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The Unconstitutional Detention Of Mexican And Canadian Prisoners By The United States Government, Jordan J. Paust
The Unconstitutional Detention Of Mexican And Canadian Prisoners By The United States Government, Jordan J. Paust
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
A recent article by Professor Bassiouni addresses the procedures for the transfer of prisoners under agreements with Mexico and Canada and certain "substantive constitutional issues" in a most interesting way. Nevertheless an interest in addressing constitutional problems from the most thorough of approaches possible compels further comment on federal powers and constitutional rights. Professor Bassiouni's efforts are noteworthy but his stated conclusion that "[t]he scheme for the transfer of offenders is a laudable step which should be supported by the bench and bar should not be unquestioningly accepted. The transfer agreements represent a retreat from the constitutional protection of fundamental …
East European Perceptions Of The Helsinki Final Act And The Role Of Citizen Initiatives, Vratislav Pechota
East European Perceptions Of The Helsinki Final Act And The Role Of Citizen Initiatives, Vratislav Pechota
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Human rights are articulable expressions of legal ideas that can be readily identified. The developments of the last thirty-five years have created a duality of sources from which fundamental rights of the individual derive. There are, on the one hand, national human rights. They derive from the constitution and the laws of each nation, from its traditions, values and other elements that make up what may be appropriately called the "national human rights culture." They are expressive of the specific needs of each society and indicate the purposes for which governments are created. They necessarily differ from one country to …
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Of 1978, Kim L. Kelley
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Of 1978, Kim L. Kelley
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In 1978 Congress enacted and President Carter signed into law the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 [FISA]. The Act established the exclusive means by which foreign intelligence surveillance within the United States could be conducted. It was a completion of the statutory schemata governing domestic electronic eavesdropping created via Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968 [hereinafter Title III]. Congress enacted the FISA to clarify and delineate the proper interface between the dictates of the fourth amendment and foreign intelligence eavesdropping within the country. It was a legislative response to a void in this area of …