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Welcome to Aldricus!
I would like to welcome a new blog to the private international law blogosphere. It’s called Aldricus, named for a medieval glossator, and it is run by Pietro Franzina, a professor at the University of Ferrara. So far the focus is on European developments. I give Aldricus a hearty “Benvenuti nella blogosfera”!
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Come hear the Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
One of the great things about having a blog is you can occasionally go off-topic. This is one of those times! I wanted to let readers in Boston and Cambridge know about an upcoming concert by the Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline, under the direction of Lisa Graham. On March 9 at 8 pm, at Harvard’s……
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The Tenth Circuit Saves Oklahoma From The Dumbest Constitutional Amendment Ever
I commented back in November about Oklahoma’s so-called “Save Our State” constitutional amendment, which would bar the Oklahoma courts from applying Sharia law and international law. I asked: “What can we, as lawyers with an interest in private international law, do to roll back this disturbing trend?” One ready answer is “Bring lawsuits!” And as……
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Letters Blogatory’s 2012 Legislative Agenda
This is the third and last in my series of end-of-the year posts—the Letters Blogatory legislative wish list for 2012. I will unleash Letters Blogatory’s crack team of lobbyists to get the ball rolling, but if one of these suggestions strikes you as a good idea, why not send a note to your representative or……
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Article Of The Day: Oklahoma and Beyond
I read an interesting article on the somewhat hysterical statutes or constitutional amendments being enacted in Oklahoma and other US states purporting to bar the courts from making use of international law or Sharia law. The article, Martha F. Davis & Johanna Kalb, Oklahoma and Beyond: Understanding the Wave of State Anti-Transnational Law Initiatives, 87……