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Recalibrating The War On Terror By Enhancing Development Practices In The Middle East, Kevin J. Fandl
Recalibrating The War On Terror By Enhancing Development Practices In The Middle East, Kevin J. Fandl
ExpressO
This research paper suggests that the cart has been placed before the horse, that democratization and open markets in the Middle East are more likely the result of effective development than the catalyst for it. The war on terror has been justified by the United States as an effective means of reducing the possibility of terrorist attacks. This paper analyzes the validity of those justifications by reviewing the linkage between democracy and economic growth and that between democracy and peace.
The paper begins by hypothesizing that the war on terror and forced democratization of the Middle East are leading to …
Internationalism Of Justice Harry Blackmun, The, Margaret E. Mcguinness
Internationalism Of Justice Harry Blackmun, The, Margaret E. Mcguinness
Missouri Law Review
This comment is intended to provide a roadmap for closer examination of the Blackmun Papers and to evaluate the sources of internationalism in Justice Blackmun's opinions. An understanding of those sources can in turn inform typologies of internationalism among other Justices, past, present, and future. It seems particularly salient to be discussing the internationalist aspects of Justice Blackmun's legacy today, at a time when the Court is deeply divided on questions of executive power over foreign affairs, the relevance of foreign and international political practices and judicial opinions to constitutional interpretation, and the extent to which decisions of international tribunals …
Sovereignty, Self-Determination, And Environment-Based Cultures: The Emerging Voice Of Indigenous Peoples In International Law, Peter Manus
ExpressO
This article presents a survey of both the rhetoric and applications of international law addressing indigenous peoples' environmental rights. Part I assesses three terms that are widely used in international instruments - sovereignty, human rights, and self-determination - for their applicability to the environment-related interests of indigenous peoples. Part II presents a sixty year litany of international instruments as a means of tracing the evolution of global awareness of the uniquely vulnerable position that indigenous people occupy in the world community in connection with their environmental interests. Part III offers a comparative analysis of the cases Kitok v. Sweden and …
The "Planes, Trains, And Automobiles" Defense To Patent Infringement For Today's Global Economy: Section 272 Of The Patent Act, Ted L. Field
The "Planes, Trains, And Automobiles" Defense To Patent Infringement For Today's Global Economy: Section 272 Of The Patent Act, Ted L. Field
ExpressO
In 2004, for the first time ever, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit applied the little-known temporary-presence defense of 35 U.S.C. § 272 in National Steel Car v. Canadian Pacific Railway. Section 272 provides a defense to patent infringement where a foreign vessel, aircraft, or vehicle enters the United States temporarily to engage in international commerce. The purpose behind § 272 is to prevent domestic patent enforcement from inhibiting international trade. Although this defense may not be well known yet, the Federal Circuit’s broad interpretation of § 272 will allow the temporary-presence defense to become more important …
Lost In Translation: The Economic Analysis Of Law In The United States And Europe, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt
Lost In Translation: The Economic Analysis Of Law In The United States And Europe, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt
ExpressO
In this essay, we examine the reasons why the economic analysis of law has not flourished in European countries as it has in the U.S. In particular, we focus on three European countries - the United Kingdom (U.K.), Germany, and France. We argue that differences in culture, the legal system and the academy have led to differing degrees of success of the law and economics movement in each country. We speculate that, although there is currently less interest in the economic analysis of the law in Europe than in the United States, European interest could dramatically increase if scholars adopt …
International Arbitration Is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile, Kenneth F. Dunham
International Arbitration Is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile, Kenneth F. Dunham
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This article provides a short prospectus for the unwary lawyer who must venture into unfamiliar territory abroad. Although there are numerous arbitral forums available in countries all over the world, this article will focus primarily on the LCIA and the ICC. Following a brief history of international arbitration and the history of these two international arbitral forums, the article will discuss some of the major issues in international arbitration such as forum selection, issue preclusion and procedural matters. This article also includes sections on appealing awards and enforcement of awards under existing international treaties. The article is brought to a …
Adr Through A Cultural Lens: How Cultural Values Shape Our Disputing Processes, Julia Ann Gold
Adr Through A Cultural Lens: How Cultural Values Shape Our Disputing Processes, Julia Ann Gold
Journal of Dispute Resolution
I arrived for my second Nepali language class on time, but the teacher kept chatting about inconsequential things. I was paying by the hour, and we had already spent 25 minutes talking about nothing! A week later, I received an invitation to an art exhibit. The location was "Royal Museum," so that is where I went, only to find an empty building and no people. What had I missed? In my first meeting with the Dean of the Law Campus, we talked about trekking, the upcoming religious holidays, his visit to Seattle two years ago, relatives in the United States, …
Why Further Development Of Adr In Latin America Makes Sense: The Venezuelan Model, Jose Alberto Ramirez Leon
Why Further Development Of Adr In Latin America Makes Sense: The Venezuelan Model, Jose Alberto Ramirez Leon
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This paper argues that Venezuelan society would benefit from further development of ADR. Part II will provide an overview of the main problems affecting the Venezuelan judiciary, part III will provide a background of ADR in the country, part IV will identify the main challenges the field has to overcome, part V will propose a different approach, and part VI will present the conclusion.
