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…clouded by Iraq’s stalled oil law. President Jalal Talabani this week is leading a delegation that includes the oil minister and four other cabinet members, the first Iraqi head of…

The Bankruptcy Bill in Action

…imporant caveat: given the 2005 changes in the bankruptcy laws and the rush of filings just before the new law took effect (over 600,000 in October 2005 alone), it is…

In DeLay’s Defense: Smearing the Prosecutor

…The RNSEC never made the corresponding contributions to the legislative candidates. 3. The transactions took place, but didn’t violate any law; Texas law allows otherwise illegal contributions to be laundered…

Rent-Seeking Behavior Pays Off

…social justification for this new law, no major existing problem that this new law will solve. The law is simply the result of lobbying efforts by one particular industry to…