Constitutional Law: Due Process: Retroactive Application of Uniform Principal and Income Act

Constitutional Law: Retroactive Effect Given

IN TE landmark decision of Mapp v. Ohio,' which barred for the first time the introduction in state courts of evidence obtained by unconstitutional searches and seizures,2 the Supreme Court did not expressly provide whether the decision was to have retroactive effect. The problem raised by this omission has significance to the substantial number of persons convicted of crimes prior to the Mapp ...

The Uniform-Pareto Distribution and Eeponentiated Uniform-Pareto Distribution and Their Application in Income Data

‎In this paper‎, ‎a new distribution is introduced‎, ‎which is a generalization of a well-known distribution‎. ‎This distribution is flexible and applies to income data modeling‎. ‎We first provide some of the mathematical and distributional properties of this new model and then‎, ‎to demonstrate the flexibility the new distribution‎, ‎we will present the applications of this distribution with ...

Law and Innovation: Evidence from the Uniform Trade Secrets Act

Most research and policy on protecting innovation focus on patents. Yet, almost all technology managers report secrecy to be more important than patents. Here, I show theoretically that stronger secrecy laws could increase or reduce R&D. By reducing spillovers, secrecy laws might reduce or raise the return to R&D, depending on whether spillover and own R&D are complements or substitutes. By str...

Constitutional Law

THE LAW GOVERNING SALES OF GooDs AT COMMON LAW AND UNDER THE UNIFORM SALES ACT