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Commercial law
Commercial law Introduction to Commercial Law Commercial Law, body of law that relates to commerce and business transactions. Commercial law includes the laws that pertain to sales; negotiable instruments, such as checks and promissory notes; carriage by land and sea; insurance; brokerage; […]
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Commercial law
Commercial law Introduction to Commercial Law Commercial Law, body of law that relates to commerce and business transactions. Commercial law includes the laws that pertain to sales; negotiable instruments, such as checks and promissory notes; carriage by land and sea; insurance; brokerage; […]
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Authors of Legal Dictionaries
Authors of Law Dictionaries Albericus de Rosate, 1290-1360: Albericus’s Dictionarium Area: (Roman/Canon Law, 1581) Albericus was “born in Rosciate, near Bergamo, around 1290. He studied in Padua under Oldradus da Ponte and Riccardus Malumbra. He studied also under Ranieri di Forlì and received advice and help from Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In the second decade of…
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Theories of Contractual Obligation
Theories of Contractual Obligation Theories of Contractual Obligations Consent Theory of Contract in General The mere fact that one man promises something to another creates no legal duty and makes no legal remedy available in case of non-performance. To be enforceable, the promise must be accompanied by some other factor…. The question now to be…
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Social Networks
Privacy The buzzing field of social networks analysis attempts to quantify how people know one another. In a recent article, Lior Strahilevitz suggests that social networks analysis can help judges presiding over privacy lawsuits decide what information should be considered private. In the […]
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Social Networks
Privacy The buzzing field of social networks analysis attempts to quantify how people know one another. In a recent article, Lior Strahilevitz suggests that social networks analysis can help judges presiding over privacy lawsuits decide what information should be considered private. In the […]
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Party Autonomy
Outline of Choice of forum and law In order to figure out what law will be applicable, need to know what the forum is à forum will determine what choice of law rules will be applied Basic Framework for Determining Applicable law – Determine the forum o Is there a forum […]
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Party Autonomy
Outline of Choice of forum and law In order to figure out what law will be applicable, need to know what the forum is à forum will determine what choice of law rules will be applied Basic Framework for Determining Applicable law – Determine the forum o Is there a forum […]
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Plain Language
Plain Language When the “plain language” movement in the 1960s resulted in legislation requiring plain language in public and commercial documents a number of articles attacked the use of readability formulas. They had titles like, “Readability: A Postscript” (Manzo 1970), “Readability: Have we gone too far?” (Maxwell 1978), “Readability is a Four-letter Word” (Selzer 1981),…
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Plain Language
Plain Language When the “plain language” movement in the 1960s resulted in legislation requiring plain language in public and commercial documents a number of articles attacked the use of readability formulas. They had titles like, “Readability: A Postscript” (Manzo 1970), “Readability: Have we gone too far?” (Maxwell 1978), “Readability is a Four-letter Word” (Selzer 1981),…
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UNIDROIT Principles
The task of harmonizing world commercial law turns out to be different from what might have appeared to be the case a decade ago. It is now clear that there will not be one single monumental document that will harmonize all legal rules. Instead, the situation I have described, in which at least seven kinds…
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UNIDROIT Principles
The task of harmonizing world commercial law turns out to be different from what might have appeared to be the case a decade ago. It is now clear that there will not be one single monumental document that will harmonize all legal rules. Instead, the situation I have described, in which at least seven kinds…
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Online Dispute Resolution
Introduction Ayelet Sela published an article entitled “Streamlining Justice: How Online Courts Can Resolve the Challenges of Pro Se Litigation” in the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2016. This is an Abstract: “The tide of pro se litigation in the American justice […]
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Online Dispute Resolution
Introduction Ayelet Sela published an article entitled “Streamlining Justice: How Online Courts Can Resolve the Challenges of Pro Se Litigation” in the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2016. This is an Abstract: “The tide of pro se litigation in the American justice […]