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Teaching International Law: Beyond The Law School Experience, Charlotte Ku

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

As teachers, it is perhaps natural for us to think about teaching in the classroom context, although this panel is demonstrating the teaching opportunities that may exist outside of a single course or courses in international law.

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ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Unquestionably, there is growing interest in the subject of international law at several educational levels and among a broad constituency of students.

Building A Common Frontier Or Deconstructing National Identity?: An Analysis Of The Effort To Centralize Control Of Third Country Immigration In The European Union, Catherine E. Halliday-Roberts

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Faraway from the frightening attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a wall next to a mosque in Northern England reads, "Avenge USA - kill a Muslim now."

Dissecting The Lawfulness Of United States Foreign Policy: Classroom Debates As Pedagogical Devices, Christopher C. Joyner

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Simulations can be used as educational exercises that enable students in the classroom to appreciate better the difficulties and nuances of legal issues affecting international relations.

"Wto-Plus" Obligations And Their Implications For The Wto Legal System: An Appraisal Of The China Accession Protocol, Julia Ya Qin

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Enforcement Of Wto Rulings: An Interest Group Analysis, Mark L. Movsesian

Faculty Publications

The WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding ("DSU") provides that disputes are to be resolved in adversarial proceedings before impartial panels of experts. These panels have authority to decide whether members' laws conform to WTO requirements; members may appeal rulings to a permanent Appellate Body within the organization, which has the final say on questions of law and legal interpretation. Under the DSU, if a member fails to comply with a final ruling in a dispute, the prevailing party may retaliate by suspending trade concessions that it owes the offending member. This retaliation can continue until the offending member implements the WTO's …

The Legal Response To International Water Scarcity And Water Conflicts: The Un Watercourses Convention And Beyond, Patricia Wouters

Allocating and Managing Water for a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Around the World (Summer Conference, June 11-14)

46 pages.

Contains footnotes.

Stretching The Limits Of International Law: The Challenge Of Terrorism, Asli Bali

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

When this panel was originally conceived, we could not have anticipated the extent to which the limits of international law would have to be stretched by events in the city where our conference would be held.

Can Congressional Foreign Affairs Power Justify A Juvenile Death Penalty Prohibition In The United States?, Serri Miller

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In the United States federalist model, constituent states haven't much opportunity to irritate foreign nations.

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ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The identification of the consumer as a discrete party, entitled to specific legal rights, is a product of the latter half of the twentieth century.

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ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Litigation In The Consumer Interest, Geraint Howells, Rhoda James

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The identification of the consumer as a discrete party, entitled to specific legal rights, is a product of the latter half of the twentieth century. Looking back on the last four decades, one can now clearly detect a trend for special legislation protecting the interests of consumers.

Transnational Accountability And The Politics Of Shame, James N. Rosenau

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Since my work on world affairs is sensitive to the legal dimensions of the course of events, it is an especial pleasure to participate for the first time in a meeting of the International Law Association.

The World Trade Organisation Rules: A Legal Analysis Of Their Adverse Impact On Animal Welfare, Peter Stevenson

Animal Law Review

Mr. Stevenson analyzes the free trade rules of the World Trade Organisation and discusses their detrimental impact on certain measures designed to protect animals. Specifically, he discusses U.S. laws to safeguard dolphins and sea turtles, as well as proposed EU laws regarding leghold traps and cosmetic testing on animals. Mr. Stevenson provides an analysis of current WTO rule interpretation, identifies ways in which the rules should be reformed, and provides a less restrictive interpretation that would permit the existence of measures designed to improve animal welfare.

The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights And The Domestic Courts, Edward D. Re

St. Thomas Law Review

As we approach the Fiftieth Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations, it is fitting to commemorate that historic event, and to assess the progress that has been made in achieving the fundamental principles of human rights and freedoms that it proclaims. Upon its adoption on December 10, 1948, it was hailed "as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and for all nations." High hopes were expressed that this Declaration would soon become a new Magna Carta of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all people …

Legal & Cultural Approaches To Sexual Matters In Africa: The Cry Of The Adolescent Girl, Oluyemisi Bamgbose

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Agenda: A Cartography Of Governance: Exploring The Province Of Environmental Ngos, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law, University Of Colorado Boulder. Environmental Program, University Of Tulsa. National Energy-Environment Law & Policy Institute, University Of Colorado Boulder. United Government Of Graduate Students

A Cartography of Governance: Exploring the Province of Environmental NGOs (April 7-8)

Presented by: the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy on April 7 & 8, 2001. Symposium director: Lakshman D. Guruswamy.

Co-sponsored by: University of Colorado School of Law, University of Colorado Environmental