Arbitration In India
Early this I blogged about my comments at the annual meeting of the Indian Society of International Law. Several of the members of my panel spoke about the sorry state of arbitration in India. I addressed the use of arbitration to avoid the vagaries of local law of which India has more than a few (http://pryorthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/02/isil-and-nlu-delhi_09.html).A few months later I added some words about the comments of Fali Nariman to the same effect: India's arbitration system is broken and sophisticated arbitral cases are going to Hong Kong and Singapore (

Religious Legal Theory Conference
Back from last week's conference hosted by Seton Hall Law School on "Religious Legal Theory: State of the Field."  Many Christian (Catholic and Evangelical) and Jewish scholars as well as a Muslim and a Buddhist professor spoke.  Sadly, my colleague M.S.Rajpurohit form NLU-Jodhpur at the last minute was unable to make it.  Rob Vischer's (University of St. Thomas) and Amy Uelmen's (Seton Hall) addresses greatly impressed me.  I'll work Amy's comments on a Trinitarian theory of the (lack of a) duty to render assistance in Torts will find its way into my discussion next semester of mitigation of damages in Contracts.I was pleased that nothing Zach Calo (Valparai

Law School Mania
What do Belmont University and the Government of India have in common? Both are starting new law schools. For Belmont see http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_160497.asp. You can find India's announcement at http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/08234235/Government-to-set-up-four-law.html?h=B. Belmont's announcement combines outdated projections on the need for lawyers (doesn't anyone in Nashville read Above the Law (http://abovethelaw.com/)?) with institutional palaver. Given my limited time in India I can't say that four new law school are four too many but nonetheless I suspect the decision to create even more competition for low-end American legal work was motivated more b

Midterm Madness
For the first time at law school, I’ve given a midterm exam (or an “assessment exercise” in eduspeak).   My 1L Contracts students lost of day of instruction and I lost Fall Break.   Many years ago I had a surprise “pop

Addressing Economic Development
One of the curious experiences of our time in India was getting places that have no street address. To drive to the home of one of the 2.5 million residents of Jodhpur required the name of their "colony" (subdivision), a landmark or two, and stopping to ask questions once one was in the general vicinity of the target. Important streets were named but most were not.Now comes news that Garmin plans to introduce GPS navigation into India: http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/22144005/Garmin-Reliance-Retail-tie-up.html?h=B&sms_ss=emailWill this cause assignment o