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to Spec-head configurations (Chomsky 1986) is replaced in the Minimalist Program by the idea that Case checking is allowed under c-command (Chomsky 2000, 2001). This change accommodates the fact that Infl can license nominative Case on an object when the subject has lexical Case (e.g., dative or ergative) in languages such as Icelandic and Hindi: (1) Barninu batnaði veikin. [Icelandic] child-DAT recovered-from disease-NOM ‘The child recovered from the disease. ’ (Yip et al.1987, 223) (2) Raam-ne roTii khaayii thii. [Hindi] Ram-ERG bread-NOM.FEM eat(perf, fem) be(past,fem) ‘Ram had eaten bread. ’ (Mahajan 1990, 73) (3) Siitaa-ko laRke pasand the. [Hindi] Sita-DAT boys-NOM,MASC like be(past,masc.pl) ‘Sita likes the boys. ’ (Mahajan 1991 (7)) While this is a desirable advance in Case Theory, an important problem remains that is the focus of this paper: Case locality is much more restricted in some languages. Although closely related to Icelandic, Faroese bars nominative objects in such constructions