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Theorizing Transnational Law - Observations On A Birthday, Susanne Baer
Theorizing Transnational Law - Observations On A Birthday, Susanne Baer
Articles
There are many ways to theorize transnational law. As always, there is a mainstream, and there are “sidestreams.” However, it may be more interesting to consider from which direction such theories develop. Here, in appreciation of what the German Law Journal did to transnational legal conversations, I suggest to consider three directions in transnational legal studies: (1) theorizing from above; (2) theorizing from below; and (3) theorizing from inside. As you will see, much of the theories are in the German Law Journal (GLJ).
“Ever Thine, Ever Mine, Ever Ours”? The European Union’S Common Foreign And Security Policy Expressed Through International Organizations., Ian Foss
Ian Foss
The European Union (EU) is perhaps the most successful example of multilateralism to date. Not only has the EU prevented the scourge of war from bloodying Europe’s soil since its inception as the European Coal and Steel Community, but it has also become one of the largest trading blocs in the world, promoter of Human Rights, and counterweight to United States hegemony. States are loath to give up their sovereignty, but remarkably, EU member states have been doing just that, albeit incrementally, since the 1950s. Recently, the EU has increased its action internationally; however, international relations realists balk at the …
Financial Products And Services Industry: The Reinsurance Collateral Debate And 2008 Proposed Regulatory Reform Efforts, Gregory S. Arnold
Financial Products And Services Industry: The Reinsurance Collateral Debate And 2008 Proposed Regulatory Reform Efforts, Gregory S. Arnold
Gregory S Arnold
The 2008 efforts to modernize reinsurance regulation have encountered a snag with respect to international law. The critics claim that the U.S. system of requiring collateral security from non-U.S., unlicensed reinsurers is anti-competitive and discriminatory. Those with a vested interest in maintenance of the status quo argue that the reinsurance collateral requirements are prudential measures that are in place for the protection of policy holders and the solvency of the ceding, primary insurance companies. The European Union’s Reinsurance Directive still has not been implemented into national law in each of the EU Member States, but that regulatory measure has nonetheless …
Exporting Class Actions To The European Union, Tiana Leia Russell
Exporting Class Actions To The European Union, Tiana Leia Russell
Tiana Leia Russell
In this paper, I present the theoretical debates regarding the value of class action litigation, both with respect to compensation and deterrence. I begin by reviewing the class action litigation model in the United States. The paper then explores the current state of private antitrust enforcement in the European Union, with specific focus on the availability of class action litigation within Europe. I discuss recent calls within the European Union for greater private enforcement of competition law and outline steps the Commission has taken in addressing that need, including the recently published White Paper on Damages for Breach of EC …
The Danish Cartoon Controversy And The Rhetoric Of Libertarian Regret, Robert A. Khan
The Danish Cartoon Controversy And The Rhetoric Of Libertarian Regret, Robert A. Khan
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
The publication of cartoons insulting the prophet Mohammed created afar greater controversy in Europe than it did in the United States. In this article, I attempt to trace this difference to broader differences in the way Americans and Europeans think about offensive speech. While Americans have developed a language of "libertarian regret, " which allows them to criticize speech that they nevertheless concede the legal system must protect, Europeans are much more concerned about the threat posed by acts of intolerance. As a result, Europeans tended to view Muslim protests against the cartoons as a potential harbinger of totalitarianism. By …
Killing History: The Effect Of Slavery And Wwii On The Death Penalty In America And Europe, Julie Turley
Killing History: The Effect Of Slavery And Wwii On The Death Penalty In America And Europe, Julie Turley
Global Honors Theses
The author examines the cultural and social factors that have impacted the United States’s and European Union’s opposing stances on capital punishment. Particular focus is paid to the United States’s history of race relations and views on economic inequality and to the influence of World War II on the EU’s human rights and welfare policies. The paper concludes with a discussion on how the US may enact its own path to abolition.
