He created the organization with the encouragement and assistance of Paul Weyrich, a Melkite Greek Catholic and powerful conservative political strategist, who had established the Heritage Foundation in 1973.Throughout his career, Weyrich forcefully shaped the right-wing agenda that opposed abortion and same-sex marriage, and embraced the concept that Judeo-Christian beliefs are necessary for successful Western democracies. [read post]

However, the European Court of Justice extends the effects of res judicata to prejudicial questions of the validity of a choice-of-forum clause, in this respect it approves a European conception of substantive res judicata (ECJ, 15.11.2012 – Case C 456/11 – Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung AG ./. [read post]