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Franchising And The Collective Rights Of Franchisees, Robert W. Emerson

Vanderbilt Law Review

Assume that you are the franchisee of a nationwide restaurant chain. Your franchisor has acted contrary to what you believe to be in your best interest. For the franchisor, bigger is better: more outlets and discount programs mean higher sales volume and consequently additional franchise fees and royalties, with royalties typically being based on gross sales-not franchisee net profits. You are concerned that the franchisor is oriented more toward expansion than the well-being of existing franchisees. Franchisor assistance is less than you expected, but royalties and other charges seem steep.Facing a strong franchisor that appears not to worry about an …

Books Received, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Quaderni Di Scienze Criminali: The Penal Protection of Works of Art. Edited by the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences. Siracusa, Italy: The International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, 1983. Pp. 447.

Japanese Business Law and the Legal System. By Elliott J. Hahn. Westport, Connecticut and London, England: Quorum Books, 1984. Pp. vii, 168. $35.00.

The Exchange Rate System: Lessons of the Past and Options for the Future. Edited by Ellas H. Wright. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, 1984. Pp. vii, 55. $7.50.

The International Maritime Organization. Edited by Samie Mandrabody. London: Croom Helm Ltd., 1984. …

Department Of Justice Opinion Letter, Patricia M. Wald

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The Department of Justice supports the main purpose of these bills, that is, expeditious exposure of, and effective opposition to, secret cartel arrangements supported by foreign governments that cause direct injury in U. S. commerce. The Department of Justice also welcomes support for accelerated efforts toward international resolution of restrictive anticompetitive business practices. However, the Department, for the reasons stated above, recommends against enactment of H.R. 13921 and H.R. 13922 in their present forms.

We do believe the continued exploration and discussion of the need for enactment of a reporting requirement for foreign, governmentally-involved, cartels would be worthwhile. We have …

Book Reviews, William J. Curran (Reviewer), Edward R. Hayes (Reviewer)

Vanderbilt Law Review

Forensic Medicine By Douglas J. A. Kerr New York: MacMillan Co.,1957. Pp. v, 363. $6.50.

Practical Forensic Medicine By Francis E. Camps & W. B. Purchase New York: MacMillan Co., Pp. vii, 541. $13.50.

reviewer: William J. Curran

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Close Corporations: Law and Practice By F. Hodge O'Neal. Chicago: Callaghan & Co. 2v. Pp xx, 369; vii, 437. $30.00.

reviewer: Edward R. Hayes

John Howard Moore, Robert W. Sturdivant

Vanderbilt Law Review

This issue of the Vanderbilt Law Review is dedicated to Mr. John Howard Moore. At the end of this current school year Mr. Moore will have served a quarter of a century as a Professor of Law at the Vanderbilt University School of Law and will retire from active teaching.

Mr. Moore has been and remains an idealist and perfectionist in the law. This has been the theme of his teaching. We that had him as a teacher know that it is his belief that neither he nor anyone else is qualified to answer a nice legal question until the …