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Book Review. National Security And Environmental Protection: The Half-Full Glass, John S. Applegate Jan 1999

Book Review. National Security And Environmental Protection: The Half-Full Glass, John S. Applegate

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


"If Property Rights Were Treated Like Human Rights, They Could Never Get Away With This": Blacklisting And Due Process In U.S. Economic Sanctions Programs, Peter L. Fitzgerald Jan 1999

"If Property Rights Were Treated Like Human Rights, They Could Never Get Away With This": Blacklisting And Due Process In U.S. Economic Sanctions Programs, Peter L. Fitzgerald

UC Law Journal

Economic sanctions have proliferated in the last half of the twentieth century, and become the "first choice" of policymakers seeking tools to address many complex international issues. A key feature of these various sanctions programs is the use of a blacklist, to bring third party agents, controlled entities, and corporate cloaks operating elsewhere within the ambit of the sanctions aimed at a particular country or destination. These blacklists have now grown to include several thousand individuals and entities. However, despite the growing importance of economic sanctions, and their accompanying blacklists, these programs are still managed by a relatively small office …


Clear And Present Danger: Enforcing The International Ban On Biological And Chemical Weapons Through Sanctions, Use Of Force, And Criminalization, Michael P. Scharf Jan 1999

Clear And Present Danger: Enforcing The International Ban On Biological And Chemical Weapons Through Sanctions, Use Of Force, And Criminalization, Michael P. Scharf

Faculty Publications

Currently there are two means of enforcing the international prohibition of chemical and biological weapons. First, the international community can induce compliance through imposition of sanctions, such as trade embargoes, freezing of assets and diplomatic isolation. Second, when sanctions fail, States can individually or collectively respond to the threat of chemical or biological weapons by using military force. After exploring the potential strengths and weaknesses of these approaches, this article examines the desirability of supplementing them with a third approach based on the criminal prosecution of persons responsible for the production, stockpiling, transfer, or use of chemical and biological weapons.


The International Legal Implications Of "Non-Lethal" Weapons, David P. Fidler Jan 1999

The International Legal Implications Of "Non-Lethal" Weapons, David P. Fidler

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


California's Attempts To Disarm The Black Panthers, Cynthia Deitle Leonardatos Jan 1999

California's Attempts To Disarm The Black Panthers, Cynthia Deitle Leonardatos

San Diego Law Review

When the Black Panthers screamed of an armed black populace on the verge of a revolution in 1966, the California Legislature responded with a gun control statute. While many journal articles have been written on the topic of race and guns, none have examined the history and motivations behind the California Legislature's decision to enact a gun control statute in 1967 for the purpose of disarming the members of the Black Panther Party. This Article examines and analyzes this particular California law to enhance the Second Amendment literature on the topic of discriminatory gun control statutes. Accordingly, Part II of …


The Spirit And The Law , Thomas W. Porter, Jr. Jan 1999

The Spirit And The Law , Thomas W. Porter, Jr.

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Essay asserts that the practice of law is experiencing a spiritual crisis at both the personal and professional level. The Essay seeks to determine the role that the crisis in our paradigms has played in the crisis our personal and institutional lives. Although the crisis in our paradigms are not necessarily responsible for all our problems, our institutions and systems can cause us to be estranged from ourselves and that is what is happening today in the practice of law. We, as a profession, are beginning to see the limitations of our old paradigm, with retributive justice as its …


Organized Violence And The Future Of International Law: A Practitioner's View Of The Emerging Issues, Charles J. Dunlap Jr. Jan 1999

Organized Violence And The Future Of International Law: A Practitioner's View Of The Emerging Issues, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Police-Ization Of The Military, Charles J. Dunlap Jr. Jan 1999

The Police-Ization Of The Military, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

This essay will briefly review the background of the use of the armed forces in a police capacity, discuss the growth of that role in the I980s and 1990s, and forecast an even greater expansion into that role in the near future due to the emerging threat of "catastrophic terrorism." It will contend that this increased reliance on military resources for policing is not in the interest of either the armed forces or the public. Finally, it will make some observations with a view towards minimizing the dangers of police-ization of the military while ensuring the Nation's public safety.


Technology And The 21st Century Battlefield: Recomplicating Moral Life For The Statesman And The Soldier, Charles J. Dunlap Jr. Jan 1999

Technology And The 21st Century Battlefield: Recomplicating Moral Life For The Statesman And The Soldier, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Some Realistic Thinking About Secular Effects, Paul E. Salamanca Jan 1999

Some Realistic Thinking About Secular Effects, Paul E. Salamanca

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Notwithstanding complaints about incoherence in Establishment Clause doctrine, courts by and large administer the Clause responsibly. They do so by mediating between a number of powerful considerations, none of which can ever be entirely disregarded. These considerations include, but are not limited to, separation of church and state, the value of religiosity, the imperative of affording equal treatment to religious and similarly situated nonreligious entities, and the proper role of courts in a democratic political system. This is not to say that courts cannot overstep their bounds and provoke an adverse reaction from other powerful elements within the polity. It …


Recent Books Jan 1999

Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Public Hates Lawyers: Why Should We Care?, Leonard E. Gross Jan 1999

The Public Hates Lawyers: Why Should We Care?, Leonard E. Gross

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.


