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Comparative and Foreign Law

2012

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Apportioning Responsibility Among Joint Tortfeasors For International Law Violations, Roger P. Alford Jan 2012

Apportioning Responsibility Among Joint Tortfeasors For International Law Violations, Roger P. Alford

Pepperdine Law Review

With the new wave of claims against corporations for human rights violations – particularly in the context of aiding and abetting government abuse – there are unusually difficult problems of joint tortfeasor liability. In many circumstances, one tortfeasor – the corporation – is a deep-pocketed defendant, easily subject to suit, but only marginally involved in the unlawful conduct. Another tortfeasor – the sovereign – is a central player in the unlawful conduct, but, with limited exceptions, is immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. A third tortfeasor – the low-level security personnel – accused of actually committing the …


Государственная Власть И Местное Самоуправление В Израиле, Leonid G. Berlyavskiy Jan 2012

Государственная Власть И Местное Самоуправление В Израиле, Leonid G. Berlyavskiy

Leonid G. Berlyavskiy

In the article features of the government and local self-government in Israel are considered. The urgency of their studying is caused by that in this country there is no Constitution in the form of the consolidated act that pulls together it with English State-legal tradition. The democratic political mode has affirmed as Israel, elections in authorities were never cancelled. The parliamentary form of government has predetermined legal status and the competence of the President of the State, the Knesset and the Government. The local self-government system promotes the statement of democratic principles of the Israeli society