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The Responsibilities Of The United Kingdom Parliament And Government Under The Australian Constitution, John M. Finnis

Journal Articles

Arguing that the United Kingdom retained constitutioanl duties to Australia following that country's independence.

Updating The British Cruelty To Animals Act Of 1876: Can The Center Hold?, Judith Hampson

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

Long experience with unsuccessful attempts by British animal welfare groups to promote private members' bills for reform or replacement of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act has convinced reformists that achieving this kind of change by lobbying Parliament may be impossible. For this reason, a small reformist group- spearheaded by the ex-chairman of the Labour Party, Lord Houghton, and an eminent surgeon, the late Lord Platt- was formed and drafted reform proposals in a document widely known as the Houghton/Piatt Memorandum (paper submitted to the Home Secretary, 1976). This report called for a substantial tightening of controls established under the …

United Kingdom Regulation Of Transnational Corporate Concentration, J. Denys Gribbin

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article begins by describing the United Kingdom's policy toward outward and inward direct investment and then sets out the essentials of the competition laws that are among the major, nondiscriminatory regulatory mechanisms that affect corporate behavior and planning. The article also analyzes the development of competition policy as a microeconomic instrument along with its application to monopoly, oligopoly, and cartels involving transnational corporations. Competition policy, except for cartels, is shown to be relatively benign toward mergers until recently, and with respect to monopoly and oligopoly has sought remedies in regulation of prices and behavior rather than through structural change. …

Law As The Engine Of State: The Trial Of Anne Boleyn, Margery S. Schauer, Frederick Schauer

William & Mary Law Review

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Approaches To Bilateral Loan Agreements Between Developed And Developing States: Some Lessons From The Practice Of Denmark, The United Kingdom And The United States, A. O. Adede

Dalhousie Law Journal

An earlier study,' relying upon texts of bilateral loan agreements concluded between Denmark and certain developing countries, 2 and between the United Kingdom and certain developing countries, 3 discloses that there is a need for further examination of the subject for the purposes of updating and assessing the trend of developments in this area of international law. This paper is accordingly designed to offer comparative analysis of the more recent approaches to bilateral loan agreements concluded by Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States with a number of developing countries. The selection of these three developed, market economy States …

Securities Regulation In The United Kingdom: A Comparison With United States Practice, Robert L. Knauss

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The most important securities market outside the United States is that of the United Kingdom. In both countries, the securities markets play a similar role and provide a viable method for the formation of capital. There are, however, a number of fundamental as well as practical differences in the methods by which the two countries have chosen to regulate their securities markets. This article will examine the current method and extent of securities regulation in the United Kingdom. In order to highlight certain aspects of the regulatory pattern and to make the system more comprehensible to American attorneys, this inquiry …

Newsletter - 1972-05-18, E. De La Garza

Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Newsletters

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Protection Of Immigrant And Racial Minorities: A Survey Of British Legal History, Richard Plender

William & Mary Law Review

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Law Reform In The United Kingdom: A New Institutional Approach, Norman Marsh

William & Mary Law Review

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Recent Developments In The Law Of Land In England, Paul V. Baker

William & Mary Law Review

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Introductory Note: Revision And Reform In The Common Law Countries, William F. Swindler

William & Mary Law Review

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The Worker And The Law, Innis Christie

Innis Christie Collection

Professor Wedderburn's addition to the Pelican Law Series is, in keeping with the best of that series, an excellent introduction to the industrial law of the United Kingdom. Like its predecessors this book is written "both for the general reader and for the student of our social and legal system". However, general readers will have to be rather sophisticated in the law to stay with Professor Wedderburn from "The Foundations of Labour Law", through five chapters on the "law of industrial peace" and four on the "law of industrial conflict", to his conclusion.

British Antitrust In Action, Michael Conant

Michigan Law Review

The Restrictive Trade Practices Act of 1956 was the first positive anti-monopoly statute in the United Kingdom since the Statute of Monopolies in 1623. Now that the statute has been in effect four years there are sufficient decisions and consent orders to make possible a report on its operation. Since most American readers are unfamiliar with the legal and economic background of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, the prior common law in this area and the 1948 monopolies investigation statute will be summarized first. This summary is followed by an analysis of the structure of the 1956 Act, of the …

Malpractice In The United Kingdom, R. Bryce-Smith

Cleveland State Law Review

No law exists which precisely determines the liability of a medical practitioner in respect of his patients. However, the basis of a practitioner's responsibility is that he should "exercise a reasonable degree of skill and care." The principle was first evoked in the case of Lanphier v. Phipos (1838) and it is obvious that in the absence of any more exact requirements, considerable latitude exists. Gradually, various decisions of the courts have limited the field of responsibility, and indicated to some extent what is meant by "reasonable skill and care." With the exception of these modifications, the law has not …

British Elections And Corrupt Practice Acts, J. E. Reeves

Kentucky Law Journal

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International Law-Jurisdiction Of International Court Of Justice, Duncan Noble S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

On May 1, 1951, Iranian legislation enacting the so-called nationalization of the oil industry in Iran received the imperial assent. Thus was set in motion the increasingly bitter course of events whereby Iran has practically cut herself off from the western world. A not insignificant element in these events is the abortive effort of the British to deal with the problem through the International Court of Justice. On July 5, 1951, the United Kingdom obtained an order from the Court designed to maintain the status quo pending further judicial proceedings. In the subsequent course of these proceedings the U .K. …

Notes On Courts Of Record In England, S. E. Thorne

West Virginia Law Review

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Cum Jocis Seriisque, Hon. William Renwick Riddell Lld., Dcl.

Michigan Law Review

The ruthless times of the later Stuarts can never be forgotten by anyone who takes an interest in the history of human freedom and the growth of law.

The extraordinary prosecutions for what was called Treason-not unfrequently Treason ex post facto, only-almost always resulting in a bloody death, were and are an object-lesson which cannot be too strongly impressed upon the minds of all who love freedom of thought and action. The times were cruel, the authorities from the King down disregardful of everything but control of men and money, and the gallant resistance of the few was an …

Imprisonment For Debt, Richard Ford

Michigan Law Review

Imprisonment for debt is usually thought of as a barbarous custom which declined continuously as civilization and Christianity advanced and which was totally done away with long ago. The facts, however, are otherwise. It seems doubtful if history warrants any generalization to the effect that the imprisonment of debtors has been a steadily declining practice. Certain it is, that in a greater or less degree it exists today in many parts of the United States, in England, and in some other countries. Moreover, creditors are making use of it on a comparatively large scale. It is the purpose of this …

Is The British Empire Constitutionally A Nation, Stephen B. Stanton

Michigan Law Review

The United Kingdom of course is a nation; its colonies respectively or collectively are not. How stands it with the Empire as a whole? The British "Interpretation Act" of 1889 has come to the rescue of the perplexed reader of such topics by defining certain much abused terms. "Colony," it defines as any part of His Majesty's Dominions exclusive of the British Islands and British India; "British Possession," as any part of His Majesty's Dominions exclusive of the United Kingdom; and "British Islands" as the United Kingdom together with the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. And "United Kingdom" of …