Mark Sidel

University of Wisconsin Law School

975 Bascom Mall

Madison, WI 53706

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A Decade of Research and Practice of Diaspora Philanthropy in the Asia Pacific Region: The State of the Field

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-09
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 May 2008
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, diaspora, Asia, China, India, Vietnam, giving, remittances

A Decade of Research and Practice of Diaspora Philanthropy in the Asia Pacific Region: The State of the Field

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1677
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, diaspora, Asia, China, India, Vietnam, giving, remittances

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Philanthropy and Law in South Asia: Recent Developments in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-13
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 08 May 2008
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, nonprofit law, South Asia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, donations, societies, trusts, Societies Act, Trusts Act, microcredit, nonprofit taxation, nonprofit governance, private foundations

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Copyright, Trademark, and Patent Law in the People's Republic of China

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1638, 21 Tex. Int'l L. J. 259 (1986)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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China, Practice of Law, Copyright Law, Chinese Legal History

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The Promise and Limits of Collective Action for Nonprofit Self-Regulation: Evidence from Asia

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-06
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Mar 2008
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Nonprofit organizations, Self-regulation, Nonprofit self-regulation, Collective action, Private governance, Private regulation, Codes of conduct, Accreditation, Certification

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Trends in Nonprofit Self-Regulation in the Asia Pacific Region: Initial Data on Initiatives, Experiments and Models in Seventeen Countries

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1682, Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (2003)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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asia pacific, nonprofit, philanthropy, transparency, accountability

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Law and Policies Affecting Volunteerism since 2001

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1676, Law and Policies Affecting Volunteerism since 2001 (2009)
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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volunteering, volunteerism, united nations

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Regulation of Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations: An International Perspective

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1619, Nonprofit Quarterly (2016)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 23 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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china, philanthropy, asia, nonprofits

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Nonprofit Legal Reform in India: The Legal Treatment of For-Profit Entities and Other Approaches to the Reform Question

Mark Sidel, Non Profit Legal Reform in India: The Legal Treatment of For-Profit Entities and Other Approaches to the Reform Question (2019). , Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1477 (2019)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Jun 2019
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Nonprofit sector, India, for-profit sector, regulation

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Counter-Terrorism and the Enabling Legal and Political Environment for Civil Society: A Comparative Analysis of "War on Terror" States

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1629, 10 International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law (2008)
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 25 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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civil society, terrorism, counter-terrorism, comparative law

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The Future of Civil Society Research in China, Hong Kong and Vietnam

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1756, 2022, Mark Sidel, The future of civil society research in China, Hong Kong and Vietnam, in A Research Agenda for Civil Society 283 Edward Elgar ,2022
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Nov 2022
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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International Research, Civil Society, non-profit relations, philanthropic institutions, China, Vietnam, Hong Kong

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Overseas NGOs and Foundations and Covid in China

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1706, EURICS, no. 14, July-Aug. 2021, at 3.
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 30 Jul 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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China, COVID, International Aid, NGO, Overseas NGO Law, Securitized Frameworks, Regulatory Law

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The Struggle for Hershey: Community Accountability and the Law in Modern American Philanthropy

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1643, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 65, 2004
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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community accountability, philanthropy, united states, charity, nonprofit

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The Law Affecting Civil Society in Asia: Developments and Challenges for Nonprofit and Civil Society Organizations

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1671
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Nov 2020
Mark Sidel and David Moore
University of Wisconsin Law School and International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
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asia, nonprofit, civil society organizations, regulation

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The Guardians Guarding Themselves: A Comparative Perspective on Nonprofit Self-Regulation

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1641, Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 80, 2005
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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nonprofit, self-regulation, Asia, charities

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Maintaining Firm Control: Recent Developments in Nonprofit Law and Regulation in Vietnam

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1627, 3 International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law 52 (2010)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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nonprofit, vietnam, regulation

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Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector in Asia: A Bibliographic Survey of the English Language Literature

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1684
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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bibliography, nonprofit sector, asia

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Analytical Models for Understanding Constitutional Amendation in Socialist Transitional Societies: The Case of Vietnam

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1647, 6 Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law 42 (2002)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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constitutional amendments, constitutions, constitutional law, vietnam, socialism, communist party

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Maritime Courts in the Middle Kingdom: China's Great Leap Seaward

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1639, 11 Mar. Law 237 (1986)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel, Curtis Pew and Robert M. Jarvis
University of Wisconsin Law School, Hofstra University - Maurice A. Deane School of Law and Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad College of Law
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China, Maritime Law, Chinese Courts, Maritime Arbitration Commission, Legal History

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Philanthropy in India's High Technology Communities and the Complex Search for Social Innovation

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1651, 5 Harv. Asia Q. 40 (2001)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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philanthropy, south asia, india

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New Directions in the Study of Vietnam Law

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1663, Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 17, 1996
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 31 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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vietnam, vietnamese law

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Civil Society Regulation and Space in Asia and the Turn Against Politics

18 Charity Law & Practice Review (2016), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1618
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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civil society, civic space, asia

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Steering a Restrictive Course: Rebooting China's Charity Law

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1832, Nonprofit Policy Forum, 0[10.1515/npf-2024-0012]
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Mar 2025
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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regulation, China, Charity Law, Nonprofit Law, Xi Jinping

