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The Search For June Cleaver: International Marriage Brokerages And Mail-Order Brides, Itta C. Englander

Itta C. Englander

This paper chronicles a journey through the modern mail-order bride industry. It examines the mail-order bride industry from its early roots in the Western Hemisphere to its current permutations. It discusses the risks that mail-order brides face and explores possible solutions offered through domestic and international instrumentalities.

Human Rights And Gun Confiscation, David B. Kopel

David B Kopel

This Article addresses a human rights problem which has been generally ignored by the advocates of firearms confiscation: the human rights abuses stemming from the enforcement of coercive disarmament laws.

Part I conducts a case study of the U.N.-supported gun confiscation program in Uganda, a program which has directly caused massive, and fatal, violations of human rights. Among the rights violated have been those enumerated in Article 3 (“the right to life, liberty and security of person” ) and Article 5 (“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”) of the Universal …

Explosive Road From Dublin: The Legal Flaws In The Convention To Ban Cluster Munitions And Recommendations For Their Cure., Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

In a popular Irish folk song, the hero leaves his boyhood home in the Irish country

side and takes the “rocky road to Dublin” in order to sail to a new life in a new country. However hopeful the hero is throughout his journey, when he arrives at his destination he finds that it is not as hospitable as he had expected. Despite its light-hearted beat, this song is oddly prophetic for an analysis of the Convention to Ban Cluster Munitions.

In May, 2008, the Convention to Ban Cluster Munitions (“Cluster Munitions Convention”) was adopted by a group of one-hundred …