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More on the Validity of the PDVSA 2020 Bonds

Conflict of Laws

The Venezuelan Constitution requires legislative approval for contracts in the national public interest. We have seen this pattern in Venezuela, Mozambique, Ukraine, Zambia, Liberia, Puerto Rico, and in other sovereign and sub-sovereign borrowers. The deal went ahead anyway. Conclusion. They seem just as confused as we are.

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Transforming legal borders: International judicial cooperation and technology in private international law – Part I

Conflict of Laws

Added to these phenomena is the rise of electronic commerce and online contracting platforms. Artificial intelligence, smart contracts, the blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the analysis of large volumes of data (big data) are demanding an exhaustive examination of the basic paradigms of law in general and the PIL in particular.

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Rapid-Development Platforms For Lawyers: A Conversation With Brittany Hernandez

Above The Law

Heres a deep dive into how no-code platforms empower lawyers to innovate, transform, and expand access to justice. Stationed in Puerto Rico and Alaska, she learned the importance of adaptability, perseverance, and achieving goals in environments where she didnt always feel she fit. These tools give lawyers superpowers, she said.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2021

SCOTUSBlog

Some were lawyers. In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Ramsey Clark, a lawyer who had served in various senior positions in the Department of Justice, to be his attorney general. As both a government lawyer and in private practice, Douglas Huron spent his legal career advocating on behalf of workers. Some were not.

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