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Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Carson Osberg, Emilyrose Johns, Christopher Tansey, Michael Becker

Human Rights Brief

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Updates From Inter-Governmental And Non-Governmental Organizations, Sikina S. Hasham, Thomas Avery

Human Rights Brief

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Homosexual Single Individuals’ Right To Adopt Before The European Court Of Human Rights And In The French Legal Context, Elena Falletti

Human Rights Brief

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Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

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Alumni Profile, Jessica Lynd, Lindsay Roberts

Human Rights Brief

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Opening Remarks, Claudio Grossman, Mark Thomson

Human Rights Brief

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Alumni Profiles, Sarah Mazzochi, Kaitlin Brush

Human Rights Brief

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Panel 3: Collaboration To Increase The Impact Of Detention Visits, Cynthia Totten, Víctor Rodríguez, Andrés Pizarro Sotomayor, Roselyn Karugonjo-Segawa, Alessio Bruni

Human Rights Brief

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No Good Whistle Goes Unpunished: Can We Protect European Antitrust Leniency Applications From Discovery?, Constanza Nicolosi

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

In recent years, the most successful tool in the antitrust arsenal of the European Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has proven to be leniency programs, which provide full immunity from fines to the first cartel-member that confesses its participation in the conspiracy. Even though European and U.S. leniency programs are fairly similar to one another, procedural differences may undermine their effectiveness. It has long been argued that potential discovery of corporate statements accompanying the leniency application before the Commission in subsequent proceedings in the United States would put the firms that cooperated with the …

“Say On Pay”: The Movement To Reform Executive Compensation In The United States And European Union, Marisa Anne Pagnattaro, Stephanie Greene

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

In the aftermath of an array of economic failures, there is a growing movement to reform executive compensation. Concerned that executive compensation structures reward inappropriate risk taking and create a short-term perspective, the United States and the European Union are taking steps to reform the ways executives are compensated. Part I analyzes governmental and regulatory action in the United States, including SEC disclosure rules and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Part II details new initiatives in the European Union that recommend changes to remuneration for directors of listed companies and remuneration in the financial services sector, …

Is Latin American Taxation Policy Appropriate For Promoting Foreign Direct Investment In The Region?, Hugo A. Hurtado

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The purpose of this article is to analyze whether the international tax policy adopted by different Latin American countries is the most appropriate for promoting foreign direct investment and what measures can be adopted by these countries in order to improve such policy. I conclude that an integrated international tax policy would promote greater FDI in the region. To achieve this goal, an analysis of the appropriate tax policy must be delivered to a multidisciplinary body with a presence in the whole region that is able to interact with scholars, private practitioners, and treasury ministries to exchange ideas and adapt …

Eric Stein, Theodore J. St. Antoine

Articles

Eric Stein was one of the wisest, shrewdest, most broadly knowledgeable, and most benign human beings I have ever known. Since others can speak more authoritatively about Eric's scholarship and his contributions to international law, I am going to concentrate on him personally and on his relationships with his Michigan Law School colleagues.

Recent Decisions Under The Investment Canada Act: Is Canada Changing Its Stance On Foreign Direct Investment?, Simone Collins

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

With the globalization of the world’s economy, countries have relied heavily on foreign direct investment within their borders to spur domestic economic growth and compete in the global marketplace. Canada, historically a leading destination for foreign investors, has seen its share of global foreign direct investment decline steadily over the past several decades. Most recently, Canada has made waves in the global community by taking positive actions to interfere with foreign acquisitions of Canadian entities, despite the Canadian government’s declarations to global competitors advocating free market principles and denouncing protectionist policies. This article discusses Canada’s procedures governing foreign direct investment …

E.U. Accountability To International Law: The Case Of Asylum, James C. Hathaway

Articles

In one of his later published works, Eric Stein wrote that "[a]s modern administrative state, transparency in the Union is essential not only to inform member state parliaments and electorates, but also to help form an all-European debate and public opinion that are required to sustain advanced integration."' In his usual prescient way, Professor Stein captured the dilemma of the European Union as it has shifted from an amalgam of states seeking consensus in a largely behind-closed-doors way to what many would see as an emerging federal state. With its undoubted ability to project power, will the European Union effectively …

The Changing Landscape Of Global Sovereign Risk, Ramon Maronilla, Kevin D. Anderson

Journal of International Business and Law

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Secrecy In Limbo: What The Most Recent Settlement With The Irs Means For Ubs And The Rest Of The Swiss Banking Industry, Spencer Daly

Journal of International Business and Law

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Failure Of Trade Liberalization: A Study Of The Gats Negotiation, Christopher F. Thornberg Ph D, Frances L. Edwards J.D.

