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The Waiting Game: Who Benefits From Recovered Assets Associated With Venezuelan State Corruption? Remission As A Solution, Alejandro Rodriguez Vanzetti Jan 2023

The Waiting Game: Who Benefits From Recovered Assets Associated With Venezuelan State Corruption? Remission As A Solution, Alejandro Rodriguez Vanzetti

FIU Law Review

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (“Venezuela”) has, and continues to undergo, significant political and economic challenges stemming from government corruption. In response, the United States government has seized assets of current or former Venezuelan state officials associated with criminal wrongdoing, imposed sanctions on Nicolas Maduro’s government, and proposed legislation to combat corruption. The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has led dozens of prosecutions against those responsible for these crimes through its use of asset forfeiture, a critical tool in the recovery of illicit proceeds. An estimated $300 billion of these assets are held in South Florida alone, with $1.5 billion identified …


Victim V. Victim Restitution: The Commingling Fictions, Andrew Kull Apr 2020

Victim V. Victim Restitution: The Commingling Fictions, Andrew Kull

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract forthcoming.


Evolution And Revolution: The Remedial Smorgasbord For Misleading Conduct In Australia, Elise Bant, Jeannie Marie Paterson Jan 2020

Evolution And Revolution: The Remedial Smorgasbord For Misleading Conduct In Australia, Elise Bant, Jeannie Marie Paterson

FIU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Restitutionary Remedies In Three-Party Cases: A Comparative Perspective, John D. Mccamus Jan 2020

Restitutionary Remedies In Three-Party Cases: A Comparative Perspective, John D. Mccamus

FIU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Dignity Takings, Dignity Restoration: A Tort Law Perspective, Valerie P. Hans Mar 2018

Dignity Takings, Dignity Restoration: A Tort Law Perspective, Valerie P. Hans

Chicago-Kent Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Civil Redress And Historical Memory Act Of 2029: A Legislative Proposal, William J. Aceves Jan 2017

The Civil Redress And Historical Memory Act Of 2029: A Legislative Proposal, William J. Aceves

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

During the extant “War on Terror,” U.S. and foreign nationals who did not engage in hostilities were detained and mistreated abroad by the United States or by other countries with the acquiescence of the United States. These individuals were accused of being terrorists or were suspected of associating with terror groups, but they were, in fact, innocent. They were eventually released and were never charged by the United States with any crime. Despite their innocence, the United States has failed to provide them with any form of redress for their mistreatment. The Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations refused to apologize …


Mandatory Restitution For Enticing A Minor For Sexual Purposes: Additional Punishment Or Compensation For The Victim?, Myra S. Reyes Jan 2016

Mandatory Restitution For Enticing A Minor For Sexual Purposes: Additional Punishment Or Compensation For The Victim?, Myra S. Reyes

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Coverage For Ill - Gotten Gains? Discussing The (Un)Insurability Of Restitution And Disgorgement, Katherine C. Skilling Mar 2015

Coverage For Ill - Gotten Gains? Discussing The (Un)Insurability Of Restitution And Disgorgement, Katherine C. Skilling

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Third Time's The Charm: The Coming Impact Of The Restatement (Third) Restitution And Unjust Enrichment In Bankruptcy, C. Scott Pryor May 2013

Third Time's The Charm: The Coming Impact Of The Restatement (Third) Restitution And Unjust Enrichment In Bankruptcy, C. Scott Pryor

Pepperdine Law Review

Bankruptcy courts have frequently been characterized as courts of equity. Often this characterization has accompanied unusually relaxed interpretation or application of a provision of the Bankruptcy Code. However, this understanding does not exhaust the meaning of equity in bankruptcy. Historically, equity covered a large range of topics–trusts and estates, injunction, contracts, specific performance, unjust enrichment, restitution, and disgorgement. In addition, equity was not limited to particular remedies. Equity’s remedies certainly included money damages but recognized many more. The law of equity was substantive as well as remedial; it recognized primary rights as well as secondary rights of rectification. Among equity's …


Methods Of Compensating Victims Of War: Combating The Problems Of An Enduring System, Bryan S. Hance Nov 2012

Methods Of Compensating Victims Of War: Combating The Problems Of An Enduring System, Bryan S. Hance

