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Book Review: Law And Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes In World History, 1400-1900, Sam F. Halabi
Book Review: Law And Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes In World History, 1400-1900, Sam F. Halabi
Faculty Publications
Challenging scholars of both colonial history and globalization, Lauren Benton's Law and Colonial Cultures argues that state-centered legal orders emerged as a result of the presence of colonial powers, both European and non-European. She describes how the colonial state developed through jurisdictional conflicts between native judicial systems and colonial legal systems.
Damages As Narrative, Melody Richardson Daily
Damages As Narrative, Melody Richardson Daily
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Let's begin with a thought experiment. Imagine that the year is 2030 and you are a successful attorney. One day you receive a call from a legal scholar who tells you that she is writing a book about legal education at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and she invites you to contribute a chapter. She explains that your chapter should be twenty to thirty pages long, but that the content is entirely up to you. Because you enjoy writing, you agree to write the chapter.
Damages: The Litigation Environment, Stephen D. Easton
Damages: The Litigation Environment, Stephen D. Easton
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Damages' is, at least in part, the story of a lawsuit. In some ways, it is a fairly typical lawsuit. In other ways, it is rather unusual, due to the significant damages potential of the suit. Therefore, some of the lessons to be learned from the story of this lawsuit may be applicable to lawsuits in general or, at least, to "typical" civil suits, while others may not.