Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

The Role of Law in Economic Thought: Essays on the Fetishism of Commodities

By Duncan Kennedy

By Duncan Kennedy
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Co-Financing Between Public and Private Institutions for Development Financing: The Practice of the German Development Finance Bank as a Public Institution

By Heinrich Harries

By Heinrich Harries
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The Anatomy of a Torts Class

By James Boyle

By James Boyle
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CONFERENCE: The Compatibility of a State Party’s Derogation under Human Rights Conventions with its Obligations under Protocall II and Common Article 3

By Hernan Montealegre

By Hernan Montealegre
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Reply Brief of Appellee William Shakespeare (or Shakspere) of Sratford-upon-Avon In Re Shakespeare: The Authorship of Shakespeare on Trial

By James D.A. Boyle

By James D.A. Boyle
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NOTE: Belo Broadcasting Corp. v. Clark: No Access to Taped Evidence

By Laurie Romanowich

By Laurie Romanowich
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CONFERENCE: Implementation and Enforcement of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts: The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross

By Michel Veuthey

By Michel Veuthey
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Re-Reading Contracts: A Feminist Analysis of a Contracts Casebook

By Mary Joe Frug

By Mary Joe Frug
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CONFERENCE: Internationalized Non-International Armed Conflicts: Case Studies of Afghanistan, Kampuchea, and Lebanon

By Hans-Peter Gasser

By Hans-Peter Gasser
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COMMENT: Preventing Detention and United States v. Edwards: Burdening the Innocent

By David J. Rabinowitz

By AU Law Review
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