There are 100 or so US lawyers and one Nigerian lawyer being trained here in Salzburg, Austria to teach law in former Soviet countries under the auspices of the Center for International Legal Studies. We will go into various countries, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Russia
A friend shared this blogsite with a few people and one of those, Tony Radbill, started a modest email exchange with me. Our discussion drifted to Siberia (I had hoped at one time to be able to teach there, just … Continue reading
Is it possible for government to decree an ideal business climate, or must that business climate be generated organically, by business itself, and with the least possible governmental interference? A penchant for strong liberal government “interference” is attractive; however, experience … Continue reading
After months of waiting (I cannot really say negotiating, because there was no communication coming from Belgorod State University law faculty until this month), the subject topics for my lectures finally have been approved. The first lecture will cover (perhaps … Continue reading
I have delayed posting until I had some preliminary feedback from Belgorod State University as to my general plan, which is to teach many of the basics of business law (obviously at a pretty general level) but also spend time on … Continue reading
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
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