Faculty News
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W. Kip Viscusi discusses his new book, Pricing Lives: Guideposts for a Safer Society
Putting a price tag on a person's life could make America safer and fairer, according to acclaimed economist Viscusi, who defines the "value of statistical life" as the dollar amount people are willing to pay to avoid an expected death. Read MoreJun. 25, 2018
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Morgan Ricks and co-authors propose “FedAccounts,” a public option for bank accounts
Ricks and co-authors John Crawford and Lev Manand argue for offering accounts with the Federal Reserve, which come with privileges such as higher interest rates, instant clearing and added security, to everyone. Read MoreJun. 21, 2018
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Read ABA Landslide article, “Investment Treaties and Intellectual Property,” on two cases affecting international intellectual property rights by Daniel Gervais and Jared Doster ’17
Philip Morris v. Uruguay and Eli Lilly v. Canada are two international investor-state cases that may reveal an emerging trend in international investment law regarding investors' intellectual property (IP) rights. Read MoreMay. 31, 2018
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Read Karla McKanders’ commentary: “Does Jeff Sessions Understand Immigration Proceedings?”
McKanders is a featured guest columnist on Jurist.org in the Academic Commentary section. Read MoreMay. 22, 2018
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Paige Skiba elected to American Law and Economics Association board of directors
An expert in high-interest credit markets, Skiba has taught at Vanderbilt since 2007. Read MoreMay. 21, 2018
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Ingrid Wuerth, Suzanna Sherry, Tracey George and Edward Cheng honored with 2018 Hall-Hartman Awards
Wuerth, Sherry and George were honored for first-year teaching, and Wuerth and Edward Cheng for upper-level courses. Read MoreMay. 16, 2018
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Sarah Igo’s new book places today’s privacy concerns in historical context
Igo's book is The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America. She is an associate professor of history, political science and law. Read MoreApr. 30, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman named Carnegie Fellow to support research in democracy
Sitaraman will receive $200,000 from the Carnegie Foundation of New York to support his research on how public services such as schools and libraries can advance public policy goals. Read MoreApr. 25, 2018
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“Quieting the Shareholders’ Voice,” co-authored by Randall Thomas, selected among Top 10 corporate and securities law articles for 2017
Empirical study of pervasive bundling in proxy solicitations by Thomas and co-authors James D. Cox of Duke Law, Fabrizio Ferri of Columbia Business and Colleen Honigsberg of Stanford Law was published in the Southern California Law Review. Read MoreApr. 24, 2018
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Tracey George appointed to Journal of Contract Law editorial board
Based in Australia, the refereed journal focuses on contract law in common law countries. Read MoreApr. 23, 2018