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Outsourcing And Insourcing Crime: The Political Economy Of Globalized Criminal Activity, Tomer Broude, Doron Teichman Apr 2009

Outsourcing And Insourcing Crime: The Political Economy Of Globalized Criminal Activity, Tomer Broude, Doron Teichman

Vanderbilt Law Review

Globalization is on the rise. The last few decades have been marked by dramatic reductions in transaction costs that have helped bring together local markets. Technological advances such as wireless telecommunications and the Internet have connected buyers and sellers of goods and services across the planet through transactions that were not even feasible, let alone cost-effective, as little as a decade ago. No less importantly, the systematic removal of regulatory barriers to international trade has facilitated economic globalization. At the forefront of international economic liberalization, the creation of the World Trade Organization ("WTO") in 1995 extended multilateral trading rules beyond …


The Chameleon Court: The Changing Face Of The Icc, Michael A. Newton Jan 2009

The Chameleon Court: The Changing Face Of The Icc, Michael A. Newton

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

An International Criminal Court (ICC) that routinely overrides the good faith reasoning of domestic officials would inevitably face a crisis of confidence and cooperation. The practice of complementarity may well be the fulcrum supporting the Court's long-term legitimacy; and this principle is all the more important because it is designed to provide intellectual leverage to move non-States Parties towards treaty accession. The early practice of the ICC, however, indicates that the model of a healthy and cooperative synergy between the Court and domestic states is in danger of being replaced by a model of competition. The plain text of art …