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The Organization as Weapon in White-Collar Crime
This Article explores the advantages of using organization or occupation in the more typical case. Our inquiry takes this as its central question: What difference does it make when a white-collar crime is committed in the course of one\u27s occupation or when acting on behalf, or with the assistance, of an organization? If we are becoming, as some have argued, an organizational society, then we should see the results of this change reflected in illicit as well as licit behavior. The organizational form may be used for either social or antisocial ends. Our principal hypothesis, as the title suggests, is that the organization, size and profitability notwithstanding, is for white-collar criminals what the gun or knife is for the common criminal - a tool to obtain money from victims
The Evolution of State Supreme Courts
Part I of this Article describes in broad quantitative terms the changing relationship between the caseload of supreme courts and the population of the states in which these courts sit. Part II examines the various means states used to control supreme court caseloads, the political problems involved, and the types of courts that have resulted. Part III presents evidence that changes in court organization in response to caseload pressure are accompanied by changes in the kinds of cases state supreme courts hear, the style of their opinions, and the results of the cases
Comparison of TOA and TOT for Treating Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Short-Term Outcomes
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