Everybody Loves Arbitration: The Second Circuit Sets Pro-Arbitration Precedent In International Commercial Arbitration Cases, Jasen Matyas
Everybody Loves Arbitration: The Second Circuit Sets Pro-Arbitration Precedent In International Commercial Arbitration Cases, Jasen Matyas
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Phoenix Aktiengesellschaft v. Ecoplas, Inc. presented the Second Circuit with an unresolved question of preemption in international arbitration under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (Convention). The court specifically addressed the issue of whether the consent-to-confirmation requirement of section 9 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) conflicted with section 207 of the FAA which does not require such consent. Section 208 incorporates Chapter 1 provisions to the extent that such provisions are not in conflict with Chapter 2. Phoenix held that the two provisions were in conflict, and consent-to-confirmation is not incorporated into Chapter 2. …
China’S Wapi Policy: Security Measure Or Trade Protectionism?, Zia K. Cromer
China’S Wapi Policy: Security Measure Or Trade Protectionism?, Zia K. Cromer
Duke Law & Technology Review
In December of 2003, the Chinese government announced that all WLAN equipment sold in China must conform to a propriety standard called WAPI, rather than the internationally accepted Wi-Fi standard. Moreover, for foreign firms to gain access to WAPI technology, they would need to partner with one of two-dozen Chinese firms designated by the Chinese government. The policy ostensibly grew out of security concerns regarding Wi-Fi, although it is unclear whether WAPI is more secure. Beijing has now indefinitely postponed the implementation of this policy, but WAPI is still relevant. This iBrief argues that WAPI is illustrative of many Chinese …
Slides: Establish True Basin-Wide Institutions: The Return To The River Basin As The Unit Of Management, Charles W. (Chuck) Howe
Slides: Establish True Basin-Wide Institutions: The Return To The River Basin As The Unit Of Management, Charles W. (Chuck) Howe
Hard Times on the Colorado River: Drought, Growth and the Future of the Compact (Summer Conference, June 8-10)
Presenter: Charles Howe, University of Colorado.
13 pages and 10 slides.
Contains references.
The Sps Agreement: Can It Regulate Trade In Nanotechnology?, James D. Thayer
The Sps Agreement: Can It Regulate Trade In Nanotechnology?, James D. Thayer
Duke Law & Technology Review
Recent studies have shown that nanoparticles, which are approximately 1 to 100 billionths of a meter in size, present unique health and environmental risks. Nevertheless, products enhanced by nanoparticles, such as sunscreen, golf balls, and hard drives, are shipped daily in international trade. With these unique risks in mind, would measures regulating the trade in nanotechnology be subject to the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures? If they were, would the Agreement objectively balance the unique risks and benefits of trading in nanotechnology? Whether measures regulating the trade in nanotechnology are subject to the SPS Agreement depends on the …
The European Union “Software Patents” Directive: What Is It? Why Is It? Where Are We Now?, Robert Bray
The European Union “Software Patents” Directive: What Is It? Why Is It? Where Are We Now?, Robert Bray
Duke Law & Technology Review
This paper has been adapted from a presentation given by the author at Duke University School of Law's "Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Law Symposium" on April 1, 2005. It first presents an overview of the EU "Software Patents" Directive and many of the amendments that have been proposed and adopted. It then suggests a number of ways in which Europe can lead the world in developing a system that balances the interests of patent protection and open-source software.
