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The Arab-Israeli Conflict And Civil Litigation Against Terrorism, Adam N. Schupack Oct 2010

The Arab-Israeli Conflict And Civil Litigation Against Terrorism, Adam N. Schupack

Duke Law Journal

The Arab-Israeli conflict has been a testing ground for the involvement of U.S. courts in foreign conflicts and for the concept of civil litigation against terrorists. Plaintiffs on both sides of the dispute have sought to recover damages in U.S. courts, embroiling the courts in one of the world's most contentious political disputes. Plaintiffs bringing claims against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority, material supporters of terrorism, and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been aided by congressional statutes passed precisely to enhance their ability to bring such lawsuits, whereas plaintiffs bringing suit against Israel or Israeli leaders have …


Violence & Hiv/Aids: Violence Against Women And Girls As A Cause And Consequence Of Hiv/Aids, Shirley Kohsin Wang May 2010

Violence & Hiv/Aids: Violence Against Women And Girls As A Cause And Consequence Of Hiv/Aids, Shirley Kohsin Wang

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Prevalence, Societal Causes, And Trends In Corporal Punishment By Parents In World Perspective, Murray A. Straus Apr 2010

Prevalence, Societal Causes, And Trends In Corporal Punishment By Parents In World Perspective, Murray A. Straus

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Corporal Punishment And The Cultural Defense, Alison Dundes Renteln Apr 2010

Corporal Punishment And The Cultural Defense, Alison Dundes Renteln

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Reconsidering Reprisals, Michael A. Newton Apr 2010

Reconsidering Reprisals, Michael A. Newton

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


European Approaches To Fighting Terrorism, Elies Van Sliedregt Apr 2010

European Approaches To Fighting Terrorism, Elies Van Sliedregt

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Challenges Of Twenty-First Century Conflicts: A Look At Direct Participation In Hostilities, Jamie A. Williamson Apr 2010

Challenges Of Twenty-First Century Conflicts: A Look At Direct Participation In Hostilities, Jamie A. Williamson

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


The United States And Human Rights Treaties: Race Relations, The Cold War, And Constitutionalism, Curtis A. Bradley Jan 2010

The United States And Human Rights Treaties: Race Relations, The Cold War, And Constitutionalism, Curtis A. Bradley

Faculty Scholarship

The United States prides itself on being a champion of human rights and pressures other countries to improve their human rights practices, and yet appears less willing than other nations to embrace international human rights treaties. Many commentators attribute this phenomenon to the particular historical context that existed in the late 1940s and early 1950s when human rights treaties were first being developed. These commentators especially emphasize the race relations of the time, noting that some conservatives resisted the developing human rights regime because they saw it as an effort by the federal government to extend its authority to address …


Foreign Sovereign Immunity And Domestic Officer Suits, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith Jan 2010

Foreign Sovereign Immunity And Domestic Officer Suits, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith

Faculty Scholarship

Under international law, official-capacity suits brought against a foreign state’s officers are treated as suits against the state itself and thus as subject to the state’s immunity, even in suits alleging human rights abuses. This immunity regime differs from the immunity regime that applies in the United States in suits brought against state and federal officials for violations of federal law. Despite the federal government’s sovereign immunity and the immunity of state governments under Eleventh Amendment jurisprudence, courts often allow suits against federal and state officers for their official actions. This essay attempts to explain why the immunity rules differ …


Collective Management Of Copyrights And Human Rights: An Uneasy Alliance Revisited, Laurence R. Helfer Jan 2010

Collective Management Of Copyrights And Human Rights: An Uneasy Alliance Revisited, Laurence R. Helfer

Faculty Scholarship

This essay analyzes the “creators’ rights” provisions of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in the context of the collective administration of copyright and neighboring rights and the policies and practices of collective management organizations (CMOs). It also addresses other human rights treaties and international court rulings relevant to collective rights management. The essay begins with an overview of the ICESCR Committee’s General Comment on ICESCR Article 15(1)(c), “the right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the …


Human Rights And Intellectual Property: Mapping The Global Interface, Laurence R. Helfer, Graeme W. Austin Jan 2010

Human Rights And Intellectual Property: Mapping The Global Interface, Laurence R. Helfer, Graeme W. Austin

Faculty Scholarship

Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Mapping the Global Interface explores the intersections between intellectual property and human rights law and policy. The relationship between these two fields has captured the attention of governments, policymakers, and activist communities in a diverse array of international and domestic political and judicial venues. These actors often raise human rights arguments as counterweights to the expansion of intellectual property in areas including freedom of expression, public health, education, privacy, agriculture, and the rights of indigenous peoples. At the same time, the creators and owners of intellectual property are asserting a human rights justification for the …