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Can We End The Shame?--Recent Multilateral Efforts To Address The World Child Pornography Market, Julia Foreman Jan 1990

Can We End The Shame?--Recent Multilateral Efforts To Address The World Child Pornography Market, Julia Foreman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In this Note, the author describes the United States and international child pornography markets. The author demonstrates how the United States Congress, judiciary, and law enforcement agencies have addressed the child pornography problem at the national and international level. In addition to the United States efforts to address this problem, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Thailand--who have all exported child pornography to the United States--have taken steps to curb the flow of child pornography. National and international child pornography markets continue to flourish, however, and the author concludes that more steps to eradicate child pornography are necessary. Finally, the author describes …


The Ker-Frisbie Doctrine: A Jurisdictional Weapon In The War On Drugs, Andrew B. Campbell Jan 1990

The Ker-Frisbie Doctrine: A Jurisdictional Weapon In The War On Drugs, Andrew B. Campbell

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note addresses the ongoing use of extra legal apprehension, as applied under "Ker v. Illinois" and "Frisbie v. Collins," as a viable alternative to extradition in obtaining custody over those accused of exporting drugs to the United States. The author outlines the cultural and political reasons for the production of illicit drugs, examines the purposes and structures of formal extradition treaties and their effectiveness in bringing drug traffickers to trial, and considers the alternatives to formal extradition. The author concludes that extralegal apprehension, in both of its two forms--abduction and irregular rendition--should remain an alternative means of securing custody …