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The Impact On Women Of Entrenchment Of Property Rights In The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Clare F. Beckton
The Impact On Women Of Entrenchment Of Property Rights In The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Clare F. Beckton
Dalhousie Law Journal
On Friday, 29 April 1983 the Progressive Conservative opposition in Parliament proposed an amendment to the constitution which would change section 7 of the existing Charter to read: Everyone has the right to life, liberty, security of the person and enjoyment of property and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. (emphasis added to identify amendment) The language used to present this amendment shows that its proponents were espousing a very traditional view of property. For example, Jake Epp said:
Mcfeeley V. The United Kingdom: Death Knell For Prisoners Of The Maze
Mcfeeley V. The United Kingdom: Death Knell For Prisoners Of The Maze
Antioch Law Journal
In McFeeley v. The United Kingdom, seven prisoners in the H-Block cells of Northern Ireland's Maze Prison filed an application against the government of the United Kingdom, hoping to attain political prisoner status under Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter the Convention).I The seven prisoners also alleged violations of Articles 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 of the Convention. 2 The European Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter the Com- mission) declared most of the application inadmissible. The Commission found that granting special status to the prisoners was …
Introduction, Richard Falk
Remarks: The Constitutional Status Of Human Rights Here And Abroad, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Remarks: The Constitutional Status Of Human Rights Here And Abroad, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Antioch Law Journal
Many people here this evening have worked diligently to add to the Constitution an explicit guarantee of the equality of men and women before the law. I would like to present a few preliminary comments on that subject, and to tie it to the main line of my remarks about the constitutional status of human rights here and abroad. It is a disappointment, of course, that the ERA ratification effort has not succeeded this time around, but ours is a Constitution that is hard to amend and hardly ever amended. It is also a Constitution enforced in courts; and therefore, …
The Teaching Of International Human Rights In U.S. Law Schools, Richard B. Lillich
The Teaching Of International Human Rights In U.S. Law Schools, Richard B. Lillich
Antioch Law Journal
The teaching of international human rights law in U.S. law schools has come a long way in the past two decades. Twenty years ago a survey conducted by the American Society of International Law made no mention of the subject. I In 1965, the late Egon Schwelb, "Mr. Human Rights," in what he himself characterized as a "novel departure,"2 offered a seminar on "The International Protection of Human Rights" at Yale. During the next half-dozen years, similar offerings were made available at California (Berkeley), Harvard, Virginia, and several other institutions. By 1971, when a panel at the annual meeting of …
Legal And Political Considerations Of The United States' Ratification Of The Genocide Convention, Jay Rosenthal
Legal And Political Considerations Of The United States' Ratification Of The Genocide Convention, Jay Rosenthal
Antioch Law Journal
On December 11, 1948, the United States officially signed the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (hereinafter the Convention).1 The Convention was sent to the Senate as part of the ratification process for the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senators present and voting. 2 But the Senate declined to give advice and consent to the Convention, and has maintained that position for over thirty-six years. Ninety-six countries have now deposited their instruments of ratification with the United Nations, making them parties to the Convention. The United States is not a party. …
Hijacking, Freedom, And The "American Way", Andreas F. Lowenfeld
Hijacking, Freedom, And The "American Way", Andreas F. Lowenfeld
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Judgment in Berlin by Herbert J. Stern
The Legal System And Criminal Responsibility Of Intellectuals In The People's Republic Of China, 1949-1982, Carlos Wing-Hung Lo
The Legal System And Criminal Responsibility Of Intellectuals In The People's Republic Of China, 1949-1982, Carlos Wing-Hung Lo
Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies
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After Tel-Oren: Should Federal Courts Infer A Cause Of Action Under The Alien Tort Claims Act, Gregory A. Gross
After Tel-Oren: Should Federal Courts Infer A Cause Of Action Under The Alien Tort Claims Act, Gregory A. Gross
Penn State International Law Review
