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Trends. Licit And Illicit Human Trafficking: The Ultimate Violation Of Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Licit And Illicit Human Trafficking: The Ultimate Violation Of Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses human trafficking for economic reasons and its context.
Trends. Labor And Environmental Standards And Human Welfare: Global Prescriptions, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Labor And Environmental Standards And Human Welfare: Global Prescriptions, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the human consequences - labor and environmental impacts - of free trade, and the impact of possible standards for addressing those consequences.
Browsers Beware: Avoiding Legal Entanglements On The Internet, Michael Zugelder, Theresa Flaherty, James Johnson
Browsers Beware: Avoiding Legal Entanglements On The Internet, Michael Zugelder, Theresa Flaherty, James Johnson
Finance Faculty Publications
When Chicago resident David Loundy ordered a compact disk on the Internet from a British Web site, he received an e-mail confirming his order. Loundy expected to pay the advertised price of £8.99, or about $14. When he was subsequently charged £12.99, Loundy was incensed. He argued that he had accepted the set price of £8.99 and insisted that he pay no more for the disk. But when Loundy filed suit in England under the Consumer Protection Act of 1987, he was told that the Act did not apply to him because, under English common law, the place of the …
Toward A Greener Gatt: Environmental Trade Measures And The Shrimp-Turtle Case, Howard F. Chang
Toward A Greener Gatt: Environmental Trade Measures And The Shrimp-Turtle Case, Howard F. Chang
All Faculty Scholarship
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Preemption & Human Rights: Local Options After Crosby V. Nftc, Robert Stumberg
Preemption & Human Rights: Local Options After Crosby V. Nftc, Robert Stumberg
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In June 2000, the Supreme Court held in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) that federal sanctions against Burma preempted the Massachusetts Burma law. With its "Burma Law," Massachusetts sought to replicate the anti-Apartheid boycott, one of the most successful human rights campaigns in history. Massachusetts' Burma law authorized state agencies to exercise a strong purchasing preference in favor of companies that do not conduct business in Burma unless the preference would impair essential purchases or result in inadequate competition.
In Crosby, the Court held that Congress preempted the Massachusetts Burma law when it adopted federal sanctions on …