Editors: Profs. Mark Kende and Peter K. Yu
 
The Drake University Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series features legal scholarship in all subject areas from faculty members, visiting scholars, affiliates and students of Drake University Law School. Founded in 1865, the Law School is one of the 25 oldest law schools in the United States. It aims to provide an exceptional learning environment that integrates legal theory and the development of professional skills; promotes critical thinking and effective problem solving; examines international perspectives; and instills the ideals of ethics and professionalism. The Law School is also the home of nationally-renowned centers in agricultural law, children's rights, constitutional law, intellectual property law and legislative practice.

2012

12-01
Triple Error: Chief Justice Steele and Default--Contractual Duties in Delaware Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships
J. William Callison (Faegre & Benson) & Allan Vestal

12-02
Constitutional Dialogue and Judicial Supremacy
Miguel Schor

12-03
The Global Governance of HIV/AIDS and the Rugged Road Ahead: An Epilogue
Peter K. Yu

12-04
No Personality Rights for Pop Stars in Hong Kong?
Peter K. Yu

12-05
Town, Gown and Place-Based Sustainability: Collaborating in the Shared Space
Keith H. Hirokawa (Albany) & Jonathan D. Rosenbloom

12-06
Are Developing Countries Playing a Better TRIPS Game?
Peter K. Yu

12-07
The Middle Kingdom and the Intellectual Property World
Peter K. Yu

12-08
Questions from the Bench and Independent Experts: A Study of the Practices of State Court Judges
Andrew W. Jurs

12-09
New Ways to Teach Drafting and Drafting Ethics
David Thomson (Denver), Lisa Penland, Susan Duncan (Louisville), Karen J. Sneddon (Mercer) & Susan Chesler (Arizona State)

12-10 
Intellectual Property and Asian Values
Peter K. Yu

12-11
Taming the "Unruly Horse" of Public Policy in Wills and Trusts
Martin D. Begleiter

12-12
America's New Agrarians: Policy Opportunities and Legal Innovations to Support New Farmers
Neil D. Hamilton

12-13
The Alphabet Soup of Transborder Intellectual Property Enforcement
Peter K. Yu

12-14
The Origins and Efficacy of Private Enforcement of Animal Cruelty Law in Britain
Jerry L. Anderson

12-15
The Iowa Business Corporation Act’s Staggered Board Requirement for Public Corporations: A Hostile Takeover of Iowa Corporate Law?
Matthew G. Dore

12-16
ACTA and Its Complex Politics
Peter K. Yu

12-17
To Soften Their Obdurate Hearts: The Southern Baptist Convention and Marriage Equality
Allan Vestal 

12-18
Morality, Trust, and Illusion: Ethos as Relationship
Melissa Weresh

12-19
Region Codes and the Territorial Mess
Peter K. Yu
 
12-20
Book Review: Edward F Mannino. Shaping America: The Supreme Court and American Society
Hunter R. Clark

12-21
Public Policy and the Inevitability of Internet Gambling
Keith C. Miller

12-22
Enforcement, Enforcement, What Enforcement?
Peter K. Yu

12-23
Lethal Connection: The 'War on Drugs' and Death Sentencing
David McCord

12-24
A Consideration of an LLC for a 501(C)(3) Nonprofit Organization
David S. Walker

12-25
The Rise and Decline of the Intellectual Property Powers
Peter K. Yu

12-26
A Constitutional and Empirical Analysis of Iowa's Administrative Rules Review Committee Procedure
Jerry L. Anderson & Christopher Poynor

12-27
Constitutionalism and the Poor
Mark Kende

12-28
The Middle Intellectual Property Powers
Peter K. Yu

12-29
Foreword: Contextualizing the Debate between Originalism and the Living Constitution
Miguel Schor

12-30
Building the Ladder: Three Decades of Development of the Chinese Patent System
Peter K. Yu

12-31
Intellectual Property Training and Education for Development
Peter K. Yu

12-32
Memetic Theory, Trademarks & the Viral Meme Mark
Shontavia Johnson

12-33
Land Use Planning in a Climate Change Context
Keith H. Hirokawa (Albany) & Jonathan D. Rosenbloom

12-34
The ACTA Committee
Peter K. Yu
 
12-35
Defining Nature as a Common Pool Resource
Jonathan D. Rosenbloom

12-36
Constitutional Pragmatism, the Supreme Court, and Democratic Revolution
Mark Kende

12-37
The Confucian Challenge to Intellectual Property Reforms
Peter K. Yu

12-38
The First Decade of TRIPS in China
Peter K. Yu

Past Research Paper Series
 
2011