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Indigenous People's Right To Free, Prior And Informed Consent And The World Bank's Extractive Industries Review, Fergus Mackay Jan 2004

Indigenous People's Right To Free, Prior And Informed Consent And The World Bank's Extractive Industries Review, Fergus Mackay

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The "Equator Principles": Improved Social Responsibility In The Private Finance Sector, Miki Kamijyo Jan 2004

The "Equator Principles": Improved Social Responsibility In The Private Finance Sector, Miki Kamijyo

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Fragmentation In A Positive Light, Bruno Simma Jan 2004

Fragmentation In A Positive Light, Bruno Simma

Michigan Journal of International Law

The organizers of the present symposium demonstrated a keen sense of topicality when they chose "Diversity or Cacophony? New Sources of Norms in International Law?" as the subject-matter of the 25th Anniversary Symposium of the Michigan Journal of International Law. For the last decade or so, the question whether the international legal order finds itself in the process of fragmentation, and if so, what the consequences of this development will be, has been a popular area of study for many jurists; most of them expressing their concern about what they consider to constitute a threat to the unity of …


Front Matter Jan 2004

Front Matter

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.


When Good Tax Law Goes Bad: Stanley Works' Recent Dilemma And How The Internal Revenue Code Disadvantages U.S. Multinational Corporations Forcing Their Flight To Foreign Jurisdictions, Heather Campbell Jan 2004

When Good Tax Law Goes Bad: Stanley Works' Recent Dilemma And How The Internal Revenue Code Disadvantages U.S. Multinational Corporations Forcing Their Flight To Foreign Jurisdictions, Heather Campbell

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

This article will attempt to describe how the U.S. international tax system hinders the competitiveness of U.S.-based multinational corporations in the global economy by increasing their economic burdens. Additionally, this article will discuss how these corporations have expatriated themselves to lower tax jurisdictions to increase competitiveness in the global market. The Stanley Works Corporation's recent proposal to reincorporate in Bermuda to decrease its own tax liability will be used as an example. Part I of this article provides a brief overview of the two main methods employed by countries to tax income derived by its own corporations from their operations …


Bridging Fragmentation And Unity: International Law As A Universe Of Inter-Connected Islands, Joost Pauwelyn Jan 2004

Bridging Fragmentation And Unity: International Law As A Universe Of Inter-Connected Islands, Joost Pauwelyn

Michigan Journal of International Law

The fragmentation of the international legal system is not new. The consent-based nature of international law inevitably led to the creation of almost as many treaty regimes, composed of different constellations of states, as there are problems to be dealt with. Traditionally, these different regimes operated in virtual isolation from each other. Most importantly, the Bretton Woods institutions (World Bank, IMF, and GATT, now WTO) focused on the world's economic problems, while the UN institutions tackled the world's political problems. Both the IMF and World Bank articles of agreement, for example, explicitly state that political factors cannot be taken into …


National Self-Determination And Ethnic Minorities, Olli Lagerspetz Jan 2004

National Self-Determination And Ethnic Minorities, Olli Lagerspetz

Michigan Journal of International Law

The paper will include three parts. In the first part, the relation between nationality and popular sovereignty is explored. In the second part, there is a somewhat analogous discussion of the concept of ethnicity. In the last part, the conclusions are applied in a discussion of ethnic nationalism.


Re-Characterizing Abortion In Nigeria: An Appraisal Of The Necessity Test, Victor Nnamdi Opara Jan 2004

Re-Characterizing Abortion In Nigeria: An Appraisal Of The Necessity Test, Victor Nnamdi Opara

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Nigerian criminal jurisprudence prohibits abortion in all instances except when necessary to save the life of a woman.


Litigating Humanrights Abuses In United States Courts: Recent Developments, Elizabeth F. Defeis Jan 2004

Litigating Humanrights Abuses In United States Courts: Recent Developments, Elizabeth F. Defeis

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

During the last quarter of a century, litigation in United States courts to address human rights abuses that occur beyond the shores of the United States has increased dramatically.


American And Caribben Law Initiative 2004 Summer Conference Overview, Jane E. Cross Jan 2004

American And Caribben Law Initiative 2004 Summer Conference Overview, Jane E. Cross

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In Ocho Rios, on July 23-24, 2004, the American and Caribbean Law Initiative ("ACLI")' held a conference entitled "Caribbean Market Forces: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law."


Resolving Indigenous Claims To Self-Determination, Lorie M. Graham Jan 2004

Resolving Indigenous Claims To Self-Determination, Lorie M. Graham

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The right of self-determination is vitally important to indigenous peoples. Self-determination is closely linked to cultural survival, economic development, and the realization of other basic human rights.


