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Bilateral recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments has become a stress point in the commercial, political, and social relationship, especially between neighboring countries. The present book examines in detail how this issue has been solved both at the federal and the state level, focusing on the U.S. and Mexico. By analyzing thoroughly both substantive and procedural law, this book tries to show how any litigant should address the issue when...
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The interaction of formal and non-formal normative orders is explored in the context of the resolution of family disputes by analyzing the historical relationship between law, family, and culture in a legally pluralistic postcolonial African society, like Kenya. Current phenomena that have occurred contemporaneously since the late 19th century are examined, such as the transformation of traditional African social structures and the introduction of...
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Jurisdictional politics are defined as the judicial determination of legal orders' boundaries. These boundaries are delineated by judicial pronouncements defining the proper forum for dispute resolution, articulating the proper rules for resolving legal disputes, clarifying the application of legal rules, and recognizing, enforcing legal acts. In short, jurisdictional politics is about how courts exercise authority and justify this exercise, aiming...
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Historically, the legal profession in China has expanded following a short period of rapid social transition. This research examines the modern Chinese legal history on the public interest nature of legal work, the pro bono work. Previous research offers us a theoretical foundation for pro bono issues in the age of the globalization, and should go beyond individual elements. Instead, the influence from environment, culture, and politics should be...
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It is widely said that temporary migrants have been trapped into otherwise free liberal labor markets, a condition that has persisted and expanded with the retrenchment and privatization of managed migration in the neoliberal knowledge economy. This book examines the recent historical relationship between this status in the labor market and the rise of administrative and regulatory state projects to intervene in economy and society, from periods of...
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