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he foundations of corporate law and financial regulation rest on long-standing assumptions that too often go unexamined. Hidden Fallacies serves as both a conceptual “deconstruction” and a framework for future inquiry, exploring the origins and consequences of misleading ideas embedded in mainstream approaches to governance and market regulation.

Through essays from leading legal and financial scholars, the volume invites a deeper understanding of how reexamining these assumptions can help build more transparent, equitable, and resilient systems.

he legal and social status of marriage has long shaped who can gain access to resources, benefits, and recognition in American life. Marital Privilege traces how U.S. law evolved from enforcing “marital supremacy” to embedding “marital privilege,” rewarding those who marry while disadvantaging those who do not

Drawing on decades of legal history, Mayeri reveals how reforms that aimed to promote equality instead deepened racial and economic divides. Illuminating the enduring power of marriage in structuring opportunity, the book challenges readers to reconsider how this cornerstone of law and policy continues to reinforce inequality in modern America.

he Internet is one of the world’s most consequential technologies— a global network that underpins nearly every aspect of modern life. Advanced Introduction to Internet Governance and Regulation offers a clear and accessible overview of how this vast, decentralized system remains functional, unified, and secure.

The authors examine why the multistakeholder approach to governance, which has guided the Internet since its inception, remains essential to its future. Tracing how technical standards, resource management, and policy coordination intersect, they argue that while this governance model is imperfect, it has largely succeeded in keeping the Internet open, stable, and thriving.