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Statutory Violations And Equitable Discretion, Zygmunt J.B. Plater Oct 2011

Statutory Violations And Equitable Discretion, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Equity, that ancient and amiable dowager of Anglo-American law, often appears to have ambled through the twentieth century free of the stress and strains that have belabored the common law. A closer analysis of the practice and logic of equity in the modern statutory context, however, undercuts that appearance of immutability. The resulting recasting of equitable doctrines has important implications, not only for equity theory, but also for contemporary legal analysis of administrative law, the relationship between courts and legislatures, and modern pluralistic democracy.


The Politics Of Corporate Alien Tort Cases, Chimene I. Keitner Dec 2010

The Politics Of Corporate Alien Tort Cases, Chimene I. Keitner

Chimene I Keitner

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The Role Of Remedies In The Relational Theory Of Contract: A Preliminary Inquiry, Dr. Yehuda Adar, Dr. Moshe Gelbard Dec 2010

The Role Of Remedies In The Relational Theory Of Contract: A Preliminary Inquiry, Dr. Yehuda Adar, Dr. Moshe Gelbard

Yehuda Adar Dr.

One of the leading contemporary theories of contract law is the relational theory. Notwithstanding its remarkable development since the foundational works of Macaulay and Macneil it would seem reasonably fair to maintain that this body of literature has generally neglected the discussion of legal remedies. Scholarly literature pertaining to the relational theory has typically focused on extra-legal or informal devices for the regulation of long-term contractual relations, such as: consensual adjustment of primary contractual arrangements in light of changing circumstances, informal incentives for performance and cooperation, the tendency to abstain from relying on formal rights and duties, and the frequent …


The Decision In Akai: The Interaction Of Apparent Authority And Knowing Receipt, Michael Lp Lower Dec 2010

The Decision In Akai: The Interaction Of Apparent Authority And Knowing Receipt, Michael Lp Lower

Michael LP Lower

The recent decision of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in Thanakharn Kasikorn Chamkat (Mahachon) v Akai Holdings Ltd ([2010] HKEC 1692, CFA) illustrated the interaction of parallel claims in the tort of conversion and for knowing receipt when a director wrongly claims to be entitled to give a lender security over corporate assets that are then disposed of in exercise of the lender's (non-existent) security rights.


La Falta De Legitimidad En Los Contratos Y El Remedio De La Ineficacia En Sentido Estricto, Rómulo Morales Dec 2010

La Falta De Legitimidad En Los Contratos Y El Remedio De La Ineficacia En Sentido Estricto, Rómulo Morales

Rómulo Martín Morales Hervias

Este documento comenta la Casación N° 912-2010 de 28 de marzo de 2011 emitida por la Sala Transitoria de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la República del Perú sobre la falta de legitimidad. Este concepto de Derecho Civil está basado en valores jurídicos importantes como la protección de la propiedad y la prohibición del abusivismo.


Resarcimiento Del Daño Moral Y Del Daño A La Persona Vs. Indemnización Del Desequilibrio Económico A Favor Del Cónyuge Débil En El Tercer Pleno Casatorio, Rómulo Morales Dec 2010

Resarcimiento Del Daño Moral Y Del Daño A La Persona Vs. Indemnización Del Desequilibrio Económico A Favor Del Cónyuge Débil En El Tercer Pleno Casatorio, Rómulo Morales

Rómulo Martín Morales Hervias

En el presente estudio se analiza algunas afirmaciones de la Tercer Pleno Casatorio Civil sobre daño a la persona, daño moral, y en general sobre la obligación indemnizatoria por separación de hecho y de divorcio para el cónyuge perjudicado