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The Law Of Arbitration, Theodore J. St. Antoine Jan 1997

The Law Of Arbitration, Theodore J. St. Antoine

Book Chapters

The law did not look kindly on arbitration in its infancy. As a process by which two or more parties could agree to have an impartial outsider resolve a dispute between them, arbitration was seen as a usurpation of the judiciary' sown functions, as an attempt to "oust the courts of jurisdiction." That was the English view, and American courts were similarly hostile. They would not order specific performance of an executory (unperformed) agreement to arbitrate, nor grant more than nominal damages for the usual breach. Only an arbitral award actually issued was enforceable at common law. All this began …


The Status Of The Collective Labor Agreement In France, Robert J. Nye Mar 1957

The Status Of The Collective Labor Agreement In France, Robert J. Nye

Michigan Law Review

This paper is intended to outline in historical perspective the statutory, judicial, administrative and social developments which have made the collective agreement an indispensable accessory to legislative and judicial regulation in France.


The Privy Council And Private Law In The Tudor And Stuart Period: Ii, John P. Dawson Mar 1950

The Privy Council And Private Law In The Tudor And Stuart Period: Ii, John P. Dawson

Michigan Law Review

In a previous instalment an attempt was made to describe the main subjects of private litigation dealt with by the English Privy Council under the Tudors and early Stuarts. It was suggested that the subjects were most heterogeneous and that the total volume of such litigation was large. In the present instalment will be discussed, first, the methods used to reduce the volume of private litigation by direct and indirect means; then the powers of coercion possessed by the Privy Council; and finally, its relations to the ordinary courts.