Demystifying Unconscionability: An Historical and Empirical Analysis

Historical trends related to bioterrorism: An empirical analysis.

Address for correspondence: Jonathan B. Tucker, Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 425 Van Buren Street, Monterey, CA 93940, USA; fax: 831-647-6534; e-mail: [email protected]. Since the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin nerve gas on the Tokyo subway in March 1995, killing 12...

Unconscionability & Complaints

This article defends the strong claim that contract law does not impose obligations to perform. This is not because there are no such obligations or because contract law is disconnected from morality. Far from it. This article argues that, rather than enforcing the obligations of promises, contract law concerns complaints against promissory wrongs. In order to draw out the distinction between t...

Re-Thinking the Role of Information in Diffusion Theory: An Historical Analysis with an Empirical Test

Re-Thinking the Role of Information in Diffusion Theory: Re-thinking the Role of Information in Diffusion Theory 2 An Historical Analysis with an Empirical Test Eric A. Abbott Professor Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication 204 B Hamilton Hall Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 515-294-0492 [email protected] J. Paul Yarbrough Professor Department of Communication 313 Kennedy Hall C...

The Determinants of Exchange Rate System: an Empirical Analysis

Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System, exchange arrangements of countries have become flexible. Several attempts have been made to determine whether the theories of optimum currency areas adequately explain the choice of an exchange rate system. In this paper, the optimum currency area is retested. Using cross-section data, a regression analysis of the choice of an exchange rate syste...

Unconscionability in Standard Forms