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Place Aux Dames: The Ideological Divide Between U.S. And European Gender Discrimination Laws, Jens Dammann Jan 2012

Place Aux Dames: The Ideological Divide Between U.S. And European Gender Discrimination Laws, Jens Dammann

Cornell International Law Journal

The United States and the European Union are both firmly committed to eliminating gender discrimination. However, as I show in this Article, they have adopted fundamentally different strategies in pursuing this objective: Whereas the United States offers plaintiffs much more generous procedural rules and far more powerful remedies, the European Union relies on more comprehensive substantive prohibitions against discrimination. What lies behind these different approaches? Contrary to existing scholarship, which emphasizes path dependence arguments, I argue that differences between gender discrimination laws in the United States and Europe can best be understood as the result of a fundamental ideological divide. …


Antitrust Merger Policy In Colombia, Alfonso Miranda Londono Apr 2010

Antitrust Merger Policy In Colombia, Alfonso Miranda Londono

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Combating Corruption Through International Law In Africa: A Comparative Analysis, Thomas R. Snider, Won Kidane Oct 2007

Combating Corruption Through International Law In Africa: A Comparative Analysis, Thomas R. Snider, Won Kidane

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Different Federal District Court, Different Disposition: An Empirical Comparison Of Ada, Title Vii Race And Sex, And Adea Employment Discrimination Dispositions In The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania And The Northern District Of Georgia, Charlotte L. Lanvers Apr 2007

Different Federal District Court, Different Disposition: An Empirical Comparison Of Ada, Title Vii Race And Sex, And Adea Employment Discrimination Dispositions In The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania And The Northern District Of Georgia, Charlotte L. Lanvers

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


An Emerging Third Way - The Erosion Of The Anglo-American Shareholder Value Construct, Cynthia A. Williams, John M. Conley Jan 2005

An Emerging Third Way - The Erosion Of The Anglo-American Shareholder Value Construct, Cynthia A. Williams, John M. Conley

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Errors And Missteps: Key Lessons The Iraqi Special Tribunal Can Learn From The Icty, Ictr, And Scsl, Michael P. Scharf, Ahran Kang Jan 2005

Errors And Missteps: Key Lessons The Iraqi Special Tribunal Can Learn From The Icty, Ictr, And Scsl, Michael P. Scharf, Ahran Kang

Cornell International Law Journal

In this article in the Symposium on Milosevic & Hussein on Trial, the author argues that the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) can learn much from the successes & missteps of previous international criminal tribunals. Key lessons from the International Criminal Tribunal on the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), & the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) are comparatively discussed with statutes of the IST regarding issues of credibility, building prosecutorial strategy, challenges to legitimacy, limitations to the right of self representation, television presence, the role of observers, the Quoque defense, protection of court witnesses, judicial …


Theories Of Emergency Powers: A Comparative Analysis Of American Martial Law And The French State Of Siege, William Feldman Jan 2005

Theories Of Emergency Powers: A Comparative Analysis Of American Martial Law And The French State Of Siege, William Feldman

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Designing Health And Safety: Workplace Hazard Regulation In The United States And Canada, Randy S. Rabinowitz, Mark M. Hager Apr 2000

Designing Health And Safety: Workplace Hazard Regulation In The United States And Canada, Randy S. Rabinowitz, Mark M. Hager

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Commonalities And Prescriptions In The Vertical Dimension Of Global Corporate Governance , Lawrence A. Cunningham Jul 1999

Commonalities And Prescriptions In The Vertical Dimension Of Global Corporate Governance , Lawrence A. Cunningham

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Prospects For Asset Securitization Within China’S Legal Framework: The Two-Tiered Model, Kevin T. S. Kong Jan 1999

Prospects For Asset Securitization Within China’S Legal Framework: The Two-Tiered Model, Kevin T. S. Kong

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Transnational Convergence: European Union And American Federalism, Patrick R. Hugg Jan 1999

