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Legal Implications Of Direct Satellite Broadcasting – The U.N. Working Group, Nancy M. Lesko Dec 2016

Legal Implications Of Direct Satellite Broadcasting – The U.N. Working Group, Nancy M. Lesko

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Domestic Courts In The International Legal Order: A Tribute To Richard Falk, Janet Walker Dec 2016

The Role Of Domestic Courts In The International Legal Order: A Tribute To Richard Falk, Janet Walker

Janet Walker

Forty years ago, when I was a child, the world was a different place. Tele- vision was a new invention:


Masthead Dec 2016

Masthead

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gender Discrimination And Statelessness In The Gulf Cooperation Council States, Betsy L. Fisher Dec 2016

Gender Discrimination And Statelessness In The Gulf Cooperation Council States, Betsy L. Fisher

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

Using the Gulf Cooperation Council countries as a case study, this Article outlines the ways in which gender and birth status discrimination create new cases of statelessness. These occur when women are legally unable to convey their nationality to their children. This Article studies gender and birth status discrimination in nationality laws and in civil registration, family, and criminal law in each GCC state: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Ending statelessness will require these states to end discrimination against women and non-marital children in all of its forms in law and practice.


Law And Modernization In China: The Juridical Behavior Of The Chinese Communists, Daniel J. Hoffheimer Nov 2016

Law And Modernization In China: The Juridical Behavior Of The Chinese Communists, Daniel J. Hoffheimer

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The United States, Developing Countries And The Issue Of Intra-Enterprise Agreements, Joel Davidow Nov 2016

The United States, Developing Countries And The Issue Of Intra-Enterprise Agreements, Joel Davidow

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

Antitrust issues have become one of the main concern of the world economy community and the United Nations. For many years, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has multiplied the meetings to discuss the relationship between transnational enterprises and international investment and has engaged in reflections on methods to avoid a decline in international investment. However, these meetings failed to resolve the fundamental issue of the impact of international antitrust principles on restrictive arrangements between a foreign parent corporation and its local subsidiary, particularly where that subsidiary is in a developing country. If applied, multinational enterprises would be …


Ashes To Ashes: Comparative Law Regarding Survivors’ Disputes Concerning Cremation And Cremated Remains, Eloisa Rodriguez-Dod Nov 2016

Ashes To Ashes: Comparative Law Regarding Survivors’ Disputes Concerning Cremation And Cremated Remains, Eloisa Rodriguez-Dod

Eloisa C Rodríguez-Dod

One should plan for unassuming post-mortem issues, as most state laws do not provide a complete framework when there is no testamentary instruction by the deceased. Judicial determination is often needed, however reported opinions are scarce. Final disposition issues also arise in foreign law. Spain has no civil code regarding disposition of a deceased but delegates its funerary laws to local governments and autonomous communities, while the French have established an order of priority for funerary decisions and provide for a judicial determination and stay of the funerary process in case of dispute. The author gives a brief history of …


The Politics Of Electoral Systems In The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Dardan Berisha Nov 2016

The Politics Of Electoral Systems In The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Dardan Berisha

Indiana Journal of Constitutional Design

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (“FYROM”) experienced four major changes to its electoral system in the eight parliamentary elections held between 1990 and 2014. The Macedonian 1990 and 1994 parliamentary elections were held under a majority system, in which 120 members of the Parliament were elected from 120 constituencies, one member per constituency. A mixed-majority/proportional representation (“PR”) system was adopted for the 1998 elections, in which eighty-five seats were elected under the majority system from the constituencies, and thirty-five seats were elected proportionally from a nation-wide electoral district. Yet another system was adopted for the 2002 elections, in which …


An Indivisible Turkey And The Invisible Alevi: Mandatory Religious Education And Its Effect On Minority Rights And National Unity, Tristan Orozco Oct 2016

An Indivisible Turkey And The Invisible Alevi: Mandatory Religious Education And Its Effect On Minority Rights And National Unity, Tristan Orozco

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Zubaydah: Establishing International Accountability For Complicity Of Torture And Transforming Enhanced Interrogation Rhetoric, Camille Sespene Oct 2016

Zubaydah: Establishing International Accountability For Complicity Of Torture And Transforming Enhanced Interrogation Rhetoric, Camille Sespene

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Speech, Privacy And Dignity In France And In The U.S.A.: A Comparative Analysis, Ioanna Tourkochoriti Oct 2016

