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Secrets And Lies? Swiss Banks And International Human Rights, Anita Ramasastry

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article explores the relationship of Swiss banks and their tradition of bank secrecy to the activities of a particular group of depositors: war criminals and other human rights violators. The Article focuses on litigation brought in U.S. courts by plaintiffs seeking access to Swiss bank deposits made by the Nazis and Ferdinand Marcos. The Article examines the possibility of holding banks accountable under international law for assisting a customer who has committed a serious breach of international law. Part I introduces the role of bank secrecy in the current litigation. Part II describes the Swiss tradition of bank secrecy. …

Intervention And Joinder As Of Right In International Arbitration, S. I. Strong

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

For the purpose of this Article, an existing party is said to have a claim to join a third party into an arbitration as of right when (1) in the third party's absence, complete relief cannot be accorded among those already parties to the arbitration or (2) the third party asserts an interest relating to the subject of the arbitration and is so situated that the disposition of the arbitration in the third party's absence may (a) as a practical matter impair or impede the third party's ability to protect that interest or (b) leave any of the persons already …

More Turbulence Ahead: A Bumpy Ride During U.S.-Japanese Aviation Talks Exemplifies The Need For A Pragmatic Course In Future Aviation Negotiations, Derek Lick

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note analyzes the U.S.-Japanese aviation agreement and the negotiations that led to its signing. More specifically, it examines how the parties involved--including U.S. airline carriers who disagreed as to how the United States should proceed--influenced the negotiation process. Part II of the Note focuses on the current U.S. policy of expanding open skies when negotiating bilateral aviation treaties with foreign countries. Part III looks at the U.S.-Japanese aviation market and its importance for U.S. airlines. Part IV examines how the Japanese government successfully used its strategic placement in the Asian market to avoid U.S. efforts to impose an open …

Observations On The Interpretation And Application Of Article 43 Of Unclos With Particular Reference To The Straits Of Malacca And Singapore, Bernard H. Oxman

Articles

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Autonomy Through Separation?: Environmental Law And The Basic Law Of Hong Kong, Benjamin L. Liebman

Faculty Scholarship

One hundred days after taking office as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) of the People's Republic of China, Tung Chee-hwa pledged both to take steps to improve Hong Kong's environment, and to increase coordination of environmental policy with officials in neighboring Guangdong Province. Tung's comments marked a rhetorical shift from environmental policy in British Hong Kong: eight years earlier, the Hong Kong government's first White Paper on environmental policy, Pollution in Hong Kong – A Time to Act, made only passing mention of China. Yet the White Paper was not alone in …

Nov. 24, 1997, L. Jordan And C. Chamberlain, Bic, Letter Analyzing Ifc's Draft Information Policy, Lisa Jordan, Chris Chamberlain

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Nov. 20, 1997, L. Jordan, Bic, Letter To Csos Conveying Ifc's Draft Information Policy, Bic

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Nov. 17, 1997, Ifc, Board Packet Draft Of Envtl Policy And Information Policy, Ifc-R97-208, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Nov. 17, 1997, Ifc, Board Packet Draft Of Envtl Policy And Information Policy, Ifc-R97-208, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Nov. 17, 1997, Ifc, Draft Review Of Information Policy, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Nov. 17, 1997, Ifc, Draft Environmental And Social Policies And Procedures, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Oct. 15, 1997, Ciel- Foe, Draft Response To Industry On Ifc Consultation Procedure, V.1, Ciel, Foe

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Oct. 15, 1997, Ciel-Foe, Draft Response To Industry On Ifc Consultation Procedure V.2, Ciel, Foe

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

The Globalization Of Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases And International Relations, David Fidler

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

In this article, Professor Fidler explains how the processes of

globalization have altered traditional distinctions between national and

international public health. Professor Fidler begins the article by

familiarizing the reader with globalization, reminding the reader that

globalization refers to the various factors that infringe upon a sovereign

state's ability to control what occurs in its territory. Next, the article defines

and discusses emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and examines the

contributions made by globalization to the emergence and reemergence of

EIDs. The article then develops a "pathology of the globalization of public

health ", which helps the reader to understand better …

Ecological Theory And International Relations, Dennis Pirages

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Bolivia And Coca: Law, Policy, And Drug Control, Melanie R. Hallums

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

International drug trafficking looms large in the future of international relations. Although drug production and consumption can no longer be labeled as problems belonging to a few discrete nations, some countries' identities in the international arena are still shaped by their perception as drug-producing nations. Bolivia is one such country. Coca and cocaine have dominated its modern history and will continue to dominate its future. Bolivia's experience, however, is representative of not only other Andean nations' struggles with the drug epidemic, but of the international community's struggle with drug trafficking.

This Note sheds light on the legal tools to address …

Jun. 23, 1997, S. Kim, Research Memo To D. Clark And D. Hunter Re Business Confidentiality And Ifc, Soye Kim

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

River Management In The Twenty-First Century: The Vision Thing, A. Dan Tarlock

Dams: Water and Power in the New West (Summer Conference, June 2-4)

12 pages.

Contains references.

A Noble Sacrifice? Jus Ad Bellum And The International Community's Gamble In Chechnya, Peter Daniel Dipaola

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

The Helms-Burton Act: The Effect Of International Law On Domestic Implementation , W.Fletcher Fairey

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Indigenous Peoples And International Law: The Case Of Ecuador, Francisco Lopez Bermudez

St. Thomas Law Review

The present Article focuses on the study of international law and indigenous peoples with a special reference to the practice of the State of Ecuador in this regard. For the sake of brevity, only the work of the international community since the establishment of the United Nations will be taken into consideration.

Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The arms embargo has deprived Bosnia-Hercegovina of the right of legitimate self-defense. It has caused the destruction of the country, deepened the war and caused genocide.

Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The term self-determination still teeters on the borders of evolving legal precept, expression of political will, and universal human aspiration. The concept never quite settles down into a black letter law pronouncement or a clearly understood political dynamic.

Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In 1969, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)' with the objective of causing governmental agencies to consider environmental impact in their decision-making. Questions arose early regarding who had standing to initiate judicial review under the Act, and what the proper scope was for consideration of environmental effects of agency actions.

Trade-Based Constitutionalisms: The Framework For Universalizing Substantive International Law?, Brian F. Fitzgerald

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law, Common Market Law, And The European Human Rights Convention, Elisabeth Zoller

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

The Informed-Consent Policy Of The International Conference On Harmonization Of Technical Requirements For Registration Of Pharmaceuticals For Human Use: Knowledge Is The Best Medicine, Michelle D. Miller

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Does Russia Need A Securities Law?, Greg Lumelsky

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The question in the title of this article is not necessarily rhetorical. Perhaps a more appropriate inquiry is, does Russia need its current securi- ties law?' The response to the titular question is, as I will argue, clearly yes. The answer to the second question is to a large extent negative. Given the prevailing economic conditions in Russia, the course of enterprise pri- vatization, and the principal institutions shaping Russian capital markets, there is good reason to think that rather than assisting the growth and en- trenchment of a market in securities, much of the current Russian securities legislation will …

Claiming A Global Identity: Latino/A Critical Scholarship And International Human Rights, Celina Romany

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

International Maritime Boundaries: Political, Strategic And Historical Considerations, Bernard H. Oxman

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.