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12:10 Oct 25, 2014 |
Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law (general) / Contestação | |||||||
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2 | interests enforceable by a private interested party |
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interests enforceable by a private interested party Explanation: Alternative: interests which can be asserted before the courts by a private interested party. (In the USA we call this "interests subject to enforcement by private attorneys general".) --- http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti... "The private attorney general doctrine gives courts the discretion to award attorneys' fees to a party who vindicates a right that (1) benefits a large number of people, (2) requires private enforcement, and (3) is of societal importance. Of the three criteria, this last requirement has been the most troublesome. Specifically, what is an "important" right? In order to decide which rights are important, courts have been inclined to engage in vague and subjective inquiries, leaving the contours of the private attorney general doctrine largely undefined. As a result, the application of the doctrine has been unpredictable. In the paradigm private attorney general case, a party brings suit to enforce a right left unenforced by the ordinary enforcement mechanisms of the political process." --- |
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