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Fiduciary Law And The Law Of Public Office, Ethan J. Leib, Andrew Kent
Fiduciary Law And The Law Of Public Office, Ethan J. Leib, Andrew Kent
William & Mary Law Review
A law of public office crystallized in Anglo-American law in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This body of law—defined and enforced through a mix of oaths, statutes, criminal and civil case law, impeachments, and legislative investigations—imposed core duties on holders of public executive offices: officials needed to serve the public good, not their own private interests; were barred from acting ultra vires; could often be required to account to the public for their conduct in office; and needed to act with impartiality, honesty, and diligence. Officeholding came to be viewed as conditional, with officers removable for misdeeds. These substantive duties …
Acceptance Speech For Lifetime Achievement Award From Canadian Prison Lawyers Association, Michael Jackson Qc
Acceptance Speech For Lifetime Achievement Award From Canadian Prison Lawyers Association, Michael Jackson Qc
Dalhousie Law Journal
Acceptance Speech for Lifetime Achievement Award from Canadian Prison Lawyers Association
Confounding Ockham's Razor: Minilateralism And International Economic Regulation, Eric C. Chaffee
Confounding Ockham's Razor: Minilateralism And International Economic Regulation, Eric C. Chaffee
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law
In Minilateralism: How Trade Alliances, Soft Law, and Financial Engineering Are Redefining Economic Statecraft, Professor Chris Brummer embraces the complexity of the global economic system and its regulation by exploring the emerging role and dominance of varying strands of economic collaboration and regulation that he collectively refers to as “minilateralism.” In describing the turn toward minilateralism, Brummer notes a number of key features of this new minilateral system, including a shift away from global cooperation to strategic alliances composed of the smallest group necessary to achieve a particular goal, a turn from formal treaties to informal non-binding accords and other …
Protection Of Immigrant And Racial Minorities: A Survey Of British Legal History, Richard Plender
Protection Of Immigrant And Racial Minorities: A Survey Of British Legal History, Richard Plender
William & Mary Law Review
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Reception Of English Common Law In The American Colonies, William B. Stoebuck
Reception Of English Common Law In The American Colonies, William B. Stoebuck
William & Mary Law Review
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Notes On Courts Of Record In England, S. E. Thorne
Notes On Courts Of Record In England, S. E. Thorne
West Virginia Law Review
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