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Americans Abroad: International Educational Programs And Tort Liability, Vincent R. Johnson
Americans Abroad: International Educational Programs And Tort Liability, Vincent R. Johnson
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In recent decades, the number of foreign programs operated by American colleges and universities has greatly expanded. Until recently, there were few reported cases involving claims arising from foreign educational ventures. However, the increase in international study abroad programs has been paralleled by an increase in tort claims. Additionally, because of the tendency of tort cases to be settled, the number of unreported cases, based on harm to students participating in study abroad programs, may be considerably larger than what appears in legal research databases.
Given the high cost of potential litigation, a program provider has no choice but to …
Tribute, Rehnquist, Innsbruck, And St. Mary’S University, Vincent R. Johnson
Tribute, Rehnquist, Innsbruck, And St. Mary’S University, Vincent R. Johnson
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William H. Rehnquist served as the seventeenth Chief Justice of the United States. During this time, the Chief Justice taught for St. Mary’s University School of Law over four summers, two weeks each July in 1991, 1994, 1998, and 2000. Chief Justice Rehnquist lectured on the Supreme Court in United States History as part of the law school’s Institute on World Legal Problems in Innsbruck, Austria. Chief Justice Rehnquist felt welcome in Innsbruck, and had earned the St. Mary’s faculty’s fond regard and the students’ admiration.
The memories of the summers spent in Innsbruck with Chief Justice Rehnquist are shared …