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First Options Of Chicago, Inc. V. Kaplan And The Kompetenz-Kompetenz Principle , Adrianna Dulic
First Options Of Chicago, Inc. V. Kaplan And The Kompetenz-Kompetenz Principle , Adrianna Dulic
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
In 1995, the United States Supreme Court in First Options of Chicago, Incorporated v. Kaplan considered whether arbitral tribunals or courts should have the primary power to decide if parties agreed to arbitrate the merits of the dispute and whether the court of appeals should accept the district court's findings of fact and law or apply a de novo standard of review. The Court unanimously held that, unless the parties clearly and unmistakably provide otherwise, the question of whether the parties agreed to arbitrate is to be decided by the court, not the arbitral tribunal. Furthermore, in such a case, …
Jury Nullification In Modified Comparative Negligence Regimes, Eli K. Best, John J. Donohue
Jury Nullification In Modified Comparative Negligence Regimes, Eli K. Best, John J. Donohue
John Donohue
This Article analyzes jury findings from nearly one thousand negligence suits to determine whether juries in modified comparative negligence jurisdictions apportion percentages of negligence differently than juries in pure comparative negligence jurisdictions. We find that juries in modified comparative negligence jurisdictions are substantially less likely to find that a plaintiff was more than 50 percent negligent. This evidence of jury manipulation strengthens the case for pure comparative negligence, which we argue is already superior on theoretical and policy grounds.
Intellectual Property And Private International Law – Swedish Perspectives, Ulf Maunsbach
Intellectual Property And Private International Law – Swedish Perspectives, Ulf Maunsbach
Ulf Maunsbach
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Copyright In A Borderless Online Environment – Comments From A Swedish Horizon, Ulf Maunsbach
Copyright In A Borderless Online Environment – Comments From A Swedish Horizon, Ulf Maunsbach
Ulf Maunsbach
No abstract provided.