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E-Notice, Christine P. Bartholomew
E-Notice, Christine P. Bartholomew
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Social media platforms and smartphone manufacturers face class action lawsuits, but how open are federal courts to using these very technologies to notify members of a class action? This Article details the results from an empirical analysis of over 2700 federal class notice decisions. It finds class notice changing, but very slowly. Supreme Court precedent demands a dynamic standard for class action notice. However, fears of change, technology, and imprecision keep courts tethered to twentieth-century modes of communication. This judicial fear encumbers E-Notice—at a cost to the utility of class action procedures.
Derecho Constitucional [2016-2017 Puerto Rico Supreme Court Term Analysis: Constitutional Law], Jorge M. Farinacci Fernós
Derecho Constitucional [2016-2017 Puerto Rico Supreme Court Term Analysis: Constitutional Law], Jorge M. Farinacci Fernós
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El profesor Jorge Farinacci Fernós analiza las decisiones del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico en materia de Derecho Constitucional emitidas entre octubre de 2016 y julio de 2017. En particular, el artículo discute (1) el límite a los donativos a candidatos en las primarias y la elección general; (2) el voto adelantado de las personas encamadas y los requisitos aplicables; (3) la aplicación de la veda electoral a los procesos plebiscitarios; (4) la representación de las minorías en la Asamblea Legislativa; (5) la sustitución de un alcalde electo que renuncia antes de tomar posesión; (6) la doctrina de campo ocupado …
Why Federal Courts Apply The Law Of Nations Even Though It Is Not The Supreme Law Of The Land, Anthony J. Bellia, Bradford R. Clark
Why Federal Courts Apply The Law Of Nations Even Though It Is Not The Supreme Law Of The Land, Anthony J. Bellia, Bradford R. Clark
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We are grateful to the judges and scholars who participated in this Symposium examining our book, The Law of Nations and the United States Constitution. One of our goals in writing this book was to reinvigorate and advance the debate over the role of customary international law in U.S. courts. The papers in this Symposium advance this debate by deepening understandings of how the Constitution interacts with customary international law. Our goal in this Article is to address two questions raised by this Symposium that go to the heart of the status of the law of nations under the Constitution. …