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The Antarctic Ice Sheet: Rise And Demise?, Sherwood Willing Wise Jr.

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Forum Non Conveniens Checkmated? - The Emergence Of Retaliatory Legislation, Winston Anderson

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

At The Crossroads Of Environmental And Human Rights Standards: Aguinda V. Texaco, Inc. Using The Alien Tort Claims Act To Hold Multinational Corporate Violators Of International Laws Accountable In U.S. Courts, Lisa Lambert

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Emu And The Role Of The National Central Banks In The Eurosystem, J. Alfred Broaddus Jr.

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.'s comments at Davidson regarding the EMU and the role of the National Central Banks in the Eurosystem.

The Posse Is Coming To Town…Maybe: The Role Of United States Non-Governmental Organizations In Software Anti-Piracy Initiatives As China Seeks Wto Accession, Serri E. Miller

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In 1999, worldwide financial losses to business software piracy were estimated at $12 billion.

Dos Visiones Norteamericanas De La Jurisdicción De La Unión Europea, Richard T. Stith

Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Protection Against Trademark Dilution In The U.K. And Canada: Inexorable Trend Or Will Tradition Triumph, David S. Welkowitz

UC Law SF International Law Review

This Article addresses the trend toward increasing protection of trademarks in the context of non-confusion. Specifically, this Article analyzes this dynamic as it is occurring in the United Kingdom and Canada. It opens with a brief discussion of trademark protection outside the context of trademark confusion. It then proceeds to an in-depth analysis of trademark dilution in the United Kingdom and Canada, with special attention paid to comparative analysis. By analyzing this trend as it is occurring in these countries, the author provides useful insight into not only what is happening in these countries, but also the implications these developments …

Overcoming Apathetic Internationalism To Generate Hemispheric Benefits: Analysis Of And Arguments For Recent Secured Transactions Laws In Mexico, Hale S. Sheppard

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Negotiating In The Shadow Of Outlaws:* A Problem-Solving Paradigm For Unconventional Opponents, Stephanie R. Nicolas

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Climage Change: The Next Dimension, Lakshman Guruswamy

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Contractual Architecture For The Kyoto Protocol: From Soft And Hard Laws To Concrete Commitments, Ibibia L. Worika, Thomas Wälde

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The Transformation Of The Israeli Bankruptcy System As A Reflection Of Societal Changes, Rafael Efrat

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Conflicts Of Law And Policy In The Caribbean -- Human Rights And The Enforcement Of The Death Penalty -- Between A Rock And A Hard Place, David A. C. Simmons

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Lloyd's Of London And The Problem With Federal Diversity Jurisdiction, Howard M. Tollin, Mark Deckman

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

How Well Can International Water Allocation Regimes Adapt To Global Climate Change?, A. Dan Tarlock

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Standing And Climate Change: Can Anyone Complain About The Weather?, David R. Hodas

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Cisg And The Problem With Common Law Jurisdictions, Monica Kilian

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Review Essay: Martin Van Creveld,* The Rise And Decline Of The State (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), Thomas D. Grant

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Sustainable Development: Reevaluating The Trade Vs. Turtles Conflict At The Wto, Virginia Dailey

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Sizing Up The Wto: Trade-Environment Conflict And The Kyoto Protocol, Tania Voon

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Falling Into The Gap: The European Union's Data Protection Act And Its Impact On U.S. Law And Commerce, 18 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 981 (2000), Marie Clear

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

The European Union ("E.U.") has been economically consolidating for some time, but the US appeared to feel this new composite player was relatively benign. In the past few years, though, the E.U. Has started asserting itself and setting rules in the game of international commercial gamesmanship. Until recently, the rules were limited to specific products and practices. This year, however, the E.U. changed the rules about how it would do business and, more significantly, how it would not. The E.U.'s Data Protection Directive came into force early in 2000 and presented the US with a huge dilemma: If the US …

Nuclear Testing Rocks The Sub-Continent: Can International Law Halt The Impending Nuclear Conflict Between India And Pakistan, Grant Guthrie

UC Law SF International Law Review

The nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998 have given rise to a concern that the historic conflict over Kashmir might suddenly erupt into a war involving nuclear weapons.

This Note evaluates the relationship between the testing and the development of nuclear weapons under international law. It analyzes two aspects of international law that prohibit the future testing and development of nuclear weapons: (1) customary international law and (2) traditional and new customary international environmental law. This Note concludes by pointing out that the nations that will acquire nuclear capabilities in the near future may not have the …

Judicial Education And Training In Asia And The Pacific, J. Clifford Wallace

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article first explains the chart in Appendix II, which summarizes important parts of the survey responses. Then, some general observations are made based on the results of the survey illustrating the significance of the compiled data. Finally, some recommendations are made, based upon the author's and others' experience, about the future direction of judicial education and training programs as it relates to establishing or reforming such programs in the Asia/Pacific region and beyond.

Comparative Dynamics Of Private Sector Influence On Domestic Trade Policy And Propensity For Enhanced International Cooperation, Robert Bejesky

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The framework of the international trading system is essentially a struggle between: 1) international cooperation substantiated by the dominant economic premises of comparative advantage, which the adherence to which begets more acceptance of freer international trade, and 2) collective group responses to economic impacts of trade within the restraints of respective political institutions of a country.

E-Commerce And International Political Economics: The Legal And Political Ramifications Of The Internet On World Economies, Chelsea P. Ferrette

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In the nearly 300 years since the industrial revolution,' the advancement of technology has always aided international business

Trial By Jury: Right Or Privilege?, David P. Rowe

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Competition Laws Of The European Union In The Face Of The New Single Currency Market, 33 J. Marshall L. Rev. 715 (2000), Rebecca Schoenfeldt

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Perils Of Pinochet: Problems For Transnational Justice And A Supranational Governance Solution, Antonio F. Perez

Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

Teaching Professional Responsibility In Legal Clinics Around The World, Leah Wortham

Scholarly Articles

At a March 1999 Colloquium on Clinical Legal Education,1 a group of about 20 people, including a number of law faculty already teaching or planning to teach legal clinics in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union , were asked, "What are the goals that you think are most important for a legal clinic?" The most common answers were teaching about ethics and improving the ethical standards of law practice in participants' respective countries through this focus in legal education.

Constitutional Culture Of The New East-Central European Democracies, Rett R. Ludwikowski

Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.