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International Aspects Of Banking Regulations - Panama And U.S., Annette Cecilia De Leon Molina

LLM Theses and Essays

Globalization has resulted in a significant increase in the number of foreign banks operating in the United States and the Republic of Panama, thus requiring regulation. This paper deals with the proposed legislative framework by the Republic of Panama to modernize its foreign banking regulations. The paper examines the dynamics of the Basic Accord Capital Standards and U.S. regulation of foreign banks in comparison to the Panama current banking regulations, with the goal to adopting international best practices. The paper concludes by proposing that the Republic of Panama should embrace regulatory revisions at the same level as regulatory schemes in …

Mediation In Domestic Relations In The United States, Asma Saeed Hussain

LLM Theses and Essays

The continuing influence of a myriad of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques has permeated the field of family, and domestic relations law. This thesis reviews mediation as one of the ADR techniques in contrast with traditional court-litigation for divorce, child-custody disputes. The main part of the thesis addresses the weakness and ethical problems of mediation in domestic relations dispute. The thesis concludes with an acknowledgment of the successes of mediation in divorce cases while discussing the importance of the protection of confidential information which parties disclose during the mediation process.

Interaction Between National Environmental Marketing Regulations And International Trade, Pirkko-Liis Harkmaa

LLM Theses and Essays

The environmental marketing of goods and products have a substantial influence on the demand and supply. This thesis reviews the scope, advantages and disadvantages of diverse types of environmental marketing and further addresses the need for international regulations on eco-labeling programs. This thesis finds that there is a substantial connection between trade and environmental marketing which has resulted in the need for an international harmonization of eco-labeling strategies including the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The thesis concludes with propositions for a uniform international standard on eco-labeling for the adoption of environmentally-sound best practices and the mitigation of …

Labelling Genetically Modified Products Under International Law, Mary Caroline Harris

LLM Theses and Essays

This paper focuses on the debate on the health, policy and legal regimes that require the special labeling of food, drugs and other products that contain genetically-modified-organisms. The paper examines national and international regulatory schemes on genetically-modified-organisms and the roles of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and World Trade Organization (WTO) conventions for non-restrictive global trade. This paper analyzes the scope, aims and objectives of the proposed international Biosafety Protocol in line with the overarching goals of GATT/WTO. The paper concludes that the food industry and individual producers should have the liberty to decide whether to label …

Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards: Application Of The New York Convention In The United States, Lijun Yang

LLM Theses and Essays

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Study Of Electronic Cash: Its Impact On The Economy And Society, And Its Future, Sanjana Prasad

LLM Theses and Essays

Technological advancement has introduced an electronic method for the payment for goods and services. With these advancements and the growth of the internet, the market-place of the world has become one universe without borders. This paper examines the various methods of electronic payment for goods and services and the domestic and international laws that govern their operations. The paper explores concerns about money laundering, counterfeiting, internet security, cyber scams in electronic cash as well as proffered security solutions to these problems. The paper concludes with the proposition that electronic cash in the form of cards (ATM) are more accessible to …

Child-Custody Adjudication - The Twentieth Century Dilemma: Reconciling The Best Interest Of The Child In A Cross-Cultural Setting, Jasmine Rita Renner

LLM Theses and Essays

Child Custody determination in family law is a herculean task. It typically depends on the balancing of interests between two parents that works in tandem with the best interest of the child. This paper addresses the legal and constitutional factors that affect custody adjudication in the 20th century such as feminist jurisprudence, and the growing concept of joint custody with primary caretaker rule. The paper also examines the role and impact of assisted reproductive technology on custody adjudication. Most importantly, the paper focuses on the best interest of the child doctrine under Article 3(1) of the United Nations Convention on …

Officers And Directors Compensation In American Law, Laurence Melanie Rouzioux

LLM Theses and Essays

Since the 1980s, executive compensation of directors and officers in U.S. Corporations have increased sharply. This paper reflects upon the public criticism of corporations that paid exorbitant amounts as salary and other benefits to their directors and officers. This paper focuses on the laws of corporations in Delaware as they relate to directors and officers’ compensation. The author examines different concepts such as the doctrine of waste that creates a duty that a corporation cannot give away or waste its assets. The author concludes that executive compensation packages should mirror Delaware corporation laws while remaining reasonable flexible to account for …

Interpretation And Implementation Of The International Law Obligations Set Forth In The U.N. Charter By The Security Council Of The United Nations, Lakshmipriya Narayanaswamy

LLM Theses and Essays

Scholars of international law have applauded the United Nations’ response to restoring peace and security after the Iraqi suppression that led to the Gulf War. This paper focuses on the powers of the Security Council of the United Nations in bringing nations to conform to principles of international law. The paper also explores examples of the Security Council using the theories of interpretation of the principles enshrined in the U.N. Charter to maintain the peace and security of countries such as Congo, Rhodesia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and East Jerusalem. The paper concludes with admonishment of the reduced efficacy …

Domestic Subsidies Under The Wto Agreement On Subsidies And Countervailing Measures And Their Treatment In Section 771 Of The Tariff Act Of 1930, Cecil Carl-Erich Kramer

LLM Theses and Essays

Governments provide subsidies for a variety of reasons and they are an important tool "to promote important objectives of national policy. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is comprised of industrialized countries, all of which are Members of the OECD Convention also have shown a steady rise in the provision of subsidies. The policy behind the fact that subsidies are addressed in international agreements is that they create a distortion in international trade and that they can quickly and destructively spread from nation to nation. They create a disparity between the actual costs incurred in producing a particular …

The Transboundary Movement Of Hazardous Waste A Comparative Analysis, Els Reynaers

