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A Controversial Transplant? Debate Over The Adaptation Of The Napoleonic Code On The Polish Territories In The Early 19th Century, Michał Gałędek, Anna Klimaszewska Dec 2018

A Controversial Transplant? Debate Over The Adaptation Of The Napoleonic Code On The Polish Territories In The Early 19th Century, Michał Gałędek, Anna Klimaszewska

Journal of Civil Law Studies

This article focuses on the attitude of the Polish legal elite regarding the adaptation of French civil law introduced on the Polish territories in the Duchy of Warsaw, established by Napoleon in 1807. While addressing the Polish example, it underscores the universal nature of problems engendered by legal transfer and by the social reactions to foreign solutions. It sheds light on the state of mind of Polish enlightened elites, on their approach toward new legal instruments and on the challenges of adapting them to the socioeconomic conditions of a semi-peripheral country. The Polish situation in the early 19th century provides …


Central America - A First Approach To Tort Liability In The Central American Civil Codes, Claudia María Castro Valle Nov 2018

Central America - A First Approach To Tort Liability In The Central American Civil Codes, Claudia María Castro Valle

Journal of Civil Law Studies

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Parallel Enforcement And Agency Interdependence, Anthony O'Rourke Jun 2018

Parallel Enforcement And Agency Interdependence, Anthony O'Rourke

Maryland Law Review

Parallel civil and criminal enforcement dominates public enforcement of everything from securities regulation to immigration control. The scholarship, however, lacks any structural analysis of how parallel enforcement differs from other types of inter-agency coordination. Drawing on original interviews with prosecutors, regulators, and white-collar defense attorneys, this Article is the first to provide a realistic presentation of how parallel enforcement works in practice. It builds on this descriptive account to offer an explanatory theory of the pressures and incentives that shape parallel enforcement. The Article shows that, in parallel proceedings, criminal prosecutors lack the gatekeeping monopoly that traditionally defines their relationships …


The Significance Of Using Video Conference In Judicial And Criminal Investigation, R Madaliev Apr 2018

The Significance Of Using Video Conference In Judicial And Criminal Investigation, R Madaliev

ProAcademy

The a rticle discusses the basics o f using videoconferences to fu rth e r im pro ve the ju d ic ia l a n d le g a l system, w hile a co m pa ra tive analysis o f the legislative a n d institutional fra m e w o rk fo r the use o f m o de rn IC T in forensic activities in countriessuch as the USA, C an a d a, Finland, N e w Z e a la n d , A ustralia, G erm any.


The Significance Of Using Video Conference In Judicial And Criminal Investigation, R Madaliev Apr 2018

The Significance Of Using Video Conference In Judicial And Criminal Investigation, R Madaliev

ProAcademy

The a rticle discusses the basics o f using videoconferences to fu rth e r im pro ve the ju d ic ia l a n d le g a l system, w hile a co m pa ra tive analysis o f the legislative a n d institutional fra m e w o rk fo r the use o f m o de rn IC T in forensic activities in countriessuch as the USA, C an a d a, Finland, N e w Z e a la n d , A ustralia, G erm any.