Jurisdictional Discovery In United States Federal Courts,
2010
University of Missouri School of Law
Jurisdictional Discovery In United States Federal Courts, S. I. Strong
Faculty Publications
The article begins with a discussion of the historical development and jurisprudential bases for jurisdictional discovery, then analyzes the two major structural problems with the device, namely (1) the lack of any identifiable standard regarding when jurisdictional discovery will be ordered and (2) the absence of any understanding about the proper scope of such discovery. Next, the article describes the root causes of these structural inadequacies and proposes several ways to address the root concerns, relying on a new line of Supreme Court precedent (including Ashcroft v. Iqbal) as well as analogies to other common law jurisdictions. The paper concludes …
Comparison And Analysis Of Korea And Japan Status Of Forces Agreements And Their Implications For Iraq's Sofa,
2010
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Comparison And Analysis Of Korea And Japan Status Of Forces Agreements And Their Implications For Iraq's Sofa, Jiyoung Cha
Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law
The note examines the tension between protecting U.S. military personnel's rights and respecting host nations' sovereignty through Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs), focusing on cases from Korea, Japan, and Iraq. It argues that while SOFAs are designed to protect U.S. soldiers, they often infringe on host countries' sovereignty, leading to diplomatic tensions. The analysis highlights the imbalance in SOFAs, favoring the U.S. and undermining host nations' sovereignty, as perceived by citizens and governments. The author suggests that the U.S. needs to adjust its SOFA approach to avoid diplomatic tensions, recommending a more balanced jurisdictional framework.
Reconsidering Reprisals,
2010
Vanderbilt University Law School
Reconsidering Reprisals, Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The prohibition on the use of reprisals is widely regarded as one of the most sacrosanct statements of the jus in bello applicable to the conduct of modern hostilities. The textual formulations are stark and subject to no derogations. Supporters of the bright line ban describe it as a vital bulwark against barbarity. In the words of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the prohibition is absolute, despite the fact that the declarations of key states indicate residual ambiguity over the scope of permissible reprisals, particularly in the context of non-international armed conflicts. Reprisals are a recurring feature of …
The Usual Practice: Raising And Deciding Failure To Exhaust Administrative Remedies As An Affirmative Defense Under The Prison Litigation Reform Act,
2010
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The Usual Practice: Raising And Deciding Failure To Exhaust Administrative Remedies As An Affirmative Defense Under The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Joshua S. Moskovitz
Cardozo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Jurisdictional Discovery In United States
Federal Courts,
2010
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Jurisdictional Discovery In United States Federal Courts, S. I. Strong
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Collecting A Libel Tourist's Defamation
Judgment?,
2010
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Collecting A Libel Tourist's Defamation Judgment?, Doug Rendleman
Washington and Lee Law Review
A libelplaintiffsued an American defendant in aforeign nation where he took advantage ofplaintiff-favoring defamation Law to obtain a heftyjudgment. He brings this judgment to the defendant's state in the United States to collect from her bank account. The defendant 's state's court could not have entered the plaint /ffs judgment because offirst-Amendment doctrines that stem from New York Times v. Sullivan. How should the U.S. court respond to the "libel tourist" and his judgment? This succinct Article summarizes the tangled tale that emerges. Invoking the First Amendment under a public-policy exception to comity, U.S. courts have rejectedforeign-nation defamation judgments. State …
Personal Jurisdiction Over Non-Resident Class Members: Have We Gone Down The Wrong Road?,
2010
University at Buffalo School of Law
Personal Jurisdiction Over Non-Resident Class Members: Have We Gone Down The Wrong Road?, Tanya J. Monestier
Journal Articles
No abstract provided.
The Tax Injunction Act And Federal Jurisdiction: Reasoning From The Underlying Goals Of Federalism And Comity,
2010
University of Michigan Law School
The Tax Injunction Act And Federal Jurisdiction: Reasoning From The Underlying Goals Of Federalism And Comity, David Fautsch
Michigan Law Review
States routinely contest federal jurisdiction when a state tax is challenged in federal district court on federal constitutional grounds. States argue that the Tax Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1341 (2006), bars jurisdiction and, even if the Tax Injunction Act does not apply, the principals of federalism and comity require abstention. The United States Supreme Court has not squarely addressed the scope of federalism and comity in relation to the Tax Injunction Act, and federal courts of appeal are split. In the Fourth and Tenth Circuits, federalism and comity require federal district courts to abstain even where the Tax Injunction …
Three Obstacles To The Promotion Of Corporate Social Responsibility By Means Of The Alien Tort Claims Act: The Sosa Court's Incoherent Conception Of The Law Of Nations, The "Purposive" Action Requirement For Aiding And Abetting, And The State Action Requirement For Primary Liability,
2010
Northwestern University School of Law
Three Obstacles To The Promotion Of Corporate Social Responsibility By Means Of The Alien Tort Claims Act: The Sosa Court's Incoherent Conception Of The Law Of Nations, The "Purposive" Action Requirement For Aiding And Abetting, And The State Action Requirement For Primary Liability, David A. Dana, Michael Barsa
Faculty Working Papers
The ATCA could be a powerful tool to promote corporate CSR, especially in developing countries where local legal restraints are weak. But despite the good normative reasons why the ATCA should be used in this way, serious obstacles remain. The Supreme Court's ahistorical and incoherent formulation of the "law of nations" fails to promote the development of the ATCA in ways that would cover even serious environmental harm. Also, the federal courts' confused jurisprudence concerning aiding and abetting and state action creates too many loopholes through which egregious corporate behavior may slip unpunished. In order to overcome these obstacles, we …
Foreign Fishing Piracy Vs. Somalia Piracy – Does Wrong Equal Wrong?,
2010
Barry University School of Law
Foreign Fishing Piracy Vs. Somalia Piracy – Does Wrong Equal Wrong?, Leticia M. Diaz, Barry Hart Dubner
Barry Law Review
This article is a sequel to the authors' last article, On the Evolution of the Law of International Sea Piracy, published in December 2009. That article attempted to illustrate the enormous problem of sea piracy off of Somalia. This article was inspired by the authors' attendance and participation at a two-day conference sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. After the conference the authors were inspired to write this article, setting forth a view of why Somali piracy started and some of the problems created by these illegal acts.
