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Illegitimate Children And Constitutional Review, Clayton W. Plotkin, John Vodonick 2013 Pepperdine University

Illegitimate Children And Constitutional Review, Clayton W. Plotkin, John Vodonick

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Unwritten Law And Its Writers, Frederick J. Moreau 2013 Pepperdine University

The Unwritten Law And Its Writers, Frederick J. Moreau

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Dirt Lawyers And Dirty Remics, Bradley T. Borden, David J. Reiss 2013 Brooklyn Law School

Dirt Lawyers And Dirty Remics, Bradley T. Borden, David J. Reiss

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Is The Rule Of Necessity Really Necessary In State Administrative Law: The Central Panel Solution, Arnold Rochvarg 2013 Pepperdine University

Is The Rule Of Necessity Really Necessary In State Administrative Law: The Central Panel Solution, Arnold Rochvarg

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

The rule of necessity is a judicial doctrine that permits a judge or agency decision maker to decide a case even if he or she would ordinarily be disqualified due to bias or prejudice . The rationale of the doctrine is that if there is no other person who can make the decision, let the biased person decide the case rather than have no decision made at all. The rule of necessity has been used in state administrative proceedings liberally despite the fact that it is widely recognized as unfair. This article analyzes current approaches to the doctrine, and after …


Rubin And New Cap: Foreign Judgments And Insolvency, Adrian Briggs 2013 University of Oxford; Visiting Faculty, Singapore Management University

Rubin And New Cap: Foreign Judgments And Insolvency, Adrian Briggs

2013 Jones Day Professorship of Commercial Law Lecture

The decisions of the UK Supreme Court in 2012 in Rubin and New Cap, and of the Singapore High Court in 2013 in Beluga Chartering, raise in acute form the question of how far the common law of international insolvency and of the recognition of foreign judgments can go when a local court is asked by a court in another country to render particular forms of assistance in relation to an insolvency administration which is taking place there. It asks how the instinct to give assistance for the ultimate benefit of creditors needs to be balanced by the …


Legal Rhetoric And Social Science: A Hypothesis For Why Doctrine Matters In Judicial Decisionmaking, Brett Waldron 2013 Pace University

Legal Rhetoric And Social Science: A Hypothesis For Why Doctrine Matters In Judicial Decisionmaking, Brett Waldron

Pace International Law Review Online Companion

In the realm of American jurisprudence, little draws more excitement or controversy than investigating the role of federal judges in our constitutional order. Yet, at the same time, the scholarly literature has not settled upon a singular descriptive device to explain how federal judges actually carry out this role. In broad strokes, current academic commentary appears to be divided on the issue of whether fidelity to the law or fidelity to political ideology largely determines how judges decide cases. This division, however interesting it may be, should not be afforded the luxury of being examined on a level playing field. …


A Decade Of Registered And Unregistered Design Rights Decisions In The Uk: What Conclusions Can We Draw For The Future Of Both Types Of Rights?, Estelle Derclaye 2013 University of Nottingham, U.K.

A Decade Of Registered And Unregistered Design Rights Decisions In The Uk: What Conclusions Can We Draw For The Future Of Both Types Of Rights?, Estelle Derclaye

IP Theory

No abstract provided.


Rubin And New Cap: Foreign Judgments And Insolvency, University of Oxford; Visiting Faculty, Singapore Management University 2013 Singapore Management University

Rubin And New Cap: Foreign Judgments And Insolvency, University Of Oxford; Visiting Faculty, Singapore Management University

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The decisions of the UK Supreme Court in 2012 in Rubin and New Cap, and of the Singapore High Court in 2013 in Beluga Chartering, raise in acute form the question of how far the common law of international insolvency and of the recognition of foreign judgments can go when a local court is asked by a court in another country to render particular forms of assistance in relation to an insolvency administration which is taking place there. It asks how the instinct to give assistance for the ultimate benefit of creditors needs to be balanced by the …


Congressional Policy For Work Product Protection In Congressional Investigations, Jay Brody 2013 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Congressional Policy For Work Product Protection In Congressional Investigations, Jay Brody

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The note examines the conflict between congressional investigative powers and the work product doctrine, advocating for a balanced approach that considers the nature of the investigation. It argues that the type of congressional investigation—legislative, oversight, or investigative—should determine the level of work product protection applied, ensuring both effective governance and legal fairness.


