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International Convergence On Flags Of Convenience, Ryan M. Mott

Ryan M Mott

In maritime law, a ship follows the laws of the flag that it flies. Ship owners, however, are not constrained to fly the flag of the country that they are from. Instead, they can choose what flag they will sail under, and thus have their pick of laws among all of the countries in the world. Much like the corporate “internal affairs rule” of common law countries that regulates a business at its place of incorporation instead of its primary source of business, a vessel is governed by the country whose flag it flies, regardless of where the ship conducts …

Holy Mackerel! How A Small Country Of Fishermen Pushed The Boundaries Of Free Press, Ryan M. Mott

Ryan M Mott

This paper is about the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (“IMMI”), a legislative proposal enacted by the Icelandic parliament on June 16th, 2010.

The IMMI was designed to promote transparency in reaction to an economic crisis and failed gag order that shook Icelanders’ faith in their government.

The parliament set out to create the most journalist-friendly nation in the world, a “media haven,” and did so by grabbing some of the most protective media statutes in the world.

The reformations include, inter alia, protection for the reporter’s privilege and source anonymity, protection for third-party communicators between reporters and sources, whistleblower protection, …