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The Crescent And The Union: Islam Returns To Western Europe, John D. Snethen

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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Walking The Queen's Highway: Peace, Politics And Parades In Northern Ireland, Brian P. White

San Diego International Law Journal

This Comment will discuss Northern Ireland's contentious Orange marching season and will review the history of Northern Ireland and its significance to the present day antagonists. It will further explore the law of Northern Ireland that is designed to protect the right to parade while preserving the public order, and consequently the related British legal machinery and its common law development. This Comment will also discuss the failure of Police Powers with respect to contentious parades in Northern Ireland, and will analyze the Parades Commission's prospects for success in diffusing sectarian animosity and violence associated with parading in Northern Ireland …

International Enforcement Of Family Maintenance And Support Obligations, Richard M. Buxbaum

Fulbright Symposium

Dr. Bauxbaum is the Jackson H. Ralston Professor of Law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, where from 1993-1999 he served as Dean of International and Area Studies. He received his A.B. and LL.B. from Cornell; the LL.M. from the University of California at Berkeley; the Dr.iur.h.c. from the University of Osnabriick and Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest; and was appointed Honorary Professor of Law by Peking University in 1998 . He practiced law in Rochester, New York and the U.S. Army before joining the Boalt faculty in 1961. He has published a casebook on corporation law and …

Application Of The Elements Of Torture And Other Forms Of Ill-Treatment, As Defined By The European Court And Commission Of Human Rights, To The Incidents Of Domestic Violence, Ela Grdinic

UC Law SF International Law Review

Domestic violence has not traditionally been considered a type of torture. In fact, until recently, many European countries did not even have laws to protect women from domestic assault. However, the development of concepts in international law such as the individual right to petition, the positive obligations of states, the absolute character of certain rights, and the expansion of the application of state responsibility for the acts of private individuals, all provide fertile ground for the recognition of domestic violence as a human rights issue.

This Article argues that incidents of domestic violence in fact satisfy the criteria imposed by …

"Draconian" Yet Constitutional: The Republic Of Ireland's Offences Against The State Act (1998), Sean R. Elsbernd

UC Law SF International Law Review

On August 15, 1998, a terrorist bomb exploded in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The 500-pound bomb, which detonated in the main marketplace of the city, killed twenty-eight people and injured more than 200 others. Following the tragedy, Ireland's Prime Minister Ahern pledged to bring those responsible to justice by making certain amendments to the Offences Against the State Act of 1939.

This Note discusses whether the Prime Minister and the government of the Republic of Ireland succeeded in this task, and if their efforts conform to the Irish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.

The European Human Rights System As A System Of Law, Richard Kay

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.

Women And Globalization: The Failure And Postmodern Possibilities Of International Law, Barbara Stark

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article examines the role of international law, particularly human rights law, as it relates to the process of globalization and its effects on women. Initially, the Article sets the stage by describing the course of globalization and the dramatic impact it has had on the world economy. The Author next examines the multiple and contradictory consequences of globalization for women.

The Article approaches this analysis from two perspectives. First, from a 'classic perspective," the Author contends that international law is the only legal system with the potential to regulate the principal agents of globalization--multinational corporations, banks and investment firms, …

The Systematic Failure To Interpret Article Iv Of The Internantional Covenant On Civil And Political Rights: Is There A Public Emergency In Nigeria?, Scott Dolezal

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

What Is Access To Justice? Identifying The Unmet Legal Needs Of The Poor, Philip Alston, Dr. Alex Boraine, Justice Catherine Brannon, Hina Jilani, Justice Earl Johnson, Jr.

Fordham International Law Journal

Philp Alston moderated a panel featuring Dr. Alex Boraine, Justice Catherine Branson, Hina Jilani, and Justice Earl Johnson, Jr.. The panelists discussed access to justice for the poor in their respective countries (South Africa, Australia, Pakistan, and the United States). The panelists discussed how the current system fails to address the legal needs of the poor, and what progress is being made in that area.

An International Law Institution In Crisis: Rethinking Permanent Neutrality, Brian Havel

Brian Havel

No abstract provided.