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But under the "pecking order" hypothesis, the agreement could serve as a sort of "arms control" that leaves everyone better off by preserving our relative positions while freeing up some extra time for leisure.
But any such agreement would be impossible to enforce, which (if the "pecking order" hypothesis is true) is a failure of the marketplace.
: A pecking or a choking?
"Important as they are, these issues are low on the academic pecking order, and not what get most faculty recognized," said Deborah L. Rhode, former president of the Association of American Law Schools and a professor of law at Stanford University, also outside the consortium. "
Reporters, pecking out their stories on deadline, didn't immediately respond with any.