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Comity Concerns Are No Joke: Recognition Of Foreign Judgments Under Dormant Foreign Affairs Preemption, Marc P. Epstein

Fordham Law Review

This Note gives the legal background of the doctrine of dormant foreign affairs preemption, examines the laws governing the recognition of foreign judgments under the lens of dormant foreign affairs preemption, and argues that courts should adopt an objective standard for future dormant foreign affairs preemption cases.

Dormant foreign affairs preemption is premised on the idea that the federal government should have exclusive control over foreign affairs. The doctrine allows courts to preempt state laws in some cases where there is no conflicting federal policy or statute. The U.S. Supreme Court has only once held a state statute unconstitutional under …

Money-Laundering And Narcotics Prosecution, Abraham Abramovsky

Fordham Law Review

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The Attorney General: The Federal Government's Chief Lawyer And Chief Litigator, Or One Among Many?, Griffin B. Bell

Fordham Law Review

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