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Regional Commons: An Assessment Of The Impact Of The Framework Convention And Kyoto Protocol On The Organization Of American States And The Association Of South East Asian Nations And Suggestions For The Role Of Regionalism In International Environmental Law, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract of Regional Commons, Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

In an age of increasing globalization, it is interesting to note the plethora of regional and subregional groups which exist in international law and society today. These groups exist to further a variety of purposes, from general well-being and cooperation within the designated region to business and trade promotion to military alliances. Within these groups, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are among the most comprehensive in purpose and regional membership. These organizations are also among the oldest and best established regional groups, …

Peer Pressure: Correlations Between Membership In Regional And Regional Economic Organizations And Wto Dispute Resolution Claims And Their Implications, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Peer Pressure: Correlations Between Membership in Regional and Regional Economic Organizations and WTO Dispute Resolution Claims and Their Implications. Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq. Peer pressure is a well-known phenomenon, believed responsible for everything from teenage experimentation and angst to the cliff-diving habits of lemmings. But peer pressure is less commonly thought of as a motivation for a state to act – or fail to act – in the international trade arena. The goal of this article is to explore the relationship between a state’s membership in a variety of regional and regional economic organizations and its history of bringing …

Prostituting Peace: The Impact Of Sending State’S Legal Regimes On U.N. Peacekeeper Behavior And Suggestions To Protect The Populations Peacekeepers Guard, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Prostituting Peace: The Impact of Sending State’s Legal Regimes on U.N. Peacekeeper Behavior and Suggestions to Protect the Populations Peacekeepers Guard, Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

Prostitution has many meanings. It’s most obvious meaning is in the context of selling sexual relations for monetary or other gain. However, it is not only in this way that people can be prostituted and, certainly, it is possible to prostitute things other than people. Many nations and societies have outlawed the act of prostitution in its transactional sense. Prostitution of commonly held human values has also been theoretically outlawed within the international community, …

Throwing One Arm Around The World: Why The Failure Of The World Trade Organization To Include Anti-Bribery And Corruption Targets Within Its Aid For Trade Program Undermines This Program And How To Bridge These Issues., Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Throwing One Arm Around the World, Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

In the years before he gained prominence as an activist, the singer Bono and the group U2 released a song in which it admonished: “just like all the rest, been tryin’ to throw your arms around the world.” Fourteen years after the release of this song, the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) began its “Aid for Trade” initiative, which aims to coordinate and monitor the many forms of aid given by donor states and organizations to partner states in order to bolster a variety of trade and trade-related sectors of …

Explosive Road From Dublin: The Legal Flaws In The Convention To Ban Cluster Munitions And Recommendations For Their Cure., Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

In a popular Irish folk song, the hero leaves his boyhood home in the Irish country

side and takes the “rocky road to Dublin” in order to sail to a new life in a new country. However hopeful the hero is throughout his journey, when he arrives at his destination he finds that it is not as hospitable as he had expected. Despite its light-hearted beat, this song is oddly prophetic for an analysis of the Convention to Ban Cluster Munitions.

In May, 2008, the Convention to Ban Cluster Munitions (“Cluster Munitions Convention”) was adopted by a group of one-hundred …