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The Gap-Filling Role Of Private Environmental Governance: A Case Study Of Semiconductor Supply Chain Contracting, Cassie D. Roberts
The Gap-Filling Role Of Private Environmental Governance: A Case Study Of Semiconductor Supply Chain Contracting, Cassie D. Roberts
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Three of the principal international agreements that govern various aspects of hazardous substances or wastes are not legally binding on American companies because the US Congress has not passed the requisite implementing legislation. The failure of American companies to meet or exceed the standards set forth in these agreements, although not legally mandated, could be detrimental to American businesses operating on the global stage. The American semiconductor industry responded to this potential disconnect by developing internal firm-specific standards that bind suppliers through supply chain agreements. This Note explores the phenomenon of private standard setting in the semiconductor industry, a prime …
The Role Of International Agreements In Achieving Food Security, Jack A. Bobo
The Role Of International Agreements In Achieving Food Security, Jack A. Bobo
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article discusses how international agreements impact the ability of science and technology to enhance food security. International agreements, domestic laws, and regulations have the power to promote scientific research and the adoption of new technology through effective, efficient, and predictable science-based regulatory systems, or to impede development and adoption of new technology by miring it in burdensome or unnecessary regulations. This Article examines the disparate impacts of international agreements on food security through a case study of agricultural biotechnology. In particular, the Article looks at the principles and guidelines for risk assessment developed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and …
A Choice-Of-Law Rule For Conflicts Involving Stolen Cultural Property, Symeon C. Symeonides
A Choice-Of-Law Rule For Conflicts Involving Stolen Cultural Property, Symeon C. Symeonides
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Combating illicit trade in stolen cultural property is and will continue to be a serious problem. Of all the measures that various states can take in combating this trade, the adoption of a choice-of-law rule would rank very low in importance and effectiveness. Even if one thinks only in terms of legal rules, there is little question that international conventions and agreements, criminal and other public-law statutes, and uniform substantive rules would be far more direct and effective than choice-of-law rules. At the same time, these other rules are much more difficult to adopt precisely because they presuppose a degree …