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Conflict Of Laws And Accuracy In The Allocation Of Government Responsibility, Joel P. Trachtman
Conflict Of Laws And Accuracy In The Allocation Of Government Responsibility, Joel P. Trachtman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The field of conflict of laws suffers from a lack of theoretical coherence, and therefore fails to provide a satisfactory basis for discourse, adjudication, legislation, and inter-governmental negotiation regarding issues of prescriptive scope. This Article advances a law and economics-based approach to conflict of laws for use in both the domestic and international context. The Article first assesses the theoretical coherence of some principal conflict of laws approaches, analyzing their resolution of four tensions: predictability and adminstrability versus accuracy, unilateralism versus multilateralism, private interest versus public interests, and courts versus legislatures. It refers to Professor Baxter's "comparative impairment" methodology as …
Maritime Jurisdiction And The Secession Of States: The Case Of Quebec, Jonathan L. Charney
Maritime Jurisdiction And The Secession Of States: The Case Of Quebec, Jonathan L. Charney
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In this Article, Professor Charney discusses the maritime boundary delimitation issues that result from the creation of a new state through secession. While the author uses Quebec's maritime boundary concerns as an exemplar, the issues discussed are not unique to Quebec. The author notes that one cannot predict the ultimate resolution of maritime boundary disputes precisely, but certain factors will often affect the outcome. These factors include the geographical configuration of the disputed area, the viability of pre-secession boundaries, historic water claims, the doctrine of uti possidetis, and basic equity. The author concludes that maritime boundaries are so vital to …