Speech, Privacy And Dignity In France And In The U.S.A.: A Comparative Analysis, Ioanna Tourkochoriti

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Modern Treaty-Executing Power: Constitutional Complexities In Contemporary Global Governance, Carlo Felizardo Oct 2016

The Modern Treaty-Executing Power: Constitutional Complexities In Contemporary Global Governance, Carlo Felizardo

Northwestern University Law Review

Treaties have evolved significantly since the ratification of the United States Constitution, leading to uncertainty as to the constitutional limits on their domestic execution. This Note adapts existing constitutional doctrine on treaty execution to two distinct complications arising in the contemporary treaty regime. First, voluntary treaties imposing aspirational obligations on signatories raise the issue of the extent of obligations that Congress may domestically enforce by federal statute. Second, originating treaties which create international organizations and authorize them to adopt rule- and adjudication-type post-treaty pronouncements bring up a question of when, if ever, to incorporate those pronouncements into U.S. law, and …


European Data Protection Uncapped: A Critical Analysis Of Google Spain V. Aepd, Adam Byrne Oct 2016

European Data Protection Uncapped: A Critical Analysis Of Google Spain V. Aepd, Adam Byrne

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Repairing U.S. Violations: Applying Customary International Law And Implementing The Icc Hague Detention Centre Practices To Confinement Conditions At Gtmo, Patrice Corpus Oct 2016

Repairing U.S. Violations: Applying Customary International Law And Implementing The Icc Hague Detention Centre Practices To Confinement Conditions At Gtmo, Patrice Corpus

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comparative Reflections On Duncan V. Louisiana And Baldwin V. New York, William Pizzi Oct 2016

Comparative Reflections On Duncan V. Louisiana And Baldwin V. New York, William Pizzi

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


China And The New Development Bank: The Future Of Foreign Aid?, Tamara Fisher Oct 2016

China And The New Development Bank: The Future Of Foreign Aid?, Tamara Fisher

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conceptions Of Indigenousness In The Case Law Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Stefan Kirchner Oct 2016

Conceptions Of Indigenousness In The Case Law Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Stefan Kirchner

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bringing Pacific Bluefin Tuna Back From The Brink: Ensuring The Submission Of Operational Data To The Western And Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Chris Wold, Mitsuhiko Takahashi, Siwon Park, Viv Fernandes, Sarah Butler Oct 2016

Bringing Pacific Bluefin Tuna Back From The Brink: Ensuring The Submission Of Operational Data To The Western And Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Chris Wold, Mitsuhiko Takahashi, Siwon Park, Viv Fernandes, Sarah Butler

Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law

The Commission of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western Pacific Ocean (WCPFC) manages fish stocks of significant financial and ecological value across an area of the Pacific Ocean comprising 20% of Earth. WCPFC members, however, have disagreed sharply over management measures for tuna, sharks, and other species, in part because some WCPFC members have refused to provide the WCPFC with vessel-specific data, known as operational data, which is needed to manage the stocks sustainably. Despite a legal requirement to submit operational data to the WCPFC, these members, including Japan and Korea, …


Apple, Inc. Vs. Deutsches Patent- Und Markenamt: Why The Court Got It Wrong, Joseph Dzida Oct 2016

Apple, Inc. Vs. Deutsches Patent- Und Markenamt: Why The Court Got It Wrong, Joseph Dzida

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Practical Career Advice For Young International Lawyers: How To Build A Killer Resume, Network Effectively, Create Your Own Opportunities, And Live Happily Ever After, Mark E. Wojcik Sep 2016

Practical Career Advice For Young International Lawyers: How To Build A Killer Resume, Network Effectively, Create Your Own Opportunities, And Live Happily Ever After, Mark E. Wojcik

Mark E. Wojcik

For those who are serious about careers in international law, there are probably too many applicants for too few jobs.


