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Libertad V. Liberalism: An Analysis Of The Helms-Burton Act From Within Liberal International Relations Theory, David Fidler
Libertad V. Liberalism: An Analysis Of The Helms-Burton Act From Within Liberal International Relations Theory, David Fidler
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Professor Fidler's article examines the Cuban Liberty and Democratic
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of
1996,
Act, from within liberal international relations theory. He takes as his starting
point the controversy that the Helms-Burton Act has produced among liberal,
democratic states. Professor Fidler outlines the major tenets of the liberal
tradition in international relations thinking: promoting economic
interdependence, internationall aw, internationali nstitutions,a nd democracy.
He then looks at the arguments made by opponents of the Helms-Burton Act
from within each of these liberal tenets, showing how opponents believe the
Helms-Burton Act undermines economic interdependence, violates
international law, by-passes international institutions, and does …