Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Issue Date

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    • Equal Protection and Affirmative Action in Broadcast Licensing: Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission 
      Bressman, Michael (Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 1991)
      As the Supreme Court's 1989 Term reached its conclusion, observers expected the Court to follow "City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co." and invalidate two Federal Communications Commission (FCC) minority preference policies ...
    • Product and Occupational Liability 
      Viscusi, W. Kip (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991)
      Litigation over product liability has escalated because of shifting liability standards, and the role of workers' compensation has increased both because of the changing injury mix and the provision of more generous benefit ...
    • Male-Female Differences in Hourly Wages: The Role of Human Capital, Working Conditions, and Housework 
      Hersch, Joni, 1956- (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1991)
      This study uses a new data set from a 1986 survey of workers to examine simultaneously the wage effects of human capital, household responsibilities, working conditions, and on-the-job training. The analysis suggests that ...
    • Minority Law Teachers Conference 
      Moran, Beverly I. (Saint Louis University Public Law Review, 1991)
      The 1990 Minority Law Teachers Conference was dedicated to expanding the number of minorities in law teaching. To this end, the volume addresses a wide variety of concerns for new and veteran teachers including: teaching, ...
    • The Dimensions of the Product Liability Crisis 
      Viscusi, W. Kip (The Journal of Legal Studies, 1991)
      Examination of a variety of sources of statistics indicates that the product liability crisis is real, and it is not simply imagined or contrived by the insurance industry. Litigation in the product liability area has ...
    • Risk Perceptions in Regulation, Tort Liability, and the Market 
      Viscusi, W. Kip (Regulation, 1991)
      Risk regulations are generally based on a stylized view of the behavior of the individuals affected by the regulation. These behavioral assumptions establish the basis for regulation and also influence the character of the ...
    • An Empirical Examination of the Iowa Bar's Approach to Regulating Lawyer Advertising 
      Rossi, Jim, 1965-; Weighner, Mollie (Iowa Law Review, 1991)
      Since the Supreme Court held the prohibition of lawyer advertising unconstitutional in Bates v. State Bar of Arizonal American lawyers have engaged in heated debate over the appropriateness of advertising for their profession. ...
    • Women's Rights Litigation in the 1980s: More of the Same? 
      George, Tracey E., 1967-; Epstein, Lee, 1958- (Judicature, 1991)
      In the September 1983 issue of Judicature,Karen O'Connor and Lee Epstein published the results of their examination of the fate of gender-based cases in the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1970s. Overall, they found that the ...
    • Regional Habitat Conservation Planning Under the Endangered Species Act: Pushing the Legal and Practical Limits of Species Protection 
      Ruhl, J. B. (Southwestern Law Journal, 1991)
      To many, the ESA is the epitome of an anti-growth agenda, seemingly used as a pretext for stopping development rather than for the ostensible purpose of species protection. To its staunch supporters, however, the ESA ...
    • Education Match and Job Match 
      Hersch, Joni, 1956- (The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991)
      Using a new data set, this paper gives evidence in support of the intuitive notion that overqualified workers are less satisfied with their jobs and are more likely to quit. However, training time is inversely related to ...
    • Worker Learning and Compensating Differentials 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Moore, Michael J., 1953- (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1991)
      In the standard compensating wage differential model, workers value their wage and workers' compensation components based on full job risk information. Market forces generate positive wage differentials as ex ante compensation ...
    • Estimation of State-Dependent Utility Functions Using Survey Data 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Evans, William N. (The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991)
      Abstract-Surveys of individual's risk-dollar tradeoffs illuminate not only the local tradeoff rates but also can be used to address more fundamental questions about the structure of utility functions. This largely unexplored ...
    • Age Variations in Risk Perceptions and Smoking Decisions 
      Viscusi, W. Kip (The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991)
      Abstract-The results of a national survey of smoking risks and smoking behavior are analyzed. Smoking risk perceptions follow the expected patterns given age differences in risk information acquired and differences in ...
    • The Impact of Nonmarket Work on Market Wages 
      Hersch, Joni, 1956- (American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 1991)
    • Oil Pollution Act of 1990: Opening a New Era in Federal and Texas Regulation of Oil Spill Prevention, Containment and Cleanup, and Liability 
      Ruhl, J. B.; Jewell, Michael J. (South Texas Law Review, 1991)
      This article assesses Congress' effort, through enactment of OPA, to meet the goals it stated in 1989. Part II provides an overview of the fragmented" condition of pre-OPA federal law addressing oil spills and an examination ...
    • World Without a Fourth Amendment 
      Slobogin, Christopher, 1951- (UCLA Law Review, 1991)
      The subject of this Article is suggested by a single question: How would we regulate searches and seizures if the Fourth Amendment did not exist? This question is a useful one to ask even leaving aside the possibility of ...
    • Is the Federal Government Suiting Up to Play in the Reform Game? 
      Williams, David, 1948- (Capital University Law Review, 1991)
      A recent Louis Harris poll revealed that seventy-five percent of the American public believes that college athletics are a mess.' Certainly, if you had read such books as College Sports Inc. ,2 Undue Process,3 Major ...
    • Minority Law Teachers Conference 
      Moran, Beverly I. (Saint Louis University Public Law Review, 1991)
      The 1990 Minority Law Teachers Conference was dedicated to expanding the number of minorities in law teaching. To this end, the volume addresses a wide variety of concerns for new and veteran teachers including: teaching, ...
    • The Plight of the Passive Past Owner: Defining the Limits of Superfund Liability 
      Ruhl, J. B. (Southwestern Law Journal, 1991)
      These days, if you want to stir up high emotions in Congress, statehouses, corporate boardrooms or citizen group meetings, mention the word Superfund. That alias for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, ...
    • The Ghost of Liberalism Past 
      Sherry, Suzanna (Harvard law Review, 1992)
      We the People is an ambitious book by one of our best constitutional theorists. Part one of a projected three-volume series, it aims at nothing less than a re-envisioning of American constitutional history and promises a ...