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La Prueba Pericial Ante La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos, Ma. Auxiliadora Solano Monge Jan 1999

La Prueba Pericial Ante La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos, Ma. Auxiliadora Solano Monge

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

El prop6sito del presente artfculo es hacer una resefia doctrinal y jurisprudencial de la prueba pericial como medio probatoriol utilizado por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH, Corte, Tribunal) en los asuntos que le son sometidos.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 1999

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

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court or the Inter- American Court) was created by the entry into force of the treaty known as the American Convention on Human Rights (Convention).'


El Desistimiento Y El Allanamiento En La Jurisprudencio De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos, Manuel E. Ventura Robles Jan 1999

El Desistimiento Y El Allanamiento En La Jurisprudencio De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos, Manuel E. Ventura Robles

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Al analizar la jurisprudencia contenciosa de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ("la Corte" o la "Corte Interamericana"), cabe destacar el hecho de que, durante sus primeros diecisiete afios de labores, 6sta se haya pronunciado sobre el fondo de nueve casos sometidos a su consideraci6n,' en tres de lo cuales los Estados demandados se han allanado a las demandas formuladas por la Comisi6n Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (" Comisi6n" o "Comisi6n Interamnericana") en las respectivas demandas.


Ethnicity And Constitutional Reform: The Case Of Ethiopia, Charles E. Ehrlich Jan 1999

Ethnicity And Constitutional Reform: The Case Of Ethiopia, Charles E. Ehrlich

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Ethiopia has recently undertaken one of the most sweeping constitutional reforms in contemporary Africa.


Cadaveric Organ Donation And Consent: A Comparative Analysis Of The United States, Japan, Singapore, And China, Sean R. Fitzgibbons Jan 1999

Cadaveric Organ Donation And Consent: A Comparative Analysis Of The United States, Japan, Singapore, And China, Sean R. Fitzgibbons

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Due to the remarkable advances in medical science, the overall success in organ transplantation has led to one major problem - a shortage of human organs for transplantation.


The Case Against Official Monolingualism: The Idiosyncrasies Of Minority Language Rights In Israel And The United States, Yuval Merin Jan 1999

The Case Against Official Monolingualism: The Idiosyncrasies Of Minority Language Rights In Israel And The United States, Yuval Merin

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Both Israel and the United States are multi-ethnic societies with a large percentage of linguistic minorities.


Sea Interdictions: Are Aliens Apprehended On The High Seas Entitled To Protections Afforded By The Immigration And Nationality Act, Summer L. Hackley Jan 1999

Sea Interdictions: Are Aliens Apprehended On The High Seas Entitled To Protections Afforded By The Immigration And Nationality Act, Summer L. Hackley

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

As more and more foreign nationals attempt entry into the United States by sea, legal scholars and lay persons have become interested in issues related to alien rights.


Advances In Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation: The Uncitral Model Law On Cross-Border Insolvency, Ronald J. Silverman Jan 1999

Advances In Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation: The Uncitral Model Law On Cross-Border Insolvency, Ronald J. Silverman

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

International insolvencies have proliferated in the past decade, but the law of international insolvency has not kept pace.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 1999

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

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte Interamericana) fue creada al entrar en vigencia el tratado internacional conocido como la Convenci6n Americana Sobre Derechos Humanos (Convenci6n).


Distinguished Brief, Inge Vos, Ilse Vlamynck, Olivier Van Obberghen, Benoit Allemeerscm, Bart Lintermans Jan 1999

Distinguished Brief, Inge Vos, Ilse Vlamynck, Olivier Van Obberghen, Benoit Allemeerscm, Bart Lintermans

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Government of the Republic of Bretoria and the Kingdom of Pagonia have agreed to submit by Special Agreement the present controversy for final solution to the International Court of Justice pursuant to Article 36, paragraph 1 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, in relation to Article 40, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court.


Distinguished Brief, Dana Bruk, Dwight Newman, Erin Seed, Jefferson Rappell, Mark Prescott Jan 1999

Distinguished Brief, Dana Bruk, Dwight Newman, Erin Seed, Jefferson Rappell, Mark Prescott

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Pagonia and Bretoria have submitted the settlement of their dispute by special agreement to this Court, and both parties have accepted the jurisdiction of this Court.


Recent Work On Dispute Resolution By The United Nations Commission On International Trade Law, Howard M. Holtzmann Jan 1999

Recent Work On Dispute Resolution By The United Nations Commission On International Trade Law, Howard M. Holtzmann

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

My assignment today is to discuss the recent work of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL") in the field of arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution.


Women And The International Monetary Fund, Jane Lee Saber Jan 1999

Women And The International Monetary Fund, Jane Lee Saber

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Madam chair, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: It is my privilege to be here today, to discuss the progress that the world has made in ensuring the rectification of facts presented at Seneca, some 150 years ago.


Anti-Piracy Law In The Year Of The Ocean: Problems And Opportunity, Samuel Pyeatt Menefee Jan 1999

Anti-Piracy Law In The Year Of The Ocean: Problems And Opportunity, Samuel Pyeatt Menefee

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

This is an appropriate, if perhaps unexpected, coda to a centennium which feathured [irate expert Philip Gosse's optimistic assertion that "[t]he end of piracy, after centuries, was brought about by public feeling, backed up by the steam-engine and telegraph."


