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Robert Ashford
Professor of Law

College of Law
Syracuse University

Phone:	(315) 443-1111
Email:	rashford@law.syr.edu

Biography:

B.A., University of South Florida
J.D., Harvard University

Robert Ashford is Professor of Law at Syracuse University, College of Law. His subjects include Binary Economics, Business Associations, Public Corporations, Professional Responsibility and Securities Regulation. He holds a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School, and a B.A. with majors in physics and English literature, graduating first in his class at the University of South Florida. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Stanford University where he studied English literature and creative writing. His book Binary Economics: the New Paradigm, (1999) with Rodney Shakespeare, is available from the University Press of America.

Professor Ashford is the founder and principal organizer of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Socio-Economics, the academic honor societies of Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Pi Sigma (physics), and the American Law Institute.

Professor Ashford has authored and co-authored articles, book chapters and monographs on various subjects including banking, binary economics, evidence, implied liability under federal law, professional responsibility, public utility regulation, socio-economics, securities regulation, and tax law. His publications include:

1. "Universalizing the Right to Acquire Capital with the Earnings of Capital: Binary Economic Strategies for Empowering Poor and Working People and Achieving More Sustainable Growth" Global Business and Economics Anthology, Volume 1, pp. 235-245 (December 2007) (ISBN 1553-1392)

2. "Binary Economics: The Economic Theory That Gave Rise to ESOPs," 19 Owners at Work 12 (2007) (also published on SSRN in 2007)

3. "A Socio-Economic Approach to Control Fraud and the Assumption of Capital Market Efficiency:
A Review of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and
Politicians Looted the S&L Industry. by William K. Black, University of Texas Press (2005)." 36 Journal of Socio-Economics 978 (December 2007)

4. "Socio-Economics" Encyclopedia of Law and Society, by Sage Publications (2007)

5. "Binary Economics" Encyclopedia of Law and Society, by Sage Publications (2007)

6. Memo On Binary Economics to Attorneys for People of Color and Women Re: What Else
Can Public Corporations Do For Your Clients?," 79 St. John’s Law Review 1221 (2005)

7. “What is Socio-Economics,” 41 San Diego Law Review 5 (2004) (Published as an introductory article in a Symposium edition entitled “Teaching Law and Socioeconomics”)

8. “Socio-Economics and Professional Respsonsibilities in Teaching Law-Related Economic Issues, 41 San Diego Law Review 133 (2004) (Published in a Symposium edition entitled “Teaching Law and Socioeconomics”)

9. “The Socio-Economic Foundation of Corporate Law and Corporate Social Responsibility”
76 Tulane Law Review 1187 (2002) (lead article in a Symposium edition entitled “Socio-Economics and the New Corporate Social Responsibility,” which was based on my foundational scholarship.

10. “Binary Economics, Fiduciary Duties and Corporate Social Responsibility: Comprehending Corporate Wealth Maximization for Stockholders, Stakeholders, and Society,” 76 Tulane Law Review 1531 (2002);

11. Binary Economics: The New Paradigm (1999), co-authored with Rodney Shakespeare.

12. A New Market Paradigm for Sustainable Growth: Financing Broader Capital Ownership with Louis Kelso’s Binary Economics,” Volume XIV, Praxis, The Fletcher Journal of Development Studies, pp. 25-59 (1998)

13. Socio-Economics: What Is Its Place in Law Practice?" Volume 1997 Wisconsin Law Review 611 (1997)

14. "Louis Kelso's Binary Economy," Volume 25 Journal of Socio-Economics pp. 1-53 (1996) (available on westlaw.com in its jjsocecon data base)

15. “The Binary Economics of Louis Kelso: A Democratic Private Property System for Growth and Justice,” Chapter 6 in Curing World Poverty: The New Role of Property, (1994), John H. Miller, C.S.C., S.T.D., editor

