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Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction

Conflict of Laws

Cosmas Emeziem, JSD Cornell University, Drinan Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA. It has anchorage on doctrines such as stare decisis and precedents. ©Author 2024. There are other examples of this display of institutional capacity and competence in the U.S.

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Roe Redux: Is The Viability Test Still Viable as a Constitutional Doctrine?

JonathanTurley

Indeed, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a critic of Roe , seeing it as too sweeping in supplanting state laws. To uphold Roe , the court likely will require more than the usual arguments of stare decisis , the doctrine that the court should generally stand by its precedents.