international/comparative law

Act of State Doctrine in Australia

March 07, 2010 14:39

Over at Prawfsblawg, Evan Criddle has a good post about a recent case from the Australian Federal Court that discusses the act of state doctrine. From the post: Without attempting to recount the various opinions of the Federal Court (Black...

Van Boom on the Role of the European Insurance Industry in Funding Civil Litigation

March 03, 2010 20:57

Professor Willem H. Van Boom (Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Law) posted "Juxtaposing BTE and ATE--on the Rule of the European Insurance Industry in Funding Civil Litigation" on SSRN. The abstract states: One of the ways in which legal services...

Sadurski on Judicial Review in Central and Eastern Europe

March 01, 2010 06:31

Wojceich Sadurski (University of Sydney - Faculty of Law) has posted Judicial Review in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationales or Rationalizations? to SSRN. Abstract: Constitutional judicial review in Central and Eastern Europe has become an entrenched and powerful factor in...

Sobbrio, D'Agostino and Sirioni on Lawyering in Italy

February 22, 2010 13:12

Giuseppe Sobbrio, Elena D'Agostino, and Emiliano Sirioni have posted Do Lawyers Affect Legal Disputes in Italy? An Instrumental Variables Approach to SSRN. Abstract: The legal system can be treated as a large market where justice is traded in terms of...

Posner and Sykes on the Economics of the Law of the Sea

February 18, 2010 13:11

Eric Posner (University of Chicago Law School) and Alan Sykes (Stanford Law School) have posted Economic Foundations of the Law of the Sea to SSRN. Abstract: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has a plausible economic...