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Law Without Links: Re-Locating International Economic Law Within The Sphere Of Law And Society, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Law Without Links, Alexandra R. Harrington. This article argues that, in order to understand international economic law now and in the future, it is necessary to relocate it squarely within international law rather than as a subgroup at best, or an almost separate entity at worst. The reason for this argument is the author’s belief that attempts to create or define international economic law as occupying a separate space in relationship to international law ignore the intertwined nature of these areas of law, threatening to undermine their ability to work in tandem – and with other areas of international …

Faceting The Future: The Need For And Proposal Of The Adoption Of A Kimberley Process-Styled Legitimacy Certification System For The Global Gemstone Market, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Faceting the Future: The Need for and Proposal of the Adoption of a Kimberley Process-Styled Legitimacy Certification System for the Global Gemstone Market, Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

Diamonds, so the song goes, are a girl’s best friend. According to various advertisement campaigns, diamonds are also a unique symbol of emotion because they are “forever.” It is certainly difficult to challenge these assertions as to the beauty of a diamond. However, these societal perceptions often overshadow the importance and history of other gemstones. The Bible refers several times to the value of rubies. Throughout history, gemstones of all varieties have …

Peer Pressure: Correlations Between Membership In Regional And Regional Economic Organizations And Wto Dispute Resolution Claims And Their Implications, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Peer Pressure: Correlations Between Membership in Regional and Regional Economic Organizations and WTO Dispute Resolution Claims and Their Implications. Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq. Peer pressure is a well-known phenomenon, believed responsible for everything from teenage experimentation and angst to the cliff-diving habits of lemmings. But peer pressure is less commonly thought of as a motivation for a state to act – or fail to act – in the international trade arena. The goal of this article is to explore the relationship between a state’s membership in a variety of regional and regional economic organizations and its history of bringing …

Prostituting Peace: The Impact Of Sending State’S Legal Regimes On U.N. Peacekeeper Behavior And Suggestions To Protect The Populations Peacekeepers Guard, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Prostituting Peace: The Impact of Sending State’s Legal Regimes on U.N. Peacekeeper Behavior and Suggestions to Protect the Populations Peacekeepers Guard, Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

Prostitution has many meanings. It’s most obvious meaning is in the context of selling sexual relations for monetary or other gain. However, it is not only in this way that people can be prostituted and, certainly, it is possible to prostitute things other than people. Many nations and societies have outlawed the act of prostitution in its transactional sense. Prostitution of commonly held human values has also been theoretically outlawed within the international community, …

Throwing One Arm Around The World: Why The Failure Of The World Trade Organization To Include Anti-Bribery And Corruption Targets Within Its Aid For Trade Program Undermines This Program And How To Bridge These Issues., Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Throwing One Arm Around the World, Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

In the years before he gained prominence as an activist, the singer Bono and the group U2 released a song in which it admonished: “just like all the rest, been tryin’ to throw your arms around the world.” Fourteen years after the release of this song, the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) began its “Aid for Trade” initiative, which aims to coordinate and monitor the many forms of aid given by donor states and organizations to partner states in order to bolster a variety of trade and trade-related sectors of …

Explosive Road From Dublin: The Legal Flaws In The Convention To Ban Cluster Munitions And Recommendations For Their Cure., Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

In a popular Irish folk song, the hero leaves his boyhood home in the Irish country

side and takes the “rocky road to Dublin” in order to sail to a new life in a new country. However hopeful the hero is throughout his journey, when he arrives at his destination he finds that it is not as hospitable as he had expected. Despite its light-hearted beat, this song is oddly prophetic for an analysis of the Convention to Ban Cluster Munitions.

In May, 2008, the Convention to Ban Cluster Munitions (“Cluster Munitions Convention”) was adopted by a group of one-hundred …

They Fought For Trade But Did Trade Win?: An Analysis Of The Trends Among Trade Disputes Brought By Wto Member States Before The Wto Dispute Resolution Body, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: They Fought for Trade But Did Trade Win?: An Analysis of the Trends Among Trade Disputes Brought By WTO Member States Before the WTO Dispute Resolution Body.

Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

Much has been made of the common assumption that crime and bad conduct does not pay, particularly on the level of international crimes and criminal conduct. However, the field of bad conduct in international trade is not as frequently discussed. What does a study of the outcomes of complaints brought before the WTO’s dispute resolution body tell us about the uses of that entity for the promotion of …

Germs On A Plane!: Legal Protections Afforded To International Air Travelers And Governments In The Event Of A Suspected Or Actual Contagious Passenger And Proposals To Strengthen Them., Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Germs on a Plane!: Legal Protections Afforded to International Air Travelers and Governments in the Event of a Suspected or Actual Contagious Passenger and Proposals to Strengthen Them. In August, 2006, American moviegoers watched as passengers on an airplane were terrified by poisonous snakes in the movie “Snakes on a Plane.” In May, 2007, news watchers across the globe were riveted by the true story of an Atlanta lawyer who flew from the United States to several destinations in Europe for his wedding and honeymoon although he was carrying a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis. The latter event was met …