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Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 2004

Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In Ocho Rios, on July 23-24, 2004, the American and Caribbean Law Initiative ("ACLI")' held a conference entitled "Caribbean Market Forces: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law."


Dissecting The Lawfulness Of United States Foreign Policy: Classroom Debates As Pedagogical Devices, Christopher C. Joyner Jan 2003

Dissecting The Lawfulness Of United States Foreign Policy: Classroom Debates As Pedagogical Devices, Christopher C. Joyner

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Simulations can be used as educational exercises that enable students in the classroom to appreciate better the difficulties and nuances of legal issues affecting international relations.


Building A Common Frontier Or Deconstructing National Identity?: An Analysis Of The Effort To Centralize Control Of Third Country Immigration In The European Union, Catherine E. Halliday-Roberts Jan 2003

Building A Common Frontier Or Deconstructing National Identity?: An Analysis Of The Effort To Centralize Control Of Third Country Immigration In The European Union, Catherine E. Halliday-Roberts

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Faraway from the frightening attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a wall next to a mosque in Northern England reads, "Avenge USA - kill a Muslim now."


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of Comparative Law Jan 2003

Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Unquestionably, there is growing interest in the subject of international law at several educational levels and among a broad constituency of students.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of Comparative Law Jan 2003

Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Faraway from the frightening attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a wall next to a mosque in Northern England reads, "Avenge USA - kill a Muslim now.


Teaching International Law: Beyond The Law School Experience, Charlotte Ku Jan 2003

Teaching International Law: Beyond The Law School Experience, Charlotte Ku

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

As teachers, it is perhaps natural for us to think about teaching in the classroom context, although this panel is demonstrating the teaching opportunities that may exist outside of a single course or courses in international law.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of Comparative Law Jan 2003

Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed in order to establish a set of international rules and norms for conducting trade among nations.


Stretching The Limits Of International Law: The Challenge Of Terrorism, Asli Bali Jan 2002

Stretching The Limits Of International Law: The Challenge Of Terrorism, Asli Bali

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

When this panel was originally conceived, we could not have anticipated the extent to which the limits of international law would have to be stretched by events in the city where our conference would be held.


Transnational Accountability And The Politics Of Shame, James N. Rosenau Jan 2002

Transnational Accountability And The Politics Of Shame, James N. Rosenau

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Since my work on world affairs is sensitive to the legal dimensions of the course of events, it is an especial pleasure to participate for the first time in a meeting of the International Law Association.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 2002

Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Can Congressional Foreign Affairs Power Justify A Juvenile Death Penalty Prohibition In The United States?, Serri Miller Jan 2002

Can Congressional Foreign Affairs Power Justify A Juvenile Death Penalty Prohibition In The United States?, Serri Miller

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In the United States federalist model, constituent states haven't much opportunity to irritate foreign nations.


Litigation In The Consumer Interest, Geraint Howells, Rhoda James Jan 2002

Litigation In The Consumer Interest, Geraint Howells, Rhoda James

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The identification of the consumer as a discrete party, entitled to specific legal rights, is a product of the latter half of the twentieth century. Looking back on the last four decades, one can now clearly detect a trend for special legislation protecting the interests of consumers.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of Comparative Law Jan 2002

Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The identification of the consumer as a discrete party, entitled to specific legal rights, is a product of the latter half of the twentieth century.


Historical And Comparative Contexts For The Evolution Of Conflict Of Laws In Nigeria, Remigius N. Nwabueze Jan 2001

Historical And Comparative Contexts For The Evolution Of Conflict Of Laws In Nigeria, Remigius N. Nwabueze

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Knowledge of the history of conflict of laws in Nigeria, the ideas behind its development, and the numerous problems that beset the application of its principles, is in itself the history of the socio-economic structure of the society, between feudalism and capitalism.


The World Court And The Bomb: Nuremberg And Babel At The Hague, Gaillard T. Hunt Jan 2001

The World Court And The Bomb: Nuremberg And Babel At The Hague, Gaillard T. Hunt

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

On July 8, 1996, the World Court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, banned the bomb.


