Vol. 139 No. 3 A longstanding choice-of-law rule known as the internal affairs doctrine has predominated over corporate law matters in the United States since at least the 1860s. Acknowledged by the Supreme Court and generally followed by the states, the doctrine holds that the internal affairs of a corporation are governed by the law of the state where it is incorporated, notwithstanding where it may be headquartered.
Vol. 139 No. 3 Courts often consult entrenched, preratification sources such as Blackstone’s Commentaries and The Digest of Justinian when rendering decisions in common law actions. These authorities...
Vol. 137 No. 6 At a time when much conflicts scholarship is focused on unwarranted extensions of state power beyond state borders, Professor Carlos Vázquez’s Non-extraterritoriality makes a...
Vol. 137 No. 5 Abstract The extraterritorial application of statutes has received a great deal of scholarly attention in recent years, but very little attention has been paid...
Vol. 128 No. 4 Introduction The American administrative state is on the ropes. It is being challenged as inefficient, expensive, bloated, moribund, out of control, and even morally...
