Madison Bessho | September 7, 2021 | Property
“Property Torts and the Restatements” was written to honor the retirement of Professor Sjef van Erp (J.H.M.), originally published in the Maastricht Law Series. Available for download from SSRN. This essay examines connections between tort law and...
Madison Bessho | August 25, 2021 | Election Administration
The University of California, Irvine School of Law has launched the Fair Elections and Free Speech Center. Dedicated to “advancing an understanding of, and offering means to counter, threats to the stability and legitimacy of democratic governments exacerbated by the...
Madison Bessho | August 6, 2021 | Consumer Contracts
A recent article published in the New York Times discusses Amazon’s change to its legal complaints process for its customers. Until recently, Amazon customers were required to pursue disputes with the company through a private arbitration process. The article argues...
Madison Bessho | July 29, 2021 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Both the Third and Fourth Restatements of the Law, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, were cited by the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit in Lusik Usoyan v. Republic of Turkey. From the decision: We see two issues that need to...
