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U.S. Supreme Court Cites Foreign Relations 3d and Conflict of Laws 2d

In a dissenting opinion delivered in Hernández v. Mesa, No. 17-1678 (February 25, 2020), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg quoted Restatement of the Law Third, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States § 402 and Restatement of the Law Second, Conflict of Laws § 145 ...

Dayna Matthew Named Dean of GW Law

Dayna Bowen Matthew of UVA School of Law has been named the next dean of George Washington University Law School, effective July 1. She will be the fifth woman to serve on the UVA Law faculty before becoming dean at a top law school, and the first woman ...

Foreign Relations 4th Cited by D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

In a recent case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia cited the Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, in holding that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia did not err in exercising ...

ABF Establishes the William C. Hubbard Law and Education Conference Endowment

The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has established the William C. Hubbard Law & Education Conference Endowment which will fund conferences that recognize and disseminate innovative and significant scholarship on law and education.

“The ABF is deeply honored and excited to create this new conference endowment in recognition of ...

‘Presidential Elections and Majority Rule’ by Edward Foley

Edward B. Foley of Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law has published a new book, Presidential Elections and Majority Rule: The Rise, Demise, and Potential Restoration of the Jeffersonian Electoral College.

In the book, Professor Foley takes a critical look at the Electoral College, provides an overview ...