16 “The Binary Economics Louis Kelso: The Promise of Universal Capitalism,” 22 Rutgers Law Journal 3 (1990) (available on www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/publications/lawjournal/ashford.htm)

17 Banking Law, Volume 5 Banks and Securities Regulation Supplement, Matthew Bender (1993)

18 Residential Property Used for Business and Vacation Home,” Chapter 9, CCH Federal Tax Service (1989)

19. “Take What You Have Gathered From Coincidence: The Importance of Uncertainty Analysis in Legal Inference and Probability,” 66 Boston University Law Review 943 (1986)

20. “Implied Causes of Action Under Federal Laws: Calling the Court Back to Borak,” Northwestern University Law Review 227 (1984)

21. “Evaluating the Potential Use of a Consumer Stock Ownership Plan for Financing the Capital Requirements of Public Utilities,” Proceedings of Fourth Naruc Biennial Regulatory Information Conference, The Ohio State University (1984)

22. “Negligence v. Strict Liability: The Workers Compensation Example,” 12 Seton Hall Law Review 725 (1982) (co-authored with William G. Johnson)

23. Report to the Ozarks Regional Commission, Department of Commerce, and the Governor of the State of Louisiana on Increasing Economic Development Activity through the Broadening of Capital Ownership: A six-month study of the laws, institutions, policies, public and private, in Louisiana areas including baking, insurance, industrial inducement bonding, taxation, public utilities and resource development. (December 1977)

24. “Presumptions, Assumptions and Due Process in Criminal Cases: A Theoretical Overview”, 79 Yale Law Journal 165 (1969) (co-authored with D.M. Risinger)

Professor Ashford's current research interests include the relationship between socio-economic principles and the professional responsibilities of lawyers; the fiduciary duty of inquiry in a market economy; the history of law and economics; Federal Reserve monetary policy; Christianity and economics, and binary economics.

Professor Ashford began law practice in the tax department of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco. Later he joined Louis Kelso in forming the law firm of Kelso, Hunt, Ashford and Ludwig, and the investment banking firm Kelso and Company where he served as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. His law practice included tax, corporate law, securities regulation, and appellate litigation. While in private practice, he was elected President of the Barristers Club of San Francisco (1973) and a Director of the Bar Association of San Francisco (1978).

"Binary Economics and the Case for Broader Ownership" (An earlier version of this article was presented to The Seventh International Post-Keynesian Workshop, June 30 - July 2, 2002, University of Missouri, Kansas City.)

"Using Christian Principles to Enhance Economic Theory and Practice: Louis Kelso's Binary Economics as the More Christian and Scientific Way"

Professor Ashford is the founder and principal organizer of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools

Publications:

1. “Universalizing the Right to Acquire Capital with the Earnings of Capital: Binary Economic Strategies for Empowering Poor and Working People and Achieving More Sustainable Growth” Global Business and Economics Anthology, Volume 1, pp. 235-245 (December 2007) (ISBN 1553-1392)

2. “Binary Economics: The Economic Theory That Gave Rise to ESOPs,” 19 Owners at Work 12 (2007) (also published on SSRN in 2007)

3. “A Socio-Economic Approach to Control Fraud and the Assumption of Capital Market Efficiency: A Review of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry. by William K. Black, University of Texas Press (2005).” 36 Journal of Socio-Economics 978 (December 2007)

4. “Socio-Economics” Encyclopedia of Law and Society, by Sage Publications (2007)

5. “Binary Economics” Encyclopedia of Law and Society, by Sage Publications (2007)

6. Memo On Binary Economics to Attorneys for People of Color and Women Re: What Else Can Public Corporations Do For Your Clients?,” 79 St. John’s Law Review 1221 (2005)

7. “What is Socio-Economics,” 41 San Diego Law Review 5 (2004) (Published as an introductory article in a Symposium edition entitled “Teaching Law and Socioeconomics”)

8. “Socio-Economics and Professional Respsonsibilities in Teaching Law-Related Economic Issues, 41 San Diego Law Review 133 (2004) (Published in a Symposium edition entitled “Teaching Law and Socioeconomics”)

9. “The Socio-Economic Foundation of Corporate Law and Corporate Social Responsibility” 76 Tulane Law Review 1187 (2002) (lead article in a Symposium edition entitled “Socio-Economics and the New Corporate Social Responsibility,” which was based on my foundational scholarship.

