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Presentation: The Prosecution of Crimes Against Humanity committed in Slovenia after the Second World War

On Tuesday 02 September the Legal Research Society will host what is sure to be a fascinating paper by another of our co-founders, Jernej Letnar Cernic: Tuesday 02 September, 3pm, Taylor C16 Jernej Letnar Cernic, 'The Prosecution of Crimes Against Humanity committed in Slovenia after the Second World War - The Prosecutor v. Mitja Ribičič case before the Slovenian Courts' Abstract : This presentation examines the recent decision by the Slovenian Courts in the case of Prosecutor v. Mitja Ribičič concerning alleged commission of crimes against humanity in the Slovenian territory in the months following the end of the Second World War. As many as one hundred thirty thousands person are estimated to have been extra-judicially killed in the months following the end of the Second World War by Secret Police controlled by Yugoslav Communist Party. Mass grave sites numbering between four and five hundred have been so far found on the Slovenian territory. In August 2006, the Sloven

Seinfeld and the Law

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I have a lot of respect for the Maryland Court of Appeals and its recent decision in Thomas L. Clancy, Jr. v. W and T. King . The case has to do with whether the author Tom Clancy violated his fiduciary duties by withdrawing from a book series. That, however, is not the reason for why the Maryland Court deserves respect. In the case, the judges cite, as an example of bad faith in contract, Jerry Seinfeld and his conduct in the episode the Wig Master . The judges refer to the dispute Jerry has with a store clerk when he tries to return an expensive jacket because of “spite” and refer to Jerry’s reason as an example of breach of the duty to act in good faith toward the other party to a contract. This is a brilliant example of sound legal reasoning made available to non-lawyers. The Wall Street Journal’s Law blog has the story and you can read the decision here .

Presentation Announcement

Although term start is still a few weeks away, the Legal Research Society kick starts this academic year with a presentation by founding member J ustin Borg Barthet titled “ How Corporate Europe was Built in Kirchberg: An overview of AG Maduro's Opinion in Cartesio ". The presentation will take place on Monday August 25 (sorry for the short notice) at 14.00 in Taylor Building room C16. Here is the abstract: This presentation addresses the opinion of Advocate General Maduro (ECJ) in Case C‑210/06 Cartesio Oktató és Szolgáltató bt . The case concerns the refusal of the Hungarian courts to allow a Hungarian limited partnership to transfer its operational headquarters to Italy while remaining incorporated under Hungarian law. In keeping with the flow of liberalisation that began with the ECJ's judgment in Centros , AG Maduro finds that the Hungarian law at issue constitutes an unjustified restriction on freedom of establishment as provided in Articles 43 and 48 of the EC