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Intercountry Adoption Under The Hague Convention: Still An Attractive Option For Homosexuals Seeking To Adopt?, Lisa Hillis

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

The Trojan Horse Of The 21st Century: Immigrants, Foreign Campaign Contributions And International Politics, Kostas A. Poulakidas

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

One Trip To The Dentist Is Enough: Reasons To Strengthen Intellectual Property Rights Through The Free Trade Area Of The Americas, Owen Lippert

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Campaign raises $91.3 million/Some gifts already have gone to work; New Assistant Dean: 'there is a passion for the place'; Meet the Class of 2000; Sax returns to Law School to deliver Cook Lectures; Midwest clinical law specialists take time to step back; A 'fine line' of censorship; Suit challenges Law School admissions policies; Look beyond the obvious in Supreme Court rulings; A new tool for improving water quality; Commencement: an end and a beginning; 'Conversations' offer inspiration to future lawyers; Taxing tactics in an international economy; Help for Alabama's death row inmates; The view from the international side; Time …

Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

An international intellectual banquet/The view from the worlds highest benches; Celebrating ties with the Law School; A different kind of Saturday; Law School graduates win top State Bar awards; Phyllis Hurwitz Marcus, '93/Helping Appleseed Grow; Saxton, '52, wins Distinguished Service Award; Both sides of the bench; George W Crockett, '34, & Cecil F Poole, '38; Class notes; In memoriam

From Patchwork To Network: Strategies For International Intellectual Property In Flux, Paul E. Geller

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Laws of intellectual property define what is bought and sold on media and technology markets, notably works, trademarks, and inventions. Laws and treaties have traditionally been made and enforced by nation-states operating in a patchwork of territories. Now, the media and technology marketplace is being globalized in digital networks. The law is only beginning to respond to this change.

To analyze this process in the field of intellectual property, this Article will consider the following questions: First, how is the patchwork of national laws lagging behind new networks in this field? Second, how does the international regime of intellectual property …

Lost In Paradise: Lobbying Strategies For Public International Law Issues, Bruce Zagaris

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Increasingly in an interconnected world, Americans and people throughout the world are encountering situations in which their human rights are abused abroad. People are traveling to exotic parts of the world that have not experienced the extent of foreign penetration. Simultaneously, the enormous gaps between wealthy and impoverished

International Law And The Implementation Of The American Bar Association Resolution Regarding The American Bar Association Resolution Regarding The Death Penalty, Ved P. Nanda

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

My assignment is to consider the emerging international norms and how they might affect implementation of the American Bar Association (ABA) resolution calling for a moratorium on the imposition and enforcement of the death penalty.'

Strengthening The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Harry H. Almond Jr.

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Jessup Competition has awakened perspectives about decision making in the students of international law. It has served in the legal education of countless students, and it has even served the promotion and perhaps the development of international law itself

Review Essay-The Relucant Sheriff, Iv Ashton

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Dr. Haas sums up his basic approach as follows: "I propose that the United States adopt a foreign policy based on the notion of regulation."

Secrets And Lies? Swiss Banks And International Human Rights, Anita Ramasastry

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article explores the relationship of Swiss banks and their tradition of bank secrecy to the activities of a particular group of depositors: war criminals and other human rights violators. The Article focuses on litigation brought in U.S. courts by plaintiffs seeking access to Swiss bank deposits made by the Nazis and Ferdinand Marcos. The Article examines the possibility of holding banks accountable under international law for assisting a customer who has committed a serious breach of international law. Part I introduces the role of bank secrecy in the current litigation. Part II describes the Swiss tradition of bank secrecy. …

The Human Rights To Food, Medicine And Medical Supplies, And Freedom From Arbitrary And Inhumane Detention And Controls In Sri Lanka, Jordan J. Paust

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Essay identifies the denial of adequate and available food and the denials of adequate medicine and medical supplies in Sri Lanka as serious human rights violations. Additionally, the Author cites customary international law and international agreements to support his conclusion that the government's denial of these necessities in Sri Lanka constitute war crimes. The Author discusses the human rights violations with respect to: (1) the right to adequate food; (2) the right to adequate medicine and medical supplies; and (3) the right to freedom from arbitrary and inhumane detention and controls. The Author concludes by urging that the U.S. …

More Turbulence Ahead: A Bumpy Ride During U.S.-Japanese Aviation Talks Exemplifies The Need For A Pragmatic Course In Future Aviation Negotiations, Derek Lick

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note analyzes the U.S.-Japanese aviation agreement and the negotiations that led to its signing. More specifically, it examines how the parties involved--including U.S. airline carriers who disagreed as to how the United States should proceed--influenced the negotiation process. Part II of the Note focuses on the current U.S. policy of expanding open skies when negotiating bilateral aviation treaties with foreign countries. Part III looks at the U.S.-Japanese aviation market and its importance for U.S. airlines. Part IV examines how the Japanese government successfully used its strategic placement in the Asian market to avoid U.S. efforts to impose an open …

Intervention And Joinder As Of Right In International Arbitration, S. I. Strong

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

For the purpose of this Article, an existing party is said to have a claim to join a third party into an arbitration as of right when (1) in the third party's absence, complete relief cannot be accorded among those already parties to the arbitration or (2) the third party asserts an interest relating to the subject of the arbitration and is so situated that the disposition of the arbitration in the third party's absence may (a) as a practical matter impair or impede the third party's ability to protect that interest or (b) leave any of the persons already …

Dependent Independence: Application Of The Nunavut Model To Native Hawaiian Sovereignty And Self-Determination Claims, Jeffrey Wutzke

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Future Of The World Health Organization: What Role For International Law?, David P. Fidler

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article has tried to provide a comprehensive analysis of the role of international law in WHO's future. Whether WHO realizes it, international law has had and will continue to have effects on international health policy. In the future, WHO has a choice: It can continue to act as if international law plays no role in global public health or it can build the commitment and capacity needed to integrate international law into its endeavors and into the creation of global health jurisprudence. Building such commitment and capacity will not resurrect WHO to its past glories, but they may very …

International Response To Dolly: Will Scientific Freedom Get Sheared , Melissa K. Cantrell

Journal of Law and Health

This Comment will discuss the current threat to scientific freedom posed by absolute bans on human cloning. Parts II and III discuss the response of the United States and the international community to Dolly. Part IV discusses the legal position of scientific freedom in the U.S. and abroad. Finally, Part V will posit that a total ban on human cloning infringes on the freedom of scientific inquiry, and endangers the public by encouraging the establishment of black market cloning clinics.

Continuity For Transatlantic Commercial Contracts After The Introduction Of The Euro, Rebecca H. Marek

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Saving The Blueprints: The International Legal Regime For Plant Genetic Resources, David S. Tilford

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Considering Our Position: Viewing Information Warfare As A Use Of Force Prohibited By Article 2(4) Of The U.N. Charter, Todd A. Morth

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Economics Of Violence: Why Freedom From Domestic Violence Must Be Treated As A Developmental Right In International Law, Kelsey S. Barnes

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

International Law—The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: Do Tiered Corporate Subsidiaries Constitute Foreign States?, Jane H. Griggs

Western New England Law Review

No abstract provided.