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Nafta & The Environmental Side Agreement: Fusing Economic Development With Ecological Responsibility, Reid A. Middleton Nov 1994

Nafta & The Environmental Side Agreement: Fusing Economic Development With Ecological Responsibility, Reid A. Middleton

San Diego Law Review

This Comment presents a substantive analysis of the North American Free Trade Agreement and its Environmental Side Agreement. It addresses the environmental questions surrounding the agreement and recognized the agreement's capacity to provide both economic and ecological enrichment in the U.S.- Mexican environment. The Comment analyzes the environmental criticisms of NAFTA, and illustrates why these criticisms are inaccurate. Through examination of the enforcement mechanisms of the Environmental Side Agreement, this Comment illustrates how Mexico's capacity and desire to fulfill its own environmental obligations, coupled with the necessary financing, will allow Mexico to independently put an end to decades of ecological …


Agriculture, Rural Workers And Free Trade, Guadalupe T. Luna Jul 1994

Agriculture, Rural Workers And Free Trade, Guadalupe T. Luna

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This article identifies the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on this country's agricultural workforce. The author concludes that as currently written, NAFTA facilitates the historically unequal treatment of the agricultural sector. She further suggests reform measures by way of the Agreement's reservation clause.


Unification And Harmonization Of Law Relating To Global And Regional Trading, George A. Zaphiriou May 1994

Unification And Harmonization Of Law Relating To Global And Regional Trading, George A. Zaphiriou

Northern Illinois University Law Review

The author begins by discussing the international unification of negotiable instruments, international sales, carriage of goods by sea, general average, international countertrading, procurement, electronic commerce, and the European Union's unification of jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments. The author concludes the article with a discussion of the harmonization of product liability, corporate law, and NAFTA in the international arena.


Some Economic Aspects Of Crime In The United States, Joseph A. Martellaro May 1994

Some Economic Aspects Of Crime In The United States, Joseph A. Martellaro

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This article focuses on the economic aspects of crime in the United States, specifically analyzing crimes which are committed by persons upon other persons and against property. The author notes that NAFTA may result in an increased influx of crime due to increased activity between the United States, Canada and Mexico. The article proceeds to analyze the economic aspects of criminal behavior by examining the probability of success via "Risk-Factors." The article examines the enormous cost of crime in the United States, and concludes that the monetary awards of crime will continue to result in an increase in criminal activity, …


The North American Free Trade Agreement: What It Means For U.S. Coal Exports, Moya Phelleps Apr 1994

The North American Free Trade Agreement: What It Means For U.S. Coal Exports, Moya Phelleps

West Virginia Law Review

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The North American Free Trade Agreement: A Market Analysis, Leonard Bierman, Donald R. Fraser, James W. Kolari Jan 1994

The North American Free Trade Agreement: A Market Analysis, Leonard Bierman, Donald R. Fraser, James W. Kolari

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was the subject of heated debate in the United States Congress. The central issue of the debate was whether NAFTA would have a positive or negative economic impact on the parties to the treaty. This Article is a direct empirical market analysis that measures the perceived economic impact of NAFTA on the parties to the agreement and other states. The authors use stock market event analysis to study the effect of NAFTA on different sectors of the economy of the United States, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region. In doing so, the …


Institutional Misfits: The Gatt, The Icj & Trade-Environment Disputes, Jeffrey L. Dunoff Jan 1994

Institutional Misfits: The Gatt, The Icj & Trade-Environment Disputes, Jeffrey L. Dunoff

Michigan Journal of International Law

The central thesis of this article is that neither trade bodies, like the GATT or NAFTA, nor adjudicatory bodies, like the ICJ or the proposed International Court for the Environment, ought to resolve these issues. Instead, trade-environment conflicts should be heard before an institution that recognizes the interdependent nature of global economic and environmental issues and that has a mandate to advance both economic development and environmental protection. This body should have ready access to the scientific and technical expertise that would enable it to resolve trade-environment disputes knowledgeably. It should possess tools to encourage nations to comply with its …