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1997

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Full-Text Articles in Human Rights Law

United States' Responsibility For Gross Levels Of Human Rights Violations In Guatemala From 1954 To 1996, Mark Gibney Jan 1997

United States' Responsibility For Gross Levels Of Human Rights Violations In Guatemala From 1954 To 1996, Mark Gibney

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Vengeance Is Whose?: The Death Penalty And Cultural Relativism In International Law, James H. Wyman Jan 1997

Vengeance Is Whose?: The Death Penalty And Cultural Relativism In International Law, James H. Wyman

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission: A Step In The Right Direction? , Monika Talwar Jan 1997

Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission: A Step In The Right Direction? , Monika Talwar

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Israeli Interrogation Methods Legitimized By Court, Alexandra L. Wisotsky Jan 1997

Israeli Interrogation Methods Legitimized By Court, Alexandra L. Wisotsky

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Combating Discrimination Against Aids Patients In Tanzania, Nicole Grimm Jan 1997

Combating Discrimination Against Aids Patients In Tanzania, Nicole Grimm

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


News From The International War Crimes Tribunal, Ewen Allison Jan 1997

News From The International War Crimes Tribunal, Ewen Allison

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Field Report: Alternatives To Obeying Superior Order; A Question For The International Criminal Court, Rajeev Purohit Jan 1997

Field Report: Alternatives To Obeying Superior Order; A Question For The International Criminal Court, Rajeev Purohit

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Death Penalty And The Decline Of Liberalism, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 321 (1997), John R. Macarthur Jan 1997

The Death Penalty And The Decline Of Liberalism, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 321 (1997), John R. Macarthur

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Intruders At The Death House: Limiting Third-Party Intervention In Executive Clemency, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 567 (1997), Daryl M. Schumacher Jan 1997

Intruders At The Death House: Limiting Third-Party Intervention In Executive Clemency, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 567 (1997), Daryl M. Schumacher

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


This Is Who Will Die When Doctors Are Allowed To Kill Their Patients, 31 J. Marshall L. Rev. 95 (1997), Michael Mcgonnigal Jan 1997

This Is Who Will Die When Doctors Are Allowed To Kill Their Patients, 31 J. Marshall L. Rev. 95 (1997), Michael Mcgonnigal

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Politics, Economics And Human Rights In International Cooperation: A Public Discourse In Germany, 31 J. Marshall L. Rev. 171 (1997), Gabriel Von Malsen-Tilborch Jan 1997

Politics, Economics And Human Rights In International Cooperation: A Public Discourse In Germany, 31 J. Marshall L. Rev. 171 (1997), Gabriel Von Malsen-Tilborch

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conscientious Objection In The Americas, Raymond J. Toney Jan 1997

Conscientious Objection In The Americas, Raymond J. Toney

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


News From The International War Crimes Tribunals, Brian D. Tittemore Jan 1997

News From The International War Crimes Tribunals, Brian D. Tittemore

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Human Rights Litigation In U.S. Courts: A Hypocritical Approach, Mark Gibney Jan 1997

Human Rights Litigation In U.S. Courts: A Hypocritical Approach, Mark Gibney

Buffalo Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Female Genital Mutilation: The Move Toward The Recognition Of Violence Against Women As A Basis For Asylum In The United States, Patricia A. Armstrong Jan 1997

Female Genital Mutilation: The Move Toward The Recognition Of Violence Against Women As A Basis For Asylum In The United States, Patricia A. Armstrong

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Claiming A Global Identity: Latino/A Critical Scholarship And International Human Rights, Celina Romany Jan 1997

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

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Faces Of Despair In Ins Raids, Elvia R. Arriola Jan 1997

The Faces Of Despair In Ins Raids, Elvia R. Arriola

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Environmental Rights As Third Generation Solidarity Rights, Ileana M. Porras Jan 1997

Reflections On Environmental Rights As Third Generation Solidarity Rights, Ileana M. Porras

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On A Quarter-Century Of Constitutional Regulation Of Capital Punishment, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 399 (1997), Joseph Bessetre, Stephen Bright, George Kendall, William Kunkle, Carol Steiker, Jordan Steiker Jan 1997

