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"Believe Me," We Do Not Have A Foreign Emoluments Clause Violation, Scotty N. Teal
"Believe Me," We Do Not Have A Foreign Emoluments Clause Violation, Scotty N. Teal
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
President Trump was sued in New York District Court for allegedly violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause. In its brief, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) alleged that the president's international businesses and real estate holdings positioned him to receive money from foreign governments. These business interests, or entanglements, could "sway" or create an opportunity for negative foreign influence in violation of the Emoluments Clause. CREW states that these "entanglements between American officials and foreign powers could pose a creeping, insidious threat to the Republic." CREW argued that President Trump violated the Emoluments Clause because the clause "cover[s] …
Transnational Corporations, Global Competition Policy, And The Shortcomings Of Private International Law, Gralf-Peter Calliess, Jens Mertens
Transnational Corporations, Global Competition Policy, And The Shortcomings Of Private International Law, Gralf-Peter Calliess, Jens Mertens
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
In this article we criticize the so-called more economic approach to European competition law for disregarding the importance of a functional system of private law. Based on the availability of market governance as an alternative mode for organizing transactions, it is presumed that vertical integration, which is the central organizational structure of transnational corporations, is economically efficient. Since the enforcement of cross-border contracts by state-organized systems of private law, however, is insufficient, "make-or-buy" decisions in international commerce are prejudiced against arms' length transactions in markets. Consequently, international transactions are integrated vertically into firms' structures to a higher degree than comparable …
The Transnational Corporation In History: Lessons For Today?, Janet Mclean
The Transnational Corporation In History: Lessons For Today?, Janet Mclean
Indiana Law Journal
This is the revised text of the George P. Smith, II Lecture delivered at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington on April 4, 2003.