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A Treaty Is A Treaty Is A Treaty, Malvina Halberstam Oct 1992

A Treaty Is A Treaty Is A Treaty, Malvina Halberstam

Articles

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Extradition And The Political Offense Exception In The Suppression Of Terrorism, Antje C. Petersen Jul 1992

Extradition And The Political Offense Exception In The Suppression Of Terrorism, Antje C. Petersen

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Age Of Rights, Stephen D. Sencer May 1992

The Age Of Rights, Stephen D. Sencer

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Age of Rights by Louis Henkin


Analysis Of Iran-Iraq Bilateral Border Treaties, Joseph J. Cusimano Jan 1992

Analysis Of Iran-Iraq Bilateral Border Treaties, Joseph J. Cusimano

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


International Service Of Process By Mail Under The Hague Service Convention, L. Andrew Cooper Jan 1992

International Service Of Process By Mail Under The Hague Service Convention, L. Andrew Cooper

Michigan Journal of International Law

This Note addresses the article 10(a) controversy and argues that the provision should be interpreted as not authorizing service by mail. Part I establishes that application of the Convention is mandatory, and that it supersedes inconsistent methods of service authorized by federal or state law. Part I then discusses the proper methods of interpreting international treaties. Part II applies these methods of treaty interpretation to the article 10(a) controversy, and argues that the article does not authorize service by mail. Part III addresses other considerations for courts and practitioners, including the availability of mail service under article 19 whenever mail …


Global Warming: A Comprehensive Approach, Lakshman Guruswamy Jan 1992

Global Warming: A Comprehensive Approach, Lakshman Guruswamy

Publications

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Article 51: Limits On Self-Defense?, Thomas K. Plofchan Jr. Jan 1992

Article 51: Limits On Self-Defense?, Thomas K. Plofchan Jr.

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article's two-pronged analysis has three distinct parts. Part I lays out the controversy of Article 51 interpretation as applied to the recent Gulf Crisis. Part II examines the legal guidance for interpreting the U.N. Charter, the Charter's travaux preparatoires, and specifically the work of the committees and subcommittees responsible for drafting and amending articles that fully incorporate the right of self-defense into the Charter. This Part develops conclusions on Article 51 that may be applied to the context of the recent Gulf Crisis. This Part also contrasts the Article 51 right of collective self-defense with the right of …


International Regulation And Control Of The Production And Use Of Chemicals And Pesticides: Perspectives For A Convention, Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz Jan 1992

International Regulation And Control Of The Production And Use Of Chemicals And Pesticides: Perspectives For A Convention, Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz

Michigan Journal of International Law

A wide variety of instruments and mechanisms for the regulation and control of chemicals and pesticides is already available internationally. What is missing is an analysis that attempts to systematize the different approaches, to create transparency, to define where they overlap, and to discover prospective deficiencies and shortcomings. In order to accomplish this task, this article covers legally binding rules as well as recommendations and codes - the international soft law. The overall purpose is to outline a framework for future international regulation of chemicals and pesticides and to propose an international convention as a possible solution.


International Human Rights Law In United States Courts: A Comparative Perspective, Anne Bayefsky, Joan Fitzpatrick Jan 1992

International Human Rights Law In United States Courts: A Comparative Perspective, Anne Bayefsky, Joan Fitzpatrick

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article will catalogue the various contexts in which United States courts have agreed or refused to follow international human rights law, treating separately the larger number of cases concerning customary norms, the relatively small group of cases relating to human rights treaties, and the cases in which international norms are referenced without regard to their status as binding law. In each of these sections we will analyze areas of confusion, disagreement, or under-development in international legal doctrine that impede the productive use of human rights norms by domestic courts. We will also compare the approaches of United States courts …


A True Comprehensive Approach, Lakshman Guruswamy Jan 1992

A True Comprehensive Approach, Lakshman Guruswamy

Publications

No abstract provided.


Treaty-Based Rights And Remedies Of Individuals, Carlos Manuel Vázquez Jan 1992

Treaty-Based Rights And Remedies Of Individuals, Carlos Manuel Vázquez

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Treaties are frequently described as contracts between nations. As instruments of international law, they establish obligations with which international law requires the parties to comply. In the United States, treaties also have the status of law in the domestic legal system. The Supremacy Clause declares treaties to be the "supreme Law of the Land" and instructs the courts to give them effect. The status of treaties as law in two distinct legal orders has given rise to unusual conceptual problems. In recent years, it has produced confusion among the courts regarding the enforceability of treaties in the courts by individuals. …