Reflections On A Quarter-Century Of Constitutional Regulation Of Capital Punishment, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 399 (1997), Joseph Bessetre, Stephen Bright, George Kendall, William Kunkle, Carol Steiker, Jordan Steiker

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Inter-American Human Rights System: Establishing Precedents And Procedure In Human Rights Law, Jo M. Pasqualucci Jan 1997

The Inter-American Human Rights System: Establishing Precedents And Procedure In Human Rights Law, Jo M. Pasqualucci

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


International Law, Human Rights, And Latcrit Theory, Elizabeth M. Iglesias Jan 1997

International Law, Human Rights, And Latcrit Theory, Elizabeth M. Iglesias

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


North American Free Trade Agreement's Chapter Eleven, José E. Alvarez Jan 1997

North American Free Trade Agreement's Chapter Eleven, José E. Alvarez

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Intersections Between Latcrit Theory And Law And Development Studies, Enrique R. Carrasco Jan 1997

Intersections Between Latcrit Theory And Law And Development Studies, Enrique R. Carrasco

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Critical Race Feminism And International Human Rights, Adrien Katherine Wing Jan 1997

Critical Race Feminism And International Human Rights, Adrien Katherine Wing

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Female Genital Mutilation: United States Asylum Laws Are In Need Of Reform, Amy Stern Jan 1997

Female Genital Mutilation: United States Asylum Laws Are In Need Of Reform, Amy Stern

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


"Toward The Reformulation Of International Refugee Law" Research Report 1992-1997, James C. Hathaway Jan 1997

"Toward The Reformulation Of International Refugee Law" Research Report 1992-1997, James C. Hathaway

Other Publications

Discussions of the crisis in international refugee protection are frequently characterized by rhetorical excess, in which some ascribe all problems to malevolent states, while others are equally insistent that fraudulent asylum-seekers are solely to blame. This study was based, in contrast, on a recognition of the real systemic difficulties that jeopardize the viability of refugee protection. Its purpose was to devise a principled yet pragmatic way to reconcile state interests to the continued importance of access to asylum for those who need it.

The essence of our thesis is that the withdrawal of states from their legal responsibility to protect …


International Human Rights Standards On Sexual Violence Against Women As They Apply To Pornography, Claudia Giunta Jan 1997

International Human Rights Standards On Sexual Violence Against Women As They Apply To Pornography, Claudia Giunta

LLM Theses and Essays

The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing in September 1995, and represented an important step towards the achievement of equality for women. At the Conference, the progress made towards equality was acknowledged, but it was also acknowledged that many goals have not been achieved yet, and that cultural changes of fundamental importance remain to be made. Indeed, in many countries the cultural approach to violence and discrimination against women is quite fatalistic; they believe violence against women cannot be solved by laws. However, this approach overlooks the role played by societies in tolerating practices of …


Major Problems Of International Refugee Law, Wondwossen Lemma Kidane Jan 1997

Major Problems Of International Refugee Law, Wondwossen Lemma Kidane

LLM Theses and Essays

This thesis introduces the history behind the legal term “refugee” with the emphasis on the abstract and altogether ambiguous definition, international discrepancies, and the United Nations’ Convention of Status relating to Refugees adopted in 1951. The purpose of the thesis is to highlight the shortcomings of the Convention starting with the legal definition of a refugee then continuing to inherent defects of refugee law, problems of the exclusion/secession of refugee status as stated in the Convention, domestic application of the Convention, and finally some advances in points of suggestion.


Throwing Away The Key: Limits On The Plenary Power?, Richard A. Boswell Jan 1997

Throwing Away The Key: Limits On The Plenary Power?, Richard A. Boswell

Michigan Journal of International Law

Review of From Welcomed Exiles to Illegal Immigrants: Cuban Migration to the U.S., 1959-1995 by Felix Masud-Piloto and The Abandoned Ones: The Imprisonment and Uprising of the Marial Boat People by Mark S. Hamm.


The Social And Legal Construction Of Nonpersons, Kevin R. Johnson Jan 1997

The Social And Legal Construction Of Nonpersons, Kevin R. Johnson

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.