The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Summary Introduction
Case Summary: The existence of foreign law in the court of law, and its determination and interpretation as a law or question of fact.
To Find: Determination and interpretation of foreign law as a law or question of fact.
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