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Exchange Loss Damages And The Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act: The Emperor Hasn't All His Clothes, Ronald A. Brand Jan 1992

Exchange Loss Damages And The Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act: The Emperor Hasn't All His Clothes, Ronald A. Brand

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In 1989, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws approved a new Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act. This Act is designed to change and clarify the law regarding judgments on obligations denominated in a foreign currency. It does so by recognizing that old rules preventing judgment in a foreign currency - developed in times of a strong dollar - are inappropriate. Unfortunately, in seeking fairness for plaintiffs when the U.S. dollar is weak, the Act replaces rigid old rules with stiff new rules that fail to address the basic issue of appropriate damages for exchange rate losses. While the …


The Human Right To Development: Its Meaning And Importance, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 235 (1992), James C.N. Paul Jan 1992

The Human Right To Development: Its Meaning And Importance, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 235 (1992), James C.N. Paul

UIC Law Review

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Toward Global Citizenship In International Environmental Law, David Hunter Jan 1992

Toward Global Citizenship In International Environmental Law, David Hunter

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A Decent Respect To The Opinions Of Mankind, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 215 (1992), Louis Henkin Jan 1992

A Decent Respect To The Opinions Of Mankind, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 215 (1992), Louis Henkin

UIC Law Review

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Civil Rights In The Islamic Constitutional Tradition: Shared Ideals And Divergent Regimes, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 267 (1992), Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na' Im Jan 1992

Civil Rights In The Islamic Constitutional Tradition: Shared Ideals And Divergent Regimes, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 267 (1992), Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na' Im

UIC Law Review

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