Conflict of Laws

Cybersieves

Derek E. Bambauer - Brooklyn Law School

Your Internet is missing something.
In India, it’s pornography. In China, it’s political dissent; in France, white supremacist sites; in America, copyrighted material. Countries worldwide are using a combination of legal rules and technological tools to make targeted information disappear from their citizens’ view of cyberspace. This strategy, known as… Read More »

The Choice-of-Law Problem(s) in the Class Action Context

Genevieve York-Erwin

Over the past forty years, damage class actions have come to play an increasingly significant regulatory role in the consumer context. Recent legal developments, however, have greatly diminished the damage class’s practical utility:  While damage class actions remain viable on the books, in practice unfavorable federal precedent and nearly exclusive… Read More »

Myth of Mess? International Choice of Law in Action

Christopher A. Whytock - University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Can choice of law productively contribute to global governance? A growing body of research by law and economics scholars suggests that the answer is yes. According to this research, well designed choice-of-law rules can both create incentives for private transnational actors to behave efficiently and foster international regulatory competition that encourages national lawmakers to enact globally efficient substantive laws… Read More »

Welcome to Legal Workshop

New York University & Stanford University

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Mission:
The Legal Workshop website provides a single online forum for cutting-edge legal scholarship from the top law journals in the country.
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