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Right Of Election Against A Foreign Testator's Will Sep 1986

Right Of Election Against A Foreign Testator's Will

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Public Policy And International Commercial Arbitration: The Argentine Perspective, Horacio A. Grigera Naón Jan 1986

Public Policy And International Commercial Arbitration: The Argentine Perspective, Horacio A. Grigera Naón

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Choice Of Law Stipulations By Litigants Jan 1986

Choice Of Law Stipulations By Litigants

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Revolutionary Constitutionalism In The Era Of The Civil War And Reconstruction , Robert J. Kaczorowski Jan 1986

Revolutionary Constitutionalism In The Era Of The Civil War And Reconstruction , Robert J. Kaczorowski

Faculty Scholarship

The meaning and scope of the fourteenth amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 remain among the most controversial issues in American constitutional law. Professor Kaczorowski contends that the issues have generated more controversy than they warrant, in part because scholars analyzing the legislative history of the amendment and statute have approached their task with preconceptions reflecting twentieth century legal concerns. He argues that the most important question for the framers was whether national or state governments possessed primary authority to determine and secure the status and rights of American citizens. Relying on records of the congressional debates as …


Preclusion And Federal Choice Of Law, Gene R. Shreve Jan 1986

Preclusion And Federal Choice Of Law, Gene R. Shreve

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Criminal Evidence And The Ear Of The Law, Daniel H. Derby Jan 1986

Criminal Evidence And The Ear Of The Law, Daniel H. Derby

Scholarly Works

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To Whom Does The Government Lawyer Owe The Duty Of Loyalty When Clients Are In Conflict, William Josephson, Russell G. Pearce Jan 1986

To Whom Does The Government Lawyer Owe The Duty Of Loyalty When Clients Are In Conflict, William Josephson, Russell G. Pearce

Faculty Scholarship

This Article focuses on the continuing debate on the ethical obligations of government lawyers: do government lawyers represent the people or do they represent a client? The Article explains that the dominant conception that government lawyers represent the people actually results in government lawyers representing themselves. After examining alternative approaches to determining the identity of the government lawyer’s client, the Article concludes that only one approach is consistent with both the ethical rules and our republican system of government. The government lawyer’s client properly understood is an elected official or, in certain cases, an agency head with legal authority independent …


Motion Pictures In American And International Copyright Law, Christof Siefarth Jan 1986

Motion Pictures In American And International Copyright Law, Christof Siefarth

LLM Theses and Essays

This thesis intends to examine some problems of motion pictures in American and international copyright law. Motion pictures are one of the most fascinating forms of communication and entertainment. They are of enormous commercial significance and are probably the most complex works in the field of copyright law. The American motion picture industry is heavily influential throughout the world. Therefore, the subject of this work will be mainly the American copyright law. Solutions of other legal systems are treated when they provide interesting alternatives or similarities.


The Law Governing Arbitration Agreements In International Trade, Daniele Lingua Jan 1986

The Law Governing Arbitration Agreements In International Trade, Daniele Lingua

LLM Theses and Essays

This paper on the law applicable to arbitration agreements will start with an examination of the provisions adopted in international conventions on arbitration. The reason for this approach lies in the fact that, when national statutes contain choic of law rules specifically applicable to arbitration agreements, such rules tend to conform to those adopted by the conventions. However, problems of incompatibility between national choice of law provisions and the interpretation of international conventions may arise in the case of those countries which extend their general choice of law rules regarding contracts to rules concerning international arbitration agreements. Finally, this paper …