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The North American Agreement Of Labor Cooperation And Its Effects On Women Working In Mexican Maquiladoras , Nicole L. Grimm

American University Law Review

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From Stockholm To Kyoto And Back To The United States: International Environmental Law's Effect On Domestic Law, Joel B. Eisen

University of Richmond Law Review

We Americans think we're so darned smart. We invented modern environmental law, developed its sophisticated "command-and-control" structure, got the public involved as never before in fighting corporate polluters, and achieved measurable successes by getting lead out of our air and bald eagles back from near extinction. We've even tried "second generation" tools such as emissions trading systems' and incentive-based regulatory flexibility approaches when we discovered our system's limitations. Not that we've got it all figured out, mind you, but we're inclined to think of ourselves as world leaders when it comes to environmental protection.

Harmonizing The Mexican Tax System With The Goals Of The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), Mauricio Monroy

San Diego Law Review

Prior to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the international tax provisions of the Mexican tax system were in harmony with the then protectionist environment of Mexican trade. The system was characterized by high withholding taxes on the repatriation of profits (i.e., payments from Mexico to parties abroad), frequently at 21 to 35 percent, and high duties on the importation of goods. It was not abnormal to find duties of 100% ad valorem.

The Economic Impact Of International Trade On San Diego And The Application Of The United Nations Convention On The International Sales Of Goods To San Diego/Tijuana Commercial Transactions, Ernesto Grijalva, Alexander Imberg

San Diego Law Review

Opponents of the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"), were they to take a look, would find the current performance of San Diego's economy antithetical to their economic theories, San Diego is conspicuously lacking the net job loss that free trade opponents were forecasting as the inevitable result of NAFTA. In his book, Save Your Job, Save Our Country: Why NAFTA Must Be Stopped – Now!, Ross Perot, the most prolific NAFTA basher, proclaimed that the economic strength of our entire nation would be jeopardized by NAFTA.' Four and one-half years later, we find that the United States is enjoying …

Amalgam In The Americas: A Law School Curriculum For Free Markets And Open Borders, Mark A. Drumbl

San Diego Law Review

This Article addresses this lacuna by investigating ways in which the American and Canadian common law curriculum could become more responsive to the changing realities of legal practice under NAFTA.

Potentially the following modifications could be introduced on a gradual basis: 1. Introduction of a course to familiarize common law lawyers with the method, principles and practice of civil law, with a directed focus on Mexico; 2. Initiation of a broader NAFTA curriculum, potentially leading to a certificate or designation; and 3. Development of a new law degree, universally recognized in all three NAFTA jurisdictions as a prerequisite to bar …

Book Review, Lakshman D. Guruswamy

Publications

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Nafta Chapter 19 Or The Wto's Dispute Settlement Body: A Hobson's Choice For Canada, Michael S. Valihora

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

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Sovereignty By Subtraction: The Multilateral Agreement On Investment, Robert Stumberg

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAl) represents a major step in the evolution of "sovereignty," which includes the power of a nation-state to govern without external controls. A panelist at the 1998 Cornell International Law journal Symposium introduced the MAl as an example of "multilateral sovereignty" to achieve commonly held goals of global economic integration. This perspective posits that the MAl is an exercise in sovereignty by subtraction, aiming to limit governing power rather than promote its joint exercise.

Its critics call the MAl a "slow motion coup d'etat," a "bill of rights for investors," a threat to sovereignty, …