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The Consolidated Treaty Series, 1648-1918, Ted L. Mcdorman

Dalhousie Law Journal

The Consolidated Treaty Series was a twelve year publishing project undertaken by the distinguished Cambridge international law professor Dr. Clive Parry. The treaty series contains reprints and translations of over 10,000 treaties signed between 1648, the establishment of the modem European state system, and 1919 when the League of Nations Treaty Series, the first official international collection, commenced publication. Each treaty is reproduced in its original language accompanied by French or English translations where such exist. Where a translation does not exist a summary of the contents of the treaty is included. Most importantly the source from which the treaty …

International Cooperation And National Sovereignty--Unchanged Role Of National Sovereignty In The Provision Of International Telecommunications Services, Sei Kageyama

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Reprisal Redux, James Larry Taulbee, John Anderson

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Who Owns The Great Lakes--Posturing For Control Of An International Resource, David S. Hoffmann

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Legal Problems Of Seabed Boundary Delimitation In The East China Sea, Ying-Jeou Ma

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

This book is the first comprehensive study of the complex problems of boundary delimitations in the East China Sea that involves four coastal states, namely Korea, Japan, the Republic of China (ROC) and the People's Republic of China (PRC).

American Prisoners In Foreign Prisons: The Prisoner Transfer Treaties, Patricia M. Wilson

Penn State International Law Review

For the average American traveler, being apprehended and arrested in a foreign country on criminal charges can be an unimaginable and bizarre experience. Whether he is in England, which has a legal system relatively similar to ours, or in China, which has a very different legal system, he is likely to be equally mistaken in believing that his status as an American citizen will be of any real assistance. Unfortunately, unless he happens to be with United States military forces or protected by some sort of diplomatic or other immunity, his criminal case will proceed from start to finish entirely …

Revolutions And Treaty Termination, Philip Noonan

Penn State International Law Review

It is a widely accepted principle of international law that ordinary changes in government do not affect treaty obligations. During the course of the twentieth century, however, certain states and some writers have asserted that revolutionary changes in government do affect treaty obligations. Nevertheless, many states continue to adhere to the rigid rule that treaty obligations should not be affected even by radical changes in government. This rule can create anomalous and unreasonable results. Accordingly, it may be better to replace the present blanket rule with a flexible test that encompasses all relevant factors and provides a result in accordance …

States' Use Of The Unitary Method: A Taxing Burden On International Commerce, Bryan C. Skarlatos

Penn State International Law Review

This comment will discuss the constitutionality of state use of the unitary method to tax multinational corporations. After considering the problems involved in allocating income between the jurisdictions in which a multinational corporation operates, the comment will examine the two predominant methods of allocation designed to solve these problems. The discussion will then analyze and criticize the Court's decision in Container Corp. v. Franchise Tax Board.

The Status Of The Gulf Of Sirte In International Law, Francesco Francioni

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

This article examines whether Libya's declaration that the Gulf of Sirte is part of its territory is lawful.

Rethinking Exclusion--The Rights Of Cuban Refugees Facing Indefinite Detention In The United States, Richard A. Boswell

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article will build upon the stable foundation presented in the arguments that challenged, the "Nishimura" maxim, and will discuss major flaws in the practice of indefinitely detaining excludable aliens in the context of the Cubans who have been detained in various parts of the United States since their arrival in 1980. First, the Article focuses on the practical merits of the use of indefinite detention as a means of immigration policy. The Article concludes that the practice, which is extremely expensive, does not appear to limit mass migrations, and offers, at best, only a few benefits. Second, the Article …

Individuals As Subjects Of International Law, M. W. Janis

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Legal Nature Of The European Community: A Jurisprudential Analysis Using H.L.A. Hart’S Model Of Law And A Legal System, Mark L. Jones

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

An Introduction To International Civil Practice, Detlev F. Vagts

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

As the keynote speaker of this symposium, it is my function to provide a general framework within which the other speakers can develop their specific topics with much more extensive and current knowledge than I have.

