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The International Review | 2003 Fall, Michael Rhee

The International Review Newsletter

Does the World Need a Global Registry to Protect Geographical Food Names?

Globalization Meets the First Amendment: Do Multinational Corporations have a Right to Free Speech?

Alumnus Profile: Seth Cohen, Captain, United States Army, Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps, Camp Zama (Japan)

The Alien Tort Claims Act: A One-Sentence Sling-Shot against Corporate Goliaths?

WTO in Cancun: No Party in Vacation Capital

A United Europe under a Single Constitution?

SARS: Another Blow to the World Economy?

Breaking the Bank? Rebuilding Iraq’s Financial System

The International Review | 2003 Spring, Michael Rhee

The International Review Newsletter

Corporate Governance: A Thread Unraveling Throughout the Global Economy?

Alumnus Profile: Edward Okeke, Legal Officer, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Paris, France)

A Bigger and Stronger European Union?

Biotech Debate Meets Real-World Starvation

Zombies in Japan’s Banking System?

International Trade to Become Less Taxing?

US to WTO: Don’t Tell Us How to Spend our Money

Democracy By Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government (2003), Ross Sandler, David Schoenbrod

Books

Schools, welfare agencies, and a wide variety of other state and local institutions of vital importance to citizens are controlled by attorneys and judges rather than governors and mayors. In this book, Ross Sandler and David Schoenbrod explain how this has come to pass, why it has resulted in service to the public that is worse, not better, and what can be done to restore control of these programs to democratically elected - and accountable - officials.

Sandler and Schoenbrod tell how the courts, with the best intentions and often with the approval of elected officials, came to control ordinary …