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2000

Selected Works

Human Rights Law

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Self-Defense: The Equalizer, David B. Kopel, Linda Gorman Jan 2000

Self-Defense: The Equalizer, David B. Kopel, Linda Gorman

David B Kopel

Experiments in tightening gun-control laws have eroded the right of self defense and failed to stop serious crime. Studies Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

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The Evolving Police Power: Some Observations For A New Century, David B. Kopel, Glenn Harlan Reynolds Jan 2000

The Evolving Police Power: Some Observations For A New Century, David B. Kopel, Glenn Harlan Reynolds

David B Kopel

A review of state and federal courts decisions on the scope of state police powers suggests that the shift from the more restrictive sic utere principle to the more open salus populi principle may be reversing, with courts -- at least in cases involving sex and marriage -- taking a much more skeptical view of government objectives and justifications.

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Immigrant Nations: A Comparison Of The Immigration Law Of Australia And The United States, Ty Twibell Dec 1999

Immigrant Nations: A Comparison Of The Immigration Law Of Australia And The United States, Ty Twibell

Ty Twibell

This article discusses the political, legal and cultural similarities between the United States and Australia. It ties in the experience of the author in living both these countries and as an immigration attorney.
As an introduction, this article notes that Australia and the U.S. have many common traits. Both Australia and the U.S. are termed “immigrant nations” because the vast majority of what constitutes the populations in the current political entities of the “Commonwealth of Australia” or the “United States of America” are immigrants. Both nations were also rooted in the colonialism of the British Empire with corresponding Anglo-American legal …

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Human Rights Or “Human Rights Imperialism”? Lessons From The War Against Yugoslavia, Peter Erlinder Dec 1999

Human Rights Or “Human Rights Imperialism”? Lessons From The War Against Yugoslavia, Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.

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Humanitarian Intervention At A Crossroads, Bartram Brown Dec 1999

Humanitarian Intervention At A Crossroads, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

No abstract provided.

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