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Editors' Introduction, Journal Editor
Editors' Introduction, Journal Editor
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The following symposium contains articles based on papers presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, Section on Conflict of Laws, in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6, 1995. The Section's program, Conflict of Laws in the Global Village: International Conflicts Issues for the General Course in Conflict of Laws, was organized by Professor Harold G. Maier of Vanderbilt University Law School, who was Chair of the Conflicts Section. The program was designed to identify and discuss current international conflict of laws issues that might fruitfully be explored in the general course on Conflict of Laws.
The 1994 Inter-American Convention On The Law Applicable To International Contracts, And Trends For The 1990s, Harold S. Burman
The 1994 Inter-American Convention On The Law Applicable To International Contracts, And Trends For The 1990s, Harold S. Burman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article emphasizes the importance of teaching transnational materials in the conflict of laws class. The rapid development of the "global village" has increased the importance and need for law students to understand how conflicts issues are resolved throughout the world. A failure to address transnational issues will leave students unprepared for the world, especially the legal marketplace, that they will enter after law school.
The author suggests that the traditional study of public international law, regarding the law governing relations between states, as well as the law between states and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, is insufficient for contemporary law …
American Conflicts Scholarship And The New Law Merchant, Friedrich K. Juenger
American Conflicts Scholarship And The New Law Merchant, Friedrich K. Juenger
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Professor Juenger argues that both the unilateralist and the multilateralist schools of thought share a fixation on the idea that law must emanate from the power of a sovereign state. The author points out that such a view of law is a historic; that, in the past, merchants relied on a substantive body of supranational rules that transcended national borders. This Article discusses the contemporary significance of the law merchant for law professors, law students, and practitioners.
The author explains how the practices of contemporary transnational commercial enterprises, as well as the opinions of contemporary scholars , support the idea …