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• Rational pleading in the modern world of civil litigation: the lessons and public policy benefits of Twombly and Iqbal.

INTRODUCTION I. THE RISE AND FALL OF NOTICE PLEADING A. The Development of Basic Pleading Standards 1. Common Law Pleading 2. Code Pleading 3. Notice ...

• Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
• Vol. 33 Nbr. 3, June 2010

• Public Procurement Policy: Implications for Theory and Practice

This paper proposes a conceptual framework for the study of public procurement policy. It reviews policy-related writings by public procurement scholars and assesses these works from the perspective of their contributions to generalized understandings of public procurement policy. Selected tools and concepts from the policy sciences are applied to propose a model to illuminate unique aspects of public procurement policy in ways that will facilitate its study. The paper concludes by discussing some recent actions, trends, and issues from the U.S defense procurement sector in terms of the framework. Models such as the one proposed in this paper will contribute to enhanced approaches to procurement policy analysis by scholars, as well as to informed and sophisticated policy implementation ...

• Journal of Public Procurement
• Vol. 8 Nbr. 3, September 2008

• Legal and public policy issues for transgender elders

Alejandro is a 72 year old female-to-male transsexual (FTM). After suffering a number of serious health problems, Alejandro no longer felt safe living...

• Legal and Public Policy Issues for Transgender Elders
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• Violation of public policy and the denial of deductions.

In July 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported that BP may be able to reduce its U.S. tax bill by $10 billion as a result of the money it set aside fo...

• The Tax Adviser
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 5, May 2011

• Enrollment Management & Financial Aid Part Two: A Public Policy Perspective

[...] financial aid policies at many community colleges discourage students from taking on student loans because they are concerned about problems associated with Tide IV refunds if students do not attend their classes and with potentially high student loan default rates that could make them ineligible to participate and result in negative publicity. To make things even more complicated, some states provide more generous financial aid programs for public sector institutions, ignoring the private sector, while other states, such as New York for example, provide more generous scholarships for students enrolled in the private sector. [...] at Georgia public institutions, it is unlikely that senior enrollment managers have to budget large amounts of campus-based financial aid in efforts t...

• College and University
• Vol. 84 Nbr. 2, October 2008

• The constitutionality of social cost.

INTRODUCTION I. LIBERTY AND EXTERNALITIES--A COASEAN VIEW OF FREEDOM II. THE SUPREME COURT AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT A. District of Columbia v. Heller ...

• Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
• Vol. 34 Nbr. 3, June 2011

• Disaster relief as bad public policy.

There are classes of problems that free markets simply do not deal with well. --Thomas Schelling (1) At first blush, disaster relief belongs to a ...

• Independent Review
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 4, March 2011

• Embodied equality: debunking equal protection arguments for abortion rights.

I. SITUATING THE EQUAL PROTECTION PROBLEM: SEX DISCRIMINATION, PREGNANCY, AND ABORTION A. Why the Equal Protection Clause? B. Early History of Sex Dis...

• Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
• Vol. 34 Nbr. 3, June 2011

• Adoption by Same-Sex Couples: Public Policy Issues in Texas Law & Practice

The potential adoptive child would already have a home in which two adult figures play parental roles in the child's life, but only one has a legally established parent-child relationship with the child. [...] establishing a legal relationship with a second parent would not affect the safety or stability of the child's environment.

• Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 2, April 2010

• Shareholder activism by public pension funds and the rights of dissenting employees under the First Amendment.

INTRODUCTION I. THE BACKDROP: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RECENT AND ONGOING REVOLUTION IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE A. The Shift in Control to Independent Dire...

• Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
• Vol. 34 Nbr. 1, January 2011