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The Value Of Uncertainty, Cathy Hwang, Benjamin P. Edwards Dec 2015

The Value Of Uncertainty, Cathy Hwang, Benjamin P. Edwards

Northwestern University Law Review

In recent years, federal courts have heard, without clear subject matter jurisdiction, contract disputes involving billions of dollars worth of securitized financial instruments (SFIs). These SFI disputes are litigated in federal court under the federal interpleader statute, which specifies that a federal court has subject matter jurisdiction over these cases only when parties deposit the disputed amount with the court. SFI litigants have ignored this requirement, so courts have, at best, uncertain jurisdiction over these cases. Why have no parties raised the jurisdictional defect, even though some would stand to gain from raising it? This Essay advances game theoretical explanations …


Fifth Circuit Cases Concerning Search And Seizure Upon The High Seas: The Need For A Limiting Doctrine, Willie R. Jenkins May 2015

Fifth Circuit Cases Concerning Search And Seizure Upon The High Seas: The Need For A Limiting Doctrine, Willie R. Jenkins

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: A Contribution To The Development Of Customary International Law By A Domestic Court, C. Donald Johnson Jr. Apr 2015

Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: A Contribution To The Development Of Customary International Law By A Domestic Court, C. Donald Johnson Jr.

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


International Implications Of The 1982 Merger Guidelines, Vincent Draa Apr 2015

International Implications Of The 1982 Merger Guidelines, Vincent Draa

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act - Immunity Exception Provisions Of § 1330(A) - Harris Corp. V. National Iranian Radio & Television, Melanie Howell Mar 2015

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act - Immunity Exception Provisions Of § 1330(A) - Harris Corp. V. National Iranian Radio & Television, Melanie Howell

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Jurisdiction - The Supreme Court Upholds The Constitutionality Of The Jurisdictional Grant Of The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Over A Suit Between An Alien And A Foreign Sovereign In United States District Court, Stephen E. Farish Mar 2015

Jurisdiction - The Supreme Court Upholds The Constitutionality Of The Jurisdictional Grant Of The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Over A Suit Between An Alien And A Foreign Sovereign In United States District Court, Stephen E. Farish

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Export Trade Note: A New Instrument For International Trade, Eugene A. Ludwig, Michael J. Coursey Jan 2015

The Export Trade Note: A New Instrument For International Trade, Eugene A. Ludwig, Michael J. Coursey

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.