Paul B. Stephan | January 9, 2020 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Cities, or more particularly global cities, increasingly channel foreign relations that we think of belonging to nation–states. But one should not think that this is an entirely good thing, leading us towards enlightened progress and away from injustice. The foreign...
Charles E. Harris, II and Kwadwo Sarkodie | October 8, 2019 | International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration
Title 28, US Code, Section 1782 authorizes an interested person to petition a US federal district court where any person “resides or is found” for an order directing such person to provide documents or testimony for use “in a proceeding in a foreign or international...
Paul B. Stephan | March 28, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
AbstractFor most of the past century, those who followed foreign relations law believed that federal law, including that made by the federal courts in the absence of legislation and treaties, should govern the field. Anything else would burden political and economic...
Christopher A. Whytock | December 12, 2018 | Conflict of Laws, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
ABSTRACTPolitical scientists — primarily in the discipline’s international relations subfield — have long studied international law. This article identifies five stages of political science research on international law, including the current interdisciplinary...
Jennifer Morinigo | March 1, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Signed into law in January, the new law relates to foreign judgments (except for taxes, fines, or domestic relations) and protects against monetary judgments entered in nations whose courts fail to provide due process. From the New Jersey Law Revision Commission’s...