10. “Binary Economics, Fiduciary Duties and Corporate Social Responsibility: Comprehending Corporate Wealth Maximization for Stockholders, Stakeholders, and Society,” 76 Tulane Law Review 1531 (2002);

11. Binary Economics: The New Paradigm (1999), co-authored with Rodney Shakespeare.

12. A New Market Paradigm for Sustainable Growth: Financing Broader Capital Ownership with Louis Kelso’s Binary Economics,” Volume XIV, Praxis, The Fletcher Journal of Development Studies, pp. 25-59 (1998)

13. Socio-Economics: What Is Its Place in Law Practice?" Volume 1997 Wisconsin Law Review 611 (1997)

14. "Louis Kelso's Binary Economy," Volume 25 Journal of Socio-Economics pp. 1-53 (1996) (available on westlaw.com in its jjsocecon data base)

16. “The Binary Economics Louis Kelso: The Promise of Universal Capitalism,” 22 Rutgers Law Journal 3 (1990) (available on www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/publications/lawjournal/ashford.htm)

17. Banking Law, Volume 5 Banks and Securities Regulation Supplement, Matthew Bender (1993)

18. “Residential Property Used for Business and Vacation Home,” Chapter 9, CCH Federal Tax Service (1989)

19. “Take What You Have Gathered From Coincidence: The Importance of Uncertainty Analysis in Legal Inference and Probability,” 66 Boston University Law Review 943 (1986)

20. “Implied Causes of Action Under Federal Laws: Calling the Court Back to Borak,” Northwestern University Law Review 227 (1984)

22. “Negligence v. Strict Liability: The Workers Compensation Example,” 12 Seton Hall Law Review 725 (1982) (co-authored with William G. Johnson)

24. “Presumptions, Assumptions and Due Process in Criminal Cases: A Theoretical Overview”, 79 Yale Law Journal 165 (1969) (co-authored with D.M. Risinger)

Scholarly Presentations:

1. “Black Reparations, Binary Economics, and Interest Convergence,” a presentation to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools, January 3, 2008

2. “Overview of Binary Economics,” Department of Economic Sciences Doctoral Program in Economics, University of Athens, Tuesday, December 11, 2007

3. “Empowering People with the Right to Acquire Capital with the Earnings of Capital: A Binary Approach to the Economic Empowerment of Subordinated People” Presentation to LatCrit XII Conference, October 6, 2007, FloridaInternationalUniversity, Saturday, October 6, 2007

4. “Binary Economic Strategies for Empowering Poor and Working People and Achieving More Sustainable Growth,” Presentation to 2007 Conference, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, August 6-9, 2007

5. “Universalizing the Right to Acquire Capital with the Earnings of Capital” Presentation to 2007 Conference, Business and Economics Society International, Antibes, France, Friday, July 25, 2007

6. “Capital Democratization: An Ownership Broadening Strategy for Universalizing the Right to Acquire Capital with the Earnings of Capital to Empower Poor and Working People and Achieve More Sustainable Growth,” Presentation to 2007 Conference on Economic Pluralism in the 21st Century, Session on Distributive Justice, University of Utah, June 1, 2007

7. “Teaching Binary Economics In Law Schools,” Faculty Presentation to the Charleston Law School, Thursday, March 1, 2007

8. “Socio-Economics as a School of Thought,” Faculty Presentation to the CharlestonLawSchool, Thursday, March 1, 2007

9. “Teaching Binary Economics In Law Schools,” Faculty Presentation to the FloridaInternationalUniversityCollege of Law, Wednesday, January 31, 2007

10. “Socio-Economics as a School of Thought,” Faculty Presentation to the FloridaInternationalUniversityCollege of Law, Wednesday, January 31, 2007

11. “Overview of Socio-Economics,” a presentation to the 2007 Georgetown Conference on Socio-Economics, January 6, 2007.

