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Private International Law As An Ethic Of Responsivity, Ralf Michaels
Private International Law As An Ethic Of Responsivity, Ralf Michaels
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The world is a mess. Populism, xenophobia, and islamophobia; misogyny and racism; the closing of borders against the neediest—the existential crisis of modernity calls for a firm response from ethics. Why, instead of engaging with these problems through traditional ethics, worry about private international law, that most technical of technical fields of law? My claim in this chapter: not despite, because of its technical character. Private international law provides such an ethic, an ethic of responsivity. It provides us with a technique of ethics, a technique that helps us conceptualise and address some of the most pressing issues of our …
How Asian Should Asian Law Be? – An Outsider’S View, Ralf Michaels
How Asian Should Asian Law Be? – An Outsider’S View, Ralf Michaels
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Is there an Asian identity of Asian law, comparable to European identity and therefore similarly useful as a justification for unification projects? If so, what does it look like? And if so, does this make Asia more like Europe, or less so? Or is this question itself already a mere European projection?
This chapter tries to address such questions. In particular, I look at a concrete project of Asian law unification—the Principles of Asian Comparative Law—and connect discussions about its Asian identity with four concepts of Asia. The first such concept is a European idea of Asia and Asian law, …
The Conflicts Restatement And The World, Ralf Michaels
The Conflicts Restatement And The World, Ralf Michaels
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No abstract provided.
Wächter, Carl Georg Von, Ralf Michaels
Wächter, Carl Georg Von, Ralf Michaels
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Carl Georg von Wächter (1797-1880) was once considered 'one of the greatest German jurists of all times’, but was all but forgotten in the 20th century, despite an excellent dissertation on his work in private international law by Nikolaus Sandmann. In private international law, he is known mainly for his critique of earlier theories, in particular the theory of statutes. Positively, Wächter is mainly (and not accurately) known as a proponent of a strong preference for the lex fori and as such mainly presented in opposition to Friedrich Carl von Savigny’s theory (Savigny, Friedrich Carl von). Only recently has there …
Comparative Law And Private International Law, Ralf Michaels
Comparative Law And Private International Law, Ralf Michaels
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No abstract provided.
Joseph Story, Ralf Michaels
Joseph Story, Ralf Michaels
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Joseph Story (1779-1845) was one of the greatest and most influential American lawyers of all time. Both as a Supreme Court Justice and as a professor at Harvard Law School, his work and thought were, and still are, of great importance. Today’s private international law would look different without him, both in the United States and in the rest of the world. At the same time, his approach to the field cannot be properly understood unless placed within his broader work on law, and the specific American background against which it was developed.
Jurisdiction, Foundations, Ralf Michaels
Non-State Law In The Hague Principles On Choice Of Law In International Contracts, Ralf Michaels
Non-State Law In The Hague Principles On Choice Of Law In International Contracts, Ralf Michaels
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Article 3 of the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Contracts is the first quasi-legislative text on choice of law to allow explicitly for the choice of non-state law also before state courts. This paper, forthcoming in a Festschrift, puts the provision into a broader context, discusses their drafting history and particular issues involved in their interpretation. It also provides a critical evaluation. Article 3 does not respond to an existing need, and its formulation, the fruit of a compromise between supporters and opponents of choosing non-state law, makes the provision unsuccessful for state courts and arbitrators alike.
Globalization And Law: Law Beyond The State, Ralf Michaels
Globalization And Law: Law Beyond The State, Ralf Michaels
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The chapter provides an introduction into law and globalization for sociolegal studies. Instead of treating globalization as an external factor that impacts the law, globalization and law are here viewed as intertwined. I suggest that three types of globalization should be distinguished—globalization as empirical phenomenon, globalization as theory, and globalization as ideology. I go on to discuss one central theme of globalization, namely in what way society, and therefore law, move beyond the state. This is done along the three classical elements of the state—territory, population/citizenship, and government. The role of all of these elements is shifting, suggesting we need …
Jurisdiction And Choice Of Law In International Antitrust Law - A Us Perspective, Ralf Michaels, Hannah L. Buxbaum
Jurisdiction And Choice Of Law In International Antitrust Law - A Us Perspective, Ralf Michaels, Hannah L. Buxbaum
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No abstract provided.
Global Problems In Domestic Courts, Ralf Michaels
Global Problems In Domestic Courts, Ralf Michaels
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We face an increasing number of problems that are essentially global in nature because they affect the world in its entirety: global cartels, climate change, crimes against humanity; to name a few. These problems require world courts, yet world courts in the institutional sense are largely lacking. Hence, domestic courts must function, effectively, as world courts. Given the unlikelihood of effective world courts in the future, our challenge is to establish under what conditions domestic courts can play this role of world courts effectively and legitimately.