Transnational Convergence: European Union And American Federalism, Patrick R. Hugg

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Is Chapter 11 Too Favorable To Debtors? Evidence From Abroad , Theodore Eisenberg, Stefan Sundgren Sep 1997

Is Chapter 11 Too Favorable To Debtors? Evidence From Abroad , Theodore Eisenberg, Stefan Sundgren

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Common Law, Property Rights And The Environment: A Comparative Analysis Of Historical Developments In The United States And England And A Model For The Future, H. Marlow Green Apr 1997

Common Law, Property Rights And The Environment: A Comparative Analysis Of Historical Developments In The United States And England And A Model For The Future, H. Marlow Green

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Minority Shareholder Oppression In The Private Company In The European Community: A Comparative Analysis Of The German, United Kingdom, And French Close Corporation Problem, Sandra K. Miller Apr 1997

Minority Shareholder Oppression In The Private Company In The European Community: A Comparative Analysis Of The German, United Kingdom, And French Close Corporation Problem, Sandra K. Miller

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Comparative Institutional Analysis Of Product Safety Systems In The United States And Japan: Alternative Approaches To Create Incentives For Product Safety, Hiroshi Sarumida Jan 1996

Comparative Institutional Analysis Of Product Safety Systems In The United States And Japan: Alternative Approaches To Create Incentives For Product Safety, Hiroshi Sarumida

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Merging Down Under: A Comparative Analysis Of Australian And United States Merger Guidelines, Robert J. Glance Apr 1995

Merging Down Under: A Comparative Analysis Of Australian And United States Merger Guidelines, Robert J. Glance

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Growing A Legal System In The Post-Communist Economies, Paul H. Rubin Jan 1994

Growing A Legal System In The Post-Communist Economies, Paul H. Rubin

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Look At Refugee Status Based On Persecution Due To Membership In A Particular Social Group, Maryellen Fullerton Jul 1993

A Comparative Look At Refugee Status Based On Persecution Due To Membership In A Particular Social Group, Maryellen Fullerton

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Comparing Products Liability: Concepts In European And American Law, Marshall S. Shapo Jan 1993

Comparing Products Liability: Concepts In European And American Law, Marshall S. Shapo

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Foreword: The Constitution Of Responsibility , Steven G. Calabresi, Gary Lawson Jul 1992

Foreword: The Constitution Of Responsibility , Steven G. Calabresi, Gary Lawson

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Need For Legal Aid Reform: A Comparison Of English And American Legal Aid, Marianne Wilder Young Apr 1991

The Need For Legal Aid Reform: A Comparison Of English And American Legal Aid, Marianne Wilder Young

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Luck, Law, Culture And Trade: The Intractability Of United States-Japan Trade Conflict, John O. Haley Jan 1989

Luck, Law, Culture And Trade: The Intractability Of United States-Japan Trade Conflict, John O. Haley

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Right To Family Unification In French And United States Immigration Law, John Guendelsberger Jan 1988

The Right To Family Unification In French And United States Immigration Law, John Guendelsberger

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Tax And Exchange Rate Aspects Of Private Investment In Canadian Vacation Property, James Polan Jul 1987

Tax And Exchange Rate Aspects Of Private Investment In Canadian Vacation Property, James Polan

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Diligentia Quam In Suis: A Standard Of Contractual Liability From Ancient Roman To Modern Soviet Law, Herbert Hausmaninger Jul 1985

Diligentia Quam In Suis: A Standard Of Contractual Liability From Ancient Roman To Modern Soviet Law, Herbert Hausmaninger

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Remedies For Unfair Trade: European And United States Views, Elisabeth Zoller Jul 1985

Remedies For Unfair Trade: European And United States Views, Elisabeth Zoller

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Adjudication Of Freedom Of Expression Cases Under Israel’S Unwritten Constitution, Daniel J. Rothstein Jul 1985

Adjudication Of Freedom Of Expression Cases Under Israel’S Unwritten Constitution, Daniel J. Rothstein

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.