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The Protection Of Foreign Direct Investments In Developing And Emerging Markets Through The Instrumentality Of Arbitration: Fair Game?, Florence Shu-Acquaye Jan 2013

The Protection Of Foreign Direct Investments In Developing And Emerging Markets Through The Instrumentality Of Arbitration: Fair Game?, Florence Shu-Acquaye

Faculty Scholarship

Investment treaties have tripled in the twenty-first century with over 170 countries signing onto bilateral investment treaties (BITs). Most BITs are made between a developed and a developing country, whereby a host country promises to protect home country's foreign direct investment (FDI) in exchange for the prospect of increased capital in the future. Hence, BITs tend to reduce the expected risks to FDI in that they stabilize a host country's existing investment environment, as well as provide a substitute for weak domestic laws and institutions that are often ill-equipped to protect FDI.


Due Process For U.S. Permanent Residents: The Rights To Counsel, Sandra E. Bahamonde Jan 2013

Due Process For U.S. Permanent Residents: The Rights To Counsel, Sandra E. Bahamonde

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In 1945, the U.S. Supreme Court held that deportation is a serious penalty that may result in the loss of "all that makes life worth living."' This statement is as true today as it was nearly seventy years ago.


Combating Human Trafficking-The U.S. Government's Response: A Panel And A Perspective On Counter-Trafficking In Persons, Norman L. Greene, Eric Beinhart Jan 2013

Combating Human Trafficking-The U.S. Government's Response: A Panel And A Perspective On Counter-Trafficking In Persons, Norman L. Greene, Eric Beinhart

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Combating Human Trafficking-The U.S. Government's Response was a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary webinar held at the George Washington University Law School before a live audience at the Law School and on the internet on March 20, 2012, sponsored by the Law School and the American Bar Association Section of International Law' as well as by The American Society of International Law.


The 2013 Philip C. Jessup International Law, Alfurna, The State Of Rustasia Jan 2013

The 2013 Philip C. Jessup International Law, Alfurna, The State Of Rustasia

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The initial territory of Alfurna was located in the Bay of Singri, formed of two low-lying islands: Batri and Engili.