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Harmonizing The Law Governing Secured Credit: The Next Frontier, Neil B. Cohen Jan 1998

Harmonizing The Law Governing Secured Credit: The Next Frontier, Neil B. Cohen

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[1997 Developments Concerning] International Courts And Tribunals, Roger P. Alford, Peter H.F. Bekker Jan 1998

[1997 Developments Concerning] International Courts And Tribunals, Roger P. Alford, Peter H.F. Bekker

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The most significant developments in 1997 regarding international courts and tribunals are reviewed herein, particularly events relating to the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Compensation Commission (a quasi-tribunal), the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, and the proposed permanent International Criminal Court. Other significant developments relating to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and dispute settlement within the World Trade Organization are detailed in other reports in this issue.

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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Regime Formation And Norm Selection, Christina S. Chen Jan 1998

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Regime Formation And Norm Selection, Christina S. Chen

Connecticut Journal of International Law

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are hazardous and potentially life-threatening toxic chemicals. The international community recently agreed to create an international legally binding instrument to control POPs.' Although myriad questions confront the creation of a new regime, this Comment will focus on the types of norms and control strategies that should be devised in order to establish an effective POPs regime. In order to analyze the issue of norm crafting, Part I of this Comment outlines the background of the POPs problem and the current efforts of the United Nations to establish consensus on the need for a POPs regime. Part …

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Building An International Criminal Court For The 21st Century, Bryan F. Macpherson Jan 1998

Building An International Criminal Court For The 21st Century, Bryan F. Macpherson

Connecticut Journal of International Law

This article proposes significant, yet realistic, enhancements to the proposed court's jurisdictional scheme that could vastly increase its usefulness without undermining valid national interests. The proposed court could exercise jurisdiction over certain serious international crimes provided that the affected states have filed declarations accepting the court's jurisdiction over the crime. The proposal assumes that states would file declarations prospectively accepting the court's jurisdiction. In theory, this would set up an international criminal justice system that would operate without requiring any further state consent. However, states also wish to reserve the right to try international criminals in their own courts. The …

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