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Thoughts On The German Constitutional Court Decision On The Esm, Richard Stith
Thoughts On The German Constitutional Court Decision On The Esm, Richard Stith
Law Faculty Publications
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Law – Made In Germany: Global Standort Or Global Standard?, James Maxeiner
Law – Made In Germany: Global Standort Or Global Standard?, James Maxeiner
All Faculty Scholarship
Earlier this year the Federal Ministry of Justice released the second edition of the brochure, Law - Made in Germany. For those readers who do not know the brochure, it is the product of an umbrella group of German professional organizations known as the Bündnis für das deutsche Recht. A purpose of the Bündnis, as stated at its founding in 2008, and of the brochure, is to improve the position of German law in the ― "international competition of legal systems" (internationalen Wettbewerb der Rechtsordnungen). Catalyst for founding of the Bündnis and for publication of Law - Made in Germany …
Mass Murderers Discover Mass Murder: The Germans And Katyn, 1943, Kenneth F. Ledford
Mass Murderers Discover Mass Murder: The Germans And Katyn, 1943, Kenneth F. Ledford
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
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Thinking Like A Lawyer Abroad: Putting Justice Into Legal Reasoning, James Maxeiner
Thinking Like A Lawyer Abroad: Putting Justice Into Legal Reasoning, James Maxeiner
All Faculty Scholarship
Americans are taking new interest in legal reasoning. Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning by Professor Frederick Schauer suggests why. According to Schauer, American legal methods often require decision-makers “to do something other than the right thing.” There has got to be a better way.
Now comes a book that offers Americans opportunities to look into a world where legal methods help decision-makers do the right thing. According to Reinhard Zippelius in his newly published Introduction to German Legal Methods, German legal methods help decision makers resolve legal problems “in a just and equitable manner.”
This …
Katyn Forest Massacre: Of Genocide, State Lies, And Secrecy, Milena Sterio
Katyn Forest Massacre: Of Genocide, State Lies, And Secrecy, Milena Sterio
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The Soviet secret police murdered thousands of Poles near the Katyn Forest, just outside the Russian city of Smolensk, in the early spring of 1940. The Soviets targeted members of the Polish intelligentsia-military officers, doctors, engineers, police officers, and teachers-which Stalin, the Soviet leader, sought to eradicate preventively. At the start of World War II, the Soviet Union viewed Poland as attractive territory, to be conquered and potentially annexed after the war. The Katyn massacre was not discovered until 1943, by the Germans, who instantly blamed the Soviets. The latter, however, blamed the Germans, and the Western Allies begrudgingly accepted …
Contingent Capital In European Union Bank Restructuring, Christoph K. Henkel, Wulf A. Kaal
Contingent Capital In European Union Bank Restructuring, Christoph K. Henkel, Wulf A. Kaal
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The uncoordinated reorganization and resolution of Systemically Important Financial Institutions in different countries pose many challenges. Contingent capital provides a viable alternative for the efficient restructuring and resolution of failing financial institutions. Contingent Capital provides a mechanism for internalizing banks’ failure costs and helps return distressed financial institutions to solvency. This article offers a comparative perspective on bank resolution and restructuring in the European Union, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Germany and shows that Contingent Capital could play a substantial role in bank restructuring.
Katyn: Justice Delayed Or Justice Denied - Report Of The Cleveland Experts' Meeting, Michael P. Scharf, Maria Szonert-Binienda
Katyn: Justice Delayed Or Justice Denied - Report Of The Cleveland Experts' Meeting, Michael P. Scharf, Maria Szonert-Binienda
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
Report of an Experts' Meeting on the Katyn Massacre.