12. “Binary Economics, Corporate Fiduciary Duties, and Corporate Social Responsibility,” a presentation to the 2007 Georgetown Conference on Socio-Economics, January 6, 2007.

13. “The Future of Socio-Economics,” a presentation to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools, January 3, 2007

14. “Binary Economics and Wealth Distribution,” a presentation to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools, January 3, 2007

15. “Socio-Economics as a School of Thought” – – a presentation to the Faculty of Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, BarryUniversity, November 8, 2006.

16. “Binary Economics as an essential component of Education in Law and Economics” – a presentation to the faculty of Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, BarryUniversity, November 8, 2006.

17. “Using Binary Economics to Enhance Racial Justice” a presentation to the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS), July 20, 2006

18 “Using Binary Economics to Enhance Racial Justice,” a presentation to the 2006 SEALS Conference, July 20, 2006, in its panel on “Law, Economics and Race.”

19 “A Socio-Economic Approach to the Responsibility of Lawyers to Alleviate Poverty” a presentation to the American University Conference on Poverty Under International and Domestic Law” (March 27, 2006)

20 “A Socio-Economic Approach to Social and Economic Inequality,” a presentation to the Georgetown/Harvard Conferenceon Social and Economic Inequality (March 24, 2006)

21. “Wealth Maximization and Economic Theory,” a presentation to the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools, January 4, 2006

22. The Right to Acquire Capital With the Earnings of Capital as a Basic Human Right,” a presentation to the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools, January 4, 2006

23 ”Socio-Economics as a Distinct School of Thought,” a presentation to the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools, January 4, 2006

24. “Achieving Black Reparations Without Redistribution By Way of Binary Economics,” a presentation to the 2006 Georgetown Conference on Socio-Economics, January 3, 2006

25. “Binary Economics and Wealth Maximization,” a presentation to the 2006 Georgetown Conference on Socio-Economics, January 3, 2006

26. “Overview of Socio-Economics,” a presentation to the 2006 Georgetown Conference on Socio-Economics, January 3, 2006

27. Presentations: “Overview of Socio-Economics” and “Binary Economics as a Distinct Paradigm,” USF Conference on Socio-Economics and Binary Economics, sponsored by the Departments of Chemistry, Economics, Africana Studies, Management and Organization, and the Library of the University of South Florida, Wednesday, December 28, 2005.

28. “Seminar on Socio-Economics and Binary Economics,” sponsored by the Department of Management and Organization, College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, Monday, December 19, 2005

29. “Teaching Socio-Economics and Binary Economics in Undergraduate and Graduate Courses,” hosted by the University of South Florida Library, Thursday, November 10, 2005

30. Presentation: “Introductory Seminar on Socio-Economics and Binary Economics,” hosted by the University of South Florida Library, Friday, November 4, 2005

31. Lecture sponsored by the Indonesian Economics Association on Wednesday, June 23, 2005, on the subject of “Using Binary Economics to Open Capital Acquisition (With the Earnings of Capital) To All People Without the Use of Interest.” This lecture was open to the public and held at an auditorium in the headquarters of the Central Bank of Indonesia.