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Progress In The Victim Reform Movement: No Longer The "Forgotten Victim", David L. Roland Nov 2012

Progress In The Victim Reform Movement: No Longer The "Forgotten Victim", David L. Roland

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Restoring Restitution To The Canon, Douglas Laycock Apr 2012

Restoring Restitution To The Canon, Douglas Laycock

Michigan Law Review

The Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment brings clarity and light to an area of law long shrouded in fogs that linger from an earlier era of the legal system. It makes an important body of law once again accessible to lawyers and judges. This new Restatement should be on every litigator's bookshelf, and a broad set of transactional lawyers and legal academics would also do well to become familiar with it. Credit for this Restatement goes to its Reporter, Professor Andrew Kull. Of course his work benefited from the elaborate processes of the American Law Institute, with every …


When The Bezzle Bursts: Restitutionary Distribution Of Assets After Ponzi Schemes Enter Bankruptcy, Mallory A. Sullivan Jun 2011

When The Bezzle Bursts: Restitutionary Distribution Of Assets After Ponzi Schemes Enter Bankruptcy, Mallory A. Sullivan

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Moses V. Macferlan 250 Years On, W. M. C. Gummow Jun 2011

Moses V. Macferlan 250 Years On, W. M. C. Gummow

Washington and Lee Law Review

The continued influence of this decision of Lord Mansfield upon the scope of the action for money had and received is apparent in the Restatement (Third) of Restitution & Unjust Enrichment, recently adopted by the American Law Institute. The basic proposition that the action lies where the money was received in such circumstances that retention would offend equity and good conscience informs the Restatement. In particular, over definition and dissection of the defence of "change of position" by reference to "good faith" of the recipient diverts attention from the question whether in the circumstances of the case it would be …


Intent To Charge For Unsolicited Benefits Conferred In An Emergency: A Case Study In The Meaning Of "Unjust" In The Restatement (Third) Of Restitution & Unjust Enrichment, Louis E. Wolcher Jun 2011

Intent To Charge For Unsolicited Benefits Conferred In An Emergency: A Case Study In The Meaning Of "Unjust" In The Restatement (Third) Of Restitution & Unjust Enrichment, Louis E. Wolcher

Washington and Lee Law Review

This Article is a legal and jurisprudential case study that attempts to shed light on the use of the word "unjust" in the law of restitution as it has been reinterpreted by the new Restatement (Third) of Restitution & Unjust Enrichment. The particular case studied is the legal meaning of the term "intent to charge" in the law’s treatment of claims for unsolicited benefits conferred in emergencies. The author conducts a thought experiment involving the use of a sworn "Declaration of Intent to Charge for Benefits Conferred" to illustrate certain ambiguities and difficulties in the way the new Restatement deals …


Introduction: Mission Accomplished, Brandon Hasbrouck Jun 2011

Introduction: Mission Accomplished, Brandon Hasbrouck

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Three Restatements Of Restitution, Andrew Kull Jun 2011

Three Restatements Of Restitution, Andrew Kull

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unjust Impoverishment: Using Restitution Reasoning In Today’S Mortgage Crisis, Peter Linzer, Donna L. Huffman Jun 2011

Unjust Impoverishment: Using Restitution Reasoning In Today’S Mortgage Crisis, Peter Linzer, Donna L. Huffman

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Measurement Of Restitution: Coordinating Restitution With Compensatory Damages And Punitive Damages, Doug Rendleman Jun 2011

Measurement Of Restitution: Coordinating Restitution With Compensatory Damages And Punitive Damages, Doug Rendleman

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Restitution In A Contractual Context And The Restatement (Third) Of Restitution & Unjust Enrichment, Joseph M. C. Perillo Jun 2011

Restitution In A Contractual Context And The Restatement (Third) Of Restitution & Unjust Enrichment, Joseph M. C. Perillo

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond Ex Post Expediency—An Ex Ante View Of Rescission And Restitution, Richard R.W. Brooks, Alexander Stremitzer Jun 2011

Beyond Ex Post Expediency—An Ex Ante View Of Rescission And Restitution, Richard R.W. Brooks, Alexander Stremitzer

