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International Crisis And Neutrality: United States Foreign Policy Toward The Iran-Iraq War, Francis A. Boyle

Mercer Law Review

This Article was written in 1986 and submitted to the University of New Orleans Symposium on Neutrality. The Article reflects the author's analysis regarding the United States military intervensionism into the Middle East with a special focus on the Persian Gulf region. The author analyzes the United States' policies to divide-and-conquer the Arab oil fields that orginated as early as in the 1973 Arab oil boycott of Europe. The body of the Article traces the historical developments leading into the Reagan Administration's own foreign policies toward the Iran-Iraq War. Following the body of the Article, the author then. continues an …

The Case Against Saddam Hussein--The Case For World Order, Andrew M. Warner

Mercer Law Review

The following Article is an excerpt from a paper written in the Fall of 1990. The author submitted the paper in December 1990 as partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Laws program at the University of Virginia. The opinions and conclusions expressed are those of the individual author and do not necessarily represent the United States Army or other governmental agency.

The United Nations' Charter gives the Security Council enforcement authority for breaches of world peace. To be meaningful, rights must have remedies, and the Security Council should now pursue remedies to enforce the rights provided in …

Assassination And The Law Of Armed Conflict, Patricia Zengel

Mercer Law Review

The availability of assassination of foreign leaders as a means of achieving United States foreign policy objectives is an issue that has proven in recent years to be a recurring one. However, it does not arise in isolation; instead it is almost always part of a larger political controversy over United States foreign policy objectives and whether force of any kind should be used to pursue them. Certainly this was true with regard to the controversies that surrounded United States policy, including alleged involvement in assassination plots toward Cuba, Vietnam, the Congo, and the Dominican Republic in the 1960s, and …

The Decline And Fall Of The War Powers Resolution: Waging War Under The Constitution After Desert Storm, John W. Rolph

Mercer Law Review

On August 2, 1990, Iraqi armed forces stormed across their borders and invaded the neighboring country of Kuwait. Almost immediately thereafter, President Bush drew a "line in the sand" against further Iraqi aggression by deploying approximately 230,000 American armed combat troops to the desert of Saudi Arabia as a deterrent shield. In so doing, the President rekindled a long standing controversy with Congress concerning the proper exercise of war powers under the Constitution and how those powers should be distributed between the executive and legislative branches. The President's "line in the sand" sparked unprecedented reevaluation of the much maligned War …

Application Of Selected American Laws To United States Companies Transacting Business In Kuwait: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act And Antiboycott Legislation, S. Gregory Joy

Mercer Law Review

American businesses and their subsidiaries working in Kuwait or pursuing business opportunities in that country need not be reminded that they must comply with Kuwaiti business laws and regulations. They will not be transacting business in Kuwait for very long if they do not comply with Kuwaiti law. Equally important are American laws regulating the transaction of business by American companies and their subsidiaries outside the United States. Two of the most important American statutes of concern to Americans transacting business outside the United States are the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ("FCPA"), as amended, and the antiboycott provisions …