The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy http://jlep.net/home The online home of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:08:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 JLEP Announces 2013-2014 Masthead http://jlep.net/home/?p=1006 http://jlep.net/home/?p=1006#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:51:36 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=1006 JLEP Congratulates Its Incoming Masthead

Saturday, March 2, 2013

JLEP has elected its Masthead for 2013-2014. The journal’s incoming group of editors is loaded with talent, and will be responsible for handling all aspects of the journal’s operation. The new editors are:

Editor-in-Chief: Steven Dunn
Executive Editor: Crystal Yi
Managing Editor: Sarah Mernin
Publications Editor: Meagan Dziura
Senior Articles Editor: Michael Rodgers
Articles Editor: Preston Wise
Articles Editor: David Dubin
Senior Research Editor: Kelly Fryberger
Research Editor: Victoria Clarke
Research Editor: Ian Rothfuss
Senior Notes Editor: Max Slackman
Notes Editor: Erica Peterson
Articles Selection Editor: Preston Wise
Symposium Editor: Kevin Hill

JLEP has also selected ten new Full Members: Josh Branson, Keiko Breyan, Brady Cummins, Ryan Leavitt, Mariam Noori, Catie Oryl, Kyra Smerkanich, Jonathan Stapor, Charles Thresher, and Allison Walsh.

Please join us in congratulating the new Masthead and Full Members.

]]> http://jlep.net/home/?feed=rss2&p=1006 0 JLEP Announces 2012-2013 Board of Editors http://jlep.net/home/?p=929 http://jlep.net/home/?p=929#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:31:28 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=929 The outgoing board is proud to announce the board of editors for next year.

Editor-in-Chief: Adam Park
Executive Editor: Nathaniel Harris
Managing Editor: Benjamin Charlton
Publications Editor: Morgan Shields
Senior Articles Editor: Genevieve Miller
Articles Editors: Peter Anderson, Kylie Caporuscio, Anthony Kanakis
Articles Submissions Editor: Anthony Kanakis
Senior Research Editor: Jennifer Johnston
Research Editors: Jason Malashevich, Tom Randall, David Brodian
Senior Notes Editor: Carolyn Head
Notes Editors: Mark Stevens, Emily Barber, Juan Kassar
Outreach Editor: Jacob Merrill
Technology Editor: Tom Randall
Full Members: Hollie Kapos, Louise Martin, Elizabeth Newell, Alex Payne, Adam Schneider, Robert Strange, Mark Weiss, Lauren Wynns, Michael Brody

Congratulations to all of our new members and editors.  The outgoing board is confident that you will all do a great job next year!

We have also selected five student notes for publication next year and two for honorable mention.

The following notes have been selected for publication (in no particular order):

Jennifer Johnston, Cy Pres Distribution in Class Actions
Peter Anderson, Empowering Local and Sustainable Food: Does the Tester-Hagan Amendment to the Food Safety Modernization Act Remove Enough Barriers?
Genevieve Miller, Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Nathaniel Harris, Consumer Price Changes Caused by Leegin
Adam Park, Keep Your Eye on the Bribe: Focusing FCPA Enforcement

The following notes have been selected for honorable mention:

Carolyn Head, Adopting the Right Incentives: Encouraging People to Adopt in the Medical Age
Morgan Shields, Which Came First The Cost or The Embryo? An Economic Argument For Disallowing Cryopreservation of Human Embryos

Congratulations to Jennifer, Peter, Genevieve, Nate, Adam, Carolyn and Morgan on completing such outstanding notes.

]]> http://jlep.net/home/?feed=rss2&p=929 0 Announcing Conference — The Digital Inventor: How Entrepreneurs Compete on Platforms http://jlep.net/home/?p=901 http://jlep.net/home/?p=901#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:25:26 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=901