Teaching International Law: Views From An International Relations Political Scientist, Christopher C. Joyner Jan 1999

Teaching International Law: Views From An International Relations Political Scientist, Christopher C. Joyner

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Contrary to common belief, international law is real and relevant to many professors of political science.'


Lessons From The Akayesu Judgement, Jose E. Alvarez Jan 1999

Lessons From The Akayesu Judgement, Jose E. Alvarez

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The judgment issued on September 2, 1998 by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (hereinafter ICTR) finding Jean-Paul Akayesu guilty on various charges of genocide and crimes against humanity is likely to please those who have long struggled for the progressive development and effective enforcement of international criminal law.


From Seneca Falls To The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights-Gauging The Campaign For The Human Rights Of Women, Jessica Neuwirth Jan 1999

From Seneca Falls To The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights-Gauging The Campaign For The Human Rights Of Women, Jessica Neuwirth

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Sentiments, a declaration of women's rights adopted in Seneca Falls at a meeting which inaugurated the women's suffrage movement in the United States.


Human Rights And Sovereign And Individual Immunities (Sovereign Immunity, Act Of State, Head Of State Immunity And Diplomatic Immunity) - Some Reflections, Ved P. Nanda Jan 1999

Human Rights And Sovereign And Individual Immunities (Sovereign Immunity, Act Of State, Head Of State Immunity And Diplomatic Immunity) - Some Reflections, Ved P. Nanda

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Reflections on the application of sovereign and individual immunities law are especially pertinent in light of the controversy surrounding the arrest and trial of General Augosto Pinochet in Britain, at the request of a Spanish magistrate on charges of murder, hostage-taking, and torture during his seventeen year rule in Chile


Rwandan Justice And The International Criminal Court, Madeline H. Morris Jan 1999

Rwandan Justice And The International Criminal Court, Madeline H. Morris

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

A complex and important feature of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is its concurrent jurisdiction with national courts


International Terrorism Under The Law, Yassin El-Ayouty Jan 1999

International Terrorism Under The Law, Yassin El-Ayouty

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Terror has been generally defined as "the threat or use of violence in order to create extreme fear and anxiety in a target group so as to coerce them to meet political (or quasi-political) objectives of the perpetrators


The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Jorge Luis Delgado Jan 1999

The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Jorge Luis Delgado

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court or the Inter- American Court) was created by the entry into force of the treaty known as the American Convention on Human Rights (Convention).'


Changes In International Air Cargo: Montreal Protocol No. 4 Attains Force Of Law, Carl W. Christy Jr. Jan 1999

Changes In International Air Cargo: Montreal Protocol No. 4 Attains Force Of Law, Carl W. Christy Jr.

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

On March 4, 1999, the handling of many international air cargo claims arising within the United States changed


Administered Versus Non-Administered Arbitration, Peter H. Kaskell Jan 1999

Administered Versus Non-Administered Arbitration, Peter H. Kaskell

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

CPR is a Not-For-Profit membership organization with a staff of modest size and panels of arbitrators and mediators second to none.


A Survey Of Florida Law Governing Foster Care In Comparison To The United Kingdom And Canada, Alyssa R. Zebrowsky Jan 1999

A Survey Of Florida Law Governing Foster Care In Comparison To The United Kingdom And Canada, Alyssa R. Zebrowsky

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

A grand jury report issued in the spring of 1998 provided that the children of Broward County, Florida, placed in the protection of the Department of Children and Families ("DCF"), are in peril.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 1999

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

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights embodies three essential features: (1) it articulated shared, universal values; (2) it identified and strengthened the significance of the individual as a subject of international law, and (3) it declared and emphasized the responsibilities of states to- wards individuals.


Las Reparaciones En El Sistema Interamericana De Proteccion De Derechos Humanos, Victor M. Rodriquez Rescia Jan 1999

Las Reparaciones En El Sistema Interamericana De Proteccion De Derechos Humanos, Victor M. Rodriquez Rescia

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Los tribunales internacionales en general, tienen como parte de su competenia poner termino a los conflictos que se les presenten por parte de los sujetos con capacidad legal para accionar ante ellos mediante la emision de una sentencia o fallo.


Isla Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Ilsa Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 1999

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

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Both Israel and the United States are multi-ethnic societies with a large percentage of linguistic minorities.


International Control Of Biological Weapons, Scott Keefer Jan 1999

International Control Of Biological Weapons, Scott Keefer

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Following the breakup of the Soviet Union and resulting decline in fear of nuclear war, attention has shifted to other threats that remained in the background during the superpower confrontation.


Copyright Protection For Software, Ralph Oman Jan 1998

Copyright Protection For Software, Ralph Oman

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The United States blazed the trail in giving copyright protection for software. Until just recently, many other countries favored sui generis protection for software, but that argument was finally settled in GATT/TRIPs and last December's World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty.


Time To Try Mediation Of International Commercial Disputes, Harold L. Abramson Jan 1998

Time To Try Mediation Of International Commercial Disputes, Harold L. Abramson

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

How many attorneys in the audience have ever participated in a domestic mediation? I see the hands of about four out of about a hundred people in attendance. How many attorneys in the audience have ever participated in an international mediation? I see two people raising their hands. This is a larger percentage of people than I had anticipated! (laughter)