A sense of self-suspicion: global legal pluralism and the claim to legal authority

The Evolution of Global Legal Pluralism

The Internet, Legal Regulation and Legal Pluralism

Considerable academic effort is being expended in considering how to regulate various activities on the internet, particularly those as relate to obscene material, breaches of privacy and challenges to intellectual property rights. Post and Johnson (1997) offer the following solution which is typical; 'We believe that the most obvious answer to this question -existing territorial sovereigns -ma...

constructing a test to predict the translation performance of english translation ma graduates on legal correspondence and deeds as a profession

regarding the ever evolving and improving world on different aspects of knowledge, the need to a worldwide communication would emerge stronger than ever before which calls for special attention on the judgments and best choices for intermediating between the nations. as the language skills for translation are tested separately from translation skills themselves, to assess translation skills pro...

Ethnic Perceptions of Legal Authority

Although California has always been home to many ethnic and cultural groups, the state’s population is reaching new levels of diversity. Demographic projections from the California Department of Finance indicate that by the year 2020, over 60 percent of the state’s residents will identify themselves as non-white. Large influxes of immigrants from Latin America and Asia, coupled with higher birt...

Precedent and Legal Authority: A Critical History