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Federal Discretion In The Prosecution Of Local Political Corruption, Andrew T. Baxter 2013 Pepperdine University

Federal Discretion In The Prosecution Of Local Political Corruption, Andrew T. Baxter

Pepperdine Law Review

Federal prosecutors' awareness of political corruption at the state and local levels has recently increased concomitantly to the incidence of disclosures and prosecutions of similar corruption at the federal level. Because local law enforcement officials have frequently been unable or unwilling to pursue local political corruption, federal prosecutors have increasingly assumed responsibility for the policing of non-federal political criminal activity, even in the absence of definitive statutory grounds. In this article, the author examines the legal basis upon which federal prosecution of local political corruption is conducted. It is asserted that existing federal judicial and legislative limitations provide an inexact …


(Still) A "Real And Substantial" Mess: The Law Of Jurisdiction In Canada, Tanya Monestier 2013 Roger Williams University School of Law

(Still) A "Real And Substantial" Mess: The Law Of Jurisdiction In Canada, Tanya Monestier

Law Faculty Scholarship

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General Law In Federal Court, Anthony J. Bellia Jr., Bradford R. Clark 2013 University of Virginia School of Law

General Law In Federal Court, Anthony J. Bellia Jr., Bradford R. Clark

William & Mary Law Review

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A Critical Guide To Erie Railroad Co. V. Tompkins, Caleb Nelson 2013 William & Mary Law School

A Critical Guide To Erie Railroad Co. V. Tompkins, Caleb Nelson

William & Mary Law Review

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Can Erie Survive As Federal Common Law?, Craig Green 2013 Temple Law School

Can Erie Survive As Federal Common Law?, Craig Green

William & Mary Law Review

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The Federal Common Law Of Statutory Interpretation: Erie For The Age Of Statutes, Abbe R. Gluck 2013 Yale Law School

The Federal Common Law Of Statutory Interpretation: Erie For The Age Of Statutes, Abbe R. Gluck

William & Mary Law Review

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Untethered Norms After Erie Railroad Co. V. Tompkins: Positivism, International Law, And The Return Of The "Brooding Omnipresence", Lea Brilmayer 2013 Yale University Law School

Untethered Norms After Erie Railroad Co. V. Tompkins: Positivism, International Law, And The Return Of The "Brooding Omnipresence", Lea Brilmayer

William & Mary Law Review

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Why Jurisprudence Doesn't Matter For Customary International Law, Steven Walt 2013 William & Mary Law School

Why Jurisprudence Doesn't Matter For Customary International Law, Steven Walt

William & Mary Law Review

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Law's Dark Matter, Michael S. Green 2013 William & Mary Law School

Law's Dark Matter, Michael S. Green

William & Mary Law Review

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Dissent: Supreme Court Reform: Diversion Instead Of Division, Gerald F. Uelmen 2013 Pepperdine University

Dissent: Supreme Court Reform: Diversion Instead Of Division, Gerald F. Uelmen

Pepperdine Law Review

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Opinion: A Two-Part State Supreme Court, Stanley Mosk 2013 Pepperdine University

Opinion: A Two-Part State Supreme Court, Stanley Mosk

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Federal Antitrust Implications Of Local Rent Control: A Plaintiff's Primer, Steven G. Churchwell 2013 Pepperdine University

The Federal Antitrust Implications Of Local Rent Control: A Plaintiff's Primer, Steven G. Churchwell

Pepperdine Law Review

The proliferation of rent control laws in many California cities has led to a furious debate concerning its legal, economic, and social consequences. Leading scholars believe that rent control only exacerbates existing housing shortages and excludes the poor, the minority and the elderly from scarce rental housing. This article sets forth the proposition that the fixing of rent ceilings by a local government violates the federal antitrust laws and can be invalidated in federal court.


The United States Government As Defendant - One Example Of The Need For A Uniform Liability Regime To Govern Outer Space And Space-Related Activities, Joseph A. Bosco 2013 Pepperdine University

The United States Government As Defendant - One Example Of The Need For A Uniform Liability Regime To Govern Outer Space And Space-Related Activities, Joseph A. Bosco

Pepperdine Law Review

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States Escape Liability For Copyright Infringement?, Michelle V. Francis 2013 Pepperdine University

States Escape Liability For Copyright Infringement?, Michelle V. Francis

Pepperdine Law Review

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Thompson V. Thompson: The Jurisdictional Dilemma Of Child Custody Cases Under The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act , Steven M. Schuetze 2013 Pepperdine University

Thompson V. Thompson: The Jurisdictional Dilemma Of Child Custody Cases Under The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act , Steven M. Schuetze

Pepperdine Law Review

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Jurisdictional Sequencing, Alan M. Trammell 2013 Washington and Lee University School of Law

Jurisdictional Sequencing, Alan M. Trammell

Scholarly Articles

Jurisdictional sequencing taps into fundamental questions about the nature and role of subject matter jurisdiction and what, if anything, a court may do before it has established jurisdiction. Because the Supreme Court has not rooted the doctrine in a clear theory, jurisdictional sequencing has engendered confusion among judges and scholars, who have been at a loss to explain it. Although a number of courts have embraced the leeway that the doctrine offers—the ability to dismiss a case on easier grounds before taking up harder jurisdictional questions—most scholars have criticized it as illegitimate or incoherent. This Article is the first to …


Amendments To Federal Removal Statutes: Curtailing Adjudication Of Diversity Cases Or Bad Faith Causes Of Action?, Brooke M. Gaffney 2013 Barry University School of Law

Amendments To Federal Removal Statutes: Curtailing Adjudication Of Diversity Cases Or Bad Faith Causes Of Action?, Brooke M. Gaffney

Barry Law Review

This student comment explores the problem facing Florida insurers preventing them from exercising their right to litigate bad faith causes of action in federal court. This article demonstrates how the federal removal statutes, and amendments thereto, have potentially precluded insurers from removing some bad faith actions from state to federal court under diversity jurisdiction. This article details the divergence in opinion among Florida’s Southern and Middle District Courts in interpreting the federal removal statutes and concludes with a prediction of how the split may be resolved by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.


Goodyear And Hertz: Reconciling Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions, Lindsey D. Blanchard 2013 University of St. Thomas School of Law

Goodyear And Hertz: Reconciling Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions, Lindsey D. Blanchard

McGeorge Law Review

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Bridging The Stream Of Commerce: Recommendations For Living In The Post-Nicastro Era, Amanda Iler 2013 Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Bridging The Stream Of Commerce: Recommendations For Living In The Post-Nicastro Era, Amanda Iler

McGeorge Law Review

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Bargaining Practices: Negotiating The Kampala Compromise For The International Criminal Court, Noah Weisbord 2013 Florida International University College of Law

Bargaining Practices: Negotiating The Kampala Compromise For The International Criminal Court, Noah Weisbord

Faculty Publications

At the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Review Conference in 2010, the ICC's Assembly of States Parties (ASP) agreed upon a definition of the crime of aggression, jurisdictional conditions, and a mechanism for its entry into force (the "Kampala Compromise"). These amendments give the ICC jurisdiction to prosecute political and military leaders of states for planning, preparing, initiating, or executing illegal wars, beginning as early as January 2017.

This article explains the bargaining practices of the diplomats that gave rise to this historic development in international law. This article argues that the international-practices framework, as currently conceived, does not adequately capture …


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