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Pride, Prejudice, And Japan's Unified State, Suzanne M. Sable Dec 2008

Pride, Prejudice, And Japan's Unified State, Suzanne M. Sable

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Japan is undoubtedly one of the foremost economic powers in the world and is internationally recognized as a democratic leader among modern nations. The economy's rapid growth in the mid-twentieth century has been attributed to its booming technical industries, including its electronic and automobile industries. However, Japan is unique in that it has retained traditions associated with typically less advanced nations-namely, a regressive human rights agenda. Although cultural, ethnic, and social minorities continue to exist on Japanese soil today, Japan's social policy of Nihonjinron allows the majority of the population to disregard such minorities and perpetuate the government's vision of …


Financial Services In The United States And United Kingdom: Comparative Approaches To Securities Regulation And Dispute Resolution, Cory Alpert Dec 2008

Financial Services In The United States And United Kingdom: Comparative Approaches To Securities Regulation And Dispute Resolution, Cory Alpert

Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review

No abstract provided.


The Myth And The Reality Of American Constitutional Exceptionalism, Stephen Gardbaum Dec 2008

The Myth And The Reality Of American Constitutional Exceptionalism, Stephen Gardbaum

Michigan Law Review

This Article critically evaluates the widely held view inside and outside the United States that American constitutional rights jurisprudence is exceptional. There are two dimensions to this perceived American exceptionalism: the content and the structure of constitutional rights. On content, the claim focuses mainly on the age, brevity, and terseness of the text and on the unusually high value attributed to free speech. On structure, the claim is primarily threefold. First, the United States has a more categorical conception of constitutional rights than other countries. Second, the United States has an exceptionally sharp public/private division in the scope of constitutional …


A Comparison Of Child Advocacy Laws In Abuse And Neglect Cases In England And The United States, Pamela Newell Williams Oct 2008

A Comparison Of Child Advocacy Laws In Abuse And Neglect Cases In England And The United States, Pamela Newell Williams

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction To The Symposium On Corss-Border Family Mediation With And Emphasis On The 1980 Hague Convention On The Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction, Melvin A. Rubin Oct 2008

Introduction To The Symposium On Corss-Border Family Mediation With And Emphasis On The 1980 Hague Convention On The Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction, Melvin A. Rubin

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tobacco Control And The Role Of Litigation: A Survey Of Issues In Law, Policy, And Economics, Basil C. Bitas, Pedro P. Barros Oct 2008

Tobacco Control And The Role Of Litigation: A Survey Of Issues In Law, Policy, And Economics, Basil C. Bitas, Pedro P. Barros

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

This article examines the course of tobacco litigation in the United States and its implications for law and policy on both the national and international levels. In our view, the disparate legal traditions and attitudes of countries outside the United States will lead the majority of such states to opt for the direct and transparent regulation of tobacco activities through formal and perhaps consensual channels. This will likely promote effective tobacco control without the policy mix encompassing a period of prolonged litigation buttressed by settlement and regulation, which has characterized the U.S. process. Therefore, despite some increased litigation in the …


Congressional Response To Wto Sanctions: Turning Lemons Into Lemonade In The American Jobs Creation Act Of 2004, Robin Organek Oct 2008

Congressional Response To Wto Sanctions: Turning Lemons Into Lemonade In The American Jobs Creation Act Of 2004, Robin Organek

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

A unique tension exists between the World Trade Organization's various desires to level the international commercial trading field, and the United States' periodic desires to prioritize its own domestic goods and, in some cases, protect its own corporate citizens. This article will explore various historical rifts and what the future is likely to hold in light of Congress' passage of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.


Creating A Legal Society In The Western Hemisphere To Support The Hague Convention On Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction, Timothy Arcaro Oct 2008

Creating A Legal Society In The Western Hemisphere To Support The Hague Convention On Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction, Timothy Arcaro

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


United States V. Burns: Canada's Extraterritorial Extension Of Canadian Law And Creation Of A Canadian "Safe Haven" In Capital Extradition Cases, Andrea Cortland Oct 2008

United States V. Burns: Canada's Extraterritorial Extension Of Canadian Law And Creation Of A Canadian "Safe Haven" In Capital Extradition Cases, Andrea Cortland

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Thunder In Paradise: The Interplay Of Broadening United States Anti-Money Laundering Legislation And Jurisprudence With The Caribbean Law Governing Offshore Asset Preservation, Evan Metaxatos Oct 2008

Thunder In Paradise: The Interplay Of Broadening United States Anti-Money Laundering Legislation And Jurisprudence With The Caribbean Law Governing Offshore Asset Preservation, Evan Metaxatos

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


When Human Rights Conflict: Mediating International Parental Kidnapping Disputes Involving The Domestic Violence Defense, Julia Alanen Oct 2008

When Human Rights Conflict: Mediating International Parental Kidnapping Disputes Involving The Domestic Violence Defense, Julia Alanen

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Practical And Ethical Implications Of Mediating International Child Abduction Cases: A New Frontier For Mediators, Jennifer Zawid Oct 2008

Practical And Ethical Implications Of Mediating International Child Abduction Cases: A New Frontier For Mediators, Jennifer Zawid

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The [Capital] Punishment Fits The Crime: A Comparative Analysis Of The Death Penalty And Proportionality In The United States Of America And The People's Republic Of China, Ryan Florio Oct 2008

The [Capital] Punishment Fits The Crime: A Comparative Analysis Of The Death Penalty And Proportionality In The United States Of America And The People's Republic Of China, Ryan Florio

