Paul B. Stephan

University of Virginia School of Law

John C. Jeffries, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law; John V. Ray Research Professor

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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1.

The Futility of Unification and Harmonization in International Commercial Law

University of Virginia School of Law, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 99-10
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Jul 1999
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Competitive Competition Law? An Essay Against International Cooperation

Univ. of Virginia Law & Econ Research Paper No. 03-3
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 May 2003
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Sovereign Immunity and the International Court of Justice: The State System Triumphant

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-47
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2012
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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sovereign immunity, international court of justice, human rights, customary international law

The Political Economy of Jus Cogens

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-14
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2011
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, sovereign immunity, jus cogens

The Political Economy of Jus Cogens

This paper was submitted to a conference on the political economy of international law organized by University "La Sapienza." The proceedings from this conference will be edited by Professor Alberta Fabbricotti and published by Edward Elgar in 2016, Forthcoming., Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 48, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 23
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2015
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Jus cogens, international law

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Seizing Russian Assets

Vol. 17, Capital Markets Law Journal (2022), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2022-40
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 07 Jun 2022
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Sanctions, Russian invasion of Ukraine, administrative law, constitutional law, international law

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Self-Enforcing International Agreements and the Limits of Coercion

Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 246
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 02 Mar 2004
Robert E. Scott and Paul B. Stephan
Columbia University - Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Contracts, law and economics, international law, international trade

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Taxation and Expropriation - The Destruction of the Yukos Oil Empire

Houston Journal of International Law, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-48
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 30 Aug 2012
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Investment protection, international dispute resolution, tax

Courts, the Constitution, and Customary International Law: The Intellectual Origins of the Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States

Univ. of Virginia Law & Econ Research Paper No. 03-10
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Dec 2003
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Courts, the Constitution, and Customary International Law: The Intellectual Origins of the Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States

UVA School of Law, Public Law Working Paper No. 03-4
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 May 2003
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Regulatory Cooperation and Competition - the Search for Virtue

University of Virginia Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 99-12
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 18 Jul 1999
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Conceptualizing Comparative International Law

COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW, Anthea Roberts, Paul B. Stephan, Pierre-Hugues Verdier & Mila Versteeg, eds., Oxford University Press, 2018, ISBN: 9780190697570
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Mar 2018
School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet), University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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International law, comparative law, comparative method

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Sheriff or Prisoner? The United States and the World Trade Organization

UVA School of Law Public Law Working Paper No. 00-10
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 May 2000
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Rationality and Corruption in the Post-Socialist World

Univerity of Virginia Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 99-11
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Aug 1999
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Political Economy of Choice of Law

UVA Law & Economics Research Paper No. 01-10
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Nov 2001
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Privatizing International Law

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2011-02
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2011
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Courts, Tribunals, and Legal Unification - the Agency Problem

Univ. of Virginia Law & Econ Research Paper No. 02-16
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Nov 2002
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Political Economy of Extraterritoriality

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2011
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Comparative Taxation Procedure and Tax Enforcement

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 May 2009
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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International Human Rights and Multinational Corporations: An FCPA Approach

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming, Vol. 101 (2021), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2021-01
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Jan 2021
Pierre-Hugues Verdier and Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 271 (188,225)
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FCPA, International Human Rights, International Law, Alien Tort Statute, ATS, Multinational Corporations, U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR

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Redistributive Litigation - Judicial Innovation, Private Expectations and the Shadow of International Law

UVA Law and Economics Research Paper No. 01-4
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 May 2001
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Institutions and Elites: Property, Contract, the State, and Rights in Information in the Global Economy

UVA Law & Economics Research Paper No. 01-9
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 21 Nov 2001
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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International Governance and American Democracy

UVA School of Law, Public Law Working Paper No. 00-9
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 May 2000
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Symmetry and Selectivity: What Happens in International Law When the World Changes

Chicago Journal of International Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Jan 2009
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, international relations

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Big Data and the Future Law of Armed Conflict in Cyberspace

THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT IN 2040 (Oxford University Press: New York, Matthew C. Waxman, ed. 2020), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-06
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Jan 2020
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Limits of Change: International Human Rights Under the Obama Administration

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-30
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Sep 2011
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Treaties in the Supreme Court: 1946-2000

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-06
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 26 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2010
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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treaties, international law, supreme court, direct effect, interpretation

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The Cold War and Soviet Law

University of Virginia Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 99-13
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Aug 1999
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Regulatory Competition and Anticorruption Law

Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 53, 2012, Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2012-09
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Aug 2012
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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regulatory competition, bribery, corruption, antitrust

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A Becoming Modesty: U.S. Litigation in the Mirror of International Law

UVA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 02-16
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Nov 2002
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Sovereignty and the World Economy

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-57, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2020-12
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Jul 2020
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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sovereignty, knowledge economy, international law

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Empagran - Empire Building or Judicial Modesty?

