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Making Much Ado About Theory: The Chinese Trademark Law, Leah Chan Grinvald
Making Much Ado About Theory: The Chinese Trademark Law, Leah Chan Grinvald
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
Although the United States has had an active hand in the implementation of trademark law in China over the past century, the same frustrations that marked the turn of the twentieth century are reflected in the twenty-first century. This Article posits that one of the reasons that the United States has not seen the desired level of progress in China's protection of trademarks lies in the imposition of an American theory of trademarks, which has inhibited U.S. reform efforts in China to date. This imposition is understandable, as little thought has been given to the Chinese theoretical justification for their …
Competing Legal Cultures And Legal Reform: The Battle Of Chile, James M. Cooper
Competing Legal Cultures And Legal Reform: The Battle Of Chile, James M. Cooper
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article explores the competition that exists between U.S. and German legal cultures and examines Chilean legal reform efforts since the late 1990s as a case study of this competition. A country's legal culture is comprised of the self-governing rules and operations of national and regional bar associations, the format of legal education, the structure of the legal and judicial profession, the role of the judiciary, jurisprudential style, and the reputation of the legal sector according to the general public. The influence of predominant legal cultures on developing nations has been explored in a number of contexts, while the importance …