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Introduction: A Global Approach To Reproductive Justice—Psychosocial And Legal Aspects And Implications, Joan C. Chrisler Dec 2013

Introduction: A Global Approach To Reproductive Justice—Psychosocial And Legal Aspects And Implications, Joan C. Chrisler

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Inter-Country Adoption And The Special Rights Fallacy, James G. Dwyer Oct 2013

Inter-Country Adoption And The Special Rights Fallacy, James G. Dwyer

Faculty Publications

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Slapping The Hand Of Cultural Relativism: Female Genital Mutilation, Male Dominance, And Health As A Human Rights Framework, Preston D. Mitchum May 2013

Slapping The Hand Of Cultural Relativism: Female Genital Mutilation, Male Dominance, And Health As A Human Rights Framework, Preston D. Mitchum

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Humanitarian Financial Intervention, Evan J. Criddle May 2013

Humanitarian Financial Intervention, Evan J. Criddle

Faculty Publications

Over the past several decades, states have used international asset freezes with increasing frequency as a mechanism for promoting human rights abroad. Yet the international law governing this mechanism, which I refer to as ‘humanitarian financial intervention’, remains fragmented. This article offers the first systematic legal analysis of humanitarian financial intervention. It identifies six humanitarian purposes that states may pursue through asset freezes: preserving foreign assets from misappropriation, incapacitating foreign states or foreign nationals, coercing foreign states or foreign nationals to forsake abusive practices, compensating victims, ameliorating humanitarian crises through humanitarian aid or postconflict reconstruction, and punishing human rights violators. …


How Customary Is Customary International Law?, Emily Kadens, Ernest A. Young Feb 2013

How Customary Is Customary International Law?, Emily Kadens, Ernest A. Young

William & Mary Law Review

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