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Official Language A, B, Cs: Why The Canadian Experience With Official Languages Does Not Support Arguments To Declare English The Official Language Of The United States, Marla B. Somerstein
Official Language A, B, Cs: Why The Canadian Experience With Official Languages Does Not Support Arguments To Declare English The Official Language Of The United States, Marla B. Somerstein
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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The Use And Misuse Of Comparative Constitutional Law (The George P. Smith Lecture In International Law), Cheryl Saunders
The Use And Misuse Of Comparative Constitutional Law (The George P. Smith Lecture In International Law), Cheryl Saunders
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This article examines the extent and nature of the use of foreign law in constitutional adjudication in common law systems outside the United States, with special reference to Australia. Demonstrating that the courts of other common law jurisdictions use foreign case law readily, naturally, and for a variety of purposes, the article reaches two broad conclusions: (1) as a generalization, other common law countries do not share the concern about the legitimacy of comparative precedents that manifests itself in the United States, and (2) as a consequence, other common law countries necessarily share with the United States an interest in …
Introduction, Ruti Teitel