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Foreign Law and the SCOTUS Front Door

by Kenneth Anderson

My Volokh Co-Conspirator John Elwood notes the reference to foreign courts, if not precisely law, in Justice Breyer’s comment on closing the SCOTUS main front door to visitors.

May 3rd, 2010 - 1:58 PM EDT | Trackback Link |

http://opiniojuris.org/2010/05/03/foreign-law-and-the-scotus-front-door/

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