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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

A Chronology and Fact Book of the United Nations 1941-1979

By Thomas Hovet, Jr. and Erica Hovet

Dobbs Ferry, New York: Ocean Publications, sixth edition, 1980. Pp. 304. $17.50.

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Copyright in International Relations: International Protection of Literary and Scientific Works

By Mark Moiseevich Boguslavsky

Sydney, Australia: Australian Copyright Council,1979. Pp. 224.

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Deep Sea Mining Edited

by Judith Koldow

Cambridge, Mass.:The MIT Press, 1980. $17.50.

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The Enclosure of Ocean Resources: Economics and the Law of the Sea

By R. D. Eckert

Stanford, California: The Hoover Institution, 1979. Pp. 408. $16.95.

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Federal Jurisdiction in Australia

By Zelman Cowen …

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Case Digest ================

1. Admiralty

Provisions of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act Incorporated by Reference in Bill of Lading are to be Given Effect Consistent with other Bill of Lading and Tariff Provisions

Voyage Charter Extended to Cover Contract Setting Termination Date in Order to Avoid "Secret" Maritime Liens

2. International Patent Regulation

In a Patentee's Dealing with Licensees, the Policies Underlying the Patent System do not Override those of the Sherman Act

3. Jurisdiction and Procedure

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act § 1611 operates when Treaty Waiver does not specifically include a Certain Type of Property

Transactions involving Options …

Reciprocal Influence Of British And United States Law, Clark C. Siewert

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The influence of British and United States courts on each other's statutory and decisional law has been primarily indirect. Although few fundamental differences exist between the legal principles, methods, and concepts of the two major common law jurisdictions, the courts in both countries have resisted the use of the other's case law. This is unfortunate because a United States or an English case might provide a fresh perspective for a domestic court that otherwise feels bound by a previous line of reasoning. Since cases from foreign jurisdictions are most relevant in dealing with a question of international or transnational law, …

The Harris V. Taylor Phoenix, Bradford A. Caffrey

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

One of the most remarkable aspects of Harris v. Taylor, a decision which has been described as "revolting to common sense" and, somewhat more diplomatically, as "unfortunate"' is the fact that it has taken sixty-four years for the question raised therein to come before the Court of Appeal again. In the intervening years, it has suffered, somewhat unjustly, critical attacks resulting from misapprehension as to what happened and what was decided in that case.

Harris v. Taylor is a classic example of a case properly decided but for the wrong reasons. The plaintiff, domiciled in the Isle of Man, brought …

Recent Decisions, James M. Redwine

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The instant decision should serve to stimulate discussion on both the theoretical justifications for and the practical implications of jury trials in actions against governmental defendants, and therefore, may lead to revision of the FSIA. From a theoretical perspective, although the instant court correctly noted the changes effected by the Act, it failed to perceive the full extent of Congress' power in the domestic context. Congress, by its ability to classify entities as "agencies" or "instrumentalities" of the United States, thereby exempting specific entities from the non-jury trial provisions of FTCA, has the power, in effect, to restrict the scope …