Clio At War: The Misuse Of History In The War Powers Debate, John C. Yoo Jan 1999

Clio At War: The Misuse Of History In The War Powers Debate, John C. Yoo

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


Foreign Relations Federalism, Peter J. Spiro Jan 1999

Foreign Relations Federalism, Peter J. Spiro

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


From Nuremberg To Rome: A Step Backward For U.S. Foreign Policy, Henry T. King, Theodore C. Theofrastous Jan 1999

From Nuremberg To Rome: A Step Backward For U.S. Foreign Policy, Henry T. King, Theodore C. Theofrastous

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The Palestinian Basic Law: Embryonic Constitutionalism, Adrien Katherine Wing Jan 1999

The Palestinian Basic Law: Embryonic Constitutionalism, Adrien Katherine Wing

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


"Risky Business": Epa Decision-Making In The Screening Of Biotechnology Products, Nuno M. Santos Jan 1999

"Risky Business": Epa Decision-Making In The Screening Of Biotechnology Products, Nuno M. Santos

Fordham Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.


In The Path Of Our Ancestors: The Aboriginal Right To Cross The Canada-United States Border, Pamela Doris Palmater Jan 1999

In The Path Of Our Ancestors: The Aboriginal Right To Cross The Canada-United States Border, Pamela Doris Palmater

LLM Theses

In this thesis, I will argue that the Aboriginal peoples whose traditional territories straddle the Canada - United States border have the right to pass and repass the border freely. With this right comes the ability to live and/or work in either country without having to apply for permission each time with Immigration officials. I have suggested that instead of litigating these rights, the governments of both Canada and the United States should commence tri-partite discussions on how best to accommodate these rights, both on an interim basis and permanently through legislation. One of the measures that I have suggested …


In The Path Of Our Ancestors: The Aboriginal Right To Cross The Canada-United States Border, Pamela Palmater Jan 1999

In The Path Of Our Ancestors: The Aboriginal Right To Cross The Canada-United States Border, Pamela Palmater

LLM Theses

In this thesis, I will argue that the Aboriginal peoples whose traditional territories straddle the Canada - United States border have the right to pass and repass the border freely. With this right comes the ability to live and/or work in either country without having to apply for permission each time with Immigration officials. I have suggested that instead of litigating these rights, the governments of both Canada and the United States should commence tri-partite discussions on how best to accommodate these rights, both on an interim basis and permanently through legislation. One of the measures that I have suggested …


Current Legal Intervention Regarding Experimental Treatments Must Be Changed: An Analysis Of High Doses Of Chemotherapy With Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation For Breast Cancer Patients, Emily Smayda Jan 1999

Current Legal Intervention Regarding Experimental Treatments Must Be Changed: An Analysis Of High Doses Of Chemotherapy With Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation For Breast Cancer Patients, Emily Smayda

Journal of Law and Health

The specific analysis of HDC-ABMT will help the reader to realize that the medical procedures being dealt with by litigation are not necessarily wildly innovative. Insurance companies are hiding behind the guise of words such as "experimental" to avoid paying for treatments that are both feasible and needed. Further, HDC-ABMT being used for breast cancer patients, suggests a possible discriminatory aspect that cannot be reached with current legal intervention. This Note suggests ways of dealing with insurance coverage denial on a more direct level. Instead of being bogged down by contract language and ERISA preemption, proposals for national standards and …


Regional Security And The Challenges Of Democratisation In Africa: The Case Of Ecowas And Sadc, Jeremy I. Levitt Jan 1999

Regional Security And The Challenges Of Democratisation In Africa: The Case Of Ecowas And Sadc, Jeremy I. Levitt

Journal Publications

In recent years, African leaders have aggressively sought to strengthen their regional security structures while simultaneously attempting to democratise. Although they recognise that African regional organisations will need to assume a greater role in tackling Africa's security problems, the challenges posed by on-going democratisation efforts have had a visible impact on the effectiveness of some regional organisations. This article examines the challenges that democratisation poses to regional collective security arrangements in Africa, with specific reference to ECOWAS and SADC. It argues that whilst the inclination to democratise has influenced the establishment of new collective security structures, the superficial nature of …


Pre-Intervention Trust-Building, African States And Enforcing The Peace, Jeremy I. Levitt Jan 1999

Pre-Intervention Trust-Building, African States And Enforcing The Peace, Jeremy I. Levitt

