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Judicial Jurisdiction In The Conflict Of Laws Course: Adding A Comparative Dimension, Linda J. Silberman
Judicial Jurisdiction In The Conflict Of Laws Course: Adding A Comparative Dimension, Linda J. Silberman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In this Article, Professor Silberman suggests that comparative law materials can usefully be introduced in the conflict of laws course. She proposes the subject of adjudicatory jurisdiction as a good place to start. She argues that a comparison of the U.S. approach with the English and European approaches (particularly under the Brussels Convention) is evidence of the desirability of a jurisdictional system grounded more on rules and/or discretion rather than on a constitutional standard of reasonableness. She takes issue with the contention of her colleague Professor Andreas Lowenfeld that "reasonableness" has been accepted as an international standard for the assertion …
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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
JAPANESE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
By A. Didrick Castberg
New York, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1990. Pp. 153. $42.95.
THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
By David P. Forsythe
Lexington, Massachusetts; Lexington Books, 1991. Pp. 209.$34.00.
FEDERAL COURTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PARADIGM By Kenneth C. Randall
Durham, North Carolina; Duke University Press. 1990. Pp. 295. $45.00.
ROMAN LAW AND COMPARATIVE LAW
By Alan Watson
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1991. Pp. 328. $50.00
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND FOREIGN POLICY
By Victoria Marie Kraft
New York, New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. Pp. 185. $45.00.
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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
CIVIL JUDGMENT RECOGNITION AND THE INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE STATE ASSOCIATIONS: CENTRAL AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
By Robert C. Casad
Lawrence: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1981. Pp. 258.$25.00.
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COMPARATIVE LAW YEARBOOK
VOL. 4, 1980
Edited by Dennis Campbell
The Hague/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1981. Pp. 371.
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CONSTITUTION-MAKING: PRINCIPLES, PROCESS, PRACTICE
By Edward McWhinney
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981.Pp. 231. $20.00.
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW OF THE SEA
Edited by Douglas M.Johnston
Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1981. Pp. 419.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: ENVIRONMENTS AND …
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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN EUROPE
Edited by R. M. Goode and K. R. Simmons Published for the Faculty of Laws; Queen Mary College, University of London Boston: A. W. Sijthoff, 1978. Pp. 448.
COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
By Mauro Cappelletti and William Cohen Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs -Merrill, 1979. Pp. 628.
COMPARATIVE LAW: WESTERN EUROPEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEMS
By John H. Merryman and David S. Clark Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs -Merrill, 1978. Pp. 1278.
THE DISCIPLINE OF LAW
By Lord Denning London: Butterworths,1979. Pp. 330.
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS BETWEEN STATES
By Guy S. Goodwin -Gill Oxford: Clarendon Press, …