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The Imco Convention On Limitation Of Shipowners' Liability: Should The United States Ratify?, Timothy F. Burr

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Erosion Of The Strict Scrutiny Standard, Lauri Waldman

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ten Year Index

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Comparative Law: Western European And Latin American Legal Systems -- Cases And Materials . John Henry Merryman And David S. Clark, Rafael C. Benitez

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Governmental Regulation Of The Press: A Study Of Israel's Press Ordinance - Part Ii, Pnina Lahav

Faculty Scholarship

In the beginning, use of the Press Ordinance (hereafter Pr. Ord.) was limited, but as British political control deteriorated it became more extensive and even ruthless. In 1937, the Peel Report complained that the Pr. Ord. was not tough enough and recommended stricter measures.³ At about the same time, the Mandatory Government itself reached the conclusion that the Pr. Ord. was insufficient and issued a series of Defence (Emergency) Regulations which suspended the entire range of civil liberties-including freedom of expression. These Defence (Emergency) Regulations which related to the press replaced in part and fortified in part the Pr. …

Inter-American Legal Developments, Rafael C. Benitez

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Governmental Regulation Of The Press: A Study Of Israel's Press Ordinance -Part I, Pnina Lahav

Faculty Scholarship

This article is part of a broader effort to analyse the relationship between the press and the legal system in Israel. Being only a segment of a larger project, it is devoted in its entirely to one component of Israel's press law: the Press Ordinance of 1933 (hereafter Pr. Ord.). Although antiquated and considered by certain circles as merely a "dead letter", the Pr. Ord. still forms the backbone of Israel's press law, since it regulates so many aspects of the press. Beyond its relevance as positive law, the Pr. Ord. is of interest for a number of reasons. Having …

Inter-American Legal Developments, Rafael C. Benitez

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Export Licensing Of Advanced Technology To Communist Countries: Problems And Prospects, Vikram Aditya Gosain

UC Law SF International Law Review

The Export Administration Act of 1969 restricted efforts of United States industry to expand sales of non-strategic advanced technology goods to Communist countries. The author examines the significance of the Export Administration Amendments of 1977 and the procedure and criteria by which an export application is evaluated. The author suggests certain reforms which would help attain the goal of trade promotion.

The 1977 Ussr Constitution: A Document Of Social, National And International Consolidation, Andrew Sorokowski

UC Law SF International Law Review

Among the new features of the 1977 Soviet Constitution are provisions that strengthen the role of the Communist Party, redefine the powers of the Union Republics, and announce the foreign policy of the U.S.S.R. The author demonstrates that these principal features represent a consolidation of the U.S.S.R.'s power as a multinational party-state of world stature. Yet, this consolidation is a response to the centrifugal forces of social differentiation, non-Russian nationalism, and foreign Communist dissension, which threaten the ideal of Communist uniformity at home and abroad.

Mexico's Organic Law Of Federal Public Administration--A New Structure For Modern Administration, Mark O. Rorem

UC Law SF International Law Review

The expanding size of governmental agencies and the increasing scope of their activities raise questions about effective ways to control and coordinate governmental bureaucracies. The author examines Mexico's efforts to cope with these problems through recent administrative reforms in the Organic Law of Federal Public Administration.

The Legal Status Of United States Corporations And Individuals In Taiwan If United States--Republic Of China Dipolmatic Relations Were Severed, Preston M. Torbert

UC Law SF International Law Review

The author reviews the treaty rights afforded U.S. corporations and individuals operating in Taiwan under present agreements and compares them with rights afforded non-treaty countries doing business in Taiwan. The author's extensive examination reveals that, while present treaties appear to formally secure diplomatic relations, a severance thereof will not cause a great disruption of trade and investment between the U.S. and the Republic of China.

A Guide To The Study Of Japanese Law, Lawrence W. Beer, Hidenori Tomatsu

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Law In The People's Republic Of China As Reflecting Mao Tse-Tung's Influence, Shao-Chuan Leng

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

Individual Freedoms In Today's World; Laws And Reality, Wilhelm Karl Geck

UC Law SF International Law Review

The author analyses the present world situation with regard to human rights both as found in the constitutional systems of the world's states, and as evidenced by reports of Amnesty International and Freedom House. The article was originally delivered as a lecture before the German Red Cross.

