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Full-Text Articles in Human Rights Law
Rebirth Of A Nation: The Difficulties Of Transition In Eastern And Central Europe, J. French Hill
Rebirth Of A Nation: The Difficulties Of Transition In Eastern And Central Europe, J. French Hill
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The 1980s will go down in history as the Decade of Democracy. Latin America, Europe, and even parts of Africa saw remarkable gains in political pluralism and individual freedoms, but nowhere was this more pronounced than in central and eastern Europe and the Balkans.
As Timothy Garton Ash chronicled in his inspiring essays, The Magic Lantern, the movements of a people from totalitarianism to freedom were remarkably peaceful. Once started, the speed was breathtaking. This dash toward freedom is epitomized in Ash's quip made famous by playwright, turned President, Vaclav Havel: "In Poland it took ten years, in Hungary ten …
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
JAPANESE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
By A. Didrick Castberg
New York, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1990. Pp. 153. $42.95.
THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
By David P. Forsythe
Lexington, Massachusetts; Lexington Books, 1991. Pp. 209.$34.00.
FEDERAL COURTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PARADIGM By Kenneth C. Randall
Durham, North Carolina; Duke University Press. 1990. Pp. 295. $45.00.
ROMAN LAW AND COMPARATIVE LAW
By Alan Watson
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1991. Pp. 328. $50.00
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND FOREIGN POLICY
By Victoria Marie Kraft
New York, New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. Pp. 185. $45.00.
The Japanese International Law 'Revolution': International Human Rights Law And Its Impact In Japan, Kenneth L. Port
The Japanese International Law 'Revolution': International Human Rights Law And Its Impact In Japan, Kenneth L. Port
Faculty Scholarship
Some observers have argued that because of a lack of enforcement powers, international law has relatively little impact on the conduct of nations and, in fact, may not be "law" at all. Others have inquired whether legal norms which underlie international human rights law have any influence on the domestic law of signatory nations. This article argues that international law can profoundly influence the development of the domestic laws of nations regardless of the lack of coercive enforcement powers. This point becomes clear through a consideration of Japan's experience in adopting and internalizing international law norms.
Domestic Violence Against Women: A Comparative Analysis Of Remedies Under The American And Indian Legal Systems, Anita Elizabeth Jacob Ninan
Domestic Violence Against Women: A Comparative Analysis Of Remedies Under The American And Indian Legal Systems, Anita Elizabeth Jacob Ninan
LLM Theses and Essays
The purpose of this thesis is to compare the legal remedies available to women who are the victims of domestic violence in the United States and India and analyze whether the existing laws in the two systems are effective and sufficient in combating this growing problem. Domestic violence against women is a reality. It haunts the female species form the cradle to the grave, manifesting itself in sociocultural crime peculiar to some societies like India, such as female feticide, female infanticide, bride burning dowry deaths, and wife battering (both a developing country like India and an economically developed country like …
International Human Rights Law In Soviet And American Courts, Lori Fisler Damrosch
International Human Rights Law In Soviet And American Courts, Lori Fisler Damrosch
Faculty Scholarship
To what extent should domestic courts apply international law – specifically the international law of human rights? I would like to examine this question with reference to two very different states: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States. For quite distinct reasons, neither of the two has yet fully embraced the idea of direct application in national tribunals of the body of international law that regulates the relationship between human beings and their own governments. As the post-Cold War era unfolds, it is time to ask whether either or both of these erstwhile adversaries might finally be …
Employee Privacy In Sweden, Reinhold Fahlbeck