‘The worst law on earth’: why the rich love London’s reputation managers | Media law

Jessica M. Balch

[ad_1] When two Wall Street Journal reporters posted a book about Jho Lower, a Malaysian wanted for his alleged position in a $4bn fraud, they strike a quite English roadblock. Reduced hired Schillings, regarded as 1 of London’s most aggressive “reputation management” legislation firms. Schillings threatened libel circumstances from suppliers […]

Missing law on missing persons

Jessica M. Balch

[ad_1] A few days in the past, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the federal govt to serve notices on previous president General Pervez Musharaff and all successive chief executives including the incumbent Key Minister Shehbaz Sharif for following an “undeclared tacit approval of the policy” in enforced disappearances. The […]

From Modeled Topics to Areas of Law: A Comparative Analysis of Types of Proceedings in the German Federal Constitutional Court | German Law Journal

Jessica M. Balch

[ad_1] A. Introduction Jurisprudence in Germany is traditionally conceived as a hermeneutic science that rarely uses empirical, letalone quantitative methods. Footnote 1 It focuses on individual texts—particularly statutes, regulations, and court decisions—which are subject to “close reading” to answer research questions. Insofar as one might consider court decisions as empirical […]

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