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Closing The Gaps In United States Law And Implementing The Rome Statute: A Comparative Approach, Michael P. Hatchell Jan 2005

Closing The Gaps In United States Law And Implementing The Rome Statute: A Comparative Approach, Michael P. Hatchell

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

This paper provides a comparative framework to analyze the extent to which five major democracies Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and France-incorporated the subject matter jurisdiction Articles of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("Rome Statute") through their domestic legislative processes while ratifying the Rome Statute, and what, if anything, the United States can interpret from the five distinct approaches.


Why Tobacco Litigation Has Not Been Successful In The United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis Of Tobacco Litigation In The United States And The United Kingdom, Andrei Sirabionian Jan 2005

Why Tobacco Litigation Has Not Been Successful In The United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis Of Tobacco Litigation In The United States And The United Kingdom, Andrei Sirabionian

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Litigation against tobacco companies, about smoking-related diseases, is novel outside of the United States. While in the past two decades U.S. courts have handed down costly verdicts against tobacco companies, European courts have not been as willing to rule against the tobacco industry. European courts have been much more reluctant to award damages to individuals with smoking related diseases or their families. As a result, courts outside the United States have not handed down major decisions against tobacco companies.