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Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone, Sompong Sucharitkul Nov 1997

Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone, Sompong Sucharitkul

Publications

Among the latest developments inducing system compliance is the conclusion of the Treaty on Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone on December 15, 1995 during the Fifth ASEAN Summit in Bangkok. As the Author of a Note introducing this Treaty in a recent publication of the American Society of International law, I am particularly pleased to have been invited to present to the Workshop the impact and implications of the Bangkok Treaty.


Socio-Economic Rights And The South African Transition: The Role Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Ronald Slye Nov 1997

Socio-Economic Rights And The South African Transition: The Role Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Ronald Slye

Faculty Articles

This article examines a part of a foundational principle of the South African Bill of Rights that individuals are entitled to a range of rights that ensure individual security, freedom, and well-being, and that these rights are interdependent and the crucial role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (the "TRC") in laying the groundwork for the fulfillment of those rights.


An Offer You Can't Refuse? Punishment Without Trial In Italy And The United States: The Search For Truth And An Efficient Criminal Justice System, Rachel A. Van Cleave Oct 1997

An Offer You Can't Refuse? Punishment Without Trial In Italy And The United States: The Search For Truth And An Efficient Criminal Justice System, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Publications

This Article compares the steps taken by Italy and the United States to reconcile the need for an efficient criminal justice system on the one hand, and the desire to achieve justice or discover the truth on the other. Plea bargaining in the United States has a significant history and has generated a substantial amount of literature critical of the device as violative of a criminal defendant's constitutional rights, particularly the right to be tried by a jury of one's peers. In addition, scholars have criticized the distortive effect of plea bargaining on the roles of the prosecutor, judge, and …


Dashing Consumer Hopes: Strict Products Liability And The Demise Of The Consumer Expectations Test, Rebecca Korzec Jul 1997

Dashing Consumer Hopes: Strict Products Liability And The Demise Of The Consumer Expectations Test, Rebecca Korzec

All Faculty Scholarship

The threshold issue in American products liability litigation is whether the product was defective at the time it left the manufacturer's control. Traditionally, courts and scholars define “defect” in three functional categories: manufacturing defects, design defects and marketing defects. American products liability doctrine employs two major tests to determine whether a "defect” exists: the seller-oriented risk-utility test and the buyer-oriented consumer expectations test. The Draft of the Restatement Third of Torts: Products Liability, like some American jurisdictions, rejects the “consumer expectations” test as an independent standard in defective warning and design cases. Ironically, this limitation of the use of the …


Law And Economic Development: A New Beginning?, Lan Cao Jul 1997

Law And Economic Development: A New Beginning?, Lan Cao

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Comparative And The Critical Perspective In International Agreements, Ángel Oquendo Apr 1997

The Comparative And The Critical Perspective In International Agreements, Ángel Oquendo

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


International Law In The Nigerian Legal System, Christian N. Okeke Apr 1997

International Law In The Nigerian Legal System, Christian N. Okeke

Publications

The central argument of this paper is that the character of a nation's system of law is inextricably connected with its socio-economic, cultural, religious and political make-up. To understand the attitude of a nation towards other nations, one must not be ignorant of the laws through which that nation gives expression to its sense of justice and regulates its structure. Furthermore, one must bear in mind that each system of law has different concepts through which its law is expressed, language through which it is explained, categories by which it is organized, and legal rules which themselves embody the law …


The Taming Of The Shrew: May The Act Of State Doctrine And The Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act Eat And Drink As Friends?, Marianne D. Short, Chalres H. Brower Ii Apr 1997

The Taming Of The Shrew: May The Act Of State Doctrine And The Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act Eat And Drink As Friends?, Marianne D. Short, Chalres H. Brower Ii

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Notes From Asia, Alfred C. Aman Jr. Apr 1997

Notes From Asia, Alfred C. Aman Jr.

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

No abstract provided.


