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Full-Text Articles in Law
Getting To Know The General: American Conceits About The Rule Of Law, Kenneth Anderson
Getting To Know The General: American Conceits About The Rule Of Law, Kenneth Anderson
Book Reviews
This essay reviews a book about General Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian strongman toppled by the Bush Sr. administration in 1989; Noriega was tried on drug charges in Miami and has spent many years in prison. This book examines Noriega's background and rise to power, involvement in drugs and politics in Central America, including the famous murder of Hugo Spadafora, and his trial in the United States. The book's author covered the trial for newspapers; the review's author monitored human rights in Panama in the two years prior to the US invasion and covered the invasion for human rights organizations.
The Reluctant Partner: Making Procedural Law For International Civil Litigation, Stephen B. Burbank
The Reluctant Partner: Making Procedural Law For International Civil Litigation, Stephen B. Burbank
All Faculty Scholarship
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Developing Countries In The International Trade Order, Bartram Brown
Developing Countries In The International Trade Order, Bartram Brown
All Faculty Scholarship
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Forced Prostitution: Naming An International Offense, Nora V. Demleitner
Forced Prostitution: Naming An International Offense, Nora V. Demleitner
Scholarly Articles
This paper presents an argument for recognizing “forced prostitution” as an international of- fense in its own right for which the procurers, brothel owners and managers, and financiers as well as the women’s customers can be held criminally liable. While the international debate has at- tempted to characterize forced prostitution as slavery, the term ”slavery” fails to evoke the images of all the violations that encompass forced prostitution. Were the United Nations and regional or- ganizations to acknowledge and label forced prostitution as an international crime, their member states would be required to enact domestic legislation outlawing and criminalizing it …
French And American Judicial Opinions, Michael Wells
French And American Judicial Opinions, Michael Wells
Scholarly Works
In this Article, I examine the foundations of American judicial form, in particular the proposition that powerful instrumental considerations support the issuance of reasoned opinions. This project proceeds from the belief that the form of judicial opinions deserves serious scholarly attention despite the broad consensus about its value, because it frames the terms of debate on every issue courts confront. My analysis is built on the view that critical insights into the nature of one's own legal system can be gleaned only by "understand[ing] what [one's] system is not," a task that requires putting aside the internal perspective of a …
A Pragmatic Strategy For The Scope Of Sales Law, The Statute Of Frauds, And The Global Currency Bazaar, Raj Bhala
Faculty Publications
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Addressing Gross Human Rights Abuses: Punishment And Victim Compensation, Diane Orentlicher
Addressing Gross Human Rights Abuses: Punishment And Victim Compensation, Diane Orentlicher
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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International Environmental Dispute Resolution: The Dispute Between Slovakia And Hungary Concerning Construction Of The Gabcikovo And Nagymaros Dams, Paul Williams
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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