2002 National Proceedings
Selected Referred Papers Delivered at the 2002 ALSB Annual Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
Editor’s Forward
The 77th annual meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business was held July 27-31, 2002, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The academic program was attended by 277 members and included 163 paper presentations, panels, teaching and research symposia, and various other discussions and workshops.
From the papers presented, twenty-five of the papers were submitted for double-blind review. Approximately sixty-four percent of the submissions were accepted for publication in the Proceedings. The acceptance rate was approximately the same as last year. These papers are representative of the papers presented in Las Vegas and are divided into four topics, plus a student paper section, and the Distinguished Paper section in the Proceedings. The two Distinguished Proceedings papers were selected as the best from all the submissions, and were presented during a special session at the conference. Congratulations to Robert Kearney, author of the Outstanding Distinguished Paper, and to Tim Fort and Cindy Schipani, authors of the Distinguished Paper.
Warm appreciation is extended to everyone who contributed to the success of the 2002 ALSB meeting. Special thanks to Program Chair Jim Highsmith for his planning of the academic and social programs, and to Executive Secretary Dan Herron for his perpetual efforts on behalf of the Academy without which we would be lost and discordant. I would like to thank the reviewers for the Proceedings, and the discussants of the Distinguished Papers, for their hard work. Your service to the Academy is much appreciated.
The 2003 annual meeting will be in Nashville from August 12th to 16th. Make your plans to at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza. There will be a Distinguished Paper session at the meeting, a Distinguished Paper section in the Proceedings, plaques, and monetary recognition of the Distinguished Papers. I encourage everyone to participate in the ALSB meeting and in the Proceedings.
Ernest W. King
University of Southern Mississippi
November 2002
2002 Proceedings Reviewers
I would like to thank the reviewers for the 2002 ALSB Proceedings. Your time, effort, and consideration of the submissions make the Proceedings better every year. I enjoyed working with all of you, and look forward to next year.
Robert Bird, Fairfield University
Vincent A. Carrafiello, University of Connecticut
Rick Coffinberger, George Mason University
Timothy L. Fort, University of Michigan
Marianne Jennings, Arizona State University
James Morgan, California State University – Chico
Dana M. Muir, University of Michigan
John Norwood, University of Arkansas
Michael O’Hara, University of Nebraska – Omaha
Lynda J. Oswald, University of Michigan
Kimberlianne Podlas, Bryant College
Cindy A. Schipani, University of Michigan
Index of Papers
Distinguished Papers
The High Price of Price Waterhouse: Dealing with Direct Evidence of Discrimination by Robert A. Kearney
Linking Corporate Governance to Peace by Timothy L. Fort and Cindy A. Schipani
E-Commerce
Financing Litigation On-Line: Usury and Other Obstacles by Susan Lorde Martin
License to Steal by Lee B. Burgunder
New Theories of Liability for Defective Software by Robert D. Sprague
Towards a Theory of Cyberplace: A Proposal for a New Legal Framework by Ronnie Cohen and Janine Hiller
Taxation
Tax Reform Suggestions from Enron by Consuelo Kertz
Valuation for Estate and Gift Taxes: A Persistently Litigated Issue by Martin H. Zern
Teaching
Legal Studies in Business AT Century’s Beginning: Stagnant, Adrift, or Channeled? by James F. Morgan
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective (or Pretty Darned Good) Teaching or Lessons Learned in the Field by Kimberlianne Podlas and Susan J. Marsnik
Miscellaneous
As Seen On TV: The Normative Influence of Syndi-Court on Contemporary American Litigiousness by Kimberlianne Podlas
Corruption as a Pan-Cultural Phenomenon: An Empirical Study in Countries at Opposite Ends of the Former Soviet Empire by Philip M Nichols, George J. Siedel, and Matthew Kasdin
No-Call Lists for Telemarketers: A Legislative Analysis of State Regulation by Anna S. Rominger
Reform of Corporate Governance in China by Cindy A. Schipani and Junhai Liu
Term Limits and Compelled Speech: A New Frontier by Edward J. Schoen and Joseph S. Falchek
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act in a Post-Enron World by Larry Bumgardner
Student Papers
Benefits, Risks, and Regulation of ‘Cyber Pharmacies’ by Rebecca Boudwin
Speaking Out: The Normative Desirability of Asserting New Levels of Protection for Workplace Speech by Mark W. Sandretto
[Cite as: 31 Acad. Legal Stud. In Bus. Nat’l Proc. ____ (2002)]