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The International Effort To Control The Transboundary Movement Of Hazardous Waste: The Basel And Bamako Conventions, Daniel Jaffe

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In 1986, a ship named the Khian Sea set sail from Philadelphia carrying nearly 14,000 tons of toxic incinerator ash.' The ship was unable to dispose of the ash at her first destination, the Bahamian port of Ocean Cay. The ship then went to Honduras, Panama, and Guinea-Bisseau, only to be rejected.'

International Transfer Pricing Rules: Unconventional Wisdom, Eugene E. Lester

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In the sixteenth century, the Spanish Empire was larger and "more powerful than any other European state since the Roman Empire.", A historian of that time period said, "[t]he sun never sets on the dominion of the King of Spain." Tax historian Charles Adams asserted that Imperial Spain's failure to reform its tax system significantly contributed to its demise

Comparing Implied And Express Constitutional Freedoms, David S. Bogen

Faculty Scholarship

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Why Teach International Family Law In Conflicts?, William L. Reynolds

Faculty Scholarship

[The author] sets forth a challenge to conflicts professors: to teach international family law in their conflict of laws classes. At present, many conflicts professors avoid teaching international family law, in part because the study of this subject is complicated by several statutes addressing particularly difficult issues. Ignorning international family law is unwise, because many United States citizens and lawyers are likely to confront such problems.

The Exclusion Of Hiv-Positive Aliens: United States Immigration Policy And International Human Rights Law, Margaret Benenati

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The Resolution Of International Commercial Disputes Under The Auspices Of The Icc International Court Of Arbitration, Eric A. Schwartz

UC Law SF International Law Review

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Recklessness As Scienter In Corporate Securities Trading: An Analysis And Evaluation Of United States Investor Protection Policy Reforms And Their Implications For The Commonwealth Caribbean, Stephen J. Leacock

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The Shamrock And The Crown: A Historic Analysis Of The Framework Document And Prospects For Peace In Ireland, Ronald A. Christaldi

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Law And Racism In An Asian Setting: An Analysis Of The Britsh Rule Of Hong Kong, Richard Klein

UC Law SF International Law Review

In 1997, the British government will cede control of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. This Article examines the history of the British governance of Hong Kong, focusing on the prevalent use of British laws to exclude the Chinese citizens of Hong Kong from equal participation and status in the Hong Kong government and to retain control of Hong Kong in the hands of a privileged British minority. The Article details the ways in which the Chinese were treated in a discriminatory fashion in the British governance of Hong Kong and reveals the racist attitudes of many of …

Health Care Reform And Erisa Preemption: Can The States Adopt Aspects Of Germany's Health Care System To Achieve Universal Access And Cost Containment, Byron Done

UC Law SF International Law Review

In 1994 Congress addressed a national crisis concerning the soaring cost of health care in the United States and the growing population of uninsured Americans. Congress debated the issues, but declined to enact any legislation. The problems, however, still persist. A few states have attempted comprehensive health care reform through state legislation, but the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) has consistently preempted those attempts. This Note analyzes the ERISA preemption clause, its role as a barrier to comprehensive state health care reform, and some of ERISA's perverse effects on the employees it purports to protect. The Note also …

The Changing Aid Environment: Perspectives On The Official Development Assistance Debate, Emilio J. Cardenas, Carlos Sersale Di Cerisano, Secretary Oscar Avalle

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Our problem, as you well know and as I outlined, is to find a place for the foreign assistance package in the overall scheme, as we make a sincere effort here in Congress to try to balance the budget by the year 2002.'

Negotiations are currently being held at the United Nations for the formation of an Agenda for Development. In the center of these negotiations lies the role of the international community and, in particular, the role of developed countries in providing adequate Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the economic growth and sustainable development of developing countries.

Civilizing The Savages: A Comparison Of Assimilation Laws And Policies In The United States And Australia, Craig J. Trocino

Articles

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Labor And The Global Economy: Four Approaches To Transnational Labor Regulation, Katherine Van Wezel Stone

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article examines the challenge to domestic labor regulation posed by the increasingly international economic and legal order. Part I analyzes the several ways in which increased global economic integration creates problems for labor. These problems include a decline in union bargaining power, a race-to-the-bottom in labor standards, and a weakening of labor's role as political actor. Part II identifies four approaches, or models, for transnational labor regulation that have emerged in the Western world in the past twenty years. These are: (1) preemptive legislation; (2) harmonization; (3) cross-border monitoring; and (4) extraterritorial jurisdiction. Part III explores the differences between …

An Outline Of History Of Environmental Law And Administration In Poland, Daniel H. Cole

UC Law SF International Law Review

Poland is reputed to be one of the world's most polluted countries. It is commonly, but mistakenly, supposed that Polish governments, especially during the communist era, made no serious effort to protect the environment. This Article outlines Poland's long history of environmental and nature protection, from medieval statutes protecting the European bison and centuries old sanitation laws regulating city sewers, to communist-era laws designed to control industrial pollution through the innovative (if ironic) use of market mechanisms. The final section of the Article describes current efforts to improve environmental protection in the post-socialist Republic of Poland.