“Fit For Purpose”: Why The European Union Should Not Extend The Term Of Related Rights Protection In Europe., Susanna Monseau
“Fit For Purpose”: Why The European Union Should Not Extend The Term Of Related Rights Protection In Europe., Susanna Monseau
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
This paper argues that the European Union should not, as it currently proposes, extend the term of protection for sound recordings in Europe. It compares the U.K. government’s current policy that the scope and length of copyright protection for sound recordings should not be extended, with that of the European Union which, encouraged by the French government particularly, has recently proposed an extension from the fifty-year term to a ninety-five-year term of copyright protection for sound recordings. It analyzes several major independent reviews of the evidence on extending copyright protection for sound recordings, including the findings and recommendations of the …
Development Of The Organised Crime Threat Assessment (Octa) And Internal Security Architecture, Benjamin J. Goold
Development Of The Organised Crime Threat Assessment (Octa) And Internal Security Architecture, Benjamin J. Goold
All Faculty Publications
This briefing paper provides an overview of the existing European Union approach to issues of security, counter-terrorism, and organised crime. In particular, it focuses on the role of the European Security Strategy (ESS) in the formation of policy and in the development of new institutions and institutional arrangements within the EU, and the influence of the Organised Crime Threat Assessment (OCTA). The paper argues that steps should be taken to streamline and rationalise the existing structures concerned with security, counter-terrorism and organised crime, and strongly recommends that a “Committee on Internal Security” be established to act as a single point …
Study On Online Hotel Reservation Systems, Frank Alleweldt, Klaus Tonner, Marc Mcdonald
Study On Online Hotel Reservation Systems, Frank Alleweldt, Klaus Tonner, Marc Mcdonald
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This study, conducted by Civic Consulting, looks at both pre-contractual and contractual matters concerning online hotel reservation systems, examines relevant Community rules, identifies gaps and, where needed, discusses possible policy options. Key conclusions The study shows that the impact of Community law on online hotel
International Developments In Consumer Financial Services Law 2007-2008, Gregory M. Duhl
International Developments In Consumer Financial Services Law 2007-2008, Gregory M. Duhl
Faculty Scholarship
This Survey reviews international consumer financial services law developments in 2007 and 2008 (through August 15, 2008) in the areas of payment systems, the European Convention of Human Rights, insolvency laws, and consumer privacy. This review makes the contrast between the European and U.S. approaches to consumer regulation apparent, in particular the EU preference for direct regulation as compared to the tradition of private remedies in the United States.
Revisiting Germany's Residenzpflicht In Light Of Modern E.U. Asylum Law, Paul Mcdonough
Revisiting Germany's Residenzpflicht In Light Of Modern E.U. Asylum Law, Paul Mcdonough
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Note explores whether the E.C. treaties, nonetheless, provide the European Court of Justice (ECJ) sufficient competence to use the Reception Directive as a vehicle to assess the Residenzpflicht in relation to the Refugee Convention. It concludes that, through the Residenzpflicht, Germany denies refugees lawfully present their Convention right to free movement within its territory, and that the ECJ can order the restoration of this right.
Transnational Families In Crisis: An Analysis Of The Domestic Violence Rule In E.U. Free Movement Law, Adam Weiss
Transnational Families In Crisis: An Analysis Of The Domestic Violence Rule In E.U. Free Movement Law, Adam Weiss
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Essay analyzes a concrete rule of European law that has emerged to address the problem of domestic violence within certain transnational families. The domestic violence rule is found in Article 13 of the European Community Free Movement Directive (the Directive), legislation that governs the rights of E.U. citizens and their family members to enter and reside in other E.U. Member States.6 The rule affects the rights of a discrete group: non-E.U. ("third-country national") family members of migrant E.U. citizens, that is, E.U. citizens who have moved to another E.U. Member State (the "host State") to exercise residence rights there. …
Writer's Block - Resolve To Become A Better Writer, David Spratt
Writer's Block - Resolve To Become A Better Writer, David Spratt
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
No abstract provided.
European Football's Home-Grown Players Rules And Nationality Discrimination Under The European Community Treaty, Lloyd Freeburn
European Football's Home-Grown Players Rules And Nationality Discrimination Under The European Community Treaty, Lloyd Freeburn
Marquette Sports Law Review
No abstract provided.
International Regulatory Definitions Of Animal Distress In Animal Research And Animal Production – An Overview., Jon Richmond
International Regulatory Definitions Of Animal Distress In Animal Research And Animal Production – An Overview., Jon Richmond
Laws and Legislation Collection
Various systems already exist to judge animal welfare - of which distress can be one component - in the laboratory setting (see Hendriksen and Morton 1998). Many rely on nonspecific measures; that is they may be manifestations of a number of states, not all of them necessarily indicative of poor welfare. Certainly, there is already good provision for methods to recognise some of the commoner manifestations of distress, arguably they are sufficiently meaningful to categorise various distress states, though to my mind they are for the present still not suited for use as means of strictly quantifying the negative impact/suffering …
Appointing Foxes To Guard Henhouses: The European Posted Workers' Directive, Aravind Ganesh
Appointing Foxes To Guard Henhouses: The European Posted Workers' Directive, Aravind Ganesh
Aravind Ganesh
This note addresses certain complications inherent in governance with regards to posted workers, i.e. workers posted on a temporary basis from one Member State of the Union to another, for the provision of services in the host Member State. In particular, this note attempts to explain how the current Directive 96/71/EC (the "Posted Workers' Directive") sets out mechanisms that produce socially inefficient levels of minimum protections for such posted workers that have to be provided by their employers. This note argues that none of the methods by which host Member States may set such levels of minimum protection (namely positive …
Wild-West Cowboys Versus Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Some Problems In Comparative Approaches To Extreme Speech, Eric Heinze
Wild-West Cowboys Versus Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Some Problems In Comparative Approaches To Extreme Speech, Eric Heinze
Prof. Eric Heinze, Queen Mary University of London
All European states ban some form of hate speech. US law precludes such bans. In view of the political and symbolic importance of free speech, it becomes tempting to assume that trans-Atlantic differences towards hate speech reflect deeper cultural divisions.