Schedule of Events
8:30 AMBreakfast Reception
8:45 AMWelcoming Remarks
Daniel Polsby, Dean, George Mason University School of Law
Thomas Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics, George Mason University
9:00 AMBreakfast Keynote: Design, Institutions, and the Evolution of Platforms
Richard Langlois, University of Connecticut
9:30 AMPlatforms, Modularity, and Complementary Goods
Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School
Salil Mehra, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Joshua Wright, George Mason University School of Law (moderator)
10:30 AMIndustry Keynote
Donald Rosenberg, Qualcomm, Inc.
11:00 AMPatent Litigation: Software Patents, Licensing, and Mobile OS Platforms
Anne Layne-Farrar, Compass-Lexecon
James Bessen, Boston University School of Law
Adam Mossof, George Mason University School of Law (moderator)
12:00 PMLuncheon Keynote: Why "Walled Gardens" Isn't Inconsistent with Open Innovation: Understanding How Ecosystems "Management" Promotes Progress
David Teece, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
1:30 PMAdjourn
To request an invitation to this event, please fill out the registration form online, http://iep.gmu.edu/event/innovation-conference-digital-inventor-how-entrepreneurs-compete-platforms or simply respond by email to iep.gmu@gmail.com. Attendees will receive two Virginia CLE credits, and registration will be $50 for GMU Law alumni and government employees, $80 for general registration, and $100 at the door. Please direct inquiries to Sarah Oh, Conference Organizer, Information Economy Project.
]]> http://jlep.net/home/?feed=rss2&p=901 0 Issue 7.4 Now Available Online http://jlep.net/home/?p=881 http://jlep.net/home/?p=881#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:20:43 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=881 Issue 7.4 of The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy is now available on our website.  You can access a PDF file of the entire issue by clicking on the “Issues” tab above, or you can follow the link “PDF” below.  It is also available on Lexis and WestLaw, starting at 7 J.L. Econ. & Pol’y 565.

Issue 7.4

Overcriminalization 2.0: Developing Consensus Solutions [PDF]


Foreword
Ellen S. Podgor

Opening and Keynote

Opening Remarks
Norman L. Reimar

Keynote Speech: The Reality of Overcriminalization
Larry D. Thompson

Panel 1: The Potential of “Smart on Crime” Reform Initiatives

Remarks on the Introduction of Criminal Law Reform Initiatives.
Ronald L. Gainer

From “Overcriminalization” to “Smart on Crime”: American Criminal Justice Reform — Legacy and Prospects
Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.

Panel 2: Monitoring Prosecutors

Agents Prosecuting Agents
Larry E. Ribstein

Overcriminalization 2.0: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Plea Bargaining and Overcriminalization
Lucian E. Dervan

Panel 3: Regulation of Criminalization

Criminal Law’s Unfortunate Triumph Over Administrative Law
Darryl K. Brown

 Panel 4: Restoring the Mens Rea Requirement

Playing With The Rules: An Effort to Strengthen the Mens Rea Standards of Federal Criminal Laws
Geraldine Szott Mohr

Remarks on Restoring the Mens Rea Requirement
Harvey Silvergate

The Better Part of Lenity
Marie Gryphon

Developing Consensus Solutions to Overcriminalization Problems: The Way Ahead
Jeffrey S. Parker

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Overcriminalization 2.0: Developing Consensus Solutions
7 J. L. Econ. & Pol’y 565

Foreward
Ellen S. Podgor

Opening Remarks
Norman L. Reimer

Ketnote Speech: The Reality of Overcriminalization
Larry D. Thompson

Remarks on the Introduction of Criminal Law Reform Initiatives
Ronald L. Gainer

From “Overcriminalization” to “Smart on Crime”: American Criminal Justice Reform — Legacy and Prospects
Roger A Fairfax, Jr.

Agents Prosecuting Agents
Larry E. Ribstein

Overcriminalization 2.0: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Plea Bargaining and Overcriminalization
Lucian E. Dervan

Criminal Law’s Unfortunate Triumph Over Administrative Law
Darryl K. Brown

Playing With The Rules: An Effort to Strengthen the Mens Rea Standards of Federal Criminal Laws
Geraldine Szott Moohr

Remarks on Restoring the Mens Rea Requirement
Harvey Silvergate

The Better Part of Lenity
Marie Gryphon

Developing Consensus Solutions to Overcriminalization Problems: The Way Ahead
Jeffrey S. Parker

This completes Volume 7.  The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy gives its deepest thanks and congratulations to the 2010-2011 Editorial Board for putting together a great volume, and being great mentors for the new editorial board.  Thank you, and good luck:

