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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

Conflict of Laws

Very recently, Indonesian private international law has attracted significant scholarship in the English language. [1] 1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia.

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Out Now: Bizer on Violations of Personality Rights on Social Media

Conflict of Laws

As far as questions of contract law are concerned, Bizer rightly puts an emphasis on the fact that social media platforms often involve a triangle (or pyramid) of contractual relationships between the hosts and at least two users. Concerning tort law, Bizer is generally critical of the existing legal framework under Art.

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Court endorses private Section 1983 enforcement of spending clause enactments

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Congress attached no modifiers to “and laws,” erasing any doubt that any federal law can secure a right for Section 1983 purposes. He warned of lurking question in this area of law, which HHC failed to develop and are “for another day.” HHC argued that spending clause enactments are unique.

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New issue alert: RabelsZ 2/2021

Conflict of Laws

. – This article investigates the law and economics of extreme sports sponsoring in a comparative perspective. It is based on 40 structured interviews with sponsored athletes from various common law and civil law jurisdictions. The article demonstrates that the current contracting practice is unbalanced and inefficient.

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What it’s like to be a law student turned legal secretary

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We recently caught up with Myfanwy Sequeira, a law graduate who now works at Brockbanks as a legal secretary. Myfanwy kindly shared the path she took as a student, her 3 key pieces of advice for aspiring legal professionals and an insight into life as a student and secretary. Introducing Myfanwy. So, I want to go for it.

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A day in the life of a future trainee associate

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Exploring law was my most memorable class in my first year as there was often meditation involved and exploration of topics such as finding joy in law. However, I also enjoyed my politics modules as they gave me an opportunity to experience law from creation to implementation. 7:30 am Monday is my busy day.

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The Critical Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Achieving Net Zero

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And that has implications for tort law, contract law, and property law, because it is less clear in many ways how basic legal principles such as negligence, foreseeability, force majeure, and reasonableness will apply to particular problems. See this article by Jim Rossi and J.B.

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