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Sur Place Refugee Status In The Context Of Vietnamese Asylum Seekers In Hong Kong, Josh Briggs Jan 1993

Sur Place Refugee Status In The Context Of Vietnamese Asylum Seekers In Hong Kong, Josh Briggs

American University Law Review

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Contracting In Mexico: A Legal And Practical Guide To Negotiating And Drafting., Rona R. Mears Jan 1993

Contracting In Mexico: A Legal And Practical Guide To Negotiating And Drafting., Rona R. Mears

St. Mary's Law Journal

This Article is intended as a primer in contracting for the United States attorney counseling clients doing business in Mexico. Thus, this Article begins by surveying the legal foundations of contracting in Mexico. This includes basic contract principles in Mexico’s civil-law system, the distinction between civil and commercial contracts, and procedural formalities applicable to contracts in Mexico. Following the introduction is a discussion of successful contract negotiations in Mexico, including certain cultural factors and Mexican business customs which can affect negotiations. This section includes suggestions for preparing for negotiations and managing the negotiation process to obtain the best result. Next, …


Property And Small-Scale Privitization In Russia., Richard C. Schneider Jr. Jan 1993

Property And Small-Scale Privitization In Russia., Richard C. Schneider Jr.

St. Mary's Law Journal

Knowing who owns what suddenly became important in Russia because of dramatic economic and market reforms of the Yeltsin government. The transfer of property, from the state to the private sector is at the heart of the reforms. It is generally recognized the “foundations of a market-based economic system are property rights and private ownership.” The purposes of this article are to (1) summarize reforms which successfully introduced a scheme of private ownership in Russia, as demonstrated by the Nizhny Novgorod experiment, and (2) discuss those property rights which remain unclear. Accordingly, the second and third parts of the article …


The United States Supreme Court And The Protection Of Refugees, Lung-Chu Chen Jan 1993

The United States Supreme Court And The Protection Of Refugees, Lung-Chu Chen

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Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: Political Asylum And The Global Persecution Of Lesbians And Gay Men, Suzanne B. Goldberg Jan 1993

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: Political Asylum And The Global Persecution Of Lesbians And Gay Men, Suzanne B. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

In a time marked by dramatic global change, women and men persecuted because they are lesbian or gay form part of the growing pool of international refugees. Their persecution takes the form of police harassment an assault, involuntary institutionalization and electroshock and drug "treatments," punishment under laws that impose extreme penalties including death for consensual lesbian or gay sexual relations, murder by paramilitary death squads, and government inaction in response to criminal assaults against lesbians and gay men. The survival of these women and men, like the survival of all refugees, depends on obtaining asylum outside the home country. Yet, …


Polishing The Tarnished Golden Door, Michael Scaperlanda Dec 1992

Polishing The Tarnished Golden Door, Michael Scaperlanda

Michael A. Scaperlanda

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