From Jackson v. Jackson (N.Y. trial court Dec. 30, 2013), discussed in this post: The common legal principles that have been developed by case law to resolve difficult questions of property law within the context of a divorce action are singularly unhelpful in this case. The petitioner clearly owned, prior to the marriage, the egg […]
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A commenter writes, "Your English doesn't impress me."
A sad question for a court to ask, but the court's answer is "separate property," citing Roe v. Wade. Is that right?
No, says a federal court of appeals -- even though a state could refuse to count write-in votes altogether.
Maybe, says the Tenth Circuit in a rare victory for a prisoner under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
How I stopped worrying and learned to love the use of foreign law in American courts (sometimes).
For three years, beginning in 91 B.C., the Roman Republic was convulsed by the “Social War” – the war between Rome and its “Socii” (allies). These Allies were semi-independent states on the Italian peninsula which had treaty relationships with Rome, under which Rome granted them a large degree of (indeed, almost total) autonomy in […]
There shouldn't be anything controversial about American legal principles that call for such use of foreign law.
I’ve been doing a regular weekly podcast with Michael Vatis and Jason Weinstein, two of my partners who share an interest in security, privacy, and technology, as well as a background in government. More recently, we’ve started inviting newsmakers to join us for a half-hour interview. Earlier this week, I interviewed Chris Inglis, the recently […]
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