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Zero Sympathy: Unaccompanied Minors' Rights In The Us Immigration System, Mahrukh Ali
Zero Sympathy: Unaccompanied Minors' Rights In The Us Immigration System, Mahrukh Ali
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This note analyzes the US Government's approach to unaccompanied minors and the webs they must navigate when they are apprehended by the US immigration system. More importantly, this note calls for reformative approaches to children's rights through acknowledging the differences between adults and children while simultaneously taking their vulnerability and autonomy into account. After explaining the migrant crisis along with its implications and examining the underlying reasons fostering this movement, this note discusses the legal options available for unaccompanied minors. It draws on the shortcomings of the immigration system as the system labels unaccompanied minors as dependent children, but also …
Mitigating The Effects Of Intellectual Property Colonialism On Budding Cannabis Markets, Hughie Kellner
Mitigating The Effects Of Intellectual Property Colonialism On Budding Cannabis Markets, Hughie Kellner
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Globalization has reduced barriers to trade, communication, and understanding, opening opportunities that extend far beyond national borders. However, in this bounty of opportunity lie obligations, and often those obligations tie a nation's hands when trying to deal with a problem that arises. One obligation nations face is upholding the United Nations' (UN) decision to prevent the illicit use of cannabis. Another is supporting and following the World Trade Organization's (WTO) near elimination of barriers for companies to bring patent and trademark protection with them into any country they do business with. In a modern globalized economy, if a nation fails …