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Symposium Introduction: International Law Confronts The Global Economy: Labor Rights, Human Rights, And Democracy In Distress, Timothy A. Canova Jan 2006

Symposium Introduction: International Law Confronts The Global Economy: Labor Rights, Human Rights, And Democracy In Distress, Timothy A. Canova

Timothy A. Canova

As the pace of globalization has intensified, lawyers and scholars continue to develop an appreciation for the many ways their own areas of expertise and practice relate to the global economy. This symposium issue of the Chapman Law Review, featuring papers presented at the inaugural conference of Chapman University's Center for Global Trade & Development, reflects the dynamic and evolving relationship between international law and the global economy, and the profound impacts of each on the course of democracy and human rights in the world today.

Each of our contributors were asked to consider the various ways that international law …


American Wartime Values In Historical Perspective: Full-Employment Mobilization Or Business As Usual, Timothy A. Canova Jan 2006

American Wartime Values In Historical Perspective: Full-Employment Mobilization Or Business As Usual, Timothy A. Canova

Timothy A. Canova

This paper explores the range of values implicated by war and compares today's dominant values with those that prevailed during previous American wars, with a particular emphasis on the World War Two and early Cold War period. War is related to values, and as economists like to remind us, what we value becomes apparent in the movement of people and prices. Part I of this Article considers the moral, ethical and monetary values that prevailed throughout the 1940's and early 1950's. The normative threads that kept the World War Two effort on track were those of mobilization and shared sacrifice. …


Campaign Finance, Iron Triangles & The Decline Of American Political Discourse, Timothy A. Canova Jan 2006

Campaign Finance, Iron Triangles & The Decline Of American Political Discourse, Timothy A. Canova

Timothy A. Canova

The Constitution protects the rights of Americans to participate in politics through assembly and membership in private interest groups. Yet the Founders recognized that interest groups and factions posed a particular danger in a democracy. According to James Madison, there was no way to remove the causes of faction without destroying liberty itself. The only solution, he said, was to control the effects of faction by encouraging the proliferation of factions to oppose and counter the influence of any particular faction.

This is a legalistic judicial discourse that ignores the realities of power imbalances in contemporary society. The modern theoretical …


Meeting The Information Needs Of Constitutionalist Patrons: A Guide For Reference Librarians, Vicenc Feliu Jan 2006

Meeting The Information Needs Of Constitutionalist Patrons: A Guide For Reference Librarians, Vicenc Feliu

Vicenç Feliú

This paper illustrates the challenges that a reference law librarian encounters when facing the information needs of Constitutionalist patrons. These patrons are defined as members of a diverse community of groups that challenge the validity of the mainstream legal system.