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“Justice Amy Coney Barrett Issues Her First Majority Opinion; The 7-to-2 ruling rejected an environmental group’s Freedom of Information Act request”

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Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court sides with government over environmentalists in Barrett’s first signed majority opinion.” ” John Fritze of USA Today reports that “ Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivers first opinion in case involving records disclosure.”

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The High Court’s ‘Self-Inflicted Wounds’: A Backward Look

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Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 233-year history of the Court? The ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization has been described as such by many judicial commentators and experts in the middle of the spectrum, and a large segment of the U.S.

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China Adopts Restrictive Theory of Foreign State Immunity

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In two prior posts ( here and here ), I discussed a draft of the FSIL (English translation here ). In this post I analyze the final version of the law, noting some of its key provision and identifying changes from the draft, some of which address issues that I had identified. As discussed further below, the addition of “rulings” (??)

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Final Update: Repository HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention

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A Critical Overview of the Hague Preliminary Draft on Judgments”, Yearbook of Private International Law 17 (2015/2016), pp 1-31 Bonomi, Andrea; Mariottini, Cristina M. The Circulation of Judgments Under the Draft Hague Judgments Convention”, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 8 (2021), pp.

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“Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect; The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September”

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“Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect; The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. Jackson , No.

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Update: HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository

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Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. A Critical Overview of the Hague Preliminary Draft on Judgments”, Yearbook of Private International Law 17 (2015/2016), pp 1-31. Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), forthcoming (Draft available here ).

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Update: HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository

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Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. A Critical Overview of the Hague Preliminary Draft on Judgments”, Yearbook of Private International Law 17 (2015/2016), pp 1-31. Garcimartín Alférez, Francisco; Saumier, Geneviève. 1 of December 2018 (available here ). Nygh, Peter; Pocar, Fausto. Bonomi, Andrea.