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Nuclear Power And Non-Proliferation: The View From Brazil, James P. Rowles

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This article contains a hypothetical memorandum written by a hypothetical Brazilian policymaker, together with a hypothetical draft Brazilian proposal for the establishment of an International Plutonium Storage regime. None of these materials should be interpreted as a statement of policy by any Brazilian official or by the Republic of Brazil...

This article consists primarily of a hypothetical review memorandum written for Brazilian President Joao Baptista Figueiredo by a hypothetical Brazilian policymaker offering advice on two issues of immediate concern to Brazil. The first involves proposals for the establishment, under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) auspices, of an International Plutonium Storage …

The Canadian National Energy Program: An Example Of Assertion Of Economic Sovereignty Or Creeping Expropriation In International Law, Errol P. Mendes

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The Canadian National Energy Program provides insight into the critical global debate on the expropriation of alien investors' property. Sovereign states can no longer expropriate by forced and outright transfers of an alien's assets without any compensation. States which expropriate in this manner face massive retaliation from the powerful capital-exporting countries through, inter alia, the cutting of trade and commercial ties, the freezing of assets, retaliatory diplomatic moves, and court action in the home state of the investors. The principles of international law and policy concerning expropriation are gradually evolving through diplomatic negotiations, international and domestic courts and tribunals, resolutions …