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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……
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Solomon on Keeping The Wraps On Confidential Arbitral Awards
Louis M. Solomon has an interesting post up about the problem with maintaining the confidentiality of an arbitral award when you want to ask a US court to confirm it (or to vacate it, for that matter). He points out, correctly I think, that it’s very difficult to persuade a court to seal an award.……
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What’s Going On In The First Circuit?
I follow developments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit more closely than I follow any other circuit, because it’s based here in Boston, so in the latest Letters Blogatory frolic and detour post, I ask: what’s going on in the judges’ chambers? This week saw the second of two significant recent……