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In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause

SCOTUSBlog

These statutes operate as contracts between the United States and those receiving funds—the United States offers money in exchange for recipients providing services to private individuals, who function as third-party beneficiaries of that contract. Separation of powers and federalism principles strengthen that conclusion.

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A call for the wider study of Private International Law in Africa: A Review of Private International Law In Nigeria

Conflict of Laws

Writing on the importance of a private international law system that responds to the interests of Africa, Dr Okoli observed that with growing international trade with Africa comes an inevitable rise in disputes among contracting parties conducting trade on the continent. [4]

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