With regard to my last post in response to Jack, let me add: When the issue to be decided by a US court involves international law, as in the maritime case from which Jack quotes, then decisions of foreign nations' courts may be analogous to decisions of sister circuits. The foreign courts are interpreting and attempting to apply the same body of law, and uniformity is an important goal. This does not justify giving similar 'strongly persuasive' weight to decisions of foreign courts as to domestic legal matters.
Mark S. Scarberry Pepperdine University School of Law
