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Institutional Aspects Of International Governance, Elisabeth Zoller

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Professor Elisabeth Zoller discusses the domain and the methods of internationalg overnance. In PartI , she addresses the notion of the "international community." Professor Zoller argues that the international community is not really a community at all, but several "intertangled communities" with common interests. These common interests emerged as a result of several worldwide events, such as World War I and the Great Depression. The author asserts that common interests among nation states and priority setting are the two prerequisites necessary for international governance. In Part II, the authore xamines the methods of internationalg overnance, beginning with the proposition that …

Freedom Of Information And The Eu Data Protection Directive, James Maxeiner

All Faculty Scholarship

The EU Data Protection Directive attempts to balance protection of privacy and freedom of information acquisition. It does this by authorizing Member States to provide exemptions and derogations in their individual legislation.

E Visas: An Analysis Of The Legislative History And Proposed Governing Regulations, Hedayat Tahbaz

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Francovich: Light At The End Of The Marshall Tunnel, Rene Valladares

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Actions Needed For Lifting The U.S. Trade Embargo Against Cuba, Matias F. Travieso-Diaz

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Real Property Law Under The Current Cuban Regime, Douglas E. Matthews

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Some Lessons For Cuba From The Legal Changes In Eastern Europe, Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Stephan M. Bleisteiner

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Property Rights In The Post-Castro Cuban Constitution, Oscar M. Garibaldi, John D. Kirby

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Brazil

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Extraordinary Counter-Majoritarian Power Of The New Supreme Court Of Nepal, Richard Stith

Law Faculty Publications

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The Hague Convention On The Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction: Are The Convention's Goals Being Achieved?, Julia A. Todd

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Litigation In The U.S. And In The Civil Law System: What Can We Learn From Each Other?, James Maxeiner

All Faculty Scholarship

Discusses the lack of American interest in learning about foreign civil procedure. Considers points where America might benefit from foreign experiences. Suggests significant differences in procedure can be attributed to emphasis on day-in-court thinking over reasoned decision thinking.

Macedonia: Far More Than A Name To Greece, Dean M. Poulakidas

UC Law SF International Law Review

Ever since its independence in 1991, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has vigorously advocated for its international recognition as the "Republic of Macedonia." Greece does not oppose the independence of the FYROM, but rather the international recognition of this new republic with its current political objectives. Greece ardently opposes the FYROM's claims to Greece's northern province of Macedonia. While the international media and the FYROM have carelessly classified this dispute as one focused solely on the name "Macedonia," Greece's objections do not end with the new republic's use of the name of Greece's northernmost province. The FYROM's claims …

An Outline Of History Of Environmental Law And Administration In Poland, Daniel H. Cole

UC Law SF International Law Review

Poland is reputed to be one of the world's most polluted countries. It is commonly, but mistakenly, supposed that Polish governments, especially during the communist era, made no serious effort to protect the environment. This Article outlines Poland's long history of environmental and nature protection, from medieval statutes protecting the European bison and centuries old sanitation laws regulating city sewers, to communist-era laws designed to control industrial pollution through the innovative (if ironic) use of market mechanisms. The final section of the Article describes current efforts to improve environmental protection in the post-socialist Republic of Poland.

Justice On The Far Side Of The World: The Continuing Problem Of Misconduct By Civilians Accompanying The Armed Forces In Foreign Countries, Thomas G. Becker

UC Law SF International Law Review

This Article examines the legal challenge presented when civilians who accompany the United States military at its bases in foreign countries commit misconduct. American overseas posts have large numbers of civilian family members, U.S. employees, and contractors. The Article discusses the historical application of military law to such persons, recent proposals to extend Tire 18 of the United States Code to certain offenses committed by civilians overseas, and issues raised by proposed legislation.

Foreign Multinational Enterprises Operating In The United States Seek Sanctuary From Title Vii Employment Discrimination Charges In Treaties Of Friendship, Commerce, And Navigation, Christine Neylon O'Brien, Gerald A. Madek, Margo E. K. Reder

UC Law SF International Law Review

Where foreign multinational enterprises do business in the United States through locally incorporated subsidiaries, the employer's equal employment opportunity obligations under the U.S. laws may be tempered by international commercial treaties that permit foreign employers to freely choose key personnel such as accountants, technical experts, executives, attorneys, agents and other specialists. While the free choice exemption contained in the many bilateral treaties of friendship, commerce and navigation to which the United States is signatory protects the economic and legal interests of foreign investors, it allows foreign-owned companies to prefer their own nationals, which may disadvantage U.S. nationals. Because employment patterns …

Individual Versus Society: The Cultural Dynamics Of Criminalizing Suicide, Benjamin P. Fay

UC Law SF International Law Review

Various societies try to deal with the problem of suicide by criminalizing assisted suicide, attempted suicide, and sometimes even suicide itself. In the United States, suicide and attempted suicide are generally no longer criminalized. However, many states are grappling with the question of whether to criminalize assisted suicide. This Note examines suicide laws in two very different cultures, England and India, in order to determine whether there is a common lesson to be learned. The author concludes that the resolution of the question of whether to criminalize suicide or attempted suicide involves weighing the individual's interest in self-determination against the …

Fast-Track Arbitration In Europe (With Special Reference To The Wipo Expedited Arbitration Rules), Jan Paulsson

UC Law SF International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Reforming International Institutions To Improve Global Environmental Relations, Agreement, And Treaty Enforcement, Steven M. Anderson

UC Law SF International Law Review

The number of international environmental agreements has increased dramatically over the last several decades. Unfortunately, signed global accords have not always translated into ratified, fully enforced treaties. Several factors contribute to this dilemma including: the constraints of international law, recurring debates between lesser developed countries and their northern neighbors over standard setting and treaty administration, overburdened treaty implementation bodies, and-as evidenced by the U.S. example-domestic politics.