Faculty Highlights Apr 1997

Faculty Highlights

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

No abstract provided.


On Mission In The Middle East: Reflections From Jerusalem And Ramallah, David Fidler Apr 1997

On Mission In The Middle East: Reflections From Jerusalem And Ramallah, David Fidler

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


U.S. International Treatment Of Financial Derivatives, Reuven Avi-Yonah, Linda Swartz Mar 1997

U.S. International Treatment Of Financial Derivatives, Reuven Avi-Yonah, Linda Swartz

Articles

The current proposals to substitute consumption for income as the principal U.S. tax base have already been the topic of considerable commentary in these pages. However, one issue has received relatively little attention in the discussion of the various reform proposals: What potential complications are likely to arise if a single major player in the world's economy unilaterally adopts radical tax reform? The global economy is becoming more and more unified, with multinational corporations dominating world trade and trillions of dollars in portfolio investment flowing across national boundaries. In this economy, what would be the consequences if a single country, …


Resolution Of International Conflicts, Sompong Sucharitkul Mar 1997

Resolution Of International Conflicts, Sompong Sucharitkul

Publications

This year another area of international legal developments is added to our annual survey of international and comparative legal problems, namely, international dispute resolutions. I intend to select certain aspects of the salient features of legal developments in the area of international dispute resolution. An endeavor will be made to present an overview of three dimensions of dispute resolution, viz., (1) inter-governmental disputes; (2) mixed governmental and private-sector disputes; and (3) transnational disputes of private nongovernmental character.


Pollard And Priorities, Kenneth Lasson Mar 1997

Pollard And Priorities, Kenneth Lasson

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Information Access Rights Based On International Human Rights Law (With Christopher J. Lhulier), Henry H. Perritt Jr. Mar 1997

Information Access Rights Based On International Human Rights Law (With Christopher J. Lhulier), Henry H. Perritt Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Exclusive Sovereignty Versus Sustainable Development Of A Shared Resource: The Dilemma Of Latin American Rainforest Management, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 1997

Exclusive Sovereignty Versus Sustainable Development Of A Shared Resource: The Dilemma Of Latin American Rainforest Management, A. Dan Tarlock

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of International Environmental Law On United States Pollution Control Law (Symposium), A. Dan Tarlock Mar 1997

The Influence Of International Environmental Law On United States Pollution Control Law (Symposium), A. Dan Tarlock

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


International Law For A New Millennium: A Colloquium Honoring The Vision Of Louis B. Sohn, University Of Georgia School Of Law, The Dean Rusk International Law Center, Jose E. Alvarez, Ruth E. Gordon, James Anaya, Allyn L. Taylor, Daniel M. Bodansky, Jarat Chopra Feb 1997

International Law For A New Millennium: A Colloquium Honoring The Vision Of Louis B. Sohn, University Of Georgia School Of Law, The Dean Rusk International Law Center, Jose E. Alvarez, Ruth E. Gordon, James Anaya, Allyn L. Taylor, Daniel M. Bodansky, Jarat Chopra

Colloquia

The colloquium honored Louis B. Sohn, one of the world's foremost international law scholars. It was part of a series of activities including dedication of an international law library, and a portrait presentation. "In recognition of Professor Sohn's abiding involvement with the United Nations over the course of his life and the contributions he made to the institution even at such an early stage in his long career of academic and public service, the Rusk Center is pleased to present younger international law scholars who already have well-established reputations and whose work will affect that institution far into the next …


The Prosecutor V. Dusko Tadic: An Appraisal Of The First International War Crimes Trial Since Nüremberg, Michael P. Scharf Feb 1997

The Prosecutor V. Dusko Tadic: An Appraisal Of The First International War Crimes Trial Since Nüremberg, Michael P. Scharf

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Have We Really Learned The Lessons Of Nüremberg?, Michael P. Scharf Feb 1997