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

The governments of both the United States and China maintain the death penalty as a means of punishing its most dangerous criminals, but with an astounding 68 capital offenses, China perennially remains the world leader in executions. This article examines the theory of proportionality of criminal punishment and how it relates to the respective death penalty policies in the United States and China. A comparative analysis will reveal two extremely different societies with two different perspectives on proportionality. one that recognizes and protects fundamental freedoms and another that places emphasis on collective societal welfare over individual rights. The article will …


Habeas Corpus, Constructive Custody And The Future Of Federal Jurisdiction After Munaf, Karen Shafrir Oct 2008

Habeas Corpus, Constructive Custody And The Future Of Federal Jurisdiction After Munaf, Karen Shafrir

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

In 2004-05, two American Citizens, Shaqir Omar and Mohamed Munaf were separately arrested in Iraq and placed in the Camp Cropper Military Facility, pending adjudication. Both prisoners filed writs of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The primary issue that the lower courts grappled with was whether or not the courts had jurisdiction to hear the petitions. After various appeals, the United States Supreme Court concluded that the federal courts did have jurisdiction to entertain the habeas petitions but that the petitions would fail on the merits. This paper argues that the standard …


Judicial Patronage Of 'Honor Killings' In Pakistan: The Supreme Court's Persistent Adherence To The Doctrine Of Grave And Sudden Provocation, Moeen H. Cheema Sep 2008

Judicial Patronage Of 'Honor Killings' In Pakistan: The Supreme Court's Persistent Adherence To The Doctrine Of Grave And Sudden Provocation, Moeen H. Cheema

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Migrant Children, Compulsory Education And The Rule Of Law In China, Brian Holland Sep 2008

Migrant Children, Compulsory Education And The Rule Of Law In China, Brian Holland

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Preserving The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege: Here And Abroad, Robert J. Anello Sep 2008

Preserving The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege: Here And Abroad, Robert J. Anello

Penn State International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Religion, Religious Political Participation, And Separation Of Religion And State: Legal Considerations From Japan, Keiko Yamagishi Sep 2008

Freedom Of Religion, Religious Political Participation, And Separation Of Religion And State: Legal Considerations From Japan, Keiko Yamagishi

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


How To Entrench A De Facto State Church In Russia: A Guide In Progress, Robert C. Blitt Sep 2008

How To Entrench A De Facto State Church In Russia: A Guide In Progress, Robert C. Blitt

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Religious Freedom In Kosovo: Prenatal Care To A New Nation, Kyle Woods Sep 2008

Religious Freedom In Kosovo: Prenatal Care To A New Nation, Kyle Woods

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Grappling With Religious Differences In South Africa: A Draft For A Charter Of Religious Rights, Pieter Coertzen Sep 2008

Grappling With Religious Differences In South Africa: A Draft For A Charter Of Religious Rights, Pieter Coertzen

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Religious Symbols In The Classroom: A Controversial Issue In The United Kingdom, Javier Garcia Oliva Sep 2008

Religious Symbols In The Classroom: A Controversial Issue In The United Kingdom, Javier Garcia Oliva

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ministers Of Religion In Chilean Law, M. Elena Pimstein Sep 2008

Ministers Of Religion In Chilean Law, M. Elena Pimstein

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The "Exile" Of Malcolm Watson: Was This United States Citizen And Convicted Sexual Offender Really Expatriated To Canada?, N. Pieter M. O'Leary Jul 2008

The "Exile" Of Malcolm Watson: Was This United States Citizen And Convicted Sexual Offender Really Expatriated To Canada?, N. Pieter M. O'Leary

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Failed Invigoration Of Argentina's Constitution: Presidential Omnipotence, Repression, Instability, And Lawlessness In Argentine History, Mugambi Jouet Jul 2008

The Failed Invigoration Of Argentina's Constitution: Presidential Omnipotence, Repression, Instability, And Lawlessness In Argentine History, Mugambi Jouet

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Proportionality In The Criminal Law: The Differing American Versus Canadian Approaches To Punishment, Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker Jul 2008

Proportionality In The Criminal Law: The Differing American Versus Canadian Approaches To Punishment, Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Examining The Codification Of History And The Search For First Principles In Professor Alejandro Guzmán Brito's History Of The Codification Of Civil Law In Iberoamerica, Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga Jul 2008

Examining The Codification Of History And The Search For First Principles In Professor Alejandro Guzmán Brito's History Of The Codification Of Civil Law In Iberoamerica, Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Filling Gaps Left By Congress Or Violating Federal Rights: An Analysis Of Local Ordinances Restricting Undocumented Immigrants' Access To Housing, Clifton R. Gruhn Jul 2008

Filling Gaps Left By Congress Or Violating Federal Rights: An Analysis Of Local Ordinances Restricting Undocumented Immigrants' Access To Housing, Clifton R. Gruhn

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Who Is Really Protecting Barbie: Goliath Or The Silver Knight? A Defense Of Mattel's Aggressive International Attemps To Protect Its Barbie Copyright And Trademark, Liz Somerstein Jul 2008

Who Is Really Protecting Barbie: Goliath Or The Silver Knight? A Defense Of Mattel's Aggressive International Attemps To Protect Its Barbie Copyright And Trademark, Liz Somerstein

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


On Armed Conflict, Human Rights, And Preserving The Rule Of Law In Latin America, Luz E. Nagle Jun 2008

On Armed Conflict, Human Rights, And Preserving The Rule Of Law In Latin America, Luz E. Nagle

Penn State International Law Review

No abstract provided.