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The Impact Of Taiwan's Political Reform On Its Mainland China Policy: Pragmatic Economic Relations And Conflicting Political Ideology, Lawrence B. Weiner
The Impact Of Taiwan's Political Reform On Its Mainland China Policy: Pragmatic Economic Relations And Conflicting Political Ideology, Lawrence B. Weiner
Washington International Law Journal
For nearly forty years, the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC), acting under the Kuo Min Tang (KMT), or Nationalist Party, and the People's Republic of China (PRC), acting under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), have ruled separate provinces across the Taiwan Straits, each claiming legitimate rule over China. During that entire time, neither side rescinded its threat to use military force, and the mainland regularly shelled islands controlled by the ROC. Recent events, however, have significantly altered relations between the two Chinas. In 1987, immediately after the ROC government repealed martial law, Taiwan residents were allowed to visit the …
Japanese Foreign Aid: Suggested Legislation To Guide Administrative Distribution Of Foreign Aid, Darin R. Greenen
Japanese Foreign Aid: Suggested Legislation To Guide Administrative Distribution Of Foreign Aid, Darin R. Greenen
Washington International Law Journal
This Comment analyzes the need for guiding legislation in the Japanese foreign aid program. First, the Comment describes the Japanese aid program and its shortcomings. It then suggests guiding legislation and analyzes the improvements such legislation will effectuate.
Applying U.S. Law To Halt Deforestation In Southeastern Myanmar: A Survey Of Potential Strategies, Douglas J. Kelso
Applying U.S. Law To Halt Deforestation In Southeastern Myanmar: A Survey Of Potential Strategies, Douglas J. Kelso
Washington International Law Journal
As the twentieth century draws to a close, the threat posed by environmental degradation grows increasingly apparent. Climatic change, ozone depletion, hazardous wastes, and numerous other ecological concerns gain growing prominence in national and international policy debates. Environmental degradation causes the loss of valuable atmospheric, hydrological, geological, and biological resources. In terms of resource depletion, the rapid destruction of tropical rain forests poses one of the greatest ecological threats to our planet today. This paper proposes that proper application of United States law might discourage tropical deforestation abroad, using the nation of Myanmar (formerly Burma) as an example.
Recent Developments - Cinematic Sex And Censorship In Indian Film, Anita Ramasastry
Recent Developments - Cinematic Sex And Censorship In Indian Film, Anita Ramasastry
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This Recent Development examines the increasing presence of cinematic rape in general-audience Indian films and discusses the potential cultural origins of the cinematic portrait of Indian women as chaste subordinates to men and as frequent subjects of violence. To account for this trend, this Recent Development outlines the legal guidelines governing Indian film censorship, and in particular the guidelines regulating sexuality. From this vantage point, the use of various suggestive cinematic techniques, including the regular portrayal of rape, may be seen as attempts by directors to circumvent government censure of kissing and other intimate relations on-screen. Finally, this Recent Development …
The Benevolent Paternalism Of Japanese Criminal Justice, Daniel H. Foote
The Benevolent Paternalism Of Japanese Criminal Justice, Daniel H. Foote
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Models for a criminal-justice system based on an ethos of rehabilitation and reintegration-such as Llewellyn's "parental" and Griffiths' "family" models-have been regarded as idealistic but unworkable in the real world, except perhaps in totalitarian or primitive societies. Professor Foote, however, has found in Japan just such a model, which he labels "benevolent paternalism." The Japanese criminal-justice system is benevolent in that its goal is to achieve reformation and reintegration into society through lenient sanctions tailored to the offender's particular circumstances. The system is paternalism in that it allows substantial discretion to the state in both gathering and using information about …