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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW

2006 AMERICAN NATIONAL REPORTS

   American Law in the 21st Century:
U.S. National Reports to the XVIIth International Congress of Comparative Law


Edited by John C. Reitz and David S. Clark
(2006, 754 pp., US$ 35, ISBN 0-9776682-0-7)

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CONTENTS

Preface
John C. Reitz & David S. Clark

American Participation in the Development of the International Academy of Comparative Law and Its First Two Hague Congresses
David S. Clark

SECTION I:   Legal History and Legal Theory

Disciplinary Evolution and Scholarly Expansion: Legal History in the United States
Michael H. Hoeflich & Steve Sheppard

Legal Limitations on Genetic Research and the Commercialization of Its Results
Michael J. Malinowski & Radhika Rao

The Doctrine of Precedent in the United States of America
Mortimer N. S. Sellers

Bilingualism and Translation in the U.S. Legal System: A Study of the Louisiana Experience
George A. Bermann 

SECTION II: Civil Law, Procedure, and Private International Law

New Developments in Succession Law
Ronald J. Scalise, Jr.


Parenthood in a Time of Transition: Tensions between Legal, Biological, and Social Conceptions of Parenthood
David D. Meyer

The Boundaries of Property Rights: La Notion de Biens
Alain A. Levasseur

Estoppel and Textualism
Gregory E. Maggs 

Pure Economic Loss in American Tort Law: An Unstable Consensus
David Gruning

Contracts Subject to Non-State Norms
Symeon C. Symeonides

New Experiences of International Arbitration in the United States
Christopher R. Drahozal

Recognition of Same-Sex Legal Relationships in the United States
Peter Hay

The Civil, Criminal and Disciplinary Liability of Judges
John O. Haley

Access to Justice, Costs, and Legal Aid
James P. George

Agriculture and the Polluter Pays Principle
Ved P. Nanda
SECTION III: Commercial and Labor Law

Control and Responsibility of Rating Agencies in the United States
Arthur R. Pinto

Vertical Restraints on Competition
Franklin A. Gevurtz

Abusive Advertising on the Internet (SPAM) under United States  Law
Peter B. Maggs


Representation of Employees within the Firm:  The United States Report
Matthew W. Finkin

The Liability and Responsibility of the State of Registration or the Flag State in Respect of Sea-Going Vessels, Aircraft and Spacecraft Registered by National Registration
Sompong Sucharitkul

SECTION IV:  Constitutional and Administrative Law

Characteristics of International Administration in Crisis Areas: A View from the United States of America
Fred Morrison


Constitutional Guarantees of the Judiciary: Jurisdiction, Tenure, and Beyond
Laurence Claus

Constitutional Referendum in the United States of America
William B. Fisch

Beyond Golf Clubs and the Judicialization of Politics: Why Europe has a Constitution Properly So Called
Mattias Kumm

United States Migration Law:  Essentials for Comparison
Chris Nwachukwu Okeke & James A.R. Nafziger

Corruption and Accountability of the Civil Service in the United States
Peter W. Schroth


Whither the Precautionary Principle?  An American Assessment from an Administrative Law Perspective
Stephen G. Wood, Stephen Q. Wood & Rachel A. Wood
 
The Rulemaking Power of Independent Regulatory Agencies
Dominique Custos


Restricting the Legislative Power to Tax in the United States
Stephen W. Mazza & Tracy A. Kaye

SECTION V: Criminal Law and Procedure

Anti-Racketeering Legislation in America
Craig M. Bradley

Causing Death for Compassionate Reasons in American Law
Richard S. Kay

The Entrenched Position of Plea Bargaining in United States Legal Practice
Jacqueline E. Ross

SECTION V1: Computers and Law

E-Government
John C. Reitz



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