Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Arbitration (1)
- Bonds (1)
- Choice of court (1)
- Forum non conveniens (1)
- Forum selection (1)
-
- Framework for bankruptcy provisions for the states (1)
- International judicial cooperation (1)
- Legislation (1)
- Lis pendens (1)
- Litigation (1)
- Markets (1)
- NCCUSL (1)
- Private international law (1)
- Procedure (1)
- Recognition and enforcement of judgments (1)
- Reorganization (1)
- State government debt (1)
- The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (1)
- Transnational contracts (1)
- ULC (1)
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Public Administration
States Of Bankruptcy, David A. Skeel Jr.
States Of Bankruptcy, David A. Skeel Jr.
All Faculty Scholarship
In the past several years, many states’ financial condition has been so precarious that some observers have predicted that one or more might default. As the crisis persisted, a very unlikely word crept into these conversations: bankruptcy. Should Congress provide a bankruptcy option for states, or would bankruptcy be a mistake? The goal of this Article is to carefully vet this question, using all of the theoretical, empirical and historical tools currently available. The discussion is structured as a “case” for bankruptcy, rather than an “on the one hand, on the other hand” assessment. But it seeks to be scrupulously …
A Tea Party At The Hague?, Stephen B. Burbank
A Tea Party At The Hague?, Stephen B. Burbank
All Faculty Scholarship
In this article, I consider the prospects for and impediments to judicial cooperation with the United States. I do so by describing a personal journey that began more than twenty years ago when I first taught and wrote about international civil litigation. An important part of my journey has involved studying the role that the United States has played, and can usefully play, in fostering judicial cooperation, including through judgment recognition and enforcement. The journey continues but, today, finds me a weary traveler, more worried than ever about the politics and practice of international procedural lawmaking in the United States. …