In a crude way, the importance of the subject matter can be measured by the increase in the number of cases listed under the West key numbers for "Judgments" which purport to collect all of the cases on the enforcement of foreign judgments in United States courts. The West Modern Federal Practice Digest uses four pages under this caption to list cases for the …

The Pitfalls Of International Commercial Arbitration, James M. Rhodes, Lisa Sloan

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The purpose of this Article is to examine the pitfalls of international arbitration on a broad scale. These pitfalls can be roughly grouped into two categories: (1) those endemic to the process of dispute resolution by a "private extra-judicial tribunal which derives its power from the agreement of the parties,"2 including difficulties unforeseen in the drafting of the agreement that add delay, complications, and expense to the proceedings; and (2) those related to using the rules of a particular institution. Ideally, planning and skillful drafting can eliminate both types of pitfalls and preserve the advantages of arbitration over other available …

Enforcement Of Judgments, Lawrence W. Newman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The author has spent a lot of time preparing cases against the Government of Iran and its controlled entities. This Article will draw upon that experience to discuss the enforcement of judgments rendered in international litigation. The focus is on two aspects of judgment enforcement: (1) the enforcement of judgments of United States or other courts against the Government of Iran and (2) the enforcement by Iran of judgments obtained against United States companies in the courts of Iran.

The Transnational Boycott As Economic Coercion In International Law: Policy, Place, And Practice, Christopher C. Joyner

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Despite the technological and political intricacies that earmark the current international economic system, the transnational boycott remains a prominent technique of international economic coercion.

The transnational boycott can be described as a coercive quasi-conspiratorial combination effort by one state to prevent another state from transacting commercial business. Threats or intimidation may be directed at the target state's customers to induce them to withhold or withdraw their patronage. While the ends and means of transnational boycotts may seem clear, their legal status appears to be open to conjecture. This situation can be attributed in no small part to the more sophisticated …

Book Review, Robert C. Effros

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Mr. Crossick and Ms. Lindsay have collaborated to produce an analytical work entitled European Banking Law. The analysis is composed of four main sections: banking, credit, capital movement, and securities. Each section contains a description of the applicable major laws and regulations in the countries of the European Economic Community (EEC) as well as Portugal and Spain, and includes a summary of the relevant EEC directives and their supporting studies. On the whole, the authors' product is successful and useful, particularly in describing the EEC's attempts to accomplish the difficult task of harmonizing and coordinating banking and financial laws within …

Books Received, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Japan's Reshaping of American Labor Law By William B. Gould Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1984. Pp.xii, 166. $19.95.

World Economic Outlook By The Staff of the International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund,1984. Pp. ix, 162. $15.00.

Recent Multilateral Debt Restructurings With Official and Bank Creditors By E. Brau and R.C. Williams Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, 1983. Pp. vii, 28. $5.00.

The Fund, Commercial Banks, and Member Countries By Paul Mentre Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, 1984. Pp. v, 35. $5.00.

International Law and the New States of Africa By Yilma Makonnen New York: Unipub, 1983. Pp. …

The European Jurisprudence Of Human Rights, J. A. Andrews

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Conceptual Framework For Extradition And Jurisdiction Over Extraterritorial Crime, Christopher L. Blakesley

Scholarly Works

International law is the language by which nations assert and attempt to resolve competing legal interests. As with any other language, if the definitions of essential concepts become muddled, it is difficult to communicate. The traditional bases of jurisdiction over extraterritorial crime are essential concepts in the language of international law. The decision to grant or deny extradition, for example, often depends on whether the interested nation recognizes the basis of jurisdiction asserted by another. Confusion over the traditional bases of jurisdiction therefore risks disagreement over and denial of extradition.