Washington and Lee Law Review

It is commonly held that if getting a contractual remedy was costless and fully compensatory, rescission followed by restitution would not exist as a remedy for breach of contract. This claim, we will demonstrate, is not correct. Rescission and restitution offer more than remedial convenience. Rational parties, we argue, would often desire a right of rescission followed by restitution even if damages were fully compensatory and costless to enforce. The mere presence of a threat to rescind, even if not carried out, exerts an effect on the behavior of parties. Parties can enlist this effect to increase the value of …


Bp Oil Spill: Compensation, Agency Costs,And Restitution, David F. Partlett, Russell L. Weaver Jun 2011

Bp Oil Spill: Compensation, Agency Costs,And Restitution, David F. Partlett, Russell L. Weaver

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Indeterminacy And The Law Of Restitution, James Steven Rogers Jun 2011

Indeterminacy And The Law Of Restitution, James Steven Rogers

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Section 2259 Restitution Claims And Child Pornography Possession, Dina Mcleod Jan 2011

Section 2259 Restitution Claims And Child Pornography Possession, Dina Mcleod

Michigan Law Review

In 2009, a child pornography victim brought a criminal restitution claim against a defendant who possessed images of her abuse. The statutory provision authorizing restitution, 18 U.S.C. § 2259, had never before been used to bring a claim against a defendant who had only possessed, rather than produced or distributed, child pornography ("child pornography possession defendants"). The federal courts have not developed a consistent approach to resolving Section 2259 claims involving such defendants. This Note argues that two conceptions of traditional proximate cause doctrine can provide a framework for analyzing such claims. It examines Section 2259 claims using both a …


Remedies, Kenneth H. York Nov 2010

Remedies, Kenneth H. York

Cal Law Trends and Developments

Remedial problems are best dealt with in the context of substantive law situations. However, the disparate characteristics of restitution, equitable remedies, and damages necessitate some generalized preliminary comment. We regret that the points raised in the California cases during a one-year period do not form a tidy or cohesive pattern or adapt themselves to a symmetrical outline.


Remedies, Kenneth H. York Oct 2010

Remedies, Kenneth H. York

Cal Law Trends and Developments

This article will cover the remedial aspects of civil cases, and as such will mention several decisions which are reviewed elsewhere in this volume in a substantive law context. It will concentrate upon the California courts' application of various legal remedies (principally damages), equitable remedies (including the existence of equitable jurisdiction), and restitutionary remedies (both legal and equitable) with some reference to the substantive elements needed for restitution.


Let Us Never Blame A Contract Breaker, Richard A. Posner Jun 2009

Let Us Never Blame A Contract Breaker, Richard A. Posner

Michigan Law Review

Holmes famously proposed a "no fault" theory of contract law: a contract is an option to perform or pay, and a "breach" is therefore not a wrongful act, but merely triggers the duty to pay liquidated or other damages. I elaborate the Holmesian theory, arguing that fault terminology in contract law, such as "good faith," should be given pragmatic economic interpretations, rather than be conceived of in moral terms. I further argue that contract doctrines should normally be alterable only on the basis of empirical investigations.


Remedies For Wrongfully-Issued Preliminary Injunctions: The Case For Disgorgement Of Profits, Ofer Grosskopf, Barak Medina Jan 2009

Remedies For Wrongfully-Issued Preliminary Injunctions: The Case For Disgorgement Of Profits, Ofer Grosskopf, Barak Medina

Seattle University Law Review

This Article demonstrates that the underlying aim of remedies for wrongfully issued preliminary injuntion leads to two central conclusions. First, it is desirable to award the remedy of restitution, which requires the moving party to disgorge all the benefits obtained at the expense of the defendant as a result of the wrongfully-issued preliminary injunction. Second, it may be unjustified to compel the plaintiff to compensate the defendant for all harms inflicted by the wrongfully-issued preliminary injunction. Part I of this Article summarizes the law of remedies for wrongfully-issued preliminary injunctions. Part I.A surveys the doctrinal reasons for imposing on the …


Restating Restitution: The Restatement Process And Its Critics, Doug Rendleman Jan 2008

Restating Restitution: The Restatement Process And Its Critics, Doug Rendleman

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Restitution And The Production Of Legal Doctrine, Chaim Saiman Jan 2008

Restitution And The Production Of Legal Doctrine, Chaim Saiman

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.