Regulating Lolicon: Toward Japanese Compliance With Its International Legal Obligations To Ban Virtual Child Pornography, Cory L. Takeuchi Sep 2016

Regulating Lolicon: Toward Japanese Compliance With Its International Legal Obligations To Ban Virtual Child Pornography, Cory L. Takeuchi

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Balancing A Right To Be Forgotten With A Right To Freedom Of Expression In The Wake Of Google Spain V. Aepd, Shaniqua Singleton Sep 2016

Balancing A Right To Be Forgotten With A Right To Freedom Of Expression In The Wake Of Google Spain V. Aepd, Shaniqua Singleton

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Human Rights Law And Racial Hate Speech Regulation In Australia: Reform And Replace?, Dr. Alan Berman Sep 2016

Human Rights Law And Racial Hate Speech Regulation In Australia: Reform And Replace?, Dr. Alan Berman

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Icc And The Security Council: How Much Support Is There For Ending Impunity?, 26 Ind. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 33 (2016), Stuart Ford Sep 2016

The Icc And The Security Council: How Much Support Is There For Ending Impunity?, 26 Ind. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 33 (2016), Stuart Ford

Stuart Ford

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Foreign Authorities In U.S. Asylum Adjudication, Fatma E. Marouf Sep 2016

The Role Of Foreign Authorities In U.S. Asylum Adjudication, Fatma E. Marouf

Fatma Marouf

U.S. asylum law is based on a domestic statute that incorporates an international treaty, the U.N. Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees. While Supreme Court cases indicate that the rules of treaty interpretation apply to an incorporative statute, courts analyzing the statutory asylum pro- visions fail to give weight to the interpretations of our sister signatories, which is one of the distinctive and uncontroversial principles of treaty interpretation. This Article highlights this significant omission and urges courts to examine the interpretations of other States Parties to the Protocol in asylum cases. Using as an example the current debate over …


Holding The World Bank Accountable For The Leakage Of Funds From Africa’S Health Sector, Fatma E. Marouf Sep 2016

Holding The World Bank Accountable For The Leakage Of Funds From Africa’S Health Sector, Fatma E. Marouf

Fatma Marouf

This article explores the accountability of international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the World Bank, for human rights violations related to the massive leakage of funds from sub-Saharan Africa’s health sector. The article begins by summarizing the quantitative results of Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys performed in six African countries, all showing disturbingly high levels of leakage in the health sector. It then addresses the inadequacy of good governance and anticorruption programs in remedying this problem. After explaining how the World Bank’s Inspection Panel may serve as an accountability mechanism for addressing the leakage of funds, discussing violations of specific Bank …


Marketa Trimble Becomes The Inaugural Samuel S. Lionel Professor Of Intellectual Property Law, Marketa Trimble Sep 2016

Marketa Trimble Becomes The Inaugural Samuel S. Lionel Professor Of Intellectual Property Law, Marketa Trimble

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Dispute Settlement Mechanisms Under The Asean Legal Framework, Anbar Jayadi Aug 2016

Dispute Settlement Mechanisms Under The Asean Legal Framework, Anbar Jayadi

Indonesia Law Review

ASEAN has great ambitions. One (or two, even three and more) of them was laid out in ASEAN Economic Blueprint. It is to make ASEAN achieves higher levels of economic dynamism, sustained prosperity, inclusive growth and integrated development,1 visionary indeed. Nonetheless, it is necessary to always think and prepare if disputes happen. How to both face and to the extent, solve a dispute will determine whether ASEAN member states are committed to ASEAN and its ambitions as an intergovernmental organization.2 This book, as a matter of fact, do point out the necessity to examine existing dispute settlement mechanisms and discuss …


Wartime Environmental Pollution And Endangerment: The Landmine Scourge And The Global Effort To Eliminate It, Theresa Oby Ilegbune Aug 2016

Wartime Environmental Pollution And Endangerment: The Landmine Scourge And The Global Effort To Eliminate It, Theresa Oby Ilegbune

Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law

The principal purpose of this paper is to discuss the legal aspects of the global efforts to ban and eliminate landmines. In doing this, it is considered necessary to explain what landmines are; the nature and extent of security, social and environmental problems posed by landmines; the history and development of the international campaign to adopt a treaty banning landmines; and efforts made, and still being made, to implement that treaty. In these discussions, Nigeria will be used as a case study.


Border Tax Adjustments And Developing Countries: A Perspective From China, Shufan Sung Aug 2016

Border Tax Adjustments And Developing Countries: A Perspective From China, Shufan Sung

Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law

It is no hyperbole to say that climate change is one of the most urgent crises all humans face together. Among the many ways that governments have attempted to curb carbon emissions, border tax adjustments (BTAs) have majorly aimed to restore the competitiveness of developed countries with more stringent carbon control policies. This article carefully examines the proposal under the tests of international environmental laws to evaluate the implications of BTAs in international legal system. The article argues that the imposition of BTAs will be inconsistent with set principles of the common but differentiated responsibility (CBDR), sustainable development and polluter …