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Difficulties With The Interordinal Laws Of Cultural Property As Applied In The United States, And Proposed Solutions, Jeffrey John Miles
Difficulties With The Interordinal Laws Of Cultural Property As Applied In The United States, And Proposed Solutions, Jeffrey John Miles
Jeffrey John Miles
This paper evaluates the interordinal web of international cultural property law as applied in the United States. The work explores problematic areas where law fails to adequately protect against illicit trade in cultural property from art to artifacts. The complexity in this area stems from the often opaque movements of cultural property and the overlapping legal regimes of foreign nation states and domestic federal and state laws. After evaluating the structure of these laws as applied in the United States, I propose solutions to improve coverage where lacunas exist.
Digital Copyright, Jessica Litman
Un Estudio Sistemático Sobre Las Obligaciones Alternativas, Ricardo Geldres Campos
Un Estudio Sistemático Sobre Las Obligaciones Alternativas, Ricardo Geldres Campos
Ricardo Geldres Campos
El autor analiza la estructura de la obligación alternativa, centrando su atención en la elección de la prestación ya sea a cargo del deudor o del acreedor. En ese sentido, explica el sentido de la imposibilidad originaria y la sobrevenida en función del juicio de imputabilidad, y además expone la transferencia del riesgo con motivo de la presencia del supuesto de caso fortuito. Por otra parte, desarrolla algunos supuestos no contemplados por el Código Civil respecto a la imposibilidad del cumplimiento de la obligación alternativa.
Two Concepts Of Freedom In Criminal Jurisprudence, Roni M. Rosenberg
Two Concepts Of Freedom In Criminal Jurisprudence, Roni M. Rosenberg
Roni M Rosenberg
The goal of this essay is to identify and discuss two aspects of liberty by examining the distinction between act and omission in criminal jurisprudence. Criminal law makes a significant distinction between harmful actions and harmful omissions and, consequently, between killing and letting die. Any act that causes death is grounds for a homicide conviction -- subject, of course, to the existence of the other elements necessary for establishing criminal liability, such as causation and mens rea. However, liability for death by omission is subject to the additional identification of a duty to act. In other words, the defendant …