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Curses, Oaths, Ordeals And Tials Of Animals, Alan Watson
Curses, Oaths, Ordeals And Tials Of Animals, Alan Watson
Scholarly Works
To the outsider, a foreign legal system may at times appear irrational, with a belief in the efficacy, usually with supernatural assistance, of curses, oaths and ordeals, and that animals may properly be punished, even restrained from anti-human behaviour, after a criminal trial. But caution must be exercised. There may be little real belief that the deity will intervene-for instance, that the ordeal will reveal guilt or innocence. Rather, the society may be faced with an intolerable problem, with no reasonable solution, and the participants may resort to extraordinary legal measures as a "Last Best Chance", or "The Second Best". …
Parental Law, Harmful Speech, And The Development Of Legal Culture: Russian Judicial Chamber Discourse And Narrative, Frances H. Foster
Parental Law, Harmful Speech, And The Development Of Legal Culture: Russian Judicial Chamber Discourse And Narrative, Frances H. Foster
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Midwifery: An International Legal Perspective - The Need For Universal Legal Recognition, Danielle Rifkin
Midwifery: An International Legal Perspective - The Need For Universal Legal Recognition, Danielle Rifkin
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Toward A Cohesive International Approach To Cross-Border Takeover Regulation, Edward F. Greene, Andrew Curran, David A. Christman
Toward A Cohesive International Approach To Cross-Border Takeover Regulation, Edward F. Greene, Andrew Curran, David A. Christman
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
Why Are U.S. Lawyers Not Learning From Comparative Law?, Ernst C. Stiefel, James Maxeiner
Why Are U.S. Lawyers Not Learning From Comparative Law?, Ernst C. Stiefel, James Maxeiner
All Faculty Scholarship
Address the problem of comparative law in the United States. Explains why comparative law matters. Gives reasons why U.S. lawyers are not learning from comparative law. These include lack of skills, lack of institutional supports, and legal structures that resist comparative law and an attitude that comparative law has little to teach.
Grandeur Or Mockery?, Alain A. Levasseur
Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law
Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
The arms embargo has deprived Bosnia-Hercegovina of the right of legitimate self-defense. It has caused the destruction of the country, deepened the war and caused genocide.
Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law
Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
The term self-determination still teeters on the borders of evolving legal precept, expression of political will, and universal human aspiration. The concept never quite settles down into a black letter law pronouncement or a clearly understood political dynamic.
Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law
Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
In 1969, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)' with the objective of causing governmental agencies to consider environmental impact in their decision-making. Questions arose early regarding who had standing to initiate judicial review under the Act, and what the proper scope was for consideration of environmental effects of agency actions.
Labor Policy In Late Twentieth Century Capitalism: New Paradoxes For The Democratic State, Daniel J. Gifford
Labor Policy In Late Twentieth Century Capitalism: New Paradoxes For The Democratic State, Daniel J. Gifford
Hofstra Law Review
No abstract provided.
Protection Of Famous Trademarks In Japan And The United States, Kenneth L. Port
Protection Of Famous Trademarks In Japan And The United States, Kenneth L. Port
Faculty Scholarship
The concepts of trademark jurisprudence in Japan and the United States differ drastically. This difference is apparent in many aspects of trademark protection in both countries and is most evident in the treatment of famous marks. Although Japan and the United States share elements of trademark law that cause some observers to claim that Japan is legally the fifty-first State, the conceptual differences at the foundation of trademark law in each country are so significant that such a claim seems inaccurate and misleading.
Continuity And Rupture In "New Approaches To Comparative Law", Paolo G. Carozza
Continuity And Rupture In "New Approaches To Comparative Law", Paolo G. Carozza
Journal Articles
In the course of this conference on "new approaches to comparative law;" it has struck me as curious that so little has been said about the "old" approaches to comparative law. In such a self-conscious effort to distinguish ourselves from our predecessors, one would expect at least some articulation of distinctive criteria, if not a full-fledged manifesto of novelty. Giinter Frankenberg gave us three ideal-type identities of the comparative lawyer; David Kennedy boxed up the old approaches in his taxonomical chart. They and others have referred to the expansion of capitalist market economics and liberal democratic political structures as the …
An American Lawyer's Reflections On Pepper V. Hart, Michael P. Healy
An American Lawyer's Reflections On Pepper V. Hart, Michael P. Healy
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Pepper v. Hart gave American lawyers a number of insights into the English law of statutory interpretation. For example, English law as described by the case was not as tidy as had been thought. To be sure, the case does state what Americans had believed was true about English law: “[u]nder present law, there is a general rule that references to parliamentary material as an aid to statutory construction is not permissible (the exclusionary rule).” Notwithstanding that rule, however, Pepper recognized that the rule of exclusion had an important and long-standing exception. This exception applies when the legislative materials identify …