32. Presentation of a Sixteen-Hour, Four-Day Course on Binary Economic at the Trisakti University (the largest private university in Indonesia) Post-Graduate Program on Islamic Finance and Economics, Monday - Thursday, June 20 - 23, 2005

33. Seminar at the University of Technology - Sydney (US) Department of Economics and Finance on Friday June 17, 2005, on the subject of “Socio-Economics and Binary Economics: Innovations in Teaching Law and Economics in the USA”

34. Seminar at the University of Sydney Department of Economics and Political Science on Thursday, June 16, 2005, on the subject of “Socio-Economics and Binary Economics: Innovations in Teaching Law and Economics in the USA”

34.. Presentations to the University of Akron, C. Blake McDowell Law Center, April 26, 2005 on (1) “Socio-Economics as a School of Thought” and (2) “Binary Economics as an Essential Component of Education in Law and Economics”

36. Presentation to KentStateUniversity: Center for Employee Ownership, April 25, 2005 on the subject of “Binary Economics and Broader Ownership: The Theory Behind Employee Stock Ownership Plans”

37. “In a Rising Tide, You Need a Boat: A Memo to Counsel For People of Color, Women, and Economically Disadvantaged People,” a presentation in the Panel Discussion on “Achieving Racial and Gender Equity in the Business Setting” as a part of the 2005 St. JohnsUniversitySchool of Law Conference on “People of Color, Women, and the Public Corporation.” March 18, 2005.

38. ”Socio-Economics as a New School of Thought,” a presentation to the Faculty of the Santa Clara University School of Law, February 25, 2005

39. “Socio-Economics and Economic Theory,” a presentation to the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools, January 6, 2005

40. “The Future of Socio-Economics,” a presentation to the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools, January 6, 2005

41. “Economics and Economic Theory,” a presentation to the 2005 Berkeley Conference on Socio-Economics, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, January 4, 2005

42. “Unutilized Capacity and Binary Economics,” a presentation to the 2005 Berkeley Conference on Socio-Economics, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, January 4, 2005

43. Introduction to Binary Economics,” a presentation to the Graduate Class on Economics for Business Managers and to the Undergraduate Class in Introduction to Macro-Economics, ssumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts., November 11, 2004

44. “Technology, Ownership, Distribution and Growth,” a presentation to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Technology Science Policy Student Society, November 10, 2004

45. “Binary Economics as a Distinct Paradigm” Economics Seminars, Department of EconomicsAssumptionCollege, Worcester, MA, March 24-25, 2004

46. “Law and Macroeconomics,” AALS Section on Socio-Economics Annual Meeting Program, entitled “Socio-Economics, Peace, and Justice,” Atlanta, GA, January 3, 2004

47. “Socio-Economic Analysis in Aid of Those Economically Disadvantaged,” AALS Section on Socio-Economics Annual Meeting Program, entitled “Socio-Economics, Peace, and Justice,” Atlanta, GA, January 3, 2004

48. “The New Frontiers in Corporate Finance,” 2003 Business and Economics International Society Conference in San Francisco, July 24, 2003

49. Corporate Governance, Integrity Capacity, and Altruism, 2003 Business and Economics International Society Conference in San Francisco, July 27, 2003

50. The Future of Socio-Economics, AALS Section on Socio-Economics Annual Meeting Program, entitled Teaching Socio-Economics in Global Context - Socio-Economics and Law Teaching” January 3, 2003

51. “Using Christian Principles to Enhance Economic Theory and Practice: Louis Kelso’s Binary Economics as the More Christian and Scientific Way" presented to the Symposium on “Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship” Baylor University; November 7-9, 2002

52. “The Theoretical and Empirical Foundation for Teaching Binary Economics in Universities and ProfessionalSchools,” a paper presented to the Business & Economics Society International Conference Montreal Canada July 28, 2002

53. “Economic Theory Must Include Ownership: Binary Economics and the Case for Broader Ownership” presented to The Seventh International Post-Keynesian Workshop, University of Missouri, Kansas City; June 30 - July 2, 2002

54. “Teaching Socio-Economics in Courses on Professional Responsibility.” a presentation to the 2002 Annual Meeting Program of the AALS Section on Socio-Economics entitled Socio-Economics and Law Teaching” Thursday, January 3, 2002.