Sonia, What’S A Nice Person Like You Doing In Company Like That, Thomas D. Rowe Jr.
Sonia, What’S A Nice Person Like You Doing In Company Like That, Thomas D. Rowe Jr.
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No abstract provided.
Human Rights And Intellectual Property: Mapping The Global Interface, Laurence R. Helfer, Graeme W. Austin
Human Rights And Intellectual Property: Mapping The Global Interface, Laurence R. Helfer, Graeme W. Austin
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Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Mapping the Global Interface explores the intersections between intellectual property and human rights law and policy. The relationship between these two fields has captured the attention of governments, policymakers, and activist communities in a diverse array of international and domestic political and judicial venues. These actors often raise human rights arguments as counterweights to the expansion of intellectual property in areas including freedom of expression, public health, education, privacy, agriculture, and the rights of indigenous peoples. At the same time, the creators and owners of intellectual property are asserting a human rights justification for the …
Enforcing International Corrupt Practices Law, Paul D. Carrington
Enforcing International Corrupt Practices Law, Paul D. Carrington
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This Essay strives to advance the current international movement to
deter the transnational corrupt practices that have long burdened the global economy and weakened governments, especially in “developing” nations. Laws made in the last decade to address this longstanding global problem have not been effectively enforced. Described here are the moderately successful efforts in the United States since 1862 to reward private citizens serving as enforcers of laws prohibiting corrupt practices. It is suggested that this American experience might be adapted by international organizations to enhance enforcement of the new public international laws.
After The Revolution – Decline And Return Of U.S. Conflicts Of Laws, Ralf Michaels
After The Revolution – Decline And Return Of U.S. Conflicts Of Laws, Ralf Michaels
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Scholars in the US have become uninterested in conflict of laws, at least in the core issues that spurred the conflict of laws revolution, especially questions of method and areas of tort and contract law. Proposals for a new (third) Restatement have not yet led very far. By contrast, new interest comes from the fringes: special political questions and interdisciplinarity. As to the first, I use the example of same‑sex marriages to discuss the extent to which discussions about politics are inseparably linked with discussions over conflict of laws. Conflict of laws is here not a mere additional field in …
The Federal Judicial Power And The International Legal Order, Curtis A. Bradley
The Federal Judicial Power And The International Legal Order, Curtis A. Bradley
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No abstract provided.
Medellin V. Dretke: Federalism And International Law, Curtis A. Bradley, Lori Fisler Damrosch, Martin Flaherty
Medellin V. Dretke: Federalism And International Law, Curtis A. Bradley, Lori Fisler Damrosch, Martin Flaherty
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This is an edited version of a debate held at Columbia Law School on February 21, 2005.
Ensuring The Supremacy Of Federal Law: Why The District Court Was Wrong In Westside Mothers V. Haveman, Erwin Chemerinsky
Ensuring The Supremacy Of Federal Law: Why The District Court Was Wrong In Westside Mothers V. Haveman, Erwin Chemerinsky
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No abstract provided.
Universal Jurisdiction And U.S. Law, Curtis A. Bradley
Universal Jurisdiction And U.S. Law, Curtis A. Bradley
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No abstract provided.
Regulating Dispute Resolution Provisions In Adhesion Contracts, Paul D. Carrington
Regulating Dispute Resolution Provisions In Adhesion Contracts, Paul D. Carrington
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No abstract provided.
International Contracts In European Courts: Jurisdiction Under Article 5(1) Of The Brussels Convention, Herbert Bernstein
International Contracts In European Courts: Jurisdiction Under Article 5(1) Of The Brussels Convention, Herbert Bernstein
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No abstract provided.
Book Review, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith
Book Review, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith
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Reviewing, Gary B. Born & David Westin, International Civil Litigation in the United States Courts (1992) (with Jack L. Goldsmith)
Conflict Of Laws In Workmen’S Compensation, Arthur Larson
Conflict Of Laws In Workmen’S Compensation, Arthur Larson
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No abstract provided.
Substantive Interests And The Jurisdiction Of State Courts, Paul D. Carrington, James A. Martin
Substantive Interests And The Jurisdiction Of State Courts, Paul D. Carrington, James A. Martin
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No abstract provided.
Collateral Estoppel And Foreign Judgments, Paul D. Carrington
Collateral Estoppel And Foreign Judgments, Paul D. Carrington
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No abstract provided.
Interests And Policy Clashes In Conflict Of Laws, Robert Kramer
Interests And Policy Clashes In Conflict Of Laws, Robert Kramer
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No abstract provided.
A Critique Of The Choice-Of-Law Problem, David F. Cavers
A Critique Of The Choice-Of-Law Problem, David F. Cavers
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No abstract provided.