Journal Publications

This article is concerned with examining the dynamics of trust-building in a pre-intervention context.' Specifically, it will analyse the concept of trustbuilding prior to the ECOWAS humanitarian interventions in Liberia and Sierra Leone, although the general thrust of my argument will no doubt apply to other African interventions.' Humanitarian intervention can be taken to mean: Intervention in a state involving the use of force (U.N. action in Iraq and Somalia or ECOWAS action in Liberia and Sierra Leone) or threat of force (U.N. action in Haiti), where the intervenor deploys armed forces and, at the least, makes clear that it …


Free Movement: A Federalist Reinterpretation , Jide Nzelibe Jan 1999

Free Movement: A Federalist Reinterpretation , Jide Nzelibe

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Pursuit Of Justice And Accountability: Why The United States Should Support The Establishment Of An International Criminal Court, Gerard E. O'Connor Jan 1999

The Pursuit Of Justice And Accountability: Why The United States Should Support The Establishment Of An International Criminal Court, Gerard E. O'Connor

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.


Atrocities, Deterrence, And The Limits Of International Justice, David Wippman Jan 1999

Atrocities, Deterrence, And The Limits Of International Justice, David Wippman

Fordham International Law Journal

Unfortunately, the connection between international prosecutions and the actual deterrence of future atrocities is at best a plausible but largely untested assumption. Actual experience with efforts at deterrence is not encouraging. Before placing too much reliance on deterrence as a basis for supporting international criminal prosecutions, especially over possible alternatives such as truth and reconciliation commissions, we ought at least to consider carefully the obstacles to achieving effective deterrence.


U.S.-Russian Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty: Is There A Way To Control Russian Organized Crime?, Eugene Solomonov Jan 1999

U.S.-Russian Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty: Is There A Way To Control Russian Organized Crime?, Eugene Solomonov

Fordham International Law Journal

This Comment analyzes U.S. and Russian bilateral cooperation in fighting organized crime and the difficulties associated with this fight. Part I of this Comment presents the historical development of Russian organized crime, its domestic effects, and its internationalization, particularly in the United States. Part I also highlights the Russian government's legislative attempts to combat organized crime. Finally, Part I examines examples of international bilateral cooperation, such as that between Israel and the United States, which can be emulated by the Russian and U.S. authorities. Part II analyzes the existing Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement (“MLAA”) between the United States and the …


The Icc's New Legal Landscape: The Need To Expand U.S. Domestic Jurisdiction To Prosecute Genocide, War Crimes And Crimes Against Humanity, Douglass Cassel Jan 1999

The Icc's New Legal Landscape: The Need To Expand U.S. Domestic Jurisdiction To Prosecute Genocide, War Crimes And Crimes Against Humanity, Douglass Cassel

Fordham International Law Journal

The United States was one of only seven nations to vote against the treaty. The ensuing debate within the United States has properly focused on whether the United States can and should ratify the treaty or, if not, whether as a non-party the United States should support or oppose the new court. Largely overlooked, however, are two separate but related questions: (1) should the existing, incomplete jurisdiction of U.S. courts over crimes within the ICC Statute be expanded to ensure that such crimes may also be prosecuted in U.S. courts, under universal jurisdiction or other bases allowed by international law?; …


Balancing The Need For Repatriation Of Illegally Removed Cultural Property With The Interests Of Bona Fide Purchasers: Applying The Unidroit Convention To The Case Of The Gold Phiale, Ian M. Goldrich Jan 1999

Balancing The Need For Repatriation Of Illegally Removed Cultural Property With The Interests Of Bona Fide Purchasers: Applying The Unidroit Convention To The Case Of The Gold Phiale, Ian M. Goldrich

Fordham International Law Journal

This Comment explores the various legal methods designed to protect cultural property and to prevent its illegal removal. Part I examines both international and U.S. efforts to prevent illegal removals of cultural property. This Part briefly outlines the history of cultural property protection, focusing upon the first international agreements to contain cultural property protections and their failure during World Wars I and II. Part I also explores post-World War II international efforts to protect cultural property during both peacetime and war. Finally, Part I analyzes U.S. efforts to prevent the importation of illegally removed cultural property through the application of …


The Function Of State And Diplomatic Privileges And Immunities In International Cooperation In Criminal Matters: The Position In Switzerland, Paul Gully-Hart Jan 1999

The Function Of State And Diplomatic Privileges And Immunities In International Cooperation In Criminal Matters: The Position In Switzerland, Paul Gully-Hart

Fordham International Law Journal

In so far as diplomats are concerned, their immunity from legal process arises under customary international law and treaty law (i.e., the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,' the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,2 and the New York Convention on Special Missions' (or "New York Convention")). All three conventions state in their preliminaries that diplomatic immunity and privilege arise from international custom and that their function is not to benefit individuals, but to ensure the smooth and efficient performance of their duties in the interest of comity and of friendly relations between sovereign nations.


The Salience Of Race, Deborah W. Post Jan 1999

The Salience Of Race, Deborah W. Post

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.