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Controlling law

Can we please merge this unreferenced stub, Controlling law, into Choice of law clause, or better yet, both of them into Choice of law? Thanks in advance. Feel free to ping/tag me. Bearian (talk) 16:05, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a reasonable suggestion, Bearian, but I'm not sure about it. I had a look at what links to 'Controlling law', and the context of incoming links raises a concerns. Here's the text of all the current incoming mainspace links...

Patentable subject matter in the United States
Similar judicial philosophy was adopted by Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman in Ariosa v. Sequenom, but this approach was firmly rejected by the SCOTUS in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. and it is not the controlling law in the USA.
Flood v. Kuhn
After citing many precedents which had held industries which did not ship goods for sale across state lines to be interstate commerce, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that Federal Baseball and Toolson applied only to baseball and thus Hart controlled in the instant case (followed by a judicial quote)
United States v. Throckmorton
A circuit split developed over which case was controlling during the late 1930s, but the Court declined to resolve it, although it has modified and clarified the rule in several decisions since then; Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) has also limited Throckmorton's applicability.
Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon
In 1953 it had held in Wilko v. Swan that three provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (or, the 1933 Act), which regulates the primary market in which securities issuers sell directly to buyers, were controlling, allowing investors to take their claims to court regardless of what contracts and the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) said.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd
The plaintiff had sued under the Securities Act of 1933, under which any provision mandating that an investor waive their right to sue was prohibited. A 7–2 majority found the latter statute was controlling.
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.
Federal law was controlling, overriding North Carolina law that held contracts such as the one between Mercury and the hospital not to be in interstate commerce and thus under the domain of state law, which in this case would have allowed the hospital to avoid arbitration.
Index of law articles — index article, not that interesting, whatever

Apologies in advance for my perhaps hazy understanding of American jurisprudence, but these uses seem quite different from what the article is about. In the first, second and third examples, the term is used to refer to which precedent is controlling (or, as jurists outside the US might say, which precedent is applicable or binding). In the fourth and fifth examples, the term is used in the context of the US Supreme Court deciding which of two federal statutes has priority. In the sixth example, it is used in the context of determining whether US federal law or state law had priority on a question before the court. None of the examples seem to use the term to refer to choice of law.

Currently, an ordinary reader with little or no legal education reading the above articles is likely to be misled if they were to click any of these links hoping to find out what exactly "controlling" or "controlling law" means in context. If we were to redirect it to either choice of law or choice of law clause, they'd still be misled. The preferable answer may be to change these links to better targets, or remove them entirely. (An aside: "controlling law" is a redlink on Wiktionary.) —Tom Morris (talk) 15:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. I’m not going to merge it until I get feedback from at least two other users. Bearian (talk) 15:40, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2024 Wikipedia blackout

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2024 Wikipedia blackout. Sincerely, Dilettante 21:56, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for R v R

R v R has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:European Union law#Requested move 16 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:European Union law#Requested move 16 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. JuniperChill (talk) 19:20, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UK Terminally Ill Adults Bills

FYI

– Pointer to relevant discussion elsewhere.

Please see Talk:Assisted suicide in the United Kingdom#UK Terminally Ill Adults Bills. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:20, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Expectation of privacy (United States)#Requested move 25 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Expectation of privacy (United States)#Requested move 25 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Raladic (talk) 23:44, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am behind two successive proposals to move that article to a more accurate title, with a resulting discussion that can't nail down a solution for a new title but with general consensus that the current title is wrong. Please consider chipping in if you haven't already, while reveiwing both recent discussions for a taste of what has happened so far. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:20, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Updates to Neil Barofsky

There are updates proposed that may interest members of this project: Talk:Neil Barofsky#December 2024 Updates 9NassauHouse (talk) 19:39, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Hearing

Notice of hot mess. Can someone please fix this, or can we redirect it somewhere? Bearian (talk) 02:38, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've PRODed it because I can't think of a good redirect target. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not entirely convinced that this couldn't support a WP:BCA -- there is some general coverage in paralegal textbooks that might suit to tie it all together, and often quite a lot on specific NOH procedures and requirements in specific jurisdictions or subject areas, e.g. for replevin after Fuentes v. Shevin -- but I am convinced that the existing article is worse than nothing, so no objections here. -- Visviva (talk) 01:46, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Real estate settlement company

This one has been under the radar for years. If you’ve ever been to a closing, these folks can be essential. Can we please source this? Bearian (talk) 04:28, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blanked and redirected to Closing (real estate). voorts (talk/contributions) 01:28, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Bearian (talk) 11:03, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Westchester County Bar Association

Here’s another stub that’s been unsourced for 15 years. I have friends who are members. Can you find objective references? Bearian (talk) 01:08, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From an initial look, the odds of this meeting WP:NORG seem quite low. Perhaps a better result would be to create a List of bar associations in New York and merge it there? -- Visviva (talk) 01:29, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great idea. Can you work on that in the next few weeks? Bearian (talk) 11:04, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict model (criminal justice)

