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Whither the Revolution? Framing Political Animosities between Sexual Minorities and Churches in Cuba\u27s New Constitution
Scots Traders and Spanish Law in East Florida
Colonial Adventures: Commercial Law and Practice in the Making addresses the question how and to what extend the development of commercial law and practice, from Ancient Greece to the colonial empires of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, were indebted to colonial expansion and maritime trade. Illustrated by experiences in Ancient Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia, the book examines how colonial powers, whether consciously or not, reshaped the law in order to foster the prosperity of homeland manufacturers and entrepreneurs or how local authorities and settlers brought the transplanted law in line with the colonial objectives and the local constraints amid shifting economic, commercial and political realities.https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty_books/1279/thumbnail.jp
De ‘Astivenca’ a ‘Polar’: Balance a 10 Años del Reconocimiento al Efecto-Dual del Principio Competencia-Competencia (Kompetenz-Kompetenz) en el Arbitraje Venezolano
An Empirical Assessment of Pretextual Stops and Racial Profiling
Professor Stephen Rushin, of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, presented his work An Empirical Assessment of Pretextual Stops and Racial Profiling. This work empirically illustrates that legal doctrines permitting police officers to engage in pretextual traffic stops may contribute to a statistically significant increase in racial profiling.https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty-workshops/1052/thumbnail.jp
Cannabis Impaired Driving: The Importance of tolerance and the Challenges of Roadside Testing
Professor Ashley Brooks-Russell, of Colorado School of Public Health - Community and Behavioral Health, University of Colorado Denver, presented her work Cannabis Impaired Driving: The Importance of tolerance and the Challenges of Roadside Testing. This work examines how the driving, of cannabis users, is affected.https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty-workshops/1053/thumbnail.jp