The Helms-Burton Act: The Final Piece To Bring Down The Tyrant's Regime, Franchesco Soto Jan 2001

The Helms-Burton Act: The Final Piece To Bring Down The Tyrant's Regime, Franchesco Soto

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower began what has become one of the longest standing economic embargoes this country has ever had against another country


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 2001

Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

This virtual haiku of war comes from a fellow named Josep Sonah, whom a Boston Globe report described as a nineteen-year-old veteran of the Sierra Leone civil war.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 2001

Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Upon the inception of the new civilian administration on May 29' 2000, after almost twenty years of military rule, President Olusegun Obasanjo set up, inter alia, an eight-member Human Rights violation Investigation Commission.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 2000

Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

As international commerce continues to increase in online volume, so to will disputes arising out of that online commerce.


Environmental Law In Third World Countries: Can It Be Enforced By Other Countries?, Pam Slater Jan 1999

Environmental Law In Third World Countries: Can It Be Enforced By Other Countries?, Pam Slater

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

As Third World countries' develop into more industrialized countries, they face numerous problems relating to their social, economic and political development.


Changes In International Air Cargo: Montreal Protocol No. 4 Attains Force Of Law, Carl W. Christy Jr. Jan 1999

Changes In International Air Cargo: Montreal Protocol No. 4 Attains Force Of Law, Carl W. Christy Jr.

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

On March 4, 1999, the handling of many international air cargo claims arising within the United States changed


Advances In Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation: The Uncitral Model Law On Cross-Border Insolvency, Ronald J. Silverman Jan 1999

Advances In Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation: The Uncitral Model Law On Cross-Border Insolvency, Ronald J. Silverman

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

International insolvencies have proliferated in the past decade, but the law of international insolvency has not kept pace.


With Law In Their Minds: Some Reflections On The Nature Of Public International Law At The Light Of Current Political Science Theory, Carlos Fernando Diaz Jan 1998

With Law In Their Minds: Some Reflections On The Nature Of Public International Law At The Light Of Current Political Science Theory, Carlos Fernando Diaz

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The conclusion I came to during my time in the Foreign Office was that the old international order was neither a natural phenomenon to which humanity had simply adjusted its behaviour nor a fortuitous aggregation of countless past events of human interaction.


Technological Advances In Banking: A Move To A Global Economy, Cymonie Rowe Jan 1998

Technological Advances In Banking: A Move To A Global Economy, Cymonie Rowe

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Technology permeates every aspect of our society. From medicine to data processing and the banking industry, technology, while arguably an advancement, has the potential of breeding unexpected consequences. Technology has permeated the banking industry as well. The once


Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law: International Practitioner's Notebook, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 1998

Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law: International Practitioner's Notebook, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Low-Intensity Conflict And The Law, L. C. Green Jan 1997

Low-Intensity Conflict And The Law, L. C. Green

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The term low-intensity conflict is relatively new in military and political language and is employed more or less synonymously with noninternational conflict, especially when such a conflict becomes of international concern.


Journal Of International & Comparative Law And The International Practitioner's Notebook, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jun 1996

Journal Of International & Comparative Law And The International Practitioner's Notebook, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


International Law And Land Mines, Joerg Wimmers Jan 1996

International Law And Land Mines, Joerg Wimmers

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Review Conference in Vienna' has failed to adopt a revised Convention due to unbridgeable differences among delegations on a strengthened Protocol II of the Convention (Land Mine Protocol). Almost all important provisions of the Protocol were contentious and a number of delegations showed very limited room to move toward a compromise.


Justice On Trial: The Efficacy Of The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda, Melissa Gordon Jan 1995

Justice On Trial: The Efficacy Of The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda, Melissa Gordon

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law, and no meaningful law without a court to decide what is just and lawful under any given circumstance. The process of codification, adjudication and enforcement is as vital to a tranquil international community as it is to any independent national state.

-Benjamin B. Ferencz'"

The success of the Yugoslavian and Rwandan War Crimes Tribunals will determine the future of international criminal law. Whether the Tribunals are able to command the attention and respect of the world remains to be seen.