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School Vouchers and the Constitution - Permissible, Impermissible, or Required? 教育券与宪法——允许，不允许，还是必须?

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy Pub Date : 2003-03-10 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.377880

G. Simson

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Branches Behaving Badly: The Predictable and Often Desirable Consequences of the Separation of Powers 行为不端的分支机构:三权分立的可预见且往往是可取的后果

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy Pub Date : 2003-01-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2857483

S. Prakash

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The Remoteness Doctrine: A Rational Limit on Tort Law 遥远主义:侵权法的理性限制

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy Pub Date : 2000-10-26 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.239545

V. E. Schwartz

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Hiding behind agency discretion: the Food and Drug Administration's personal use drug importation policy. 隐藏在机构自由裁量权背后的:美国食品药品监督管理局的个人用药进口政策。

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy Pub Date : 2000-01-01

P S Reichertz, M S Friend

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It's only skin deep: FDA regulation of skin care cosmetics claims. 这只是皮肤深层:美国食品和药物管理局对护肤化妆品的规定。

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy Pub Date : 1999-01-01

B A Liang, K M Hartman

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The third wave of federal tort reform: protecting the public or pushing the constitutional envelope? 第三波联邦侵权法改革:保护公众还是挑战宪法极限?

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy Pub Date : 1999-01-01

P H Apelbaum, S T Ryder