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Full-Text Articles in Law
The Fate Of Armed Resistance Groups After Peace, David C. Williams
The Fate Of Armed Resistance Groups After Peace, David C. Williams
Indiana Journal of Constitutional Design
No abstract provided.
Pathways To Leadership: Four Women's Journeys To The Peace Negotiation Table In The Fight For Democracy In Burma, Brittany Shelmon
Pathways To Leadership: Four Women's Journeys To The Peace Negotiation Table In The Fight For Democracy In Burma, Brittany Shelmon
Indiana Journal of Constitutional Design
No abstract provided.
Changing Burma From Without: Political Activism Among The Burmese Diaspora, David C. Williams
Changing Burma From Without: Political Activism Among The Burmese Diaspora, David C. Williams
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This Article examines the role that the Burmese diaspora plays from afar in influencing reform inside the country. It offers a brief history of the crisis in Burma as background for identifying the various elements of the diaspora: those on the run from the military; those in camps for internally displaced persons and refugees; migrant workers; leaders of the democracy movement active on Burma's borders; asylees; and professional activists with influence on the international community. The different groups use the different strategies available to them. The leadership on the borders is helping to lead the democracy movement inside the country; …
From Sovereignty To Responsibility: An Emerging International Norm And Its Call To Action In Burma, Alison Mccormick
From Sovereignty To Responsibility: An Emerging International Norm And Its Call To Action In Burma, Alison Mccormick
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
"[O]ur struggle for democracy is a struggle for our everyday life." This, in the words of long-detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, describes the isolated pariah state of Burma. Under brutal military rule since 1962, Burma is still desperately trying to change its deplorable circumstances through the leadership of Suu Kyi, but continues to fail due to the regime-written "new" constitution that guarantees the regime's continued leading role in the state apparatus.2 Illegitimate elections and continued repression of the democratic opposition allow for the regime's violations of basic human rights to continue. Rights violations that include displacement, forced labor, …
Ethnicity, Elections, And Reform In Burma, David C. Williams
Ethnicity, Elections, And Reform In Burma, David C. Williams
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Cracks In The Firmament Of Burma's Military Government: From Unity Through Coercion To Buying Support, David C. Williams
Cracks In The Firmament Of Burma's Military Government: From Unity Through Coercion To Buying Support, David C. Williams
Articles by Maurer Faculty
Despite holding recent elections, Burma’s military government does not intend to relinquish power; its new constitution guarantees the army the right to do whatever it wants. Democracy will therefore not come to Burma through legal, peaceful, incremental steps. Instead, democracy will come to Burma outside the legal process, because the basis for the regime’s power has changed, becoming markedly weaker. When it first seized power in 1961, the military was united and therefore able to rule through coercion alone. In the past several decades, by contrast, the generals have increasingly sought to purchase support by giving income and resource streams …
Constitutionalism Before Constitutions: Burma's Struggle To Build A New Order, David C. Williams
Constitutionalism Before Constitutions: Burma's Struggle To Build A New Order, David C. Williams
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.