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International Human Rights Law In Investment Arbitration: Evidence Of International Law’S Unity, James D. Fry Oct 2007

International Human Rights Law In Investment Arbitration: Evidence Of International Law’S Unity, James D. Fry

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


The Institutionalist Implications Of An Odious Debt Doctrine, Paul B. Stephan Jul 2007

The Institutionalist Implications Of An Odious Debt Doctrine, Paul B. Stephan

Law and Contemporary Problems

Sovereigns incur debts, and creditors look to the law to hold sovereigns to their obligations. In legal terms, the question is whether to recognize and define an odious debt defense through a treaty or national legislative acts, on the one hand, or through the decisions of authoritative dispute-settlement bodies, whether international arbitral organs or domestic courts. Moreover, others may think that odious debt doctrine as a means can optimize the social welfare generated by sovereign-debt contracts. Here, Stephan examines the social welfare in the economic sense but attacks the problem from a different direction and concludes that no satisfactory mechanism …


Individual Rights And Group Rights In The European Community’S Approach To Minority Languages, Robert F. Weber Apr 2007

Individual Rights And Group Rights In The European Community’S Approach To Minority Languages, Robert F. Weber

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Deference, Human Rights And The Federal Courts: The Role Of The Executive In Alien Tort Statute Litigation, Margarita S. Clarens Apr 2007

Deference, Human Rights And The Federal Courts: The Role Of The Executive In Alien Tort Statute Litigation, Margarita S. Clarens

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Women’S Rights And Shari’A Law: A Workable Reality? An Examination Of Possible International Human Rights Approaches Through The Continuing Reform Of The Pakistani Hudood Ordinance, Katherine M. Weaver Apr 2007

Women’S Rights And Shari’A Law: A Workable Reality? An Examination Of Possible International Human Rights Approaches Through The Continuing Reform Of The Pakistani Hudood Ordinance, Katherine M. Weaver

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.