Journal of International Business and Law

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Economic Approaches To Global Regulation: Expanding The International Law And Economics Paradigm, Dan Danielsen

Journal of International Business and Law

The recent economic crisis has demonstrated with startling clarity the importance of developing a more robust framework for assessing the effects of national rules on global welfare. For more than fifty years, law and economics scholars have examined the effects of domestic legal rules on economic activity and general welfare in the United States. More recently, international law scholars have begun to use economic methods to analyze the international legal order. In this article I survey this evolving body of “international law and economics scholarship” with a view to articulating its principal methodological innovations as well as assessing its contributions …

Deepwater Mobile Oil Rigs In The Exclusive Economic Zone And The Uncertainty Of Coastal State Jurisdiction, Rebecca K. Richards

Journal of International Business and Law

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Remarks Before The Hofstra Journal Of International Business & Law Conference On Investment Management Law, Andrew J. Donohue

Journal of International Business and Law

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Target Date Funds: Can One Just Glide Into Retirement?, Jonathan Miller, Martin J. Rosenburgh Cfa, Esq., Andrew C. Spieler Phd, Cfa, Frm, Caia

Journal of International Business and Law

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Competitive Currency Depreciation: The Need For A More Effective International Legal Regime, Jeffrey S. Beckington, Matthew R. Amon

Journal of International Business and Law

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Iso Standards From Quality To Environment To Corporate Social Responsibility And Their Implications For Global Companies, Mahesh Chandra

Journal of International Business and Law

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All Players To The Table: Getting Total Buy-In To An Economic Approach To Women's Land Rights Reform, Nia K.N. Johnson

Journal of International Business and Law

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Store Image On Purchase Intention: The Moderating Effect Of Individual And Societal Uncertainty Aversion Among American And Korean Consumers, Boonghee Yoo

Journal of International Business and Law

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A Lesser-Known Immigration Crisis: Federal Immigration Law In The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands, Robert J. Misulich

Washington International Law Journal

After voluntarily entering into a political union with the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“CNMI”) administered its own immigration system and allowed thousands of guest workers to enter and remain indefinitely. Guest workers contributed to the exponential growth of the CNMI economy during the 1980s and 1990s. However, labor and human rights abuses under this system led to public outrage in the mainland United States, prompting numerous attempts to bring the CNMI within the jurisdiction of federal immigration law. Federalization occurred after Congress passed the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (“CNRA”). Although well intentioned, the …

An Alternative To Impact Litigation In China: The Procurator As A Legal Avenue For Cases In The "Private Family Sphere" Of Domestic Violence, Hai-Ching Yang

Washington International Law Journal

Impact litigation, a popular technique among non-governmental organizations, while yielding numerous benefits, exercises limited influence over traditional family matters in China, like those of domestic violence. A closer examination of the factors attributed to the failure of the domestic violence case litigated by the Peking University’s Center for Women Law Studies and Legal Aid Services highlights the need to explore the potential of the procurator. As cases and events show “family matters” transgressing from the private to the public sphere and as setbacks continue to plague non-governmental organizations in their struggle to advance social causes, the institutionalized procurator can utilize …

Tort Liabilities And Torts Law: The New Frontier Of Chinese Legal Horizon, Mo Zhang

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

China did not have a single body of torts law until 2009. As a new piece of legislation in the country, the Torts Law of China, effective as of July 1, 2010, forms a comprehensive framework that regulates torts and provides a legal mechanism to govern liabilities and remedies. A product of the civil law tradition, common law practice and Chinese reality combined, adoption of the Torts Law is hailed in China as an important move toward a civil society that is ruled by law.

The Torts Law premises torts on the fault liability with a few exceptions where the …

The United Nations Sale Convention: Delimitation, Influences, And Concurrent Application Of Domestic Law, Tamo Zwinge

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ("CISG"or "Convention") aims to create uniform international sales law to facilitate international trade. However, there are numerous sources of divergence in interpretation and application of the Convention in different jurisdictions. It is therefore possi- ble that courts of different countries interpret the words of the Convention differently. This article investigates the major influences of domestic law on the Convention's interpretation and application. Notably, the so-called "homeward trend" of interpreters is discussed. Furthermore, the article scrutinizes the scope of Article 4 of the CISG in order to delimitate the …

From Russia With Love: The Eu, Russia, And Special Relationships, Eric Engle

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

This paper compares the institutions and goals of the USSR, the EU, and the CIS to understand the differing origins and competing tendencies of these alternative models of transnational governance. It then projects those models through history to examine the current relationships of the former Soviet Republics to the EU and the United States. Understanding the historical sources and development of transnational relations in Eastern Europe will enable better international relations among the EU, the Russian Federation, and the other former Soviet Republics. This comparison will also help the Russian Federation and other former Soviet Republics to take up EU …