The structure of american legal institutions and the diffusion of wrongful-discharge laws, 1978-1999

Law and Society Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 833-864

  Bird, Robert C ^b   Smythe, Donald J ^a  

^a School of Law   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 56649111013     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2008.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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47. Petermann v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 344 P.2d 27 (Cal. Ct. App. 1959).Robert Bird is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Connecticut. His research interests focus on employment law and international intellectual property law. In 2003, he received the Junior Faculty of the Year award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. He has published research articles in the American Business Law Journal, Boston University International Law Journal, Cincinnati Law Review, Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming), Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, Kentucky Law Journal, and the Trademark Reporter. Donald Smythe is an Associate Professor of Law at California Western School of Law in San Diego. His primary research interests are in contracts and commercial law, empirical legal studies, and law and economic history. He has published articles in several journals, including Global Jurist Frontiers, The Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, The UC Davis Law Review, Annals of Economics and Finance, Catholic University Law Review, Washington and Lee Law Review, and the Review of Law and Economics.