Tax Havens And Public International Law: The Case Of The Netherlands Antilles, Georges A. Cavalier
Tax Havens And Public International Law: The Case Of The Netherlands Antilles, Georges A. Cavalier
ExpressO
This paper identifies changes to tax havens’ legislation as a result of pressure from rich countries exercised through the OECD. It focuses on the specific situation of the Netherlands Antilles. The paper analyzes the response given by the Netherlands Antilles to the international community through the modification of its tax agreement with the mother country in Europe, and considers whether this is a solution for adoption by other tax havens. The paper then argues that such a model is not appropriate for use in a small economy which cannot rely on a supportive mother country nor on tourism as an …
Western Institution Building: The War, Hayek’S Cosmos And The Wto, M. Ulric Killion
Western Institution Building: The War, Hayek’S Cosmos And The Wto, M. Ulric Killion
ExpressO
Despite the shortcomings of Hayek’s spontaneous order, there is a positive side, perhaps even a positive feedback. Hayek left us with a “what if” question and returns us to that initial opening of Pandora’s Box, or perhaps the initial onset of neo-realism, neo-liberalism, developmentalism, globalism, transnationalism and other concepts, precepts and adjectives justifying institution building by bargaining and military force. In terms of new world order, institution building by necessity requires fundamental changes in governmental structures in non-western cultures and nation-states such as China, Afghanistan and Iraq. Such changes are being prompted by means of political, economic and military powers …
Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law
Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Globalization has changed the way global society addresses common and global problems. While there is much talk about aiming at sustainable development, there are no real clear definitions of sustainable development and the term remains susceptible to much misuse.
Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law
Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Bilateral investment treaties typically require the host state to ensure "fair and equitable" treatment to the investors of the other state.
Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law
Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
"While academic debates about the possibility of objective truth and falsehood are often rarified to the point of absurdity, Rwanda demonstrated that the question is a matter of life and death."'
Is It Too Late For Title Vi Enforcement?: Seeking Redemption Of The Unequal Long Term Care System In The United States Through International Means, Ruqaiijah Yearby
Is It Too Late For Title Vi Enforcement?: Seeking Redemption Of The Unequal Long Term Care System In The United States Through International Means, Ruqaiijah Yearby
All Faculty Scholarship
Legal and medical experts have noted continued racism in the health care system that prevents the equal distribution of quality care. Initially most racism was intentional and expressed through de jure segregation, as evidenced by federal funding of the construction of racial segregated health care facilities. Now most racism, expressed through de facto segregation, is subtly incorporated into the daily practices of institutions causing an adverse disparate impact on African-Americans. This institutional racism establishes separate and independent barriers through the neutral denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of the institutions …
Report Regarding The Pacific Mcgeorge Workshop On Globalizing The Law School Curriculum, Thomas O. Main
Report Regarding The Pacific Mcgeorge Workshop On Globalizing The Law School Curriculum, Thomas O. Main
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Regulating International Arbitrators: A Functional Approach To Developing Standards Of Conduct, Catherine A. Rogers
Regulating International Arbitrators: A Functional Approach To Developing Standards Of Conduct, Catherine A. Rogers
Journal Articles
Some scholars have protested that arbitrators are subject to less exacting regulation than barbers and taxidermists. The real problem with international arbitrators, however, is not that they are subject to less regulation, but that no one agrees about how they should be regulated. The primary reason for judicial and scholarly disagreement is that, instead of a coherent theory, analysis of arbitrator conduct erroneously relies on a misleading judicial referent and a methodologic failure to separate conduct standards (meaning those norms or rules that guide arbitrators' professional conduct) from enforcement standards (meaning those narrow grounds under which an arbitral award can …
The Vocation Of International Arbitrators, Catherine A. Rogers
The Vocation Of International Arbitrators, Catherine A. Rogers
Journal Articles
This Essay examines the vocation of the international arbitrator. I begin by evaluating, under sociological frameworks developed in literature on Weberian theories of the professions, how the arbitration community is organized and regulated. Arbitrators operate in a largely private and unregulated market for services, access to which is essentially controlled by what might be considered a governing cartel of the most elite arbitrators. I conclude my description with an account of how recently international arbitrators have begun to display a professional impulse, meaning efforts to present themselves as a profession to obtain the benefits of professionalization. Professional status is often …
Is It Too Late For Title Vi Enforcement?: Seeking Redemption Of The Unequal United States‟ Long Term Care System Through International Means, Ruqaiijah Yearby
Is It Too Late For Title Vi Enforcement?: Seeking Redemption Of The Unequal United States‟ Long Term Care System Through International Means, Ruqaiijah Yearby
