EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSERVATION WATER-PRICING PROGRAMS: COMMENT

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

EXTERNALITIES FROM ROAMING LIVESTOCK: EXPLAINING THE DEMISE OF THE OPEN RANGE

Fence-in laws in most states require ranchers to pay for fences to keep their livestock from trespassing onto othersÂ’' property. Some states, or jurisdictions within states, have a fence-out rule that requires ranchers'Â’ neighbors to pay for fences to keep livestock out. Both rules are Pareto optimal. Using a potential Pareto criterion, we show that a preference for fence-out in some areas may end as conditions change, such as increased nonranching land uses. Changed conditions may have legal consequences. Specific fence-out and fence cost-sharing provisions may be potentially Pareto inefficient and may be challenged for being unconstitutional under the due process clause.Livestock Production/Industries,

EMIGRES: Lost in a Sea of Ignorance

In EMIGRES: Lost in a Sea of Ignorance, Prof. Griffin states that austerity grips western nations, where governments spend paltry sums on welfare, refugees, and migrants. In his essay, Griffin parses a trove of knowledge about welfare and what\u27s being done for needy people. There is a recounting of an Irish case, a report on spectacles in the US, and a narrative about the troubles in Europe stirred-up by Syrian refugees.https://commons.law.famu.edu/faculty-books/1026/thumbnail.jp

Cybercrime

This essay recounts campaigns against privacy; the fortifications erected against them; and hi-jinx attributable to hackers, crackers, and miscreants under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Death of the Family: What\u27s Become of the Parents and the Children

If something isn\u27t done quickly, America will become the first nation in history in which elderly people enjoy more security than children. To that end I recommend that family obligations be analyzed in contractual terms. If the law encompasses what courts do with specific conduct, contract law can moderate parental behavior through vehicles such as family counselling. It can sort out family duties and supply legal rationales for resolving family disputes in a constructive way. This article begins with a background discussion - history, literature and insights - then addresses the law and legal analysis