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International Law - Sovereign Immunity - Seizure Of Property Under Restrictive Immunity Doctrine, Norman A. Zilber S.Ed. May 1956

International Law - Sovereign Immunity - Seizure Of Property Under Restrictive Immunity Doctrine, Norman A. Zilber S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

While in Korea unloading a cargo of rice purchased by the Korean Government, libellant's steamship was damaged by respondent's lighter which was assisting in the unloading operation. Libellant instituted suit against the Republic of Korea in a federal district court. in New York claiming the court had jurisdiction over the respondent by virtue of a writ of foreign attachment on Republic of Korea funds deposited in two New York banks. Respondent, in a special appearance, moved to dismiss the libel on the alternative grounds that property of a foreign sovereign is immune from seizure and that the purchase of rice …


Comparative Legal Research, Some Remarks On "Looking Out Of The Cave", Hessel E. Yntema May 1956

Comparative Legal Research, Some Remarks On "Looking Out Of The Cave", Hessel E. Yntema

Michigan Law Review

Despite this risk and without limiting discussion of comparative legal research to a Platonic theory of knowledge-to which I for one would not accede-the text prompts first the inquiry, unavoidable in a constructive discussion of the matter, whether contemporary legal study in the United States is concerned with shadows in an intellectual cave-or in other words, whether it is true, as I was told years ago, partly perhaps in jest, by a late distinguished member of the Supreme Court, then Attorney General, when, encountering me on a visit to the Department of Justice, he kindly asked what I was looking …


Lawson: A Common Lawyer Looks At The Civil Law, F. S. C. Northrop May 1956

Lawson: A Common Lawyer Looks At The Civil Law, F. S. C. Northrop

Michigan Law Review

A Review of A Common Lawyer Looks at the Civil Law. By F. H. Lawson.


International Law - United Nations - Administrative Tribunals As Adjudicators Of Disputes Arising Out Of Employment Contracts With International Organizations, Edward W. Powers S.Ed. Feb 1956

International Law - United Nations - Administrative Tribunals As Adjudicators Of Disputes Arising Out Of Employment Contracts With International Organizations, Edward W. Powers S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

A crucial though relatively unpublicized problem arising from the creation of international organizations is that of establishing and maintaining the staff or secretariat needed to perform the administrative functions of these organizations. Such a staff must possess not only the competence and integrity of a national civil service, but also an international loyalty or outlook which includes " ... an awareness . . . of the needs, emotions, and prejudices of the peoples of differently-circumstanced countries ... [and] a capacity for weighing these frequently imponderable elements in a judicial manner· before reaching any decision to which they are relevant."