Faculty Publications
Legal and medical experts have noted continued racism in the health care system that prevents the equal distribution of quality care. Initially most racism was intentional and expressed through de jure segregation, as evidenced by federal funding of the construction of racial segregated health care facilities. Now most racism, expressed through de facto segregation, is subtly incorporated into the daily practices of institutions causing an adverse disparate impact on African-Americans. This institutional racism establishes separate and independent barriers through the neutral denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of the institutions …
Roper V. Simmons And Our Constitution In International Equipoise, Roger P. Alford
Roper V. Simmons And Our Constitution In International Equipoise, Roger P. Alford
Journal Articles
In Roper v. Simmons, the Court unequivocally affirms the use of comparative constitutionalism to interpret the Eighth Amendment. It does not, however, provide an obvious theoretical basis to justify the practice. This Article searches for a theory to explain the comparativism in Roper using the theories advanced in the author's previous scholarship. It concludes that of the colorable candidates, natural law constitutionalism is the most plausible explanation, with the attendant problems associated therewith. The Article concludes with an analysis of the possible ramifications of the Court's comparative approach, suggesting that it may be pursuing a Constitution that is in international …
Party Autonomy In Choice Of Commercial Law: The Failure Of Revised U.C.C. § 1-301 And A Proposal For Broader Reform, Jack M. Graves
Party Autonomy In Choice Of Commercial Law: The Failure Of Revised U.C.C. § 1-301 And A Proposal For Broader Reform, Jack M. Graves
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Discord Behind The Table: The Internal Conflict Among Israeli Jews Concerning The Future Of Settlements In The West Bank And Gaza, Robert H. Mnookin, Ehud Eiran
Discord Behind The Table: The Internal Conflict Among Israeli Jews Concerning The Future Of Settlements In The West Bank And Gaza, Robert H. Mnookin, Ehud Eiran
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Our exclusive focus is on one of these conflicts-the profound internal rift among Israeli Jews over the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. We are especially interested in the role of the national religious settlers and the Israeli government's response to them. These settlers lead the movement and are dominant actors in the internal conflict. The current controversies within Israel regarding Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's "unilateral initiative," which was not the product of a negotiation with Palestinians, demonstrate the importance of understanding the internal conflict within Israel and the dominant role of the leaders of the settlement movement
Unspeakably Cruel: Torture, Medical Ethics, And The Law, George J. Annas
Unspeakably Cruel: Torture, Medical Ethics, And The Law, George J. Annas
Faculty Scholarship
Torture is a particularly horrible crime, and any participation of physicians in torture has always been difficult to comprehend. As General Telford Taylor explained to the American judges at the trial of the Nazi doctors in Nuremberg, Germany (called the “Doctors' Trial”), “To kill, to maim, and to torture is criminal under all modern systems of law . . . yet these [physician] defendants, all of whom were fully able to comprehend the nature of their acts . . . are responsible for wholesale murder and unspeakably cruel tortures.” Taylor told the judges that it was the obligation of the …
The Sutherland Report And Dispute Settlement, Mark L. Movsesian
The Sutherland Report And Dispute Settlement, Mark L. Movsesian
Faculty Publications
Ten years after the organization's founding, an air of disappointment surrounds the WTO. The great promise of a global trade regime, dedicated to the principle of comparative advantage, seems to have stalled. The Doha Development Round, launched in 2001 in an attempt to redeem the disastrous Seattle Ministerial Conference of 1999, has been stymied by familiar disputes between North and South, mostly with respect to agricultural issues, but with respect to nonagricultural market access and services as well. Frustrated by impasses at the WTO, members have increasingly bypassed the organization in favor of discrete "preferential trade agreements", or PTAs, that …
From International Law To Law And Globalization, Paul Schiff Berman
From International Law To Law And Globalization, Paul Schiff Berman
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
International law's traditional emphasis on state practice has long been questioned, as scholars have paid increasing attention to other important - though sometimes inchoate - processes of international norm development. Yet, the more recent focus on transnational law, governmental and non-governmental networks, and judicial influence and cooperation across borders, while a step in the right direction, still seems insufficient to describe the complexities of law in an era of globalization. Accordingly, it is becoming clear that "international law" is itself an overly constraining rubric and that we need an expanded framework, one that situates cross-border norm development at the intersection …
Private Disputes And The Public Good: Explaining Arbitration Law, William W. Park
Private Disputes And The Public Good: Explaining Arbitration Law, William W. Park
Faculty Scholarship
At least two intersecting questions lurk in any study of international business arbitration. Each arises from the litigants' desire (at least when the contract was signed) for binding dispute resolution outside the framework of government-administered courts. Each brings analytic challenges that implicate cross-cultural conflicts.