However, we must pay attention to comparative methodology before drawing ambitious conclusions about cross-cultural social and political differences that derive solely from differences in formal, black-letter norms. In this volume, Robert Post claims that formal, constitutional requirements of content-neutral regulation reflect a freer public sphere in the US, in contrast to the European public sphere.
Yet a legal-realist approach casts …
Eu Law, International Law And Economic Sanctions Against Terrorism: The Judiciary In Distress?, P. Takis Tridimas
Eu Law, International Law And Economic Sanctions Against Terrorism: The Judiciary In Distress?, P. Takis Tridimas
Journal Articles
This article seeks to examine the relationship between European Union law, international law, and the protection of fundamental rights in the light of recent case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the Court of First Instance (CFI) relating to economic sanctions against individuals. On 3 September 2008, the ECJ delivered its long-awaited judgment in Kadi and Al Barakaat on appeal from the CFI. In its judgment under appeal, the CFI had held that the European Community (EC) is competent to adopt regulations imposing economic sanctions against private organizations in pursuance of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions seeking …
The Crescent And The Corporation: Analysis And Resolution Of Conflicting Positions Between The Western Corporation And The Islamic Legal System, Craig C. Briess
The Crescent And The Corporation: Analysis And Resolution Of Conflicting Positions Between The Western Corporation And The Islamic Legal System, Craig C. Briess
Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business
No abstract provided.
Representativity, Civil Society, And The Eu Social Dialogue: Lessons From The International Labor Organization, Faina Milman-Sivan
Representativity, Civil Society, And The Eu Social Dialogue: Lessons From The International Labor Organization, Faina Milman-Sivan
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This article addresses representativity questions that arise from the formal insertion of private,functional groups within the European Union (EU) governance via the EU social dialogue. It depicts the representativity debate at the EU social dialogue and suggests that important lessons can be learned through the examination of another institutional context in which similar questions have been raised and addressed: the International Labor Organization (ILO) tripartite structure. In addition, it ascertains that the issue of representativity of the EU social partners would further benefit from viewing it in the broader context of the EU "democratic deficit." The article concludes that such …
The European Court’S Political Power Across Time And Space, Karen Alter
The European Court’S Political Power Across Time And Space, Karen Alter
Faculty Working Papers
This article extracts from Alter's larger body of work insights on how the political and social context shapes the ECJ's political power and influence. Part I considers how the political context facilitated the constitutionalization of the European legal system. Part II considers how the political context helps determine where and when the current ECJ influences European politics. Part III draws lessons from the ECJ's experience, speculating on how the European context in specific allowed the ECJ to become such an exceptional international court. Part IV lays out a research agenda to investigate the larger question of how social support shapes …
Competences Of The "Union" And Sex Equality: A Comparative Look At The European Union And The United States, Barbara Havelková
Competences Of The "Union" And Sex Equality: A Comparative Look At The European Union And The United States, Barbara Havelková
Michigan Law Review First Impressions
The delivery of substantive sex equality guarantees in the European Union and the United States is substantially affected by the division of powers ("competences" in European terminology) between the constituent units and the center. This Commentary compares the technical similarities and differences between the structures of competence of the federal systems of the United States and the European Union. This Commentary also briefly sketches their impact on substantive sex equality law.
Lessons Learned From The European Union’S Climate Policy, David Hunter
Lessons Learned From The European Union’S Climate Policy, David Hunter
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
INTRODUCTION The United States, after ignoring climate policy for the last decade, now finds itself debating the merits of a national cap-and-trade policy. Currently, U.S. environmentalists are divided over whether to support the watered-down American Climate and Energy Security bill (ACES), also known as the Waxman-Markey bill. ACES passed the U.S. House of Representatives only after significant changes were made to address concerns from the coal industry and other powerful forces; and the bill likely faces even more compromises if it is to be passed in the U.S. Senate.' Supporters of the Waxman-Markey bill believe it is best to establish …
Inter-American System, Claudia Martin
Inter-American System, Claudia Martin
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
No abstract provided.