Caught Between Rocks And Hard Places: The Plight Of Reinsurance Intermediaries Under U.S. And English Law, Stephen W. Schwab, Peter G. Gallanis, David E. Mendelsohn, Bradley V. Ritter

Michigan Journal of International Law

Accordingly, Part I of this article provides a review of the role intermediaries have played in the recent spate of insurance company insolvencies and an overview of intermediary rights and duties. Part II then progresses to a discussion of English intermediary law, analyzing how the general English rules apply to intermediaries when a cedent or reinsurer becomes insolvent. Part III addresses the same issues under U.S. law, tracing the most recent statutory developments from their cause and considering their effect on reinsurance transactions. This article concludes with a discussion of how English and U.S. law interact in reinsurance transactions, pointing …

The Constitutional Development Of Religious Freedom In Spain: An Historical Analysis, Daniel B. Montserrat

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

Religious freedom has always constituted a problem in Spain. It can be said that over the centuries, there has only existed intolerance and even on several occasions, persecution. Clearly, the times in which respect and peaceful coexistence occurred in Spain among the three principal religions were limited and fleeting. Unfortunately, even Spanish constitutional history is replete with examples of religious intolerance. From the Cddiz Constitution of 1808, liberal in its politics, but tremendously repressive with respect to religion up until the present day, there have been scarcely twentyfive years of "religious freedom." Recalling the period prior to the first constitution, …

Neighboring Countries; Un-Neighborly Acts: A Look At The Extradition Relationships Among The United States, Mexico, And Canada, Dea Abramschmitt

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

In the wake of the troubling Supreme Court decision in United States v. Alvarez-Machain, where the Court approved jurisdiction although the defendant had been abducted from Mexico by U.S. Drug Enforcement Agents (DEA), both Mexico and Canada have expressed dismay at what they see as a blatant violation of international law. The United States has reinforced its uncooperative position in the area of law enforcement across territorial boundaries. According to Mexico and Canada, the U.S. has disregarded both the terms of their respective extradition treaties with them as well as the basic precepts of international law. They have valid cause …

International Ocean Shipping And Risk Allocation For Cargo Loss, Damage And Delay: A U.S. Approach To Cogsa, Hague-Visby, Hamburg And The Multimodal Rules, Samuel Robert Mandelbaum

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

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Recognizing Constitutional Rights Of Excludable Aliens: The Ninth Circuit Goes Out On A Limb To Free The Flying Dutchman - Dispensing With A Legal Fiction Creates An Opportunity For Reform, Wendy R. St. Charles

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The North American Free Trade Agreement & Protection Of Intellectual Property: A Converging View, Lori M. Berg

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Antitrust Law In Jamaica: The Fair Competition Act Of 1993, Derrick Mckoy

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Xin-Chang Zhang V. Slattery: An Illustration Of The Need For A Change In The United States' Immigration Laws To Provide Appropriate Consideration Of Asylum Claims By Chinese Nationals Fleeing China's Coercive Population Control, Jason D. Lazarus

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Using Prejudgment Attachments In The European Community And The U.S., Manuel Juan Dominguez

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Order From Disorder: The Development Of The Russian Securities Markets, J. Robert Brown Jr.

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

Vasiliev's words summed up the process of legal reform of the Russian securities markets since the onset of privatization in 1992. These words amounted to stark recognition that effective and organized markets would emerge only when participants were sufficiently ready for such advancement. In many respects, this required a period of disorganization and abuse, with the abuse itself fostering an environment of reform. The Russian securities markets were abuse ridden and disorganized. No central trading markets existed. Participants operated in an environment devoid of useful information. Managers and outside shareholders had an antagonistic relationship, with constant conflict the norm. Operating …

Codifying Property Law In The Process Of Transition: Some Suggestions From Comparative Law And Economics, Gianmaria Ajani, Ugo Mattei

UC Law SF International Law Review

This Article analyzes the problem of property law reform in former Socialist countries from a comparative law and economics perspective. While traditional classification of former Socialist countries as a homogeneous family can now be questioned on the basis of both past and present legal transplants, they still share sufficiently similar political, economic and institutional backgrounds to justify codification efforts directed towards the entire region.

Codification of property law must be preceded by political choices regarding distribution. In the context of former Socialist countries, such codification takes place in concomitance with the allocation of relevant goods to owners for the first …

Changing Money: Foreign Exchange Reform In The People's Republic Of China, Larry L. Drumm

UC Law SF International Law Review

Completed shortly before the controversial $100 million Lehman Brothers civil lawsuit against two ,Chinese firms over foreign exchange obligations made headlines, this Note provides a detailed overview of the development of PRC's complex foreign exchange system before the time of the suit and includes a full explanation of the 1994 overhaul, its causes and implications.

In succession, the Note explores the history of the system, the problems the foreign exchange system presented to foreign direct investment, the crisis believed to have prompted the 1994 reforms and finally the form and potential impact of the reforms on foreign direct investment and …

Macedonia: Far More Than A Name To Greece, Dean M. Poulakidas

UC Law SF International Law Review

Ever since its independence in 1991, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has vigorously advocated for its international recognition as the "Republic of Macedonia." Greece does not oppose the independence of the FYROM, but rather the international recognition of this new republic with its current political objectives. Greece ardently opposes the FYROM's claims to Greece's northern province of Macedonia. While the international media and the FYROM have carelessly classified this dispute as one focused solely on the name "Macedonia," Greece's objections do not end with the new republic's use of the name of Greece's northernmost province. The FYROM's claims …

Symposium Address, George W. Coombe Jr.

UC Law SF International Law Review

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Combining Conciliation With Arbitration Of International Commercial Disputes, Steven J. Burton

UC Law SF International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Dispute Settlement Under The Cfta And Nafta: From Eleventh-Hour Innovation To Accepted Institution, Harry B. Endsley

UC Law SF International Law Review

No abstract provided.