One of the objectives of patent systems is to disclose information which other agents can build on in further inventions and in their decision-making. While some observers take it as given that real-world patent systems serve this objective, we argue in this article that patent systems are...

One of the objectives of patent systems is to disclose information which other agents can build on in further inventions and in their decision-making. While some observers take it as given that real-world patent systems serve this objective, we argue in this article that patent systems are...

This paper discusses a recent decision of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Smitko v. Gulf South Shrimp, and explores the soundness of the court’s reasoning. Since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Mennonite Board of Missions v. Adams, Louisiana courts have begun to adopt an interpretation that...

As the modern workplace increasingly adopts technology, that technology is being used to surveil workers in ways that can be highly invasive. Ostensibly, management uses surveillance to assess workers’ productivity, but it uses the same systems to, for example, map their interpersonal...

The growth of business, especially small and medium scale enterprises are critical for employment generation in less developed countries. This study seeks to identify the role of the institutions of contract enforcement for business performance. Specifically, this paper, using a nationally...

Numerous intermediate courts of appeal across the nation are faced with insufficient budgets to manage increasing case loads. As a result, it is necessary to identify best practices among appellate courts, so that courts can consider and, if appropriate, adopt identified best practices to...

This paper outlines a fantasy research pitch exercise conducted in a PhD course at the University of Queensland. Using Faff's (2015, 2017) pitching research template, students attending the course were asked to engage in a group exercise to pitch a "fantasy" research topic. While the final...

The global language of scholarly research is English and so the obstacle of getting noticed is montainous when the article is not written in the English language. Indeed, despite rapid advances in technology, the "tyranny of language" creates a segmentation inhibiting scholarly research and...

As I am writing this book, Russia is invading Ukraine, and the world’s beliefs in global institutions, peace, humanism, and social progress have been shaken again. Understanding why conflict is endemic to any social relation, under which conditions it is a positive element in social life, and...