Have We Really Learned The Lessons Of Nüremberg?, Michael P. Scharf

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Getting Serious About An International Criminal Court, Michael P. Scharf Feb 1997

Getting Serious About An International Criminal Court, Michael P. Scharf

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Long Overdue, Kenneth Lasson Jan 1997

Long Overdue, Kenneth Lasson

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Utility Of International Criminal Courts, Mark Weston Janis Jan 1997

The Utility Of International Criminal Courts, Mark Weston Janis

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


Overcoming Challenges In The Global Classroom: Teaching Legal Research And Writing To International Law Students And Law Graduates, Diane Edelman, Mark Wojcik Jan 1997

Overcoming Challenges In The Global Classroom: Teaching Legal Research And Writing To International Law Students And Law Graduates, Diane Edelman, Mark Wojcik

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Coming Fresh Water Crisis: International Legal And Institutional Responses, Stephen C. Mccaffrey Jan 1997

The Coming Fresh Water Crisis: International Legal And Institutional Responses, Stephen C. Mccaffrey

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Never Again: Questioning The Yugoslav And Rwanda Tribunals, Makau Wa Mutua Jan 1997

Never Again: Questioning The Yugoslav And Rwanda Tribunals, Makau Wa Mutua

Journal Articles

Fifty years after Nuremberg, the international community has again decided to experiment with international war crimes tribunals. The stated purpose for the establishment of both the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals by the United Nations are to “put an end” to serious crimes such as genocide and to “take effective measures to bring to justice the persons who are responsible for them.” This piece argues that both assumptions are unrealistic and that such tribunals will have little or no effect on human rights violations of such enormous barbarity. In addition, this piece questions the motivations behind the formulation of the tribunals …


Look Who's Making The Rules: International Environmental Standard Setting By Non-Governmental Organizations, Errol E. Meidinger Jan 1997

Look Who's Making The Rules: International Environmental Standard Setting By Non-Governmental Organizations, Errol E. Meidinger

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


The Remoteness That Betrays Desire, Kenneth Anderson Jan 1997

The Remoteness That Betrays Desire, Kenneth Anderson

Book Reviews

This 1997 review in the Times Literary Supplement covered the then, as now, incendiary issue of the nude photography of children and adolescents. It reviewed photobooks by two leading photographers of children in the nude, Jock Sturges and David Hamilton. Sturges, an American, photographed mainly on nude beaches in France and Europe, often following the same families and children for years on end; he had been indicted on child pornography charges in the 1908s, although the jury took only a few minutes to find for him. Hamilton, British, has photographed in France and in various islands. The photography of child …


International Human Rights Standards On Sexual Violence Against Women As They Apply To Pornography, Claudia Giunta Jan 1997

International Human Rights Standards On Sexual Violence Against Women As They Apply To Pornography, Claudia Giunta

LLM Theses and Essays

The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing in September 1995, and represented an important step towards the achievement of equality for women. At the Conference, the progress made towards equality was acknowledged, but it was also acknowledged that many goals have not been achieved yet, and that cultural changes of fundamental importance remain to be made. Indeed, in many countries the cultural approach to violence and discrimination against women is quite fatalistic; they believe violence against women cannot be solved by laws. However, this approach overlooks the role played by societies in tolerating practices of …


Federal Reserve: History, Purposes And Functions - An Analysis, Mukunda Lakshamanarao Jan 1997

Federal Reserve: History, Purposes And Functions - An Analysis, Mukunda Lakshamanarao

LLM Theses and Essays

On December 23, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Federal Reserve Act. With this law, Congress established a central banking system which would enable the world’s most powerful industrial nation to manage its money and credit more effectively than ever before. The political and legislative struggle to create the Federal Reserve System was long and often bitter, and this final product in 1913 was the result of a carefully crafted and somewhat tenuous political compromise between national and regional powers. Since its founding, the Federal Reserve System has evolved to meet the needs of a changing financial system …