An Empirical Examination Of Universal Jurisdiction For Piracy,
2010
Northwestern University School of Law
An Empirical Examination Of Universal Jurisdiction For Piracy, Eugene Kontorovich, Steven Art
Faculty Working Papers
This Essay presents the first systematic empirical study of the incidence of universal jurisdiction prosecutions over an international crime. Using data on the number of piracies committed in a twelve year period (1998-2009) obtained from international agencies and maritime industry groups, we determine the percentage of acts of piracy where nations prosecuted under universal jurisdiction we determine the percentage of these cases where nations exercised UJ. Studies of the worldwide use of UJ over other crimes simply count how often UJ has been exercised, but do not attempt to determine the rate of prosecution.
We find that of all clearly …
There Is No Norm Of Intervention Or Non-Intervention In International Law,
2010
Northwestern University School of Law
There Is No Norm Of Intervention Or Non-Intervention In International Law, Anthony D'Amato
Faculty Working Papers
Comments on Prof. Jianming Shen's position that humanitarian intervention is unlawful under international law and that there is a principle of non-intervention in international law that is so powerful that it amounts to a jus cogens prohibition.
Interlocutory Review By Agreement Of The Parties: A Preliminary Analysis,
2010
Northwestern University School of Law
Interlocutory Review By Agreement Of The Parties: A Preliminary Analysis, James Pfander, Dave Pekarek-Krohn
Faculty Working Papers
Although the nineteenth century's final judgment rule no longer represents an absolute barrier to interlocutory appellate review, scholars disagree about what should take its place. Some favor a regime of discretionary interlocutory review, with power conferred on appellate courts to select issues that warrant intervention. Others reject discretionary review as a waste of appellate resources and call upon the rule makers to identify specific categories of non-final orders that always warrant review. While the Supreme Court's collateral order doctrine bears some similarity to this process of categorization, the Court may have called a halt to the judicial recognition of new …
Article Iii And The Scottish Enlightenment,
2010
Northwestern University School of Law
Article Iii And The Scottish Enlightenment, James E. Pfander
Faculty Working Papers
Historically-minded scholars and jurists invariably turn to English law and precedents in attempting to recapture the legal world of the framers. Blackstone's famous Commentaries on the Laws of England offers a convenient reference for moderns looking backwards. Yet the generation that framed the Constitution often relied on other sources, including Scottish law and legal institutions. Indeed, the Scottish judicial system provided an important, but overlooked, model for the framing of Article III. Unlike the English system of overlapping jurisdiction, the Scottish judiciary featured a hierarchical, appellate-style judiciary, with one supreme court sitting at the top and an array of inferior …
Collateral Review Of Remand Orders: Reasserting The Supervisory Role Of The Supreme Court,
2010
Northwestern University School of Law
Collateral Review Of Remand Orders: Reasserting The Supervisory Role Of The Supreme Court, James Pfander
Faculty Working Papers
Although some might consider the appellate review of remand orders as something of a jurisdictional backwater, recent developments suggest that the rules need attention. The Supreme Court has decided no fewer than four cases in the past few years and has failed to develop a persuasive framework. Indeed, one member of the Court, Justice Breyer, has invited "experts" to solve the problem.
In this essay, I suggest that the solution lies in the Court's own hands. Rather than proposing legislative or rulemaking solutions, I call on the Court to re-invigorate its supervisory powers and conduct direct review of district court …
Ending Genetic Monopolies: How The Trips Agreement's Failure To Exclude Gene Patents Thwarts Innovation And Hurts Consumers Worldwide,
2010
American University Washington College of Law
Ending Genetic Monopolies: How The Trips Agreement's Failure To Exclude Gene Patents Thwarts Innovation And Hurts Consumers Worldwide, Cydney A. Fowler
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Whose Dictionary Controls?: Recent Challenges To The Term "Investment" In Icsid Arbirtration,
2010
American University Washington College of Law
Whose Dictionary Controls?: Recent Challenges To The Term "Investment" In Icsid Arbirtration, Joseph M. Boddicker
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Everyone Knows Medellin; Has Anyone Heard Of O'Brien? Reconciling The United States And The International Community By Amending The Vccr, 43 J. Marshall L. Rev. 817 (2010),
2010
UIC School of Law
Everyone Knows Medellin; Has Anyone Heard Of O'Brien? Reconciling The United States And The International Community By Amending The Vccr, 43 J. Marshall L. Rev. 817 (2010), Steven M. Novak
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
Sovereign Litigants: Native American Nations In Court,
2010
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Sovereign Litigants: Native American Nations In Court, Catherine T. Struve
Villanova Law Review (1956 - )
No abstract provided.
One Nation, Under Securities Fraud: The Third Circuit Notches A Win For Federalism In In Re Lord Abbett Mutual Funds Fee Litigation,
2010
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
One Nation, Under Securities Fraud: The Third Circuit Notches A Win For Federalism In In Re Lord Abbett Mutual Funds Fee Litigation, Ethan H. Townsend
Villanova Law Review (1956 - )
No abstract provided.
