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Opportunism As Crucible: Rethinking Equity In View Of Reliance Interests And Legal Evolution, John Ehrett Dec 2014

Opportunism As Crucible: Rethinking Equity In View Of Reliance Interests And Legal Evolution, John Ehrett

John Ehrett

This Article offers and defends a nuanced definition of opportunism in the context of legal decision-making by differentiating between opportunism in the broad sense and the particularized phenomenon of cognizably malignant opportunism. It subsequently proceeds by developing a normative critique of the case for broader invocation of counter opportunistic equitable remedies, alongside a defense of the reliance and gap-filling functions performed by opportunistic actors. Centrally, I challenge the suggestion that the existence of opportunism in private law warrants a revival of the doctrines of ex post equity. I argue instead that opportunism serves an important structural purpose where the evolution …


Rlt: A Preliminary Examination Of Religious Legal Theory As A Movement, Samuel J. Levine Mar 2012

Rlt: A Preliminary Examination Of Religious Legal Theory As A Movement, Samuel J. Levine

Samuel J. Levine

No abstract provided.


El Derecho En El Lejano Oriente, Fernando Villaseñor Rodríguez Sep 2004

El Derecho En El Lejano Oriente, Fernando Villaseñor Rodríguez

Fernando Villaseñor Rodríguez

Una brevísima introducción a los elementos más distintivos del Derecho Japonés desde una perspectiva histórica.