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Legitimacy, Globally: The Incoherence Of Free Trade Practice, Global Economics And Their Governing Principles Of Political Economy, Michael Henry Davis, Dana Neacsu

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

In this article, we observe the legalized character of the phenomenon popularly called “globalization.” We first examine what it means to be a legalized phenomenon and observe that an important part of legalization is legitimation. In domestic legal regimes, legitimation is accomplished through the Rule of Law, which makes certain claims about the nature of the society of which the legal regime is a part. Simply stated, the Rule of Law claims that a legal system is legitimate if its rules are definite and predictable and are applied in a general, impartial, and non-retroactive manner. In the international trading system …

Intellectual Property, Electronic Commerce And The Preliminary Draft Hague Jurisdiction And Judgments Convention, Ronald A. Brand

Articles

On October 30, 1999, a Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law adopted a Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters ("Preliminary Draft Convention," or "PDC") which was further developed in June of 2001.Originally scheduled for a final diplomatic conference in the fall of 2000, the negotiating process was delayed as a result of serious questions raised about the draft language.

After a discussion of the history of the convention, this paper presents a review of the Preliminary Draft Convention text, describing its structure and scope. It then provides a focus …

Coming Of Age With Trips: A Comment On J.H. Reichman, The Trips Agreement Comes Of Age: Conflict Or Cooperation With The Developing Countries, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

comment on the Reichman article

Intellectual Property Rights And Economic Development, By Keith Maskus, Robert E. Evenson

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

comment on the Markus article

Argentina's Emerging Standard Of Intellectual Property Protection: A Case Study Of The Underlying Conflicts Between Developing Countries, Trips Standards, And The United States, Kimberly A. Czub

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

This is called an article in the print version, but it appears to be (a note) written by a law student.

Trips-Related Aspects Of Traditional Knowledge, Graham Dutfield

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.