The Kingdom Of Arkam, Anneliese Fleckenstein, David Rodrigues, Ricardo Chirinos, Carolos Bacalao, Federica Paddeul Jan 2004

The Kingdom Of Arkam, Anneliese Fleckenstein, David Rodrigues, Ricardo Chirinos, Carolos Bacalao, Federica Paddeul

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Kingdom of Arkam and the State of Randolfia have submitted, by Special Agreement, their differences concerning the Rome Statute, and transmitted a copy thereof to the Registrar of the Court pursuant to Article 40(1) of the Statute.


The Kingdom Of Arkam, Caitlin Elizabeth Goss, Michael Colin Hogan, Marion Alice Isobel, Annaliese Jackson, Tamerlan Van Alphen Jan 2004

The Kingdom Of Arkam, Caitlin Elizabeth Goss, Michael Colin Hogan, Marion Alice Isobel, Annaliese Jackson, Tamerlan Van Alphen

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Kingdom of Arkam and the State of Randolfia have agreed to submit their dispute to the International Court of Justice.


Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law, Isla Journal Of International & Comparative Law Jan 2004

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

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In Ocho Rios, on July 23-24, 2004, the American and Caribbean Law Initiative ("ACLI")' held a conference entitled "Caribbean Market Forces: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law."


Ngo Participation In Human Rights Law And Process: Latest Developments In The Effort To Develop An International Treaty On The Rights Of People With Disabilities, Janet E. Lord Jan 2004

Ngo Participation In Human Rights Law And Process: Latest Developments In The Effort To Develop An International Treaty On The Rights Of People With Disabilities, Janet E. Lord

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The human rights of people with disabilities traditionally have been ignored in mainstream international human rights theory and practice and in the work of international institutions.


Protocol To Prevent, Suppress And Punish Trafficking In Persons-A New Approach, Elizabeth F. Defeis Jan 2004

Protocol To Prevent, Suppress And Punish Trafficking In Persons-A New Approach, Elizabeth F. Defeis

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Trafficking in persons, the illegal and highly profitable recruitment, transport, or sale of human beings into all forms of forced labor and servitude is a tragic and complex human rights abuse.


Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Patricia Staible, Kristin Edison, Lilah Rosenblum Jan 2004

Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Patricia Staible, Kristin Edison, Lilah Rosenblum

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Trivializing Torture: The Office Of Legal Counsel’S 2002 Opinion Letter And International Law Against Torture, Robert K. Goldman Jan 2004

Trivializing Torture: The Office Of Legal Counsel’S 2002 Opinion Letter And International Law Against Torture, Robert K. Goldman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Human Rights For All Workers: The Emergence Of Protections For Unauthorized Workers In The Inter-American Human Rights System, Sarah Paoletti Jan 2004

Human Rights For All Workers: The Emergence Of Protections For Unauthorized Workers In The Inter-American Human Rights System, Sarah Paoletti

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Ethnic Conflict In Plateau State: The Need To Eliminate The Indigene/Settler Dichotomy In Nigeria, Nabila Isa-Odidi Jan 2004

Ethnic Conflict In Plateau State: The Need To Eliminate The Indigene/Settler Dichotomy In Nigeria, Nabila Isa-Odidi

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Bridging Erie: Customary International Law In The U.S. Legal System After Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain, William S. Dodge Jan 2004

Bridging Erie: Customary International Law In The U.S. Legal System After Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain, William S. Dodge

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Undated (2004), Cso Gap Analysis Of Ifc Proposed Pss, Ifc Jan 2004

Undated (2004), Cso Gap Analysis Of Ifc Proposed Pss, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.


Undated (2004), Csos, Draft V1 Of Gaps Analysis, Ifc Jan 2004

Undated (2004), Csos, Draft V1 Of Gaps Analysis, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.


International Calendar, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Jan 2004

International Calendar, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


African Environmental Information Network: Improving Enforcement And Compliance Within Africa, Shelly Dill Jan 2004

African Environmental Information Network: Improving Enforcement And Compliance Within Africa, Shelly Dill

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Melanie Nakagawa, Kirk Herbertson Jan 2004

Editor's Note, Melanie Nakagawa, Kirk Herbertson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Opening Remarks, Daniel Magraw Jan 2004

Summary Of Opening Remarks, Daniel Magraw

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Perceived Challenges To Recognition On Prior And Informed Consent Of Indigenous Peoples And Other Local Communities: The Experiences Of The Inter-American Development Bank, Anne Deruyttere Jan 2004

Perceived Challenges To Recognition On Prior And Informed Consent Of Indigenous Peoples And Other Local Communities: The Experiences Of The Inter-American Development Bank, Anne Deruyttere

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Prior Informed Consent In The Convention On Biological Diversity-Bonn Guidelines: National Implementation In Colombia, Adriana Casas Jan 2004

Prior Informed Consent In The Convention On Biological Diversity-Bonn Guidelines: National Implementation In Colombia, Adriana Casas

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Free, Prior And Informed Consent And The World Bank Group, Robert Goodland Jan 2004

Free, Prior And Informed Consent And The World Bank Group, Robert Goodland

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.