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Legal History

2014

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50 Years Of Legal Education In Ethiopia: A Memoir, Stanley Z. Fisher Dec 2014

50 Years Of Legal Education In Ethiopia: A Memoir, Stanley Z. Fisher

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In this paper I describe my experience as one of the early members of the Haile Selassie I University (H.S.I.U.), Law Faculty, and share my reflections on developments in the ensuing years.


Restatements And Non-State Codifications Of Private Law, Deborah A. Demott Jan 2014

Restatements And Non-State Codifications Of Private Law, Deborah A. Demott

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This paper offers a vantage point through which to assess the phenomenon of projects codifying private law that are undertaken by private persons or institutions, distinct from legislatures and state-sponsored codification and law-revision projects. The private institution on which this paper focuses is the American Law Institute (ALI). ALI works in statutory form—most notably the Uniform Commercial Code and the Model Penal Code—as well as through projects that generate “Principles” to guide legal development within their specific fields and “Restatements” that authoritatively cover the law in a field.

The history of the Restatements sketched in this essay fits within the …