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Abstract I. The Europeanization of Private Law: Legal Sources, Ideology and Process: 1. Legal Sources in European Private Law. 2. Technocracy at work: What is the Common Frame of Reference? [...]

Abstract In Latin America as elsewhere, legal institutions imported from the capitalistic center have legitimized and covered up a process of economic and political domination. Traditional civilian legal culture first, [...]

Recently, numerous lawsuits have been filed in United States Federal and State Courts asserting what are now commonly referred to as "Holocaust Claims." In these claims are for events arising [...], Recently, numerous lawsuits have been filed in United States Federal and State Courts asserting what are now commonly referred to as 'Holocaust Claims.' In these claims are for events arising out of World War II, plaintiffs maintain that the wrongs alleged which include concealed bank accounts, looted assets, looted art, and insurance policy claims are best adjudicated by United States Courts because various procedural mechanisms of the United States judicial system allow efficient disposition of the claims, notwithstanding the fact that the events giving rise to the claims are both temporally and spatially remote. This brief paper focuses on the question of why these claims having no apparent connection with the United States have nevertheless been brought in the United States, and wishes to suggest that the expansionist view of United States jurisdiction over such claims may be viewed as a sort of legal imperialism in which the United States (and some of its states) asserts itself upon the rest of the world.

I INTRODUCTION This comparative law and economics essay aims to introduce the economic notion of "path dependency" as a tool for comparing legal systems,[1] and further seeks to take a [...], This comparative law and economics essay aims to introduce the economic notion of \path dependency' as a tool for comparing legal systems, and further seeks to take a step forward in our understanding of legal change. It discusses the reaction of a number of legal systems (including Italy, France, the U.S. and Japan) to the HIV contamination crisis, arguing that each system follows a pre-established, relatively predictable, path determined by cultural imbeddedness.

1. Introduction. In this paper I approach trust law from the perspective of the European legal system considering whether or not to codify this area of the law. My hope [...], In this paper I approach trust law from the perspective of the European legal system considering whether or not to codify this area of the law. My hope is that this practical focus can bring some better understanding of the nature of trust law. I try moreover to move a step forward in tackling some of the basic questions that should be on the agenda of European private law today.