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The Doctrine of Hotchpot

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What is this, under American law? (It has sometimes been referred to as "hotch-potch," but is not to be confused with "hodgepodge," the Wisconsin Court of Appeals tells us.)

Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA School of Law. Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any institution.