Reforming the current international environmental legal structure can help resolve enforcement difficulties. This Note examines existing international environmental organizations- with particular focus on the Global Environment Facility-and points to procedures and practices which have …

Codifying Property Law In The Process Of Transition: Some Suggestions From Comparative Law And Economics, Gianmaria Ajani, Ugo Mattei

UC Law SF International Law Review

This Article analyzes the problem of property law reform in former Socialist countries from a comparative law and economics perspective. While traditional classification of former Socialist countries as a homogeneous family can now be questioned on the basis of both past and present legal transplants, they still share sufficiently similar political, economic and institutional backgrounds to justify codification efforts directed towards the entire region.

Codification of property law must be preceded by political choices regarding distribution. In the context of former Socialist countries, such codification takes place in concomitance with the allocation of relevant goods to owners for the first …

Proposition 187 And International Human Rights Law: Illegal Discrimination In The Right To Education, Stephen Knight

UC Law SF International Law Review

In November 1994, California voters approved Proposition 187, which would deny basic social services such as education and health care to persons determined by state authorities to be in the country in violation of federal immigration laws. Enforcement of the proposition has been stayed pending the resolution of numerous lawsuits. The education provisions, in particular, are being challenged as violations of federal and state guarantees of equal protection, of state and federal privacy rights, and of international law.

This Note contends that the total denial of education to a class of persons in the United States is inconsistent with international …

The Limits Of Product Liability Reform Within A Consumer Expectation Model: A Comparison Of Approaches Taken By The United States And The European Union, John G. Culhane

UC Law SF International Law Review

During the past several decades, product liability law has sustained dramatic growth in the United States, but has noticeably lagged in the European Union. Against these quite different backdrops both American and European product liability initiatives have recently arisen. In the United States, the Model Uniform Product Liability Act (MUPLA) has served as a template for the enactment of individual state legislation, while the nations of the European Union have, through their own legislative processes, been implementing the Union's Product Liability Directive (the Directive).

This Article begins by undertaking a historical and analytical study of American and European product law …

Expropriation: United States Claimants' Rights And The Future Of Cuba, Robert E. Freer Jr.

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Significance Of Restitution In The Economic Recovery Of Cuba, Robert E. Freer Jr.

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

What The Principle Of Self-Determination Means Today, Mitchell A. Hill

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The right of all peoples to self-determination has been one of the most vigorously promoted and widely accepted contemporary norms of international law. There is no clear consensus, however, as to what the meaning and content of that right is, and it has gained the distinction of "being one of the most confused expressions in the lexicon of international relations.

Watching Czechs Look West, Norman Silber

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

"I prefer the way we live in my home of Krevitsonitze," the Czech factory computer engineer named Dzhenek told me. Together we flew toward Prague, conversing in broken English and pitiful Czech with the aid of a bilingual dictionary. Dzhenek was going home after four months spent in Pennsylvania, where he had been part of a team installing his Czech company's first American export: a giant computer-directed lathe in a machine-tools factory.

Justice On Trial: The Efficacy Of The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda, Melissa Gordon

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law, and no meaningful law without a court to decide what is just and lawful under any given circumstance. The process of codification, adjudication and enforcement is as vital to a tranquil international community as it is to any independent national state.

-Benjamin B. Ferencz'"

The success of the Yugoslavian and Rwandan War Crimes Tribunals will determine the future of international criminal law. Whether the Tribunals are able to command the attention and respect of the world remains to be seen.

Reshaping Trademark Protection In Today's Global Village: Looking Beyond Gatt's Uruguay Round Toward Global Trademark Harmonization And Centralization, Harriet R. Freeman

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The world has become a "global village" in which the "medium is the message."' A business engaged in international trade uses its trademark' as the medium to convey its message.

Redefining Freedom Of Speech Under International Space Law: The Need For Bilateral Communications Alliances To Resolve The Debate Between The "Free Flow Of Information" And "Prior Consent" Schools Of Thought, Albert N. Delzeit, Robin M. Wahl

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has a dilemma. Imagine the Utopian States' positions a $236 million satellite system in the geosynchronous orbit to broadcast Utopian programming into Atlantis. Atlantis is outraged. Atlantis believes that Utopian programming not only destroys the cultural identity of Atlantis, but also advocates the overthrow of the Atlantian government. Despite protests by Atlantis, the Utopian States assert that international freedom of speech protects the broadcast.

Proposing A Treaty On The Prevention Of International Corrupt Payments: Cloning The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Is Not The Answer, Stephen Muffler

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The taking of a bribe or gratuity, should be punished with as severe penalties as the defrauding of the State.

- William Penn'

If all statesmen shared this ideology, there would be no need for this article. However, a glance at current business journals and news agencies shows the great necessity to address global corrupt practices in today's transnational business environment.