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Does The "Good Governance Policy" Of The International Financial Institutions Privilege Markets At The Expense Of Democracy?, Chantal Thomas Oct 1999

Does The "Good Governance Policy" Of The International Financial Institutions Privilege Markets At The Expense Of Democracy?, Chantal Thomas

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Models And Documents: Artefacts Of International Legal Knowledge, Annelise Riles Oct 1999

Models And Documents: Artefacts Of International Legal Knowledge, Annelise Riles

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This article draws upon one year of ethnographic research at United Nations conferences to challenge some common academic assumptions about what it means to "do" international law. The article compares the work of academic international lawyers - founded in making models of an international system - to the work of practitioners - exemplified by the work of making documents, and demonstrates the particular, peculiar nature of each kind of knowledge, from the point of view of the observer. This leads to a set of conclusions concerning how an academic study of international law influenced by an appreciation of the particularity …


Transfer Of Technology In The Contemporary International Order, Chantal Thomas Jun 1999

Transfer Of Technology In The Contemporary International Order, Chantal Thomas

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Jurisdictional Salvation And The Hague Treaty, Kevin M. Clermont Jan 1999

Jurisdictional Salvation And The Hague Treaty, Kevin M. Clermont

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The United States' law of territorial jurisdiction in civil cases is a mess. Many commentators, here and abroad, have said so for a long time. The United States' treatment of foreign judgments, however, stands in contrast. As a well-behaved member of the international community of nations, the United States eagerly gives appropriate respect to foreign judgments, despite sometimes getting no respect in return.

Now, ongoing negotiations at the Hague have generated a prospect for an international agreement on the reciprocal treatment of foreign judgments. The envisaged treaty would ensure mutual respect of judgments among contracting countries, but it would also …


Causes Of Inequality In The International Economic Order: Critical Race Theory And Postcolonial Development, Chantal Thomas Jan 1999

Causes Of Inequality In The International Economic Order: Critical Race Theory And Postcolonial Development, Chantal Thomas

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Comparing The "1990s-Style" And "1980s-Style" Debt Crises, Chantal Thomas Jan 1999

Comparing The "1990s-Style" And "1980s-Style" Debt Crises, Chantal Thomas

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.