The title is not designed to be provocative or even clever (I have surely been successful in avoiding the latter). It just occurs to me that with the bailouts of our industry by our government, with the promise in today’s … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
Our business law is very dense. There is the common law: how you contract, what you do that creates liability, how you borrow money, how you hire and fire. There is a large historical list of statutes and regulations by … Continue reading
My primary question is, what should I teach in my brief tenure? What should budding Russian lawyers take away from an initial exposure to US business law? One predecessor at Belgorod (seems I am not the first US attorney to … Continue reading
Those of you interested only in the substance of the teaching mission not only have my utmost respect but also might skip this fifth blog post; while personal matters will be kept to a minimum, some may have an interest … Continue reading
The main purpose of my trip, noted in my first post, is to collect suggestions for teaching United States business law in Russia. My hope is that teaching the “best” US business law has to offer will resonate logically in … Continue reading
Although I had hoped to be sent to Siberia, my teaching assignment for American law is to be at Belgorod State University. I must confess I had to go to Wikipedia and map sites in order to orient myself. Belgorod is a city … Continue reading
Practicing attorneys receive periodic emails and faxes from an organization which until recently was somewhat mysterious to me: The Center for International Legal Studies which is run by Professor Dennis Campbell from Salzburg, Austria, The Center has operated for over thirty years … Continue reading
In March, 2011, after a week of training in Salzburg, Austria, I will travel to the University of Belgorod in Southwestern Russia to teach law students, and perhaps business students, about American business law. The trip is under the auspice … Continue reading