United States courts have recently expanded the traditional bases of …

Remarks On Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Michael Blechman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In United States jurisprudence, two quite different legal concepts are both labeled jurisdiction. In personam or personal jurisdiction refers to the extent to which a court has power over a particular defendant. Subject matter jurisdiction is an entirely different concept that addresses the question of whether a particular law is intended to apply to different kinds of conduct. In the antitrust area, for example, obtaining subject matter jurisdiction depends upon whether conduct within the United States has a sufficient impact on interstate commerce or foreign conduct has a sufficient impact on United States domestic or export commerce to be within …

Book Received, Law Library Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Books Received

Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net

By G.G. Johnson, with Richard K. Abrams

Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, 1983. Pp. v, 36. $5.00

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The Soviet Viewpoint

By Georgi Arbatov and Willem Oltmans

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1983. Pp. xviii, 219. $13.95

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The Law of Corporate Groups: Procedural Problems in the Law of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations

By Phillip I. Blumberg

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. Pp. xxxii, 527. $65.00

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Iraq & Iran: Roots of Conflict

By Tareq Y. Ismael

Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1982. Pp. xii, 226. $24.00 cloth; $12.95 paper …

Case Digest, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Point of Final Loading and Routing is Place of Shipment for Purposes of Valuing Lost Cargo; Private Carrier's Both-to-Blame Clause is Enforceable---Allseas Maritime, S.A. v. M/V Mimosa, 574 F. Supp. 844 (S.D. Tex. 1983).

LAND-BASED NEGLIGENCE CAUSING AN AIRPLANE CRASH IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS FALLS WITHIN ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION--Miller v. United States, 18 Av. CAS. (CCH) 17,912 (11th Cir. 1984).

FREIGHT FORWARDER WHO BREACHES A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO HIS SHIPPER VIOLATES THE WIRE FRAUD STATUTE--United States v. Armand Ventura, 724 F.2d 305 (2d Cir. 1983).

IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OBTAINED BY ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT FROM IN REM JURISDICTION--Belcher Co. v. MIV …

Book Review, I. I. Kavass

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The legal aspects of international contracts for the sale of goods are intrinsically complex. First, the negotiation and performance of international contracts must frequently be conducted at a distance and with the assistance of many intermediaries. The rights and obligations of parties to an international sale are usually more manifold than those of a purely domestic sales transaction, and the effect and scope of these international rights and obligations must be determined by sophisticated mercantile rules which are not present in all legal systems. Second, because an international sales transaction extends beyond the boundaries of one country, it is invariably …

International Law & International Order, Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

It is just a quarter-century since I first came to Syracuse University to teach at the Maxwell School. Sobered by the discovery that elections can be lost as well as won, I settled down and promptly finished my doctoral dissertation in the field of international law and organization. In time, along with Harlan Cleveland, then Dean at Maxwell, I left to join the Kennedy Administration. He became Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs and, generous as always, he saw to it that I had a small hand in such matters, beginning an involvement that has been more or less …

Historic Bays Of The Mediterranean: A Conference Sponsored By Syracuse University And The University Of Pisa, Goodwin Cooke

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

On every continent, and since time practically immemorial, nation states have invoked the phrase "historic bays" to assert sovereignty over waters which would otherwise be part of the high seas. This foreword introduces the issues raised in regard to historic bays at a conference held in New York City, October 12-13, 1984.

1983-1984 Survey Of International Law In The Second Circuit, Patricia J. Youngblood

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

During 1983 and 1984, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the New York Court of Appeals decided significant cases raising issues of international law and of domestic law presented in international contexts.

The Delimitation Of Territorial Waters In The Mediterranean Sea, Andrea De Guttry

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

This article focuses on the delimitation of territorial waters in the Mediterranean Sea.

Historic Bays In International Law--An Impressionistic Overview, L. F. E. Goldie

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

This paper takes up the traditional concept of historic bays as one time-honored basis for asserting national claims at the expense of the common high seas, which, however, unlike some of the more recent forms of decentralized enclosures, purports to rely on, or should rely on, a specific, objective, and clearly articulated definition, rather than on a subjective one.