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Surrogacy And The Politics Of Commodification, Elizabeth S. Scott Jul 2009

Surrogacy And The Politics Of Commodification, Elizabeth S. Scott

Law and Contemporary Problems

Scott explores the history of surrogacy over the past twenty years. She also offers a historical account of the legal and social issues surrounding surrogacy over the past twenty years. She seeks to explain how and why the social and political meanings of surrogacy have changed over the past decade. Furthermore, she examines how surrogacy was framed as commodification in the Baby M context.


Salmon, Sage-Brush, And Safaris: Alaska’S Territorial Judicial System And The Adventures Of The Floating Court, 1901-1915, Michael Schwaiger Jun 2009

Salmon, Sage-Brush, And Safaris: Alaska’S Territorial Judicial System And The Adventures Of The Floating Court, 1901-1915, Michael Schwaiger

Alaska Law Review

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The Court And The Code: A Response To The Warp And Woof Of Statutory Interpretation, Lawrence Zelenak Apr 2009

The Court And The Code: A Response To The Warp And Woof Of Statutory Interpretation, Lawrence Zelenak

Duke Law Journal

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‘The Federalist’ Abroad In The World, Donald L. Horowitz Jan 2009

‘The Federalist’ Abroad In The World, Donald L. Horowitz

Faculty Scholarship

This paper traces the influence of The Federalist Papers on five continents. From 1787 to roughly 1850, The Federalist was widely read and highly influential, especially in Europe and Latin America. Federalist justifications for federalism as a solution to the problem of creating a continental republic or to provincial rivalries were widely accepted. So, too, was the presidency, at least in Latin America, and that region adopted judicial review later in the nineteenth century. Presidentialism and judicial review fared less well in Western Europe. Following World War II, judicial review slowly became part of the standard equipment of new and …