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Thailand On The Pacific Rim, Sompong Sucharitkul

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We are gathered here today as members and alumni of Golden Gate University School of Law, peacefully settled on the shores of the Oriental side of the Pacific Rim, sometimes known as the West coast of the United States. As is generally known, the ocean is named “Pacific” to introduce calmness, or to reduce the degree of calamity of this widest and wildest expanse of salt waters on earth.

I have been specifically asked to tell a story, in my own words, about the thinking of Thailand some fifty years back, facing weather conditions and the unseasonal political storms within …

The Cambodian Law Faculty: Blueprint For A Curriculum Rich In Research And Experiential Education, Stephen A. Rosenbaum

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Experiential education. Rigorous research and writing. Scholarly engagement. A window onto the ASEAN nations and beyond. These should be the hallmarks of today’s law faculty in Cambodia. The objective is to provide a professional education for the future thinkers and leaders of a nation in the throes of rapid development.

A New Day: Prime Time To Advance Afghan Clinical Education, Stephen A. Rosenbaum

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In a previous issue of the Journal, Richard Grimes discussed the role that legal clinics can play in facilitating access to justice in a post-­‐conflict society, such as Afghanistan’s, wracked by decades of civil war, external military intervention, and consequential regime changes. 1 ASIAN J. LEGAL EDUC. 71 (2014). As foreign military forces withdraw, this Central Asian nation faces renewed security concerns and uncertainty about its politico-­‐economic future. Yet, there is now a critical mass of law and Shari’a professors trained in the principles of experiential education, a few legal clinics are in place, and many deans are keen on …

The Use Of International Law In The Domestic Courts Of Ghana And Nigeria, Christian N. Okeke

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Ghana and Nigeria have been participating in international law by incorporating customary regional practices and recognized international legal concepts in their domestic judicial systems from their pre-colonial era until the present. International law has traditionally proved to be the foundation of domestic legal concepts and the application of law in the domestic courts; even during the colonial and immediate post-colonial periods when the sovereignty of both countries was severely limited by the illegalities of the British invaders that included duress, intimidation, fraud, and other vitiating factors. Though some problems remain, important indicators suggest that Ghana and Nigeria are uniquely positioned …