LLM Theses and Essays

An analysis of the transboundary movement of hazardous waste requires a comparative examination of three main regulatory entities. First, the international Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal will be covered. More particularly, an inquiry of its raison d'etre, will be followed by a critical examination of its goals and mechanisms. The relationship the United States has with the Convention and its national approach towards the export of hazardous waste will be covered next. A brief investigation of the real situation impacts of the Basel Convention will finalize this chapter. The second …

Grounded In Love: An Investigation Of The Fundamental Ignatian Teaching On Discernment Within The Tradition Of Askesis, Edward Horski

School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses

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Effectiveness Of Prevention Interventions With Youth At High Risk Of Drug Abuse, Richard F. Catalano, Kevin P. Haggerty, Randy R. Gainey, Marilyn J. Hoppe, Devon D. Brewer

Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

A recent report describes three types of prevention programs: universal, selected, and indicated (Institute of Medicine 1994). Universal prevention approaches are those that serve the entire population who share a general risk to the disorder without regard to specific risk status. Selected prevention approaches serve those whose precursors of problem behaviors are elevated but who have not yet manifested the problem behavior to be prevented. Indicated prevention approaches serve those who have initiated the problem behavior to be prevented but have not yet developed a serious or chronic behavior problem and do not warrant at that time a clinical diagnosis …

Challenges For The Next Century, Ruth Triplett

Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Review of the book "Crime and Punishment in America," by Elliott Currie.

Conceptualizing The Impact Of Health Care Crimes On The Poor, Brian K. Payne

Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Past research shows that a small percentage of health care employees commit an assortment of criminal acts while on the job. Missing from previous research, however, is an examination of the effects such acts have on the poor (i.e. the victims). This paper fills this void by considering the effects of three broadly defined health care crimes: Medicaid fraud, elder abuse, and prescription fraud. In addition to the direct victimization experiences of those served by me health care system, the physical, economic, and time losses are also considered. Implications for future research and policy are provided.

Differential Expression Of Human Metallothionein Isoform I Mrna In Human Proximal Tubule Cells Exposed To Metals, S H Garrett, S Somji, J H Todd, M A Sens, D A Sens

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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Table Of Contents, Depaul College Of Law

DePaul Law Review

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Introduction: Contingency Fee Financing Of Litigation In America - Third Annual Clifford Seminar On Tort Law And Social Policy, Stephan Landsman

DePaul Law Review

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Enabling The Poor To Have Their Day In Court: The Sanctioning Of Contingency Fee Contracts, A History To 1940, Peter Karsten

DePaul Law Review

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The Wages Of Risk: The Returns Of Contingency Fee Legal Practice, Herbert M. Kritzer

DePaul Law Review

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We Could Pass A Law ... What Might Happen If Contingent Legal Fees Were Banned, Samuel R. Gross

DePaul Law Review

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Contingent Fees And Class Actions, Janet Cooper Alexander

DePaul Law Review

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Legal-Process Constraints On The Regulation Of Lawyers' Contingent Fee Contracts, Ted Schneyer

DePaul Law Review

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Anyone Can Fall Down A Manhole: The Contingency Fee And Its Discontents, Marc Galanter

DePaul Law Review

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Contingency Fees In Mass Torts: Access, Risk, And The Provision Of Legal Services When Layers Of Lawyers Work For Individuals And Collectives Of Clients, Dennis E. Curtis, Judith Resnik

DePaul Law Review

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Random Fractals And Multifractal Measures, Kenneth E. Sunderland

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Much of what we call fractal geometry today can be traced to the critical years around the turn of the 19th/20th century. One of the cracks in what some had considered to be a virtually complete mathematical edifice may have been the publication in 1883 of Georg Cantor's famous "perfect and dense-in-itself' set. This set, a set of points on the real line everywhere dense in itself but nowhere dense on the line, was considered at best paradoxical and at worst monstrous. It challenged standard notions of continuity since Cantor was able to prove that there existed a one-to-one and …

Child Sexual Abuse In Ireland: An Historical And Anthropological Note, Kevin Lalor

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

Child sexual abuse in Ireland has entered the public domain only in the last twenty years. This process was accelerated by a number of high profile cases which became public in the mid-1990s. Prior to the recent past, few references to child sexual abuse in Ireland exist. The fIrst written evidence is found in the penitentials of the early Christian period. Penance is specified for those that "misuse" children. Mention of adult child sexual relations is also found in the Brehon Law Texts. Historians, sociologists and anthropologists of childhood suggest that patterns of child rearing vary across time and place …

Loneliness And Social Dissatisfaction In Irish Children, Aine De Roiste

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

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America’S Preoccupation With Ethics In Government, Vincent R. Johnson

Faculty Articles

Many Americans today expect that the law can, should, and will be used to ensure a level playing field in public life. Americans expect the law to eliminate, insofar as possible, any unfair advantage that might be gained through the use of special connections to those who exercise the power of government. There are numerous rules applicable to judges, lawyers, and public officials that each seek to promote equal treatment for all persons by limiting the ability of persons to use special connections and privileged relationships to gain an advantage in public affairs.

There were two threads of development in …

Law’S Alienation: Furies And Nomoi And Bears (And Nuns), Emily A. Hartigan

Faculty Articles

The inclusion of spirit in the law is necessary because the exclusion of the spirit from the law separates the law from its dynamic source of animation. The inclusion of the spirit or spirituality with the law will better allow the United States to craft laws and policies designed to address undocumented workers and illegal aliens.

Even Socrates wrote about the separation of spirit and the law when he wrote about the Nomoi and the Furies; however, he also discussed his Daemon, an inner voice enters into dialogue with the Nomoi, the law. This inner voice that was essential for …