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Must Russia Return The Artwork Stolen From Germany During World War Ii?, Steven Costello Jan 1997

Must Russia Return The Artwork Stolen From Germany During World War Ii?, Steven Costello

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In February 1995, the Pushkin museum in Moscow exhibited sixty three paintings, including paintings from German private and museum collections prior to World War II.1 One month later, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg exhibited seventy-four paintings, of which almost all were owned by the German government or its citizens before the war.


Does Russia Need A Securities Law?, Greg Lumelsky Jan 1997

Does Russia Need A Securities Law?, Greg Lumelsky

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The question in the title of this article is not necessarily rhetorical. Perhaps a more appropriate inquiry is, does Russia need its current securi- ties law?' The response to the titular question is, as I will argue, clearly yes. The answer to the second question is to a large extent negative. Given the prevailing economic conditions in Russia, the course of enterprise pri- vatization, and the principal institutions shaping Russian capital markets, there is good reason to think that rather than assisting the growth and en- trenchment of a market in securities, much of the current Russian securities legislation will …


Language Of Lullabies: The Russification And De-Russification Of The Baltic States, Sonia Bychkov Green Jan 1997

Language Of Lullabies: The Russification And De-Russification Of The Baltic States, Sonia Bychkov Green

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article argues that the laws for promotion of the national languages are a legitimate means for the Baltic states to establish their cultural independence from Russia and the former Soviet Union.