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Rational Choice versus Lawful Choice

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2014
The legal and the economic perspective on a policy proposal are likely to differ far more fundamentally than is commonly appreciated. Economists will impose certain minimal requirements of rationality on the evaluation process, which lawyers routinely violate.
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Agreements on Jurisdiction and Choice of Law

, 2008
1. Introduction and Scheme Introduction Advance conclusions Terms and elements A snapshot from 2007 Scheme 2. Consent in private international law The general principle The role of consent in commercial law Consent or agreement, and the absence of ...
A. Briggs
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The Flight to New York: An Empirical Study of Choice of Law and Choice of Forum Clauses in Publicly-Held Companies' Contracts

, 2008
We study choice of law and choice of forum in a data set of 2,882 contracts contained as exhibits in Form 8-K filings by reporting corporations over a six month period in 2002 for twelve types of contracts and a seven month period in 2002 for merger ...

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Choice of Law and Conflict of Laws

2017
This chapter explores the contribution of law and economics to conflict of laws, including choice of law, personal jurisdiction, and judgment recognition and enforcement. Consistent with developments in the literature, the majority of discussion focuses on choice of law, or how best to allocate sovereign authority over governing law when private ...
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Elephants and Mice Revisited: Law and Choice of Law on the Internet

, 2005
By definition, an essential question of cyberlaw is to define when law will affect actions in cyberspace. Such law might be uniform, such as where nations have entered into a treaty or have adopted the same legal rule. Or, such law might be diverse, such
Peter P. Swire
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The State’s Choice of Divorce Law

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
Laws governing divorce vary significantly across U.S. states. I model a state’s choice of divorce law to understand this variation. My model predicts that states in which marriage-market competition among men was the most intense would adopt “liberal” divorce laws, such as unilateral divorce and no-fault property settlements. Empirically, I find higher
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The Meaning of “and” in Article 42(1), Second Sentence, of the Washington Convention: The Role of International Law in the ICSID Choice of Law Process

, 2003
CHOICE OF LAW UNDER Article 42(1) of the Washington Convention is no doubt one the most important questions in ICSID arbitration. However, until recently, the debate on this issue had somewhat fossilized into the general understanding that ICSID ...
E. Gaillard, Yas Banifatemi
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Of Elephants, Mice, and Privacy: International Choice of Law and the Internet

, 1998
This article addresses two subjects concerning international choice of law and the Internet. It examines the choice of law regime created by the E.U. Data Protection Directive, which enters into effect in October, 1998.
Peter P. Swire
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Choice of Law and Time

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Choice of law is usually thought of as a problem of law across geography, of how laws apply to persons and events not entirely within a state’s boundaries. But another dimension to the choice of law problem is that of time. In cases wholly domestic to a single state, this temporal issue appears when a court considers whether a change in law has ...
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Choice of Law and Multistate Justice

, 1992
Preface to this Edition Foreword , Symeon Symeonides A Heavenly Inquiry from Professor Juenger, Michael Traynor The Natural, John B. Oakley Beyond Choice of Law and Multistate Justice: Substantive Law Approach and Search for a Reasonable Jurisdiction ...
F. Juenger
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