George B. Shepherd

Emory University School of Law

Assistant Professor of Law

1301 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA 30322

United States

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1.

Law Deans in Jail

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-199
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 10 Sep 2017
Morgan Cloud and George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
Downloads 3,147 (6,646)

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U.S. News rankings, law schools, criminal law

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No African-American Lawyers Allowed: The Inefficient Racism of the Aba's Accreditation of Law Schools

Emory University School of Law Working Paper
Number of pages: 121 Posted: 25 Apr 2001
George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law
Downloads 657 (67,608)
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The Mystery of Delaware Law's Continuing Success

Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-17
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 10 Jul 2007
William J. Carney and George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
Downloads 618 (73,056)
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corporation, federalism, Delaware, competition

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Lawyers, Ignorance, and the Dominance of Delaware Corporate Law

Harvard Business Law Review, Forthcoming, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-118, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 11-171
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2012
William J. Carney, George B. Shepherd and Joanna Shepherd
Emory University School of Law, Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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Delaware, incorporation, lawyers

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Homeschooling: Choosing Parental Rights Over Children's Interests

University of Baltimore Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2016, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2018
Martha Albertson Fineman and George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
Downloads 315 (160,651)
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Education, Homeschooling, Public Schools, Private Schools

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U.S. Labor Market Regulation and the Export of Employment: Major League Baseball Replaces U.S. Players with Foreigners

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Sep 2003
Joanna Shepherd and George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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labor law, sports economics, labor regulation, racial discrimination

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The Impacts of the European Rule for Fee-Shifting on Litigation Behavior

BALANCING OF INTERESTS: LIBER AMICORUM PETER HAY ZUM 70. GEBURTSTAG, Hans-Eric Rasmussen-Bonne, Richard Freer, Wolfgang Luke and Wolfgang Weitnauer, eds., Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft GmbH, 2005, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 06-06
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 Dec 2005
George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law
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Litigation, legal fees, fee-shifting

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Baseball’s Accidental Racism: The Draft, African-American Players, and the Law

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 1, November 2011, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-117, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 11-170
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 26 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2012
George B. Shepherd and Joanna Shepherd
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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baseball, discrimination, labor regulation

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The Causes and Effects of Liability Reform: Some Empirical Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w4989
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Thomas J. Campbell, Daniel P. Kessler and George B. Shepherd
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University School of Law
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Homeschooling's Harms: Lessons from Economics

Akron Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Aug 2017
George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law
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homeschooling, education, school choice.

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Words without Meaning: The Constitution, Confessions, and Mentally Retarded Suspects

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 69, 2002
Number of pages: 130 Posted: 14 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2017
Morgan Cloud and George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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Time and Money: Discovery Leads to Hourly Billing

University of Illinois Law Review, No. 1, 1999
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 10 Mar 1999 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2016
George B. Shepherd and Morgan Cloud
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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Sharper Focus: Market Shares in the Merger Guidelines

Posted: 11 Sep 2001
George B. Shepherd, Helen S. Shepherd and William G. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law, Government of the United States of America - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics

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Antitrust, merger, guidelines

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An Empirical Study of the Economics of Pretrial Discovery

International Review of Law and Economics, June 1999
Posted: 03 Dec 1998
George B. Shepherd
Emory University School of Law

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