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Law Reform in Vietnam: The Complex Transition from Socialism and Soviet Models in Legal Scholarship and Training

11 UCLA Pac. Basin L.J. 221 (1993), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1668
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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vietnam, economics, communism, legal reform, socialism

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It Just Got Harder to Make a Difference in China: A Harsh New NGO Law Has Foreign Organizations Scarmbling

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1617, ForeignPolicy.com (2016)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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china, NGOs, NGO law

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The Legal Protection of Copyright and the Rights of Authors in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1984: Prelude to the Chinese Copyright Law

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1637, 9 Colum. J. Art & L. 477 (1985)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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China, intellectual property, Chinese government, copyright law, legal history

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New Economy Philanthropy in the High Technology Communities of Bangalore and Hyderabad, India: Partnership with the State and the Ambiguous Search for Social Innovation

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1688
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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india, philanthropy, nonprofit sector, social innovation

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Law, Philanthropy, and Social Class: Variance Power and the Battle for American Giving

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1646, UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 36, 2003
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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philanthropy, united states, charities, variance power

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Permissive or Restrictive? A Mixed Picture for Philanthropy in China

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1616, 21 Alliance Magazine (2016)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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china, philanthropy, ngos

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Mapping of International Aid to the Legal/Judicial Area Ministry of Justice/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) VIE/02/015

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1672
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Nov 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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vietnam, legal system, international aid

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Recent and Noteworthy Legal Works Published in China

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1640, 1 J. Chinese L. 251 (1987)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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China, Legal History, Legal Publications,

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Hanoi's Quiet Diplomat

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1678, Wall Street Journal (2006)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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vietnam, le mai, hanoi, diplomacy

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Giving Home: Diaspora Giving from the United States as a Funding Source for Indigenous Philanthropic and Nonprofit Institutions

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1685
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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philanthropy, indigenous philanthropy

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Some Preliminary Thoughts on Contending Approaches to Law in Vietnam, 1954- 1975

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1686
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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vietnam, vietnamese law, vietnamese history

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Choices and Approaches: Anti-Terrorism Law and Civil Society in the United States and the United Kingdom after September 11

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1623, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, Vol. 61, 2011
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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non-profit organizations, foundations, civil society, terrorism, charity regulation, anti-terrorism law

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The State of Asian Philanthropy

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1609, Mark Sidel, The State of Asian Philanthropy, Alliance Magazine (May 15, 2018), https://www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/state-asian-philanthropy/.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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philanthropy, asia

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The Nonprofit Sector and the New State Activism/ Book Review of A Corporate Form of Freedom: The Emergence of the Nonprofit Sector

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1648, Michigan Law Review, Vol. 100, 2002
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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nonprofit, philanthropy, book review

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U.S.-Vietnam: Revitalizing Stagnant Ties

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1683, Des Moines Reg., Aug. 25, 1998, at 7A
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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vietnam, united states-vietnam relations, diplomacy

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States, Markets, and the Nonprofit Sector in South Asia: Judiciaries and the Struggle for Capital in Comparative Perspective

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1644, Tulane Law Review, Vol. 78, 2004
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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nonprofit, south asia, regulation, comparative law

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Philanthropy and Law in South Asia: Key Themes and Key Choices

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1642, 7 International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law 2 (2005)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel and Iftekhar Zaman
University of Wisconsin Law School and Independent
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philanthropy, south asia, asia, nonprofit

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Richard B. Lillich Memorial Lecture: New Directions in the Struggle Against Human Trafficking

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1628, Journal of Transnational Law & Policy, Vol. 17, 2008
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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human trafficking, human rights, involuntary servitude

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Introduction to "Shanghai Steam Turbine Works Staff and Workers College Turbine Specialty Teaching Plan"

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1633, 15 (1-2) Chinese Education 134 (1982)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Shanghai, Steam Turbine, Education, Teaching Syllabus, Education History, Chinese Translation

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A Dishonorable Road Home

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1680
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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star trek, small town, captain kirk

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Antiterror Tactics Chill U.S. Campuses

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1679, New York Times (2005)
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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terror, terrorism, antiterror, college campuses

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Fallout from the War on Terror- Part I

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1645, YaleGlobal Online (June 14, 2005)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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war on terror, terrorism, universities, anti-terrorism, 9/11

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An Eye Single for Righteousness

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1653, Michigan Law Review, Vol. 99, 2001
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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book review, american internationalism, henry a wallace

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The "Federalization" Problem and Nonprofit Self-Regulation: Some Initial Thoughts

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1622, Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 99, 2011
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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regulatory law, regulation, nonprofits, federalization

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Recent Developments in Community Foundation Law: The Quest for Endowment Building

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1626, Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 85, 2010
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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philanthropy, social policy, endowments

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Understanding Foreign Donor Support for Legal Reform in Socialist Transitional States: The Changing Nature and Continuing Dilemmas of Legal Reform Assistance in Vietnam

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1681
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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vietnam, foreign donor support, legal reform, socialist transitional states

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Peter Geithner: An Appreciation

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1614, 22 Alliance Magazine (2017)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 22 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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peter geithner

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Barnett Baron: An Appreciation

Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1615, 21 Alliance Magazine (2016)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Oct 2020
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School
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barnett baron