Private Law

• The Lex Mercatoria and Private International Law

Conflictualism And Internationalism II. The Problems With Private International Law III. International Rules And Principles In Current Practice IV. Is There A Role For The Lex Mercatoria In Private International Law? A. Justice Story And The Lex Mercatoria B. Party Autonomy And The Unidroit Principles C. Choice-Of-Law Conventions D. Domestic Choice-Of-Law Statutes E. Creating A Ius Commune By Means Of Choice-Of-Law Rules

• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 60-4, July 2000

• 8 CFR 324.5 - Former citizen of the United States whose naturalization by taking the oath is authorized by a private law.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 8: Aliens and Nationality

• No Private Law Duty When Government Acts To Protect Consumers.

Introduction A recent decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court1 illustrates the unwillingness of courts to impose private law duties on govern...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Borrowing Private Law in Latin America: Andrés Bello s Use of the Code Napoléon in Drafting the Chilean Civil Code

Introduction II. The Context of Bello's Project A. Chile's Autocratic Stability B. The Disjointed State of Private Law in Chile from Independence to 1855 C. Andrés Bello's Arrival in Chile D. Andrés Bello's Chile E. President Montt's Support of Codification III. Bello's Sources And Method A. Old and New Sources B. Borrowing Law C. Factors in Borrowing Law IV. Borrowing Private Law For The Inheritance Provisions of The Chilean Civil Code A. Why Inheritance Law? B. Foreign Law in the Inheritance Provisions of the Civil Code of 1855 C. Following and Rejecting the French Civil Code 1. Following the Spirit of the French Civil Code: The Abolition of Mayorazgos 2. Following the Letter of the French Civil Code 3. French Civil Code Provisions Rejected V. Chilean Codification And Latin America...

• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 61-2, January 2001

• Pornography And Common Law Private Placements

Previously published in New England In-House What do "common law private placements" of corporate equity and pornography have in common? No one can...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on Electronic Commerce

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 77584, December 13, 2011
• Notices
• State Department

• Private Eye Sues Chicago Law Firm Over 'Shady' Billing

Scott Rabin claims that the law firm he used to work for improperly billed clients for his services as a private investigator. When the private eye complained, the firm fired him.

• Lawyers USA
• April 11, 2011

• The private law of race and sex: an antebellum perspective.

The private law of the antebellum and postbellum South defined the social landscape in which wealthy white men and African American females existed, as well as the social codes that determined inheritance rights for African American families and for white property owners who might wish to will property to African American illegitimate heirs. The South developed a code of law that bridged the contradictions between inheritance rights and the cultural separation that was imposed by slavery. Private law was thus as important as public law in defining relationships.

• Stanford Law Review
• Vol. 51 Nbr. 2, January 1999

• The Continuing Influence of le Droit Civil and el Derecho Civil in the Private Law of Louisiana

Introduction II. Corpus A. The Colonial Era (1699-1803) 1. The First French Period (1699-1762) 2. The Spanish Period (1763-1800) 3. The Second French Period (1800-1803) B. The Territorial Era (1803-1812) 1. Louisiana's Civil Law Before The Digest 2. The Digest (1808) 3. Between The Digest And The First Code (1808-1825) 4. The First "Code" (1825) 5. Between The Codes (1825-1870) 6. The Second "Code" (1870) 7. Between The Code Of 1870 And The "Civil Law Renaissance:" The Era Of "Civil Law Decadence" (1870-1940) 8. The "Civil Law Renaissance" (1940-1980) III. Conclusion

• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 63-4, July 2003

• The crucial role of the states and private international law treaties: a model for accommodating globalization.

I. INTRODUCTION This brief essay highlights the central and important role that state governments play in the development and integration of private...

• Missouri Law Review
• Vol. 73 Nbr. 4, September 2008