The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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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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