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From Control To Communication: Science, Philosophy, And World Trade Law, Sungjoon Cho Apr 2011

From Control To Communication: Science, Philosophy, And World Trade Law, Sungjoon Cho

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Recently, science has become increasingly salient in various fields of international law. In particular, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement stipulates that a regulating state must provide scientific justification for its food safety measures. Paradoxically, however, this ostensibly neutral reference to science often complicates treaty interpretation. It tends to take treaty interpretation beyond the conventional methodology provided by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which is primarily concerned with clarifying and articulating the text of treaties. The two decades old transatlantic trade dispute over the safety of hormone-treated beef is a case in point. …


Fast Track Authority And Its Implication For Labor Protection In Free Trade Agreements, Eli J. Kirschner Apr 2011

Fast Track Authority And Its Implication For Labor Protection In Free Trade Agreements, Eli J. Kirschner

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No abstract provided.


Conflict Of Laws For Transactions In Securities Held Through Intermediaries, James Steven Rogers Jan 2006

Conflict Of Laws For Transactions In Securities Held Through Intermediaries, James Steven Rogers

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No abstract provided.


Challenges In Implementing And Enforcing Children’S Rights, Kathy Vandergrift Jan 2004

Challenges In Implementing And Enforcing Children’S Rights, Kathy Vandergrift

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No abstract provided.


Narco-Terrorism: The New Discovery Of An Old Connection, Donnie Marshall Jan 2002

Narco-Terrorism: The New Discovery Of An Old Connection, Donnie Marshall

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Limiting Attacks On Dual-Use Facilities Performing Indispensable Civilian Functions, Henry Shue, David Wippman Jan 2002

Limiting Attacks On Dual-Use Facilities Performing Indispensable Civilian Functions, Henry Shue, David Wippman

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No abstract provided.


The Wto Banana Dispute Settlement And Its Implications For Trade Relations Between The United States And The European Union, Hunter R. Clark Oct 2001

The Wto Banana Dispute Settlement And Its Implications For Trade Relations Between The United States And The European Union, Hunter R. Clark

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No abstract provided.


The European Union And Legitimacy: Time For A European Constitution, Mark Killian Brewer Jul 2001

The European Union And Legitimacy: Time For A European Constitution, Mark Killian Brewer

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No abstract provided.


The Un Global Compact: Responsibility For Human Rights, Labor Relations, And The Environment In Developing Nations, Betty King Apr 2001

The Un Global Compact: Responsibility For Human Rights, Labor Relations, And The Environment In Developing Nations, Betty King

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No abstract provided.


Bankruptcy Law, An Economic Medicine: How Russia’S New Bankruptcy Legislation Facilitated Recovery From The Nationwide Financial Crisis Of August 17, 1998, Asya S. Alexandrovich Jan 2001

Bankruptcy Law, An Economic Medicine: How Russia’S New Bankruptcy Legislation Facilitated Recovery From The Nationwide Financial Crisis Of August 17, 1998, Asya S. Alexandrovich

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No abstract provided.


The Right To Compensation In Bosnia: An Unfulfilled Promise And A Challenge To International Law, Eric Rosand Jan 2000

The Right To Compensation In Bosnia: An Unfulfilled Promise And A Challenge To International Law, Eric Rosand

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No abstract provided.


Regulation Of Electronic Communications Networks: An Examination Of Tradepoint Financial Network’S Sec Approval To Become The First Non-American Exchange To Operate In The United States, Elizabeth M. Mccarroll Jan 2000

Regulation Of Electronic Communications Networks: An Examination Of Tradepoint Financial Network’S Sec Approval To Become The First Non-American Exchange To Operate In The United States, Elizabeth M. Mccarroll

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No abstract provided.


Facing The Truth: Seeing The Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods As An Obstacle To A Uniform Law Of International Sales, James E. Bailey Apr 1999

Facing The Truth: Seeing The Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods As An Obstacle To A Uniform Law Of International Sales, James E. Bailey

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No abstract provided.


The International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea, John E. Noyes Jan 1999

The International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea, John E. Noyes

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No abstract provided.


Keynote Address, Jeffrey Lang Jul 1998

Keynote Address, Jeffrey Lang

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The Multilateral Agreement On Investment, Stephen J. Canner Jul 1998

The Multilateral Agreement On Investment, Stephen J. Canner

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No abstract provided.


The Multilateral Agreement On Investment And International Labor Rights: A Failed Connection, Lance Compa Jul 1998

The Multilateral Agreement On Investment And International Labor Rights: A Failed Connection, Lance Compa

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No abstract provided.


Steps Toward A Uniform Corporate Law In The European Union, Uwe Blaurock Apr 1998

Steps Toward A Uniform Corporate Law In The European Union, Uwe Blaurock

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No abstract provided.


Anticipatory Collective Self-Defense In The Charter Era: What The Treaties Have Said, George K. Walker Apr 1998

Anticipatory Collective Self-Defense In The Charter Era: What The Treaties Have Said, George K. Walker

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No abstract provided.


The Role Of Corporate Law In French Corporate Governance, James A. Fanto Jan 1998

The Role Of Corporate Law In French Corporate Governance, James A. Fanto

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No abstract provided.


Making Peace Agreements Work: United Nations Experience In The Former Yugoslavia, Barry Ashton Jul 1997

Making Peace Agreements Work: United Nations Experience In The Former Yugoslavia, Barry Ashton

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No abstract provided.


Making Peace In Bosnia Work, Elizabeth M. Cousens Jul 1997

Making Peace In Bosnia Work, Elizabeth M. Cousens

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No abstract provided.


Washington, Erdut And Dayton: Negotiating And Implementing Peace In Croatia And Bosnia-Herzegovina, Peter W. Galbraith Jul 1997

Washington, Erdut And Dayton: Negotiating And Implementing Peace In Croatia And Bosnia-Herzegovina, Peter W. Galbraith

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No abstract provided.


The Israel-Plo Interim Agreements: Are They Treaties, John Quigley Jul 1997

The Israel-Plo Interim Agreements: Are They Treaties, John Quigley

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No abstract provided.


The Dayton Accord: The Balkan Peace Agreement, Paul C. Szasz Jul 1997

The Dayton Accord: The Balkan Peace Agreement, Paul C. Szasz

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No abstract provided.


Lost In The Translation: Two Legal Cultures, The Common Law Judiciary And The Basic Law Of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ann D. Jordan Apr 1997

Lost In The Translation: Two Legal Cultures, The Common Law Judiciary And The Basic Law Of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ann D. Jordan

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No abstract provided.


Levers Of Law Reform: Public Goods And Russian Banking, Patricia A. Mccoy Jan 1997

Levers Of Law Reform: Public Goods And Russian Banking, Patricia A. Mccoy

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No abstract provided.


Bootstrapping An Environmental Policy From An Economic Covenant: The Teleological Approach Of The European Court Of Justice, Kenneth M. Lord Apr 1996

Bootstrapping An Environmental Policy From An Economic Covenant: The Teleological Approach Of The European Court Of Justice, Kenneth M. Lord

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No abstract provided.


From The Social Charter To The Social Action Program 1995-1997: European Union Employment Law Comes Alive, Donald C. Dowling Jr. Jan 1996

From The Social Charter To The Social Action Program 1995-1997: European Union Employment Law Comes Alive, Donald C. Dowling Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Should Foreign Exchange Be Foreign To Article Two Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Stephen C. Veltri Apr 1994

Should Foreign Exchange Be Foreign To Article Two Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Stephen C. Veltri

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No abstract provided.