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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the potentially momentous abortion case concerning a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Against stare decisis. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case. 1 in support of that law.

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Supreme Court likely to discard Chevron

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The court’s ruling could have ripple effects across the federal government, where agencies frequently use highly trained experts to interpret and implement federal laws. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld the rule, finding it to be a reasonable interpretation of federal law. Paul Clement argues for Loper Bright Enterprises.

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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

Written by Orji Agwu Uka, Senior Associate at Africa Law Practice (ALP)*. This is the fifth and final online symposium on Private International Law in Nigeria initially announced on this blog. Those pieces of advice and legal representations would have benefitted greatly from a comprehensive private international law treatise.

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