From Pinochet To Rumsfeld: Universal Jurisdiction In Europe 1998-2008, Wolfgang Kaleck
From Pinochet To Rumsfeld: Universal Jurisdiction In Europe 1998-2008, Wolfgang Kaleck
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Essay provides a survey of more than fifty universal jurisdiction proceedings in European courts and illustrates that universal jurisdiction is no longer a seldom-used theoretical concept, but a widespread practice. However, it is a practice that faces a number legal and practical obstacles identified here. Similar difficulties are encountered in other mechanisms used to combat impunity, including territorial and personality jurisdiction, state accountability at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), and civil litigation in the United States. The Essay then begins an evaluation of the last ten years of universal …
Harmonizing European Copyright Law: The Challenges Of Better Lawmaking, Mireille Van Eechoud, P Bernt Hugenholtz, Stef Van Gompel, Lucie Guibault, Natali Helberger
Harmonizing European Copyright Law: The Challenges Of Better Lawmaking, Mireille Van Eechoud, P Bernt Hugenholtz, Stef Van Gompel, Lucie Guibault, Natali Helberger
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
Nobody likes today’s copyright law. Widespread unauthorized use of copyright material proliferates with impunity, while citizens and users protest that intrusive copyright and related rights law stifle cultural expression. Equipment manufacturers and intermediaries complain about yet more ’security’ features that complicate their products and services and encumber marketing, while content owners desperately want enforcement to work. And of course it is crucial that whatever regulatory instruments come into play must not age prematurely in Internet time. The European Union faces the daunting challenge of articulating coherent copyright policies that satisfy these contradictory multiple demands. Yet the legal framework must conform …
Canada, The Eu And Arctic Ocean Governance: A Tangled And Shifting Seascape And Future Directions, David Vanderzwaag, Timo Koivurova, Erik J. Molenaar
Canada, The Eu And Arctic Ocean Governance: A Tangled And Shifting Seascape And Future Directions, David Vanderzwaag, Timo Koivurova, Erik J. Molenaar
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
The objective of this paper is to examine (in a historical perspective) the roles of the European Union (EU) and Canada in governance and regulation of human activities in the Arctic Ocean. Section two describes the existing “tangled” nature of governance in the Arctic with a focus on law of the sea, approaches and challenges in the region, as well as on EU and Canadian participation in the activities of the Arctic Council. The “shifting seascape” in governance is next highlighted in section three with a review of increasing calls for change from scholars and other groups, recent governance initiatives …
Perennial Outsiders: The Educational Experience Of Turkish Youth In Germany, Catherine J. Ross
Perennial Outsiders: The Educational Experience Of Turkish Youth In Germany, Catherine J. Ross
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
'When you talk about the debate on Turkey’s E.U. membership,' a German of Turkish origin who serves in the Parliament of the European Union explains, 'it immediately becomes a talk about head-scarf issues and building mosques.' This is in part because Western Europe has long considered itself a 'Christian Club.' The treatment of second-generation Turks in Germany and other European countries offers a window into the obstacles that must be confronted and overcome before Turks gain full equality in Europe. Totaling about four million, persons of Turkish origin make up the largest immigrant group in Europe, and virtually all of …
Globalization And Standards: The Logic Of Two-Level Game, Jane K. Winn
Globalization And Standards: The Logic Of Two-Level Game, Jane K. Winn
Articles
The emergence of a global information architecture has fueled regulatory competition among nations and regions to set information and communication technology (“ICT”) standards. Such regulatory competition can be thought of as a two level game: level one is competition to set ICT standards within a nation or region; level two is competition to set the global ICT standards with reference to local standards.
The United States and the European Union are global leaders in setting ICT standards, and compete to set global ICT standards based on different local regulatory cultures: the U.S. is a “liberal market economy” (“LME”) within which …
The Andean Tribunal Of Justice And Its Interlocutors: Understanding Preliminary Reference Patterns In The Andean Community, Laurence R. Helfer, Karen J. Alter
The Andean Tribunal Of Justice And Its Interlocutors: Understanding Preliminary Reference Patterns In The Andean Community, Laurence R. Helfer, Karen J. Alter
Faculty Scholarship
In the European Union, national courts have been key intermediaries in helping to bolster and expand the authority of the European Court of Justice through its preliminary reference mechanism. This article analyzes the role of national judges in the Andean Community, a regional legal system whose judicial institution - the Andean Tribunal of Justice (ATJ) - was modeled directly on its European predecessor. Our analysis is based on an original coding of every publically available national court referral to the ATJ from 1987 to 2007 and interviews with over forty participants in the Andean legal system. We find that the …