The Argumentative Status of Foreign Legal Arguments

This paper argues that the citation of foreign legal sources in judicial decisions is not essentially a free-standing justification. Rather it gives additional support to arguments that can be based on existing domestic legal sources by showing that these illustrate a principle or value shared by a...

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Main Author: John Bell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utrecht University School of Law 2012-05-01
Series:Utrecht Law Review
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Online Access:http://www.utrechtlawreview.org/articles/10.18352/ulr.192/