55. “Teaching Binary Economics as a Distinct Paradigm” at the 2002 Annual Meeting Program of the AALS Section on Socio-Economics entitled Socio-Economics and Law Teaching” Thursday, January 3, 2002

56. “Teaching Socio-Economics in Courses on Professional Responsibility.” a presentation to the 2002 Annual Meeting Program of the AALS Section on Socio-Economics entitled Socio-Economics and Law Teaching” Thursday, January 3, 2002

57 “Teaching Binary Economics in Universities and ProfessionalSchools” - presented to the Business & Economics Society International Conference, Paris, France, July 23, 2001

58. "The Theoretical and Empirical Foundation for Teaching Binary Economics in Universities and Professional Schools: The People Have a Right to Know” - presented to the 13th International Meeting on Socio-Economics of The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 1, 2001

59. “Socio-Economics and Corporate Law “ - presented to the Berkeley Conference on Socio-Economics, January 3, 2001

60. “Teaching Binary Economics as a Distinct Paradigm” - presented to Berkeley Conference on Socio-Economics, January 3, 2001

61. “Teaching Socio-Economics and Professional Responsibility” - presented to the 2001 Annual Meeting Program of the AAAS Section on Socio-Economics entitled Socio-Economics and Other Schools of Thought, January 3, 2001

62. Presentation on “Courses in Law and Socio-Economics” - presented to the 2001 Annual Meeting Program of the AAAS Section on Socio-Economics entitled Socio-Economics and Other Schools of Thought, January 3, 2001

63 “Binary Economics: A New Frontier for Academia” - presented to the Conference on Capital Homesteading: Teaching and Applying Economic Justice in the Nation’s Capital - Sponsored by the Office of the Provost - University of the District of Columbia, November 18, 2000

64. “Teaching BinaryEconomics in Universities and ProfessionalSchools: A Necessary Component of Equal Justice.”- presented to the Tulane University School of Law Equal Justice Colloquium, November 11, 2000; panel on “Scholarship on Underserved Populations”

65. “Teaching Binary Economics in Law Schools” - presented to the Seton Hall Faculty Colloquium, October 27, 2000

66. Binary Economics - A New Approach to Economics, Private Property, and Justice” - presented to the Seton Hall Federalist Society, October 26, 2000

67. “Teaching Binary Economics as a Distinct Paradigm” - presented to Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Twelfth Annual Meeting, London School of Economics, July 7, 2000

68. Levy Institute Conference on Saving, Inter-generational Transfers, and the Distribution of Wealth - Moderator, Panel on “Wealth Extremes in the United States,” June 7, 2000

69. Teaching Binary Economics in Universities and ProfessionalSchools” - presented to the Key-note Panel on Binary Economics, New Millennium Weekend, April 8, 2000, sponsored by the Center for Economic and Social Justice

79. “Democratizing Monetary Policy in a Socio-Economic Way” - presented to the Section on Socio-Economics Annual Meeting Program, (Positive, Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Socio-Economics) WashingtonD.C., January 6, 2000

71. Working Toward Socio-Economic Justice” - presented to the Section on Socio-Economics Annual Meeting Program, (Positive, Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Socio-Economics), WashingtonD.C., January 6, 2000

72. Overview of Socio-Economics” - presented to the Georgetown Conference on Socio-Economics, January 5, 2000

73. “Louis Kelso’s Monetary Proposals for Broader Ownership and Distributive Justice on Market Principles” presented to a session entitled “Democratizing Monetary Policy in a Socio-Economic Way at the Eleventh Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics, July 10, 1999

74. “The Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Socio-Economics” presented in a session entitled “The Future of Socio-Economics,”at the Eleventh Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics, July 9, 1999