2010-2011 Editorial Board

Samuel Adelmann, Editor-in-Chief
Eva Choi, Executive Editor
Allen Brooks, Managing Editor
Reid MacHarg, Senior Articles Editor
Andrew Hunt, Senior Research Editor
Laura Farley, Senior Notes Editor
Jessica Hoppe, Notes & Research Editor
Sarah Nash, Notes Editors
Katrina Doran, Research Editor
Jacob Shorter, Articles Submissions Editor
Murat Mungan, Associate Editor
Jennifer Bradfute, Member Emeritus
Shamus Brennan, Member
Karuna Brunk, Member Emeritus
Bill Knauss, Member
Shane McCarrick, Member
Katherine McCormack, Member
Alexandra Zimmer, Member Emeritus

-2011-2012 JLEP Editorial Board

]]> http://jlep.net/home/?feed=rss2&p=850 0 Welcome Candidate Members! http://jlep.net/home/?p=819 http://jlep.net/home/?p=819#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:21:25 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=819 The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy recently made its selections for the write-on competition at George Mason University School of Law.  Out of about 140 applications, we selected 28 candidate members to join our editorial team for the 2011-2012 year.  The primary responsibility of the candidate members will be to edit pieces accepted for publication for style, content, and proper citation.  The following list is the 2011-2012 JLEP candidate member class:

Peter Anderson
Emily Barber
David Brodian
Michael Brody
Joseph Calascoine
Kylie Caporuscio
Benjamin Charlton
Nathaniel Harris
Carolyn Head		 Karl Helgerson
Jennifer Johnston
Anthony Peter Kanakis
Hollie Kapos
Juan Kassar
Jason Malashevich
Louise Martin
Jacob Merrill
Genevieve Miller
Elizabeth Newell		 Adam Park
Alex Payne
Tom Randall
Adam Schneider
Morgan De Ann Shields
Mark Stevens
Robert Strange
Mark Weiss
Lauren Wynns

Congratulations!

-JLEP Editorial Board

]]> http://jlep.net/home/?feed=rss2&p=819 0 Issue 7.3 Shipped http://jlep.net/home/?p=809 http://jlep.net/home/?p=809#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:27:51 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=809 Volume 7 Issue 3 of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy was shipped a couple of weeks ago.  Subscribers should have received their copies in the mail.  The following articles are included in issue 7.3, and can be found online on Westlaw, Lexis, or HeinOnline.  Congratulations to the authors!

Articles

A Radical Route to Funding Urban Revitalization: Profitable Philanthropy Through Limited Liability Companies and a Market-Based Return on Investments
Roger M. Groves
7 J.L. Econ. & Pol’y 393

U.S. Healthcare Reform: Comprehensive Insurance or Affordable Care?
Don W. King
7 J.L. Econ. & Pol’y 439

The Student Loan Crisis and the Race to Princeton Law School
William S. Howard
7 J.L. Econ. & Pol’y 485
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Comments

With the Passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Will Commercial Speech Rights Be Up In Smoke?
Laura M. Farley
7 J.L. Econ. & Pol’y 513

A Double-Edged Sword: How the Defense of Marriage Act Indirectly Protects Same-Sex Couples From Insider Trading Liability
Michael Misiewicz
7 J.L. Econ. & Pol’y 543

.

-JLEP Editorial Board

]]> http://jlep.net/home/?feed=rss2&p=809 0 Interested in Joining JLEP? http://jlep.net/home/?p=787 http://jlep.net/home/?p=787#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:14:03 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=787 Thank you for you interest in joining the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy. The journal will be accepting applications through the write-on process at George Mason University. Be sure to do the write-on!

For more information about what to expect as a candidate member in JLEP, please click on the following links:

JLEP 101

The Write-on Process

Writing a Note


Thank you, and we hope to see you as a CM next year!

]]> http://jlep.net/home/?feed=rss2&p=787 0 Issue 7.2 Available Online! http://jlep.net/home/?p=775 http://jlep.net/home/?p=775#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:32:48 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=775 In partnership with the George Mason University Law & Economics Center, Issue 7.2 will be available online through our website free of charge.  Issue 7.2 features transcripts from the Center’s 5th Annual Civil Justice Symposium held at George Mason University on December 5-7, 2010.  Visit the Center’s website for more information.

]]> http://jlep.net/home/?feed=rss2&p=775 0 Alumni Career Map http://jlep.net/home/?p=761 http://jlep.net/home/?p=761#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:19:30 +0000 jlep http://jlep.net/home/?p=761 The Journal recently created a Alumni Career Map for alumni to submit their career information on Google Maps.  We will include practice areas, and work contact information including telephone and website.  Please visit the Alumni Map for more information,

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