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Full-Text Articles in Transnational Law
Abstention At The Border, Maggie Gardner
Abstention At The Border, Maggie Gardner
Maggie Gardner
The lower federal courts have been invoking “international comity abstention” to solve a range of problems in cross-border cases, using a wide array of tests that vary not just across the circuits, but within them as well. That confusion will only grow, as both scholars and the Supreme Court have yet to clarify what exactly “international comity abstention” entails. Meanwhile, the breadth of “international comity abstention” stands in tension with the Supreme Court’s recent reemphasis on the federal judiciary’s obligation to exercise congressionally granted jurisdiction. Indeed, loose applications of “international comity abstention” risk undermining not only the expressed preferences of …
Dual Regulation Of Insurance, Christopher French
Dual Regulation Of Insurance, Christopher French
Christopher C. French
Retiring Forum Non Conveniens, Maggie Gardner
Retiring Forum Non Conveniens, Maggie Gardner
Maggie Gardner
When it comes to transnational litigation in the federal courts, it is time to retire the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The doctrine, which allows judges to decline jurisdiction in cases they believe would be better heard in foreign courts, is meant to promote international comity and protect defendant fairness. But it is not well-designed for the former purpose, and given recent developments at the Supreme Court, it is dangerously redundant when it comes to the latter. This Article seeks to demythologize forum non conveniens, to question its continuing relevance, and to encourage the courts and Congress to narrow its …
Rjr Nabisco And The Runaway Canon, Maggie Gardner
Rjr Nabisco And The Runaway Canon, Maggie Gardner
Maggie Gardner
In last Term’s RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community, the Court finished transforming the presumption against extraterritoriality from a tool meant to effectuate congressional intent into a tool for keeping Congress in check. In the hands of the RJR Nabisco majority, the presumption has become less a method for interpreting statutes than a pronouncement on the proper scope of access to U.S. courts, a pronouncement that Congress must labor to displace. Besides the worrisome implications for separation of powers, the majority’s opinion was also disappointing on practical grounds. By applying the presumption too aggressively, the Court missed an opportunity to …
Marc Rich: An Expansion Of United States Criminal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants, 6 Nw. J. Int'l L. & Bus. 615 (1984), Debra Pogrund Stark
Marc Rich: An Expansion Of United States Criminal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants, 6 Nw. J. Int'l L. & Bus. 615 (1984), Debra Pogrund Stark
Debra Pogrund Stark
No abstract provided.
The Three C'S Of Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Claims In Us Courts, Chimene I. Keitner
The Three C'S Of Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Claims In Us Courts, Chimene I. Keitner
Chimene I Keitner
No abstract provided.
Who Decides The Arbitrators' Jurisdiction? Separability And Competence-Competence In Transnational Perspective, John J. Barceló Iii
Who Decides The Arbitrators' Jurisdiction? Separability And Competence-Competence In Transnational Perspective, John J. Barceló Iii
John J. Barceló III
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State Courts And Transitory Torts In Transnational Human Rights Cases, Chimene I. Keitner
State Courts And Transitory Torts In Transnational Human Rights Cases, Chimene I. Keitner
Chimene I Keitner
No abstract provided.
Officially Immune? A Response To Bradley And Goldsmith, Chimene I. Keitner
Officially Immune? A Response To Bradley And Goldsmith, Chimene I. Keitner
Chimene I Keitner
No abstract provided.