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The Development Of International Law With Respect To The Law Enforcement Roles Of Navies And Coast Guards In Peacetime, Ivan Shearer
The Development Of International Law With Respect To The Law Enforcement Roles Of Navies And Coast Guards In Peacetime, Ivan Shearer
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
The Universality Principle And War Crimes, Yoram Dinstein
The Universality Principle And War Crimes, Yoram Dinstein
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
Cyberspace, Sovereignty, Jurisdiction, And Modernism, Joel Trachtman
Cyberspace, Sovereignty, Jurisdiction, And Modernism, Joel Trachtman
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
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From Patchwork To Network: Strategies For International Intellectual Property In Flux, Paul E. Geller
From Patchwork To Network: Strategies For International Intellectual Property In Flux, Paul E. Geller
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Laws of intellectual property define what is bought and sold on media and technology markets, notably works, trademarks, and inventions. Laws and treaties have traditionally been made and enforced by nation-states operating in a patchwork of territories. Now, the media and technology marketplace is being globalized in digital networks. The law is only beginning to respond to this change.
To analyze this process in the field of intellectual property, this Article will consider the following questions: First, how is the patchwork of national laws lagging behind new networks in this field? Second, how does the international regime of intellectual property …
Jurisdiction And Evidence - An English Perspective, Steven Loble
Jurisdiction And Evidence - An English Perspective, Steven Loble
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
The countries of Europe have entered into multilateral treaties to facilitate doing business in Europe. These treaties cover jurisdiction, enforcement of foreign judgments and choice of law. The individual states in the United States have analogous arrangements to facilitate doing business within the United States.
La Preuve Pénale Et Des Tests Génétiques: United States Report, Christopher L. Blakesley
La Preuve Pénale Et Des Tests Génétiques: United States Report, Christopher L. Blakesley
Scholarly Works
A major problem for those analyzing U.S. criminal law and procedure is that it does not fit the Continental or British mold. There is no one single system, but parallel federal and 50 state systems each with its own legislature, laws, courts (including trial, appellate, and supreme courts), police, prosecutors and prisons. The authorities who enact and implement these laws are sovereign within their respective jurisdictions. Each state has police power over its people. The 10th amendment to the U.S. Constitution controls allocation of federal and state authority. It provides that whatever the Constitution has not designated as being within …
Should Unclos Or Gatt/Wto Decide Trade And Environment Disputes?, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
Should Unclos Or Gatt/Wto Decide Trade And Environment Disputes?, Lakshman D. Guruswamy
Publications
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Constitutional Structure As A Limitation On The Scope Of The "Law Of Nations" In The Alien Tort Claims Act, Donald J. Kochan
Constitutional Structure As A Limitation On The Scope Of The "Law Of Nations" In The Alien Tort Claims Act, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
Jurisdiction matters. Outside of the set of jurisdictional constraints, the judiciary is at sea; it poses a threat to the separation of powers and risks becoming a dangerous and domineering branch. Jurisdictional limitations serve a particularly important function when the judiciary is dealing with issues of international law. Since much of international law concerns foreign relations, the province of the executive and, in part, the legislature, the danger that the judiciary will act in a policy-making role or will frustrate the functions of the political branches is especially great. The Framers of the Constitution were particularly concerned with constructing a …