The Financial Crisis of 2008: French and American Responses

Proceedings of the 2010 Franco-American Legal Seminar

Foreword

Articles

Fifty Years of Constitutional Evolution in France: The 2008 Amendments and Beyond
Martin Rogoff
The Contribution of the Question prioritaire de constitutionnalité to Private Law
Béatrice Parance
Religious Symbols and the Law of 1905: Reflections on the Prohibition of the Full-Face Veil in Light of French Law on Religious Activities
Pierre-Henri Prélot
"The Bell and Towers of the Future": Mosque Financing and French Laïcité
Morgan Maxwell

Symposium: The Financial Crisis of 2008: French and American Responses

Historical Antecedents
French Courts and Public Intervention in the Economy during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Jean-Louis Halpérin
At the Origins of Public Credit: A Story of Stock-Jobbing and Financial Crisis in Prerevolutionary France
Malick W. Ghachem
The Contemporary Crisis
The Financial Crisis and the Response of the United States: Will Dodd Frank Protect Us from the Next Crisis?
David P. Cluchey
Government Sponsored Enterprises
Timothy Mathews
French Notaries and the American Mortgage Crisis
Peter Murray
Lessons in Health Care the United States Can Learn from the French Even Amidst a Down Economy
Megan C. Lambert
Post-Crisis Perspectives in Europe on State Intervention in the Economy: So Long to "United in Diversity"?
Riccardo de Caria

Franco-American Legal Seminar: Student Presentations

French and European Responses to the Crisis
The LOLF: An Effective Response to the Crisis
Antoine Blanchet
Budget Regulation in Response to the Crisis
Juan Camilo Montes Arango
Budget Adaptation by the Legislature to Address the Crisis
Enora Hervé
Regulation of Excessive Compensation of Executives
Sophie Marétheu
The Application of Antitrust Law to Banking and Financial Companies
Adéline Dauboin
Government Responses to the Financial Crisis: The Necessary Regulation of Financial Entities and Financial Operations in France and Europe
Alexandre Loyer
European and French Efforts to Make Financial Actors More Responsible
Jonathan Balon
Employment Policies: A Solution to the Economic Crisis
Flora Camoni
Utilizing Green Policy Initiatives to Create Recovery Packages to Respond to the Current Economic Crisis
Perinne Simon
European and French Actions to Limit the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Small and Medium-Sized Companies
Jade Bileckot
United States Responses to the Crisis
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency: A Matter of Policy, A Matter of Politics
Ryan Royce
United States Economic Policy in a Global Economy: Auto Industry Subsidies in the Context of World Trade Organization Obligations
Paul Brunetti
Standing up to Nothing: Why TARP has Not Become a Constitutional Case
Stephen Smith
Regulation of Executive Compensation
Chris Chu
The Role and Criticisms of Credit Rating Agencies in the Financial Crisis
Muhamed Ali Khanzada
Merger Regulation in the United States During the Economic Crisis: The Failing Firm Defense
Jason Lidyard
Proposed Banking Regulations and Their Impact on Competition
Alan Vaillancourt
Unemployment in America: Making Our System Work Again
Amanda Zane
Appendix A:
Franco-American Legal Seminar Topics: 1994-2012
Appendix B:
2010 Franco-American Legal Seminar

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