions. [read post]
20 Oct 2022, 9:33 am
Strong social capital—broadly analogous to collective efficacy—is a big reason for the perceived societal advantages of white, Asian, and, perhaps most visibly of all in New York, Jewish communities. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 8:27 am
These modifications will combat the grave societal problems imposed by the PRWORA drug felony provision, and allow all convicted drug felons to obtain important welfare benefits, including food stamps. [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 4:18 pm
Facebook fears that adding the “–book” suffix to words could create a whole plethora of networking Websites for different societal groups. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 12:15 pm
It rather reveals a deep societal discomfort with the fact that a holiday that celebrates life’s blessings and an industry devoted to torture and death are conjoined and mutually dependent. [read post]
28 May 2020, 6:37 am
As the effects of COVID-19 and our societal response unfold, it is important that we discuss these matters in real time and with clear heads. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 8:25 pm
My own take is that “jobs” in the form we see them today need not be a societal goal. [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 3:30 am
But the article does much more, raising fascinating questions about the nature of constitutional compromise and the role of religion in societal conflict, as well as pragmatic concerns about the effectiveness of international constitutional advisors. [read post]
