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An Institutional Analysis Of Consumer Law, A. B. Overby
An Institutional Analysis Of Consumer Law, A. B. Overby
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article explores the revival of interest in consumer protection in the United States, and the impact of this revival on the consumer movement. The Author examines the influence that political organizations and institutions have upon the final shape and content of consumer law in the United States and European Union. The Article begins with a general introduction to institutional theory across academic disciplines and to the institutional environment and arrangements in which consumer lawmaking proceeds in the United States and Europe. Next, the Article assesses consumer initiatives in the United States and the European Union, focusing on deceptive advertising, …
Innocents Abroad: Opportunities And Challenges For The International Legal Adviser, Wayne J. Carroll
Innocents Abroad: Opportunities And Challenges For The International Legal Adviser, Wayne J. Carroll
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article argues that some regulatory authorities have not successfully adapted to the internationalization of the practice of law. First, the Author attempts to define the terms "international legal adviser" and "international legal advice." Next, the Author compares the existing barriers to practice in the United States and the European Union. The Author goes on to outline recent challenges and changes to these barriers to practice, including international efforts such as the WTO and the IBA and local rules in the United States and the European Union. The Author then analyzes the adequacy of existing regulatory regimes with regard to …
Cyprus In Europe: Seizing The Momentum Of Nice, Patrick R. Hugg
Cyprus In Europe: Seizing The Momentum Of Nice, Patrick R. Hugg
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In December 2000 the European Council Summit in Nice fulfilled the promise for European Union enlargement made at the Helsinki Summit the year before. The leaders of the EU Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the accession of the applicant countries, making possible the broad re-unification of the continent under democratic rule of law and free market economies. This Article focuses specifically on the accession of the island of Cyprus, Europe's remaining divided state, poised strategically between East and West. The island's armed stand-off presents the clearest example of legal conflict between two ethnic communities in a discrete geographical territory, …