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Foreign Exchange Restrictions And Public Policy In The Conflict Of Laws: Part Ii, Evsey S. Rashba
Foreign Exchange Restrictions And Public Policy In The Conflict Of Laws: Part Ii, Evsey S. Rashba
Michigan Law Review
Political Laws have been the subject of a much disputed doctrine. It has been stated by Dicey, and by other authoritative writers in various countries, that a court has no jurisdiction to entertain an action for the enforcement of a "political law" of a foreign state. The term "political law" is not limited to the field of public law. It is, of course, only exceptionally that rules governing the relations between a state and its citizens are given extraterritorial effect. The doctrine goes further. It holds that rules which are technically a part of private law, but which are designed …
Conflict Of Laws - Statute Of Limitations - Applicability
Conflict Of Laws - Statute Of Limitations - Applicability
Michigan Law Review
Goods, shipped from France on a vessel of the French line, were damaged by seawater. The bills of lading were issued in France, containing a clause that litigation or disputes arising from their interpretation or execution should be judged according to French law. When the holders of the bills libeled the French line, they were met with the defense that the French Code allowed suit on such claims only if within one year after the ship arrived, which period had passed. Section 433 of the French Commercial Code, to the effect that such claims were barred by a one-year prescription …
Acquisition Of Foreign Domicil And The Doctrine Of Renvoi
Acquisition Of Foreign Domicil And The Doctrine Of Renvoi
Michigan Law Review
A recent English decision has virtually overruled the leading case of In re Johnson, and revived interest in problems raised by application of the much discussed doctrine of renvoi.