Articles

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Societal Properties and Law on Same-Sex Non-Marital Partnerships and Same-Sex Marriage in European Union Nations (with Pietro Saitta), Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development (2011)
 

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The Public-Private Dichotomy in Morality and Law, Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy (2010)

The article advances the thesis that the doctrines and concepts of law are attributable to...

 

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The Financial Sector Upheaval of 2008: Sociological Antecedents and Their Implications For Investment Company Regulation, Hastings Business Law Journal (2009)

In 2008, the United States experienced a severe contraction in the availability of credit, a...

 

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Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, and the Public-Private Dichotomy in a Macrosociological Framework for Law, Centro Interuniversitario per le ricerche sulla Sociologia del Diritto, dell’informazione e delle Istituzioni Giuridiche Working Paper (2008)

Macrosociology considers law to be one of the institutions of society and, hence, a fundamental...

 

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The Regulation of Mutual Fund Boards of Directors: Financial Protection or Social Productivity?, Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy (2008)

Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act classifies directors of mutual funds and other types...

 

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Law as Symbol: Appearances in the Regulation of Investment Advisers and Attorneys, Cleveland State Law Review (2007)

From a macrosociological perspective, law is an institution of society, is shaped by conditions in...

 

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The Roots of Law, American University Journal of Gender Social Policy and Law (2007)

This Article rests on the macrosociological thesis that (i) the concepts and doctrines used in...

 

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Social Productivity, Law, and the Regulation of Conflicts of Interest in the Investment Industry, Cardozo Public Law Policy and Ethics Journal (2006)

The article proposes and develops a concept - social productivity - to complement the widely...

 

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When Is a Mutual Fund Director Independent? The Unexplored Role of Professional Relationships Under Section 2(A)(19) of the Investment Company Act, DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal (2006)

An investment company that must register with the Securities and Exchange Commission is required by...

 

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The Regulation of Mutual Fund Names and the Societal Role of Trust: An Exploration of Section 35(d) of the Investment Company Act, DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal (2005)

Section 35(d) of the Investment Company Act authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate...

 

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Symposium, Mutual Fund Regulation in the Next Millennium, Commentary on Closed-End Funds (with Edmund P. Bergan, Ronald M. Feiman, Jeffrey J. Haas, and Karrie McMillan), New York Law School Law Review (2001)
 

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Symposium, Mutual Fund Regulation in the Next Millennium, Commentary on Investor Privacy (with Ronald M. Feiman, Jeffrey J. Haas, Pauline C. Scalvino, and Jason Zweig), New York Law School Law Review (2001)
 

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Are Teaching Evaluation Questionnaires Valid? Assessing the Evidence, Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector (1996)
 
The Social Sciences in Legal Education and Practice, National Trial Lawyer (1991)
 

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Population Policy and Law in the United States, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy (1980)

The article suggests that a fruitful approach to curbing fertility and alleviating population pressures in...

 
Population Law: A Neglected Field, Creighton Law Review (1979)
 
Child Exclusion Policies in Housing, Kentucky Law Journal (1978)
 

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Population Growth, Population Organization Participants, and the Right of Privacy, Family Law Quarterly (1978)

The article advances the thesis that population growth in the United States reduced the privacy...

 
Group Size and Societal Conflict (with Gordon R. Stavig), Human Relations (1977)
 
A Study of the Membership of the National Organization for Non-Parents (with Richard H. MacDonald), Social Biology (1976)
 
Zero Population Growth, Inc.: A Second Study, Journal of Biosocial Science (1974)
 
Anomia and Achievement Values and Attitudes Toward Population Growth in the United States (with Jerry J. Griffith), Pacific Sociological Review (1970)
 
Education and Religion as Factors in Women's Attitudes Motivating Childbearing (with Susan M. Stolka), Journal of Marriage and Family (1969)
 
Work Orientation of Urban, Middle-Class, Married Women (with Doris K. Katelman), Journal of Marriage and the Family (1968)
 
The Kibbutz as a Child-Rearing System: A Review of the Literature, Journal of Marriage and Family (1965)
 
Interracial Marriage in California, Marriage and Family Living (1963)
 
Research on International and Interracial Marriages, Marriage and Family Living (1963)
 
Research in Interreligious Dating and Marriage, Marriage and Family Living (1962)
 

Books

The Place of Law: The Role and Limits of Law in Society (2011)

The Place of Law addresses two questions that are critical to understanding law. Why is...

 
The Goals and Missions of Law Schools (with W. Scott Van Alstyne Jr and Joseph R. Julin) (1990)

This provocative study explores the reasons for the public perception of "too many lawyers" and...

 
Law, Society, Population: Issues in a New Field (with Emily F. Reed) (1985)
 

Contributions to Books

Bevolkingswetgeving: een verwaarloosd terrein, Bevolking als Vraagstuk: Dimensies van bevolkingsbeleid in Nederland en de Verenigde Staten (1981)
 
Zero Population Growth, Inc.: een onderzoek naar een belangengroep in de Verenigde Staten, actieften aanzien van het bolkingsvraagstuk, Bevolking als Vraagstuk: Dimensies van bevolkingsbeleid in Nederland en de Verenigde Staten (1981)
 
The Meaning of the Population/Environment Crisis in the United States: A Sociologist's View, Population Crisis An Interdisciplinary Perspective (1972)