Books Received, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Comparative Law Yearbook Vol. 1, 1977. Issued by the Center for International Legal Studies. The Netherlands: Sijthoff & Noordhoff International Publishers, 1978. Pp. 345.

Corporate Counsel's Annual: 1978 Jeremiah J. Spiren, Gerald Aldi, and Roger S. Mitchell, eds. New York, New York: Matthew Bender, 1978. 2 volumes. Pp. 1776.

The Impact of American Law on English and Commonwealth Law Edited by Jerome B. Elkind St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1978. Pp. 333.

The Impact Of Treaties On Commercial Space Operations, Martin Menter

UC Law SF International Law Review

The author believes that at some future date space stations to house communities will be erected. The subsistence of a space community will depend on fail-safe governing procedures. The author examines the role of treaties in regulating and validating activities within a space community.

Egyptian Land Law: An Evaluation, David F. Forte

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

In all cases, the country adopting the Western code has attempted to infuse it with traditional values or with tenets of a particular ideology. Frequently, the inevitable dichotomy between the basic concepts of the code and the values which have been infused into it produce legal tensions. This has certainly been the case in Egypt. Traditionally, Egypt has had difficulty accommodating a growing population on a limited amount of arable land. Whether Egypt is able to remedy past maldistribution of arable land will have significant social, economic and political consequences. The success of legal reform in Egypt must be judged …

Digest Of Important Canadian Cases Reported In 1977 In The Fields Of Public International Law And Conflict Of Laws, Sharon A. Williams

Articles & Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

United States Securities Laws: A Transnational Perspective, Joseph J. Norton

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

Books Received, C. C. S.

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN EUROPE

Edited by R. M. Goode and K. R. Simmons Published for the Faculty of Laws; Queen Mary College, University of London Boston: A. W. Sijthoff, 1978. Pp. 448.

COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

By Mauro Cappelletti and William Cohen Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs -Merrill, 1979. Pp. 628.

COMPARATIVE LAW: WESTERN EUROPEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEMS

By John H. Merryman and David S. Clark Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs -Merrill, 1978. Pp. 1278.

THE DISCIPLINE OF LAW

By Lord Denning London: Butterworths,1979. Pp. 330.

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS BETWEEN STATES

By Guy S. Goodwin -Gill Oxford: Clarendon Press, …

The Mistake Of Fact Defense And The Reasonableness Requirement, Margaret F. Brinig

Journal Articles

This article examines specifically the mistake of fact defense and its disparate treatment under these two systems of justice. The British approach is to retain a subjective element in the mistake of fact defense, while American courts impose an objective "reasonableness" requirement. The substantive criminal law approach, utilizing the concept of mens rea, will be discussed first, and will be followed by a treatment of recent American constitutional developments in the area of burden of proof standards in their criminal context. Finally, two factually similar rape cases, one British and one American, will be analyzed to show the present contrasting …

Lawyers In Colombia: Perspectives On The Organization And Allocation Of Legal Services, Dennis O. Lynch

Articles

No abstract provided.

Some Impressions And Reflections On Observing Legal Proceedings In The People's Republic Of China, Christina B. Whitman, Sallyanne Payton

Articles

Very few foreign visitors have been allowed an opportunity to observe legal proceedings in the People's Republic of China. We were included in the first American group ever favored with a professional exchange legal tour. During the month of May 1977, we spent three weeks in China with a group of Black American judges and lawyers, headed by the Hon. George C. Crockett, Jr., Judge of the Recorder's Court of Detroit. Since we ourselves would be skeptical of the claim of a visitor to the United States who purported to have "studied" the American legal process during the course of …

The Negotiated Guilty Plea: A Framework For Analysis, Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

An early exposition of the price exaction framework and the place of plea bargaining in it.

The Plea Bargain In Theory

Richard Adelstein

A formal dynamic model of plea bargains.