75. "Louis Kelso's Monetary Proposals for Broader Ownership and Distributive Justice on market Principles," Session on Democratizing Monetary Policy in a Socio-Economic Way, Eleventh International Meeting on Socio-economics, University of Wisconsin, July 9, 1999

76. The Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Socio-Economics," Session on The Future of Socio-Economics, July 9, 1999, Eleventh International Meeting on Socio-Economics, University of Wisconsin, July 9, 1999

77. “Binary Economics as a Distinct Paradigm” - presented to the Law Faculty of the University of Florida College of Law, February 17, 1999

78. Socio-Economics: What is its Role in Teaching, Research, and Service” - presented to the Law Faculties of the Stetson University College of Law and the University of Florida College of Law, February 8, and February 17, 1999;

79. Louis Kelso’s Binary Economics: A New Market Paradigm for Empowering Families and Individuals,” - presented to the Special Convocation on Family Ethics and World Peace, in a two-session program entitled “Paradigm for Economic Empowerment of the Family in the 21st Century,” presented by the Federation for World Peace and the Summit Council for World Peace, in Seoul, South Korea, February 6, 1999

80. The Socio-Economic Alternative in Teaching” - presented in a program also entitled, The Socio-Economic Alternative in Teaching, the Third Annual Meeting Program of the Section on Socio-Economics, held at the AALS Annual Meeting, January 7, 1999

81. “Overview of Socio-Economics - presented to the Tulane Conference on Socio-Economics and Binary Economics, Tulane University College of Law, January 6, 1999

82. Binary Economics as a Distinct Paradigm” - presented to the Tulane Conference on Socio-Economics and Binary Economics, held at the Tulane University College of Law on January 6, 1999

83. Two presentations on “Binary Economics and Sustainable Development” - presented in the program on “New Models for Sustainable Development” held at Tufts University Fletcher School of Diplomacy, December 3-4, 1998

84. “Socio-Economics and Behavioral Biology - presented to the Pace University College of Law’s Conference on the Evolutionary Analysis of Law,” October 15-17, 1998

85. “Law Teachers as Fiduciaries: A Socio-Economic Take on Tenure.” - presented to the Tenth Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics held in Vienna, Austria, co-sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Transport and the International and Austrian Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, July 10-14, 1998

86. “Law and Socio-Economics,” - presented to the Tenth Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics held in Vienna, Austria, July 10-14, 1998

87. “Reforming the Welfare State with Binary Economics,” - presented to the Tenth Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics held in Vienna, Austria, July 10-14, 1998

88. “Socio-Economics: Its Role in Law Practice, Teaching, Scholarship and Service,” Paradigms of Economic Thought - One of two keynote presentations in the second Annual Meeting Program of the Section on Socio-Economics, a day-long program attended by over seventy persons, held at the 1998 AALS Annual Meeting, January 7, 1998

89. “Socio-Economics and Law Teaching” - presented to the Berkeley Conference on "The Future of Socio-Economics,” January 6, 1998

90. “Binary Economics as a Distinct Paradigm” - presented to the Berkeley Conference on "The Future of Socio-Economics,” January 6, 1998

91. Reforming the Welfare State - the Binary Fundamentals” in “Ending the Need for Welfare with Louis Kelso’s Binary Economics” - presented in a three-session program on binary economics at ther Ninth Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics (SASE) held at the HECSchool, University of Montreal, Canada., July 5-7, 1997

92. “Wealth Concentration - the Binary Fundamentals” - presented in a program entitled “Wealth Concentration and the Free Market” at the Eighth Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics (SASE), University of Geneva, July 12-13, 1996

93. "Overview of Socio-Economics and its Relation to Law” - presented to the Forum entitled "Socio-Economics: What Is Its Place in Law Teaching and Legal Research?" which was at held the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). This Forum lead to the founding of the AALS Section on Socio-Economics.

94. “Due Process and Precision in Fact-Finding,” presented by invitation to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, March 1970 (co-authored with D.M. Risinger)