The Top 10 Reasons Why International, Comparative and Foreign Law are Vital to a Kansas City Attorney

Abstract

Kansas City is almost as far from foreign lands as is possible within the United States. Nonetheless, our dreams to visit far off countries and to enjoy other cultures should not be cast aside. Ambitions formed during law school to fly to cities in impossibly named countries, to assist foreign princes and to negotiate deals with exotically accented adversaries are as valid for Kansas City attorneys as for those in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Indeed, far from abandoning those dreams, now is a superb time to embrace them and make them our own. Globalization demands it. Just as at the beginning of the last century our legal ancestors had to become familiar with the expanding and dynamic interstate commerce of the United States, so too Kansas City lawyers of this new century must be familiar with the modern international commerce - regulated and informed as it is by international, comparative and foreign ("ICF") law. Reprinted with permission of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.

Keywords: International Law, Foreign Law, Conparative Law, Globalization, International Trade, Jurisdiction, Kansas City, Domestic Law

JEL Classification: F02, F13, F15, F21, F23, F33, K33