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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankFailuresofAmericanCivilJusticeinInternationalPerspectiveAmerica’seighteenth-centuryfoundersexpectedofthenation’sfutureciviljusticesystemthateveryone“oughttoobtainrightandjusticefreely,withoutsale,completelyandwithoutdenial,promptlyandwithoutdelay.”Theydeclared“thatalle
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5、.JamesR.MaxeinerisAssociateProfessorofLawattheUniversityofBaltimoreSchoolofLaw.Beforeenteringacademics,hespentmorethantwodecadesintheinternationalpracticeoflawasTrialAttorneywiththeUnitedStatesDepartmentofJustice,asseniorassociateinlitigationpracticewithtwoleadingNewYorkCityinternationallawfirms,an
6、dasVicePresidentandAssociateGeneralCounselofDun&Bradstreet,Inc.HeisaformerFellowoftheAlexandervonHumboldtFoundation;guestscholaroftheMaxPlanckInstitutesinHamburg,Freiburg,andMunich;andvisitingresearcheratKansaiUniversityFacultyofLawinOsaka,Japan.InadditiontoaninternationalJ.D.fromCornellandanintern
7、ationalLL.M.fromGeorgetown,heholdsadoctorateinlawfromtheLudwigMaximiliansUniversityofMunich.Hisdissertationisincomparativeantitrustlawandlegalmethods.Heisamem-beroftheAmericanLawInstituteandhasparticipatedi