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The Arab League. A Comparative Examination Of Voting Mechanisms: Exploration Of The Unaminity Rule Of The Arab League's Regulations And How The Rule Affects The Organization's Security Function, Abdulrahman N. Ben Homaid

SJD Dissertation Abstracts

This study in International Public Law examines the impact of the League of Arab States (LAS), in the context of the legal norms of the new international order. The study analyzes the weakening influence of the League in the international political system, regarding issues of territorial sovereignty and integrity, human rights, and Arab nationalism and solidarity. It is the argument of this study that the Arab League today lacks a strong role in the implementation and enforcement of international law. This lack of influence is primarily due to its internal divisions and members' disputes regarding the norms and standards of …

The Impact Of Regional Economic Integration Under The Gatt/Wto Regime Toward The Peace Process: The Case Of Conflict Resolution Between Taiwan And Mainland China, Chen-Yu Wang

SJD Dissertation Abstracts

The main idea of this dissertation is to analyze the possible range of expected a bilateral trade agreement toward economic integration between Taiwan and Mainland China as the first step of peace process. By doing this, this dissertation is devoted to the examination of the "regional economic integration under the GATT/WTO regime" and its impacts on the "peace process," especially in the circumstance of Taiwan Strait.

Although the mutual economic and trade transactions are closer than ever before, the political conflicts between Taiwan and Mainland China are too serious to nearly reach war. Taking into consideration the successful accession into …

Jordan And The World Trading System: A Case Study For Arab Countries, Bashar Hikmet Malkawi

SJD Dissertation Abstracts

Arab countries are attempting to broaden their engagement in the multilateral trading system in a manner that has many implications. Not only have some Arab countries either acceded or are in the pipeline of acceding to the World Trade Organization (WTO), but their new commitments coincides with reorientations in their economic strategies. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the implications on Arab countries.

Given Jordan's accession to the WTO and its free trade agreement with the United States (U.S.), the country serves as an ideal candidate for other Arab countries. Jordan applied for WTO membership in 1994. After …

The Impact Of Federalism Over The Formation Of Personal Jurisdiction Rules In Two Different Legal Traditions: Limited Comparison To The Civil Law Model Of The United Arab Emirates And The Common Law Model Of The United States, Abaid Al-Mutairi

SJD Dissertation Abstracts

In the last decade, a massive growth of international trade and cross-border commercial and civil transactions occur among individuals and entities of different jurisdictions and legal backgrounds, this international trend results in corresponding conflicts. This fact makes it critical to identify the nature of process involving the dispute resolution mechanisms under the various legal systems especially those rules addressing the instances in which a person is held subject to certain foreign adjudicative authority because of the contact.

In general, there is always a need in some circumstances to analyze the frameworks under one system to explore the nature of the …

A Non-Harmonized Perspective On Parallel Imports: The Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights And The Free Movement Of Goods In International Trade, Krithpaka Boonfueng

SJD Dissertation Abstracts

This dissertation aims to define an appropriate international legal standard for the exhaustion doctrine as it pertains to parallel imports, being the importation of genuine goods but without authorization from intellectual property owners. The clarification of this issue is needed because developed and developing countries have different perspectives on the application of the exhaustion doctrine. Under the exhaustion doctrine, once an intellectual property owner deliberately releases or authorizes others to release goods into the stream of commerce, his exclusive right to further control the goods is no longer valid. However, there are three diverse aspects in the application of exhaustion …

“Don't Buy Another Vote. I Won't Pay For A Landslide": The Sordid And Continuing History Of Political Corruption In West Virginia, Allen Hayes Loughry Ii

SJD Dissertation Abstracts

This study documents the long and sordid history of corruption--both perceived and corroborated--in the West Virginia political process. The researcher explores the considerable amounts of money spent by wealthy individuals for election or re-election. It documents the effect of high-cost elections, an effect which in many instances has spawned criminal activity. The author relates ostensibly ceaseless measures of corruption at the executive, legislative, and judicial levels. The findings indicate the existence of problems in West Virginia politics since the State's inception in 1863, including vote buying, vote rigging, undue geographical barriers, and lawlessness leading to numerous declarations of martial law. …