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A Philosophical Investigation Into Methods Of Constitutional Interpretation In The United States And The United Kingdom, Louis E. Wolcher
A Philosophical Investigation Into Methods Of Constitutional Interpretation In The United States And The United Kingdom, Louis E. Wolcher
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Most constitutional theorists in America and Britain are primarily interested in the contents of their respective constitutions. They pay less attention (and in Britain far less attention) to the methods that judges employ to derive those contents, and almost no attention to the philosophical aspects of judges’ interpretive methods. This article attempts to redress this imbalance by giving a distinctly philosophical description of the principal methods of constitutional interpretation that judges are inclined to follow in these two countries, and by developing the important distinction between the interpretation and the reception of a constitutional text. The act of interpretation is …
Va Savoir! - The Adage "Jura Novit Curia" In Contemporary France, Douglas Brooker
Va Savoir! - The Adage "Jura Novit Curia" In Contemporary France, Douglas Brooker
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The Civilian adage jura novit curia – the court knows the law – for all that it is well recognised in France does not receive much scrutiny. This is unusual first because some claim it expresses a fundamental principle of French law and secondly because rules and practices associated with jura novit curia are controversial. The paper remedies the scholarly deficit, scrutinising seven definitions of jura novit curia to catalogue for the first time the divergent meanings associated with the adage and to analyse their status in French law and legal culture. While many meanings are attributed to jura novit …
Lost In Translation: The Economic Analysis Of Law In The United States And Europe, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt
Lost In Translation: The Economic Analysis Of Law In The United States And Europe, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt
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In this essay, we examine the reasons why the economic analysis of law has not flourished in European countries as it has in the U.S. In particular, we focus on three European countries - the United Kingdom (U.K.), Germany, and France. We argue that differences in culture, the legal system and the academy have led to differing degrees of success of the law and economics movement in each country. We speculate that, although there is currently less interest in the economic analysis of the law in Europe than in the United States, European interest could dramatically increase if scholars adopt …
Compliance Theory And The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Morse Tan
Compliance Theory And The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Morse Tan
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Abstract This essay fills a gap by exploring compliance theory in international law to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. After introducing the topic and setting the context, it delves into the question of why nations follow international law. Interacting with prominent theoretical models (including the managerial model, fairness and legitimacy, transnational legal process, self-interest, and a comparative perspective with Europe), it arrives at a critical synthesis in the conclusion.
Compliance Theory And The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Morse Tan
Compliance Theory And The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Morse Tan
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This essay fills a gap by exploring compliance theory in international law in relation to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. After introducing the topic and setting the context, it delves into the question of why nations follow international law. Interacting with prominent theoretical models (including the managerial model, fairness and legitimacy, transnational legal process, self-interest, and a comparative perspective with Europe), it arrives at a critical synthesis in the conclusion.
Compliance Theory And The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Morse Hyun-Myung Tan
Compliance Theory And The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Morse Hyun-Myung Tan
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This essay fills a gap by exploring compliance theory in international law to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. After introducing the topic and setting the context, it delves into the question of why nations follow international law. Interacting with prominent theoretical models (including the managerial model, fairness and legitimacy, transnational legal process, self-interest, and a comparative perspective with Europe), it arrives at a critical synthesis in the conclusion.
Congressional Oversight Of Counterterrorism And Its Reform, Robert F. Blomquist
Congressional Oversight Of Counterterrorism And Its Reform, Robert F. Blomquist
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