Adequacy of Current Succession Law in Light of the Constitution and Policy Considerations

In this article, Gerald R. Ford’s counsel during Ford’s confirmation to the vice presidency under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment recounts the process, including investigations into Ford as part of the process and the confirmation hearings in the Senate and House of Representatives. The Article also discusses aspects of Ford’s tenure as Vice President, particularly efforts by White House officials to enlist Ford in defending President Richard Nixon amid the Watergate scandal and Ford’s response to those efforts. The Article is adapted from the author’s remarks at the symposium The Adequacy of the Presidential Succession System in the 21st Century, which was held at Fordham University School of Law on April 16 and 17, 2010

Because I'm worth it? CEO pay and corporate governance

Recently, there has been strong public outrage against current pay practices for corporate CEOs. To deal with this issue, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 2010 will allow shareholders to vote on executive pay packages and federal regulators to oversee executive compensation at financial firms. Are there problems with CEO pay? According to a recent survey, 98 percent of respondents from major financial institutions “believe that compensation structures were a factor underlying the crisis.” In “Because I’m Worth It? CEO Pay and Corporate Governance,” Rocco Huang outlines what we know about how CEOs are paid, how the pay is set, how CEO compensation affects CEOs’ incentives and actions and their firms’ performance, and how government regulations affect CEO pay.Corporate governance ; Executives - Salaries ; Regulation

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The Discourse of Digital Deceptions and ‘419’ Emails

This study applies a computer-mediated discourse analysis (CMDA) to the study of discourse structures and functions of ‘419’ emails – the Nigerian term for online/financial fraud. The hoax mails are in the form of online lottery winning announcements, and email ‘business proposals’ involving money transfers/claims of dormant bank accounts overseas. Data comprise 68 email samples collected from the researcher’s inboxes and colleagues’ and students’ mail boxes between January 2008 and March 2009 in Ota, Nigeria. The study reveals that the writers of the mails apply discourse/pragmatic strategies such as socio-cultural greeting formulas,self-identification, reassurance/confidence building, narrativity and action prompting strategies to sustain the interest of the receivers. The study also shows that this genre of computer-mediated communication (CMC) has become a regular part of our Internet experience, and is not likely to be extinct in the near future as previous studies of email hoaxes have predicted. It is believed that as the global economy witnesses a recession, chances are that more creative and complex ways of combating the situation will arise. Economic hardship has been blamed for fraud/online scams, inadvertently prompting youths to engage in various anti-social activities. K E Y W O R D S : computer-media communication, deceptions, discourse, email, ‘419’, fraud, hoax

Announcement: Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies

THE Society for Hindu-Christian Studies announces Dualities: A Theology of Difference (Westminster John Knox Press, 2010) by Michelle Voss Roberts as the winner of its award, “Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies-- Theology and Philosophy (2008-2011).

Graduate School and University Center Archives Finding Aid - Record Group I: Subjects

This is part of the finding aid to the Graduate School and University Center (GSUC) Archives, City University of New York. Record Group I lists the subjects covered in the collection

Front Matter

Front matter for Volume 7, Issue 2 of Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review