Presidential Pardon In Singapore: A Comment On Yong Vui Kong V Ag, Shubhankar DAM 2013 Singapore Management University

Presidential Pardon In Singapore: A Comment On Yong Vui Kong V Ag, Shubhankar Dam

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This paper critically analyses the decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal in Yong Vui Kong v Attorney-General in relation to presidential pardon. Two questions were central to the case. First, is the President bound by the decision of the Cabinet in pardon-related matters? Secondly, are decisions regarding pardon—whether made by the Cabinet or President—subject to judicial review? In relation to the first question, the Court based its reasoning on Singapore's political system being a Westminster-inspired model and, therefore, that the President generally undertakes the same functions as the British monarch. However, this paper identifies the unique features of Singapore's …


Statutes In Common Law Courts, Jeffrey A. Pojanowski 2013 Notre Dame Law School

Statutes In Common Law Courts, Jeffrey A. Pojanowski

Journal Articles

The Supreme Court teaches that federal courts, unlike their counterparts in the states, are not general common law courts. Nevertheless, a perennial point of contention among federal law scholars is whether and how a court’s common law powers affect its treatment of statutes. Textualists point to federal courts’ lack of common law powers to reject purposivist statutory interpretation. Critics of textualism challenge this characterization of federal courts’ powers, leveraging a more robust notion of the judicial power to support purposivist or dynamic interpretation. This disagreement has become more important in recent years with the emergence of a refreshing movement in …


Hubbard V. Boelt: The Fireman's Rule Extended , Marty K. Deniston 2013 Pepperdine University

Hubbard V. Boelt: The Fireman's Rule Extended , Marty K. Deniston

Pepperdine Law Review

The California Supreme Court, in Hubbard v. Boelt, extended the reach of the fireman's rule to bar a suit brought by a policeman who was injured by the willful and wanton conduct of a speeding motor is while pursuing that motorist. This is an important development in tort law because, traditionally, the fireman's rule had only been applied to bar suits by firemen and policemen who were injured by the negligent conduct of another which was the cause of their presence at the scene. This author suggests that the majority's rationale underlying this extension was flawed because of the fundamental …


Constitutionalism Ancient And Early Modern: The Contributions Of Roman Law, Canon Law, And English Common Law, Janelle Greenberg, Michael J. Sechler 2013 University of Pittsburgh

Constitutionalism Ancient And Early Modern: The Contributions Of Roman Law, Canon Law, And English Common Law, Janelle Greenberg, Michael J. Sechler

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Nlra Preemption Of State Common Law Wrongful Discharge Claims: The Bhopal Brigade Goes Home , Joseph R. Weeks 2013 Pepperdine University

Nlra Preemption Of State Common Law Wrongful Discharge Claims: The Bhopal Brigade Goes Home , Joseph R. Weeks

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Duty To Rescue: The Good, The Bad And The Indifferent—The Bystander's Dilemma, Claire Elaine Radcliffe 2013 Pepperdine University

A Duty To Rescue: The Good, The Bad And The Indifferent—The Bystander's Dilemma, Claire Elaine Radcliffe

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Restatement (Second): Its Misleading Quality And A Proposal For Its Amelioration, W. Noel Keyes 2013 Pepperdine University

The Restatement (Second): Its Misleading Quality And A Proposal For Its Amelioration, W. Noel Keyes

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Restatement (Second): A Tribute To Its Increasingly Advantageous Quality, And An Encouragement To Continue The Trend, John W. Wade 2013 Pepperdine University

The Restatement (Second): A Tribute To Its Increasingly Advantageous Quality, And An Encouragement To Continue The Trend, John W. Wade

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Innovation In China: Fragmentation, Structured Uncertainty, And Technology Standards, Michael Murphree, Dan Breznitz 2013 Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Innovation In China: Fragmentation, Structured Uncertainty, And Technology Standards, Michael Murphree, Dan Breznitz

Cardozo Law Review de•novo

This Article discusses the history of China’s attempts to develop indigenous technology standards. A case study is presented on China’s attempts to develop digital optical storage media standards, the failure of which we attribute to fragmentation of production and structured uncertainty in China’s economy. Despite the market failures of China’s domestic standards development efforts, we conclude by highlighting some of the appurtenant benefits they produce for Chinese manufacturers.


Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum: A Practitioner's Viewpoint, Marco Simons 2013 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum: A Practitioner's Viewpoint, Marco Simons

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Dreading He Knew Not What: Masculinities, Structural Spaces, Law And The Gothic In The Castle Of Otranto, Pride And Prejudice, And Wuthering Heights, Samantha E. Morse 2013 Pitzer College

Dreading He Knew Not What: Masculinities, Structural Spaces, Law And The Gothic In The Castle Of Otranto, Pride And Prejudice, And Wuthering Heights, Samantha E. Morse

Pitzer Senior Theses

This essay investigates the integral linkages between Gothic spaces and Gothic masculinities in three texts: Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1764), Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813), and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847). At the core of this examination is architecture, or more specifically, the physical constructions and built environments that comprise a man’s property. I explore how a man uses his property to construct, legitimize, and perform his identity. In the Female Gothic, the home is a place of anxiety for women, where patriarchal dominance and violence reign to constrain female agency. I argue that the home is …


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