This Comment, consisting of three main parts, examines the cause of action issue that arose in Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic and places it in the context of the Alien Tort Claims Act's (ACTA) prior history. The first part focuses on the three instances in which a federal court has used the statute to exercise jurisdiction in an alien tort action. The second part examines the Tel-Oren case, centering on two of the three concurrences forming the District of Columbia Court of Appeals' decision. The third part suggests that proving a distinct cause of action embodied in the law of …
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Books Received
The Utilization of Nuclear Energy and International Law By Vanda Lamm Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press International, Inc. 1984 Pp. 151. $29.95
War, Foreign Affairs, and Constitutional Power By Henry Bartholomew Cox Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ballinger,1984. Pp. xx, 331 $35.00
Guidelines For International Election Observing Prepared by Larry Garber Washington, D.C.: The International Human Rights Law Group, 1984. Pp. iii, 90. $7.95
International Codes and Multinational Business: Setting Guidelines for International Business Operations By John M. Kline Westport, Connecticut: Qurom Books, 1985Pp. vi, 184. $35.00
Public Enterprises in Mixed Economies: Some Macroeconomic Aspects By Robert H. Floyd, Clive …
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Books Received
The Human Rights of Aliens in Contemporary International Law By Richard B. Lillich Dover, New Hampshire: Manchester University Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 126. $38.00
Banking on the Act of State By Carsten Thomas Ebenroth Universitdtsverlag Konstanz Gmbh: 1985. Pp. 101.DM66,80.
The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, 1981-1983 Edited by Richard B. Lillich Charlottesville, Virginia: The University Press of Virginia, 1985. Pp. viii, 156. $25.00
Emerging Standards of International Trade and Investment Edited by Seymour J. Rubin and Gary Clyde Hufbauer Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman & Allanheld, 1984. Pp. ix,196
The World of International Tax Planning By Milton Grundy New …
Political Refugees, Nonrefoulement And State Practice: A Comparative Study, Robert C. Sexton
Political Refugees, Nonrefoulement And State Practice: A Comparative Study, Robert C. Sexton
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article will survey and assess the attempts of five of the major refugee receiving countries of the West, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, and Italy, to comply with the mandates of the Convention and Protocol. Specifically, inquiry will focus on the two issues most applicable to the admission and exclusion of political refugees: (1) domestic interpretation of the Convention definition of "refugee;" and (2) adherence to the principle of nonrefoulement, which is the Convention's proscription on returning persons falling within its refugee definition to countries of alleged persecution.
Section II explores the precise substantive provisions of the …
Humanitarian International Law In Islam: A General Outlook, Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Humanitarian International Law In Islam: A General Outlook, Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Michigan Journal of International Law
This article covers the following topics: humanitarian law and humanistic law, general concepts of humanitarian international law in Islam: armed conflict of a non-international nature and armed conflict of an international nature, and wars against polytheists and apostates.
Ethical Problems Of An International Human Rights Law Practice, David Weissbrodt
Ethical Problems Of An International Human Rights Law Practice, David Weissbrodt
Michigan Journal of International Law
This article examines two sources of ethical constraint on U.S. lawyers practicing international human rights law: the Model Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR or Model Code), which was adopted by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1969, and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (Model Rules), which were adopted in 1983. Part I establishes that these sources apply to the U.S. lawyer regardless of whether or not the lawyer is in the United States and whether or not he is acting as an attorney. Attorneys who leave the countries where they practice law and travel to other nations to observe …
Safeguarding Due Process In A Hostile Environment: Foreign Lawyers In South Africa, David S. Abramowitz
Safeguarding Due Process In A Hostile Environment: Foreign Lawyers In South Africa, David S. Abramowitz
Michigan Journal of International Law
Part I of this note briefly describes the effect of apartheid on human rights in South Africa. It then examines how liberal South African attorneys use procedural due process, as defined by the rule of law, to counter these effects. Part II discusses the methods used by foreign attorneys to support South African human rights lawyers. In particular, this section focuses on the activities of the International Commission of Jurists and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The note concludes that infusing fair process into the South African legal order is the most significant contribution foreign lawyers can …