Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- International law (3)
- International organizations (2)
- Civil procedure (1)
- Corporate governance (1)
- Corporations (1)
-
- ECOSOC (1)
- Executive power (1)
- Global governance (1)
- IMF (1)
- Industry associations (1)
- Internatinal law (1)
- International governance (1)
- Judicial power (1)
- Linkages (1)
- Lobbying (1)
- Multi-stakeholder (1)
- Multilateralism (1)
- Multipolarity (1)
- NGOs (1)
- Non-governmental organizations (1)
- Sovereign immunity (1)
- Statutory interpretation (1)
- Technology (1)
- Trade associations (1)
- Treaties (1)
- UN (1)
- UNCITRAL (1)
- United States v. Microsoft Corp. (1)
- United nations (1)
- WHO (1)
Articles 1 - 5 of 5
Full-Text Articles in Law
$314m And Sovereign Immunity Are At Stake In Upcoming High Court Case, Peter B. Rutledge, Amanda W. Newton
$314m And Sovereign Immunity Are At Stake In Upcoming High Court Case, Peter B. Rutledge, Amanda W. Newton
Popular Media
The Nov. 7 Supreme Court arguments in Republic of Sudan v. Harrison will implicate issues of civil procedure, sovereign immunity, and statutory interpretation. At stake for the Republic of Sudan is $314 million in Sudanese assets. More broadly, however, the court’s decision could have ramifications for any nation, including the United States, that enjoys sovereign immunity.
To Understand Us V. Microsoft, Consider 'Acme V. Shamrock', Peter B. Rutledge, Amanda W. Newton
To Understand Us V. Microsoft, Consider 'Acme V. Shamrock', Peter B. Rutledge, Amanda W. Newton
Popular Media
The February 27, 2018, Supreme Court argument in United States v. Microsoft Corp. raises profound questions about issues of executive power, corporate governance, technology, judicial power and international affairs. At stake for the government is the scope of its investigative authority to obtain information located in a foreign country, irrespective of that country’s laws. At stake for Microsoft is its ability to organize its international corporate affairs and the predictability of the laws that will govern those affairs. This article analyzes the potential effects of this critical Supreme Court case.
2018-19 Executive, Managing And Editorial Boards, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law
2018-19 Executive, Managing And Editorial Boards, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law
GJICL Editorial Boards
No abstract provided.
Multilateralism’S Life-Cycle, Harlan G. Cohen
Multilateralism’S Life-Cycle, Harlan G. Cohen
Scholarly Works
Does multilateralism have a life-cycle? Perhaps paradoxically, this essay suggests that current pressures on multilateralism and multilateral institutions, including threatened withdrawals by the United Kingdom from the European Union, the United States from the Paris climate change agreement, South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia from the International Criminal Court, and others, may be natural symptoms of those institutions’ relative success. Successful multilateralism and multilateral institutions, this essay argues, has four intertwined effects, which together, make continued multilateralism more difficult: (1) the wider dispersion of wealth or power among members, (2) the decreasing value for members of issue linkages, (3) changing assessment …
International Lobbying Law, Melissa J. Durkee
International Lobbying Law, Melissa J. Durkee
Scholarly Works
An idiosyncratic array of international rules allows nonstate actors to gain special access to international officials and lawmakers. Historically, many of these groups were public-interest associations like Amnesty International. For this reason, the access rules have been celebrated as a way to democratize international organizations, enhancing their legitimacy and that of the rules they produce. But a focus on the classic public-law virtues of democracy and legitimacy produces a theory at odds with the facts: The international rules rules also offer access to industry and trade associations like the World Coal Association, whose principal purpose is to lobby for their …