I’ve taught Criminal Justice but haven’t heard of this, but I don’t know everything. Can you please help t source this? Bearian (talk) 17:32, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ex contractu

Do you think we should redirect this to Wiktionary? Be bold! Bearian (talk) 11:03, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Petition mill

Can somebody please fix the issues identified by tags? I used to practice bankruptcy law, but it's been 32 years. Bearian (talk) 04:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Article 12 of the Constitution of Singapore

Article 12 of the Constitution of Singapore has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:57, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Law of Bulgaria

Can somebody please help to build up this stub, and source it? Bearian (talk) 22:30, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Longitudinal data system

Technically, this is required by law, but it's not actually a law. Is it notable? Bearian (talk) 05:17, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act#Requested move 27 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act#Requested move 27 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 19:53, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:H.W. v. France

I've created a draft article on a recent ECHR ruling which has impacts on French law's interpretation of marital rape and divorce. If there is anyone who knows more about this area, I would appreciate if you could give this a look. Thank you in advance! GnocchiFan (talk) 13:11, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore

Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:11, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrative proceeding

Here's another stub for us to source and expand. This page hasn't been updated or properly sourced in 15 years. Please, rescue it, merge with another article such as Administrative law, or go to WP:AfD. 2025 is a year of decisive action. Bearian (talk) 06:45, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A question about legal categories

I've posted an informal request for comments on a very minor categorization issue at R v Elliott, an article about a Canadian case with freedom of expression elements. Editors with an interest in Canadian human rights law, or an interest in the topic generally, are invited to comment in the discussion. Thanks. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 13:53, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bonus clause

This stub has been tagged as unsourced for 15 years, since its creation. The author has been banned as a sockpuppet, so technically it could be deleted for that reason. However, I think the kernel is useful. Can we please find and add reliable sources? Bearian (talk) 04:20, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a WP:G5 because the creator wasn't banned at the time of creating the article. SilverLocust 💬 04:27, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is not clear to me that this is necessarily a topic worthy of an article. John M Baker (talk) 05:37, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Personal and business legal affairs of Elon Musk#Requested move 31 January 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Personal and business legal affairs of Elon Musk#Requested move 31 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. CNC (talk) 06:01, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Claim in bankruptcy

This article has not been referenced in 15 years. I used to practice this area of law, and in fact taught it a few times to paralegals. However, it's been many years. Can somebody please find and add reliable sources to this article? Bearian (talk) 03:36, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Article bounty: Badush prison massacre

Hello,

WikiProject Human rights is posting its first article bounty! Using article bounties, we aim to improve vital articles about human rights. Currently, there are 2 top-importance and 49 high-importance human rights articles that are rated as stubs. Among them is the article Badush prison massacre, which is the subject of this bounty. You are receiving this message because this WikiProject is listed on that article's page. Editors who improve this article may be eligible for various rewards, or "bounties".

Bounties will be awarded for improving the article in the following ways:

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Once the article is at 500 words, if you have contributed at least 1,250 characters on the revision history statistics page, you can reply to this post to receive The Minor Barnstar.
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If you have any questions about the bounty or help with the GA process, feel free to message the bounty coordinator, Spookyaki, or reply to this post. If you are unsure where to start, check out the refideas on the article's Talk page.

Spookyaki (talk)

Spookyaki (talk) 16:12, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of your articles that are in Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors, 2025

Currently, this project has about ~81 articles in need of some reference cleanup. Basically, some short references created via {{sfn}} and {{harvnb}} and similar templates have missing full citations or have some other problems. This is usually caused by templates misuse or by copy-pasting a short reference from another article without adding the full reference, or because a full reference is not making use of citation templates like {{cite book}} (see Help:CS1) or {{citation}} (see Help:CS2). To easily see which citation is in need of cleanup, you can check these instructions to enable error messages (Svick's script is the simplest to use, but Trappist the monk's script is a bit more refined if you're interested in doing deeper cleanup). See also how to resolve issues.

These could use some of your attention

If you could add the full references to those article/fix the problem references, that would be great. Again, the easiest way to deal with those is to install Svick's script per these instructions. If after installing the script, you do not see an error, that means it was either taken care of, or was a false positive, and you don't need to do anything else. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:46, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Peaceable possession

Can someone please find and add reliable sources do that we can bring this up to a Start class, please? Bearian (talk) 23:52, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Efforts to impeach Sara Duterte#Requested move 5 February 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Efforts to impeach Sara Duterte#Requested move 5 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ROY is WAR Talk! 10:42, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Representative democracy in Singapore

Representative democracy in Singapore has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. WhinyTheYounger ※ Talk 04:20, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Open Access and the Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law

Was already available via Wikipedia Library, but nevertheless a helpful addition. Full announcment. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 00:15, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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