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Abortion And Divorce In Western Law, Sara J. Vance
Abortion And Divorce In Western Law, Sara J. Vance
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Abortion and Divorce in Western Law by Mary A. Glendon
A Comparative Study Of Conflict Of Laws: A Review Of Volume One, Elliott E. Cheatham
A Comparative Study Of Conflict Of Laws: A Review Of Volume One, Elliott E. Cheatham
Michigan Law Review
This is a notable book. It is the first volume of a comparative study of conflict of laws, undertaken at the invitation of the American Law Institute and completed with the support of the University of Michigan Law School. The author, Dr. Rabel, is a man whose great learning has been tempered and made fruitful by a distinguished and varied career as lawyer and as judge on national and international tribunals, as director of an institute of comparative law and conflict of laws serving practical as well as scholarly aims, and as author and professor of law.
The Revision Of The Treaties Of Montevideo On The Law Of Conflicts, Ernst Rabel
The Revision Of The Treaties Of Montevideo On The Law Of Conflicts, Ernst Rabel
Michigan Law Review
In its issue of July 1940, the Revista Juridica Argentina of Buenos Aires has published the new "Tratados de Derecho Internacional Privado" of Montevideo concluded in 1939 and 1940. We are grateful to this review for apprising us of a significant event in the field of international codification.
Conflict Of Laws-Renvoi Doctrine
Conflict Of Laws-Renvoi Doctrine
Michigan Law Review
H, an Englishman, married W in England. On separation H acquired a domicil in Germany. A child was thereafter born to Y, a woman with whom H was living in Germany. H subsequently divorced W in Germany and married Y. Whether the child was legitimate determined whether H had validly exercised a power of appointment in an English settlement. Held, legitimacy is to be determined by the law of the domicil, including its rules of private international law. Germany, referring the matter to English law, found a remittance which Germany accepted and applied German municipal law. The child, by …
Roman Law And Mohammedan Jurisprudence, Part 3, Theodore P. Ion
Roman Law And Mohammedan Jurisprudence, Part 3, Theodore P. Ion
Michigan Law Review
After having, in a summary manner, reviewed the historical connection existing between the Roman and Mohammedan laws, and examined the social condition of their respective people, we now come to our last theme, namely, the comparison of their laws proper, which will show their similarity in more than one point. This examination-which will be preceded by an explanation of jurisprudence in both systems and an attempt to show the likeness of their respective jurisconsults-will be limited to certain subjects of personal law and contracts, and concluded with a few observations on judicial organization.