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International Human Rights Law In Investment Arbitration: Evidence Of International Law’S Unity, James D. Fry
International Human Rights Law In Investment Arbitration: Evidence Of International Law’S Unity, James D. Fry
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
No abstract provided.
The Institutionalist Implications Of An Odious Debt Doctrine, Paul B. Stephan
The Institutionalist Implications Of An Odious Debt Doctrine, Paul B. Stephan
Law and Contemporary Problems
Sovereigns incur debts, and creditors look to the law to hold sovereigns to their obligations. In legal terms, the question is whether to recognize and define an odious debt defense through a treaty or national legislative acts, on the one hand, or through the decisions of authoritative dispute-settlement bodies, whether international arbitral organs or domestic courts. Moreover, others may think that odious debt doctrine as a means can optimize the social welfare generated by sovereign-debt contracts. Here, Stephan examines the social welfare in the economic sense but attacks the problem from a different direction and concludes that no satisfactory mechanism …
Individual Rights And Group Rights In The European Community’S Approach To Minority Languages, Robert F. Weber
Individual Rights And Group Rights In The European Community’S Approach To Minority Languages, Robert F. Weber
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
No abstract provided.
Women’S Rights And Shari’A Law: A Workable Reality? An Examination Of Possible International Human Rights Approaches Through The Continuing Reform Of The Pakistani Hudood Ordinance, Katherine M. Weaver
Women’S Rights And Shari’A Law: A Workable Reality? An Examination Of Possible International Human Rights Approaches Through The Continuing Reform Of The Pakistani Hudood Ordinance, Katherine M. Weaver
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
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Deference, Human Rights And The Federal Courts: The Role Of The Executive In Alien Tort Statute Litigation, Margarita S. Clarens
Deference, Human Rights And The Federal Courts: The Role Of The Executive In Alien Tort Statute Litigation, Margarita S. Clarens
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
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Privacy And Law Enforcement In The European Union: The Data Retention Directive, Francesca Bignami
Privacy And Law Enforcement In The European Union: The Data Retention Directive, Francesca Bignami
Faculty Scholarship
This paper examines a recent twist in EU data protection law. In the 1990s, the European Union was still primarily a market-creating organization and data protection in the European Union was aimed at rights abuses by market actors. Since the terrorist attacks of New York, Madrid, and London, however, cooperation on fighting crime has accelerated. Now, the challenge for the European Union is to protect privacy in its emerging system of criminal justice. This paper analyzes the first EU law to address data privacy in crime-fighting—the Data Retention Directive. Based on a detailed examination of the Directive’s legislative history, the …
A System Of Wholesale Denial Of Rights, Michael E. Tigar
A System Of Wholesale Denial Of Rights, Michael E. Tigar
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.