Professor Ian Ayres: 2 books
Voting with Dollars
A New Paradigm for Campaign Finance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In this provocative book, two leading law professors challenge the existing campaign reform agenda and present a new initiative that avoids the mistakes of the past.Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres build on the example of the secret ballot and propose a system of secret donation booths” for campaign...
Insincere Promises
The Law of Misrepresented Intent
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
How can a promise be a lie? Answer: when the promisor never intended to perform the promise. Such incidences of promissory fraud are frequently litigated because they can result in punitive damages awards. And an insincere promisor can even be held criminally liable. Yet courts have provided little guidance...