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Foreign Relations And National Security Law, Stuart S. Malawer

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

"Foreign relations law" as it relates to foreign policy and national security is an area of specialization that has recently witnessed publication of two significant works. A third major publication has already appeared in final draft and is about to be printed. These publications evidence the growth of foreign relations law and validate it as a separate field of study. This distinct area of the law draws subjects from other areas, which are all too often given minimal attention, into a coherent course with a specific focus.

Foreign relations law should be the introductory course in international studies in law …

Review Essay: The Future Of National Security Export Controls, Donald H. Caldwell, Jr.

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In calling for more narrowly focused controls, this study echoes the Bucy Report of 1976, one that called for restrictions on revolutionary rather than evolutionary technology.56 Yet more than a decade after that report was issued, United States export control lists are still weighted toward restricting all exports containing useful technology whether or not the export of an item would advance the capabilities of American adversaries to any degree.17 Unless industry leaders seize the opportunity to reduce the scope of national security export controls as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Export Administration Act, this report, like the Bucy Report before …