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-07
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2010
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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antitrust, international law, statutory interpretation, civil litigation

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The Legitimacy of International Law

PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL THEORY (Palgrave MacMillan: New York, Howard Williams, David Boucher, Peter Sutch & David A. Reidy, eds., forthcoming 2021), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-05
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Jan 2020
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Competing Sovereignty and Laws' Domains

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-04, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2017-02
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 25 Jan 2017
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, choice of law, rational choice theory of international relations

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Comparative International Law, Foreign Relations Law and Fragmentation: Can the Center Hold?

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 18
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Feb 2016
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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The One Voice in Foreign Relations Law and the Future of Federal Common Law

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-17
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 03 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2019
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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federal courts, international law, foreign relations law

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Disaggregating Customary International Law

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-08
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2010
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, international relations

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The Future of International Human Rights Law—Lessons From Russia

Law and Contemporary Problems, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-58
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Oct 2018
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, human rights, methodology, Russian law

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Courts on Courts: Contracting for Engagement and Indifference in International Judicial Encounters

Number of pages: 119 Posted: 19 Feb 2013
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international civil litigation, international law, contract theory

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Open Doors

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 13, 2008
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Oct 2008
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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What Story Got Wrong - Federalism, Localist Opportunism and International Law

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Oct 2008
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international law

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Wars of Conquest in the Twenty-First Century and the Lessons of History ‒ Crimea, Panama, and John Bassett Moore

Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 62, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2021-22
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Apr 2021
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, comparative law, legal history, law of war

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Inferences of Judicial Lawmaking Power and the Law of Nations

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-63
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2017
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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International Law as a Wedge Between Legal Systems

THE COMMON LAW AND THE CIVIL LAW TODAY ‒ CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE 1 (Vernon Press: Wilmington, Del., Marko Novakovic, editor 2019), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-07
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 21 Jan 2020
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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United States v. Bond and Information-Forcing Defaults: The Work that Presumptions Do

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 4, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2015
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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foreign relations law, statutory interpretation

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Change in the International Order - Chapter on Antibribery Law

Change in the International Order (Oxford University Press: New York, David Sloss ed., 2021); chapter Antibribery Law., Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2021-30
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Jun 2021
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Antibribery law, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, international business, international law, international economic law

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The Waning of the Federal Common Law of Foreign Relations

THE RESTATEMENT AND BEYOND – THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW (Oxford University Press: New York, Sarah A. Cleveland & Paul B. Stephan, eds. 2020), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-04
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Jan 2020
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Political Economy of Judicial Production of International Law

This draft was presented at a conference on political economy and international law organized by University "La Sapienza" in May 2014. The proceedings of this conference will be edited by Professor Alberta Fabbricotti and published by Edward Elgar in 2016.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Jun 2015
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, courts, political economy

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Constitutionalism and Internationalism: U.S. Participation in International Institutions

OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW 375 (Oxford University Press: New York, Curtis A. Bradley, editor 2019) , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-08
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Jan 2020
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Agora: Reflections on RJR Nabisco v. European Community - Private Litigation as a Foreign Relations Problem

110 American Journal of International Law Unbound 40 (2016), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper 2016-46
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Aug 2016
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law
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Brief of Professors William S. Dodge and Paul B. Stephan as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Apr 2022
William S. Dodge and Paul B. Stephan
University of California, Davis - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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international comity, abstention, prescriptive comity, foreign state compulsion, act of state

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national security, sanctions, international law

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The Political Economy of International Law. A European Perspective

The Political Economy of International Law. A European Perspective, by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2017
Sapienza University of Rome, University of Cambridge - Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Geneva - Faculty of Law - Department of Public International Law, Independent, Independent, Independent, University of St. Gallen - LS: School of Law, Students, University at Buffalo Law School, World Trade Institute, University of Groningen - Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Muenster – Faculty of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective GoodsUniversity of Hamburg, Law School, Independent, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, University of Groningen - Faculty of Law and KU Leuven - Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies

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The Problem with Cooperation

Posted: 02 Oct 2008
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law

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An Empirical Assessment of the Impact of Formal Versus Informal Dispute Resolution on Poverty: A Governance-Based Approach

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 25, pp. 89-106, 2005
Posted: 19 Sep 2006
Edgardo Buscaglia and Paul B. Stephan
International Law and Economic Development Center and University of Virginia School of Law

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Justice, judicial reform, corruption, alternative dispute resolution, courts, corruption

An Empirical Assessment of the Impact of Formal Versus Informal Dispute Resolution on Poverty: A Governance-Based Approach

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 89-106, 2005
Posted: 11 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2013
Edgardo Buscaglia and Paul B. Stephan
International Law and Economic Development Center and University of Virginia School of Law

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alternative dispute resolution, judicial reform, legal reform, economic development, corruption, organized crime, judicial effectiveness, selectivity, processing capacity, case management, cost-benefit

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Richardson V. Mcknight and the Scope of Immunity after Privatization

UVA Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 00-10
Posted: 04 May 2000
Clayton P. Gillette and Paul B. Stephan
New York University School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law

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