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Arresting Impunity: The Case For Universal Jurisdiction In Bringing War Criminals To Accountability, Christopher C. Joyner Oct 1996

Arresting Impunity: The Case For Universal Jurisdiction In Bringing War Criminals To Accountability, Christopher C. Joyner

Law and Contemporary Problems

One means to enhance the prospects for bringing indicted war criminals to justice is to promote adoption of the principle of universality as the legal basis for prosecutorial jurisdiction.


Reengineering Rcra: The Command Control Requirements Of The Waste Disposal Paradigm Of Subtitle C And The Act’S Objective Of Fostering Recycling-Rethinking The Definition Of Solid Waste, Again, R. Michael Sweeney Jan 1996

Reengineering Rcra: The Command Control Requirements Of The Waste Disposal Paradigm Of Subtitle C And The Act’S Objective Of Fostering Recycling-Rethinking The Definition Of Solid Waste, Again, R. Michael Sweeney

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

INTRODUCTION In 1992, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Definition of Solid Waste Task Force (Task Force). 1 Specifically, the Task Force was created to eliminate perceived disincentives to recycling, eliminate regulatory loopholes for those recycling practices presenting risks to health and the environment, and clarify the definition of solid waste. 2 In September, 1994, the Task Force published a report titled Reengineering RCRA for Recycling: Definition of Solid Waste Task Force: Report and Recommendations (Reengineering RCRA). 3 This report advocated a new national regulatory system for recycling. 4 Consistent with past practice, the proposed system is …


Contract And Jurisdiction, Paul D. Carrington, Paul H. Haagen Jan 1996

Contract And Jurisdiction, Paul D. Carrington, Paul H. Haagen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Federalizing Crime: Assessing The Impact On The Federal Courts, Sara Sun Beale Jan 1996

Federalizing Crime: Assessing The Impact On The Federal Courts, Sara Sun Beale

Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the history of federal criminal jurisdiction and criminal enforcement, and reviews federal caseload statistics. The federal criminal caseload grew dramatically between 1980 and the mid-1990s, but this increase tells only part of the story. The federal criminal caseload has fluctuated widely over the past two decades, and the number of criminal cases today is about the same as it was in the early 1970s. Although criminal cases now account for only one-fifth of the federal caseload, they take a large and disproportionate share of federal judicial resources. In more than one-third of federal judicial districts, criminal cases …


International Contracts In European Courts: Jurisdiction Under Article 5(1) Of The Brussels Convention, Herbert Bernstein Jan 1996

International Contracts In European Courts: Jurisdiction Under Article 5(1) Of The Brussels Convention, Herbert Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.