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Torture As A Violation Of International Law Providing Federal Jurisdiction: Filartiga V. Pena Irala And The Alien Tort Statute, Neil J. Conway Dec 1982

Torture As A Violation Of International Law Providing Federal Jurisdiction: Filartiga V. Pena Irala And The Alien Tort Statute, Neil J. Conway

Antioch Law Journal

In Filartiga v. Pefia-IralaI the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts over an action between foreign nationals for the wrongful death by torture of a seventeen year old boy in Paraguay. Reversing the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the Second Circuit held that deliberate torture committed by a foreign police official violates international law, and that an action may therefore be brought in district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (The Alien Tort Statute).2 The Alien Tort Statute, rarely invoked since its …


Emerging Functions Of Formal Legal Institutions In China's Modernization, Stanley B. Lubman Dec 1982

Emerging Functions Of Formal Legal Institutions In China's Modernization, Stanley B. Lubman

Hong Yen Chang Center for Chinese Legal Studies

In 1977 when China's leaders dedicated themselves to the four modernizations, they consciously decided to reestablish formal legal institutions as part of their ambitious plan of growth. In light of China's legal history since the Communist victory in 1949, this decision is significant. Since 1949 law had borne the heavy imprint of politics; since the late nineteen-fifties, the Chinese leadership had shown little concern for the fate of formal legal institutions; during the Cultural Revolution, the legal system had virtually disappeared. But since 1977, despite fluctuations in economic policy the attitudes of the leadership toward law, repeatedly echoed by lower …


A Fickle Formulation: U.S. Plays Nursemaid To The Marketplace, Colleen A. Brown Oct 1982

A Fickle Formulation: U.S. Plays Nursemaid To The Marketplace, Colleen A. Brown

In the Public Interest

No abstract provided.


Jurisdictional Issues In International Law: Kelp Farming Beyond The Territorial Sea, Gea Tung Oct 1982

Jurisdictional Issues In International Law: Kelp Farming Beyond The Territorial Sea, Gea Tung

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


International Protection Of Human Rights And State Sovereignty, Jost Delbruck Oct 1982

International Protection Of Human Rights And State Sovereignty, Jost Delbruck

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Taiwan Communiqué And Separation Of Powers, Hungdah Chiu Sep 1982

Taiwan Communiqué And Separation Of Powers, Hungdah Chiu

Congressional Testimony

Hearings Before the United States Senate, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. 97th Congress, 2nd Session (September, 1982).


Monitoring Foreign Investment In Energy Resources: Problems And Proposals, James J. Friedberg Aug 1982

Monitoring Foreign Investment In Energy Resources: Problems And Proposals, James J. Friedberg

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


U.S.-Mexican Trade: New Initiatives Are Needed Now, Harry A. Inman Jul 1982

U.S.-Mexican Trade: New Initiatives Are Needed Now, Harry A. Inman

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Legal Aspects Of Lending To Mexican Borrowers, James E. Ritch Jr. Jul 1982

Legal Aspects Of Lending To Mexican Borrowers, James E. Ritch Jr.

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


De Sanchez V. Banco Central De Nicaragua: An Extension Of The Restrictive Theory Of Foreign Sovereign Immunity, Mark A. Block Jul 1982

De Sanchez V. Banco Central De Nicaragua: An Extension Of The Restrictive Theory Of Foreign Sovereign Immunity, Mark A. Block

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


An Approach To Acts Of States: Empresa Cubana Exportadora De Azucar Y Sus Derivados V. Lamborn & Co., Anne Charette Hill Jul 1982

An Approach To Acts Of States: Empresa Cubana Exportadora De Azucar Y Sus Derivados V. Lamborn & Co., Anne Charette Hill

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The Regulation Of Foreign Business In Mexico: Recent Legislation In Historical Perspective, Stewart W. Fisher Jul 1982

The Regulation Of Foreign Business In Mexico: Recent Legislation In Historical Perspective, Stewart W. Fisher

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


De James V. Magnificence Carriers, Inc.: Minimum Contacts And National Contacts As Bases For In Personam Jurisdiction In Admiralty Claims, R. L. Adams Jul 1982

De James V. Magnificence Carriers, Inc.: Minimum Contacts And National Contacts As Bases For In Personam Jurisdiction In Admiralty Claims, R. L. Adams

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Book Review, North Carolina Journal Of International Law And Commercial Regulation Jul 1982

Book Review, North Carolina Journal Of International Law And Commercial Regulation

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Permanent Establishment Under The Canada-United States Tax Treaties - The Old And The New, Michael G. Quigley Jul 1982

Permanent Establishment Under The Canada-United States Tax Treaties - The Old And The New, Michael G. Quigley

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents - Issue 3, North Carolina Journal Of International Law And Commercial Regulation Jul 1982

Table Of Contents - Issue 3, North Carolina Journal Of International Law And Commercial Regulation

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Industrial Policies Of North America And Their Implications For U.S. Trade And Investment Relations, J. David Morrissy Jul 1982

Industrial Policies Of North America And Their Implications For U.S. Trade And Investment Relations, J. David Morrissy

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


United States: Federal Reserve System Rules Concerning International Banking Facilities: Introductory Note, Cynthia C. Lichtenstein Jun 1982

United States: Federal Reserve System Rules Concerning International Banking Facilities: Introductory Note, Cynthia C. Lichtenstein

Cynthia C. Lichtenstein

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Apr 1982

Table Of Contents

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Doctrine Of "Effects" And The Extraterritorial Application Of Antitrust Laws, Najeeb Samie Apr 1982

The Doctrine Of "Effects" And The Extraterritorial Application Of Antitrust Laws, Najeeb Samie

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Dominican Republic A Caribbean Crucible By Howard J. Wiarda And Michael J. Kryzanek, Jonathan Russin Apr 1982

The Dominican Republic A Caribbean Crucible By Howard J. Wiarda And Michael J. Kryzanek, Jonathan Russin

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Banking Report, Paul A. Lester Apr 1982

Banking Report, Paul A. Lester

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Aviation Law Report, Carl E.B. Mckenry Apr 1982

Aviation Law Report, Carl E.B. Mckenry

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recent Highlights In Brazilian Banking Legislation, Thomas J. Skola, Jose Roberto C. Opice Apr 1982

Recent Highlights In Brazilian Banking Legislation, Thomas J. Skola, Jose Roberto C. Opice

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regional And International Activities, Isidoro Zanotti Apr 1982

Regional And International Activities, Isidoro Zanotti

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Brazil Apr 1982

Brazil

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Foreign Direct Investment In The United States: An Overview, Michael A. Almond, Shelley M. Goldstein Apr 1982

Foreign Direct Investment In The United States: An Overview, Michael A. Almond, Shelley M. Goldstein

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Principles Relating To Organization And Taxation Of Foreign Investment Activity In The United States, Stanley C. Ruchelman Apr 1982

Principles Relating To Organization And Taxation Of Foreign Investment Activity In The United States, Stanley C. Ruchelman

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Immigration Problems Confronting Foreign Personnel In The United States, Charles Gordon Apr 1982

Immigration Problems Confronting Foreign Personnel In The United States, Charles Gordon

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Financing Foreign Investment In The United States, Craigh Leonard Apr 1982

Financing Foreign Investment In The United States, Craigh Leonard

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.