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Book Review, Richard Gruner
Book Review, Richard Gruner
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Large corporations are important, yet enigmatic, participants in world commerce. International corporate behavior is morally and legally significant because of its immense scope and societal impact. That behavior, however, is often so complex as to defy characterization under the simple moral or legal standards applicable to individuals. Furthermore, the ability of traditional moral or legal systems to shape multinational corporate conduct is also unclear given that large corporate bureaucracies lack the motivations and fears normally used to enforce moral or legal accountability. As one frustrated court noted, the problem is that corporations have "no soul to damn, and no body …
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Case Digest--
Spouse of Injured Seaman May Recover Damages for Loss of Society under Maritime Common Law
Federal District Court Lacks Jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1350 over Fraud Action Brought by Alien when Claim Fails to Implicate a Treaty or Body of Rules Governing Relations between Foreign States
Jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Requires at Least a Finding of International Shoe "Minimum Contacts"
Appellate Court will not Review the Post-Settlement Appeal of a Pre-Settlement Provisional Remedy without District Court Consideration of the Intervening Events
Foreign States are Subject to Liability for Non-Commercial Torts arising from the Commercial …
Recent Decisions, Jamie S. Martin, Margaret H. Fiorillo, J. Andrew Hoyal, Ii
Recent Decisions, Jamie S. Martin, Margaret H. Fiorillo, J. Andrew Hoyal, Ii
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--COMMERCE CLAUSE--STATE TAX ON INSTRUMENTALITIES OF FOREIGN COMMERCE INVALID WHEN TAX RESULTS IN MULTIPLE TAXATION AND IMPAIRS FEDERAL UNIFORMITY IN REGULATION OF FOREIGN TRADE
Jamie S. Martin
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IMMIGRATION--LAWFUL UNRELINQUISHED DOMICILE--DEPORTABLE RESIDENT ALIEN MUST ACCUMULATE SEVEN YEARS OFLAWFUL DOMICILE SUBSEQUENT TO ADMISSION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCRETIONARY RELIEF
Margaret H. Fiorillo
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LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT--MANUFACTURER MAY SUE STEVEDORE FOR INDEMNIFICATION FROM LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF LONGSHOREMEN'S INJURIES--THEORY OF EQUITABLE CREDIT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE LHWCA
J. Andrew Hoyal, II
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
A Time Charterer is not Liable as Owner Pro Hac Vice for Injuries Incurred by Employees of the Vessel's Owner in the Course of their Employment
U.S. Violation of Regulation in Deportation Proceeding Renders Alien's Deportation Unlawful only if Such Violation Prejudiced the Alien's Interests Protected by the Regulation
Where Information Regarding Weight of Suitcase Checked with Airline is Undocumented, Liability Limitation of the Warsaw Convention does not Apply
Cultural Exchange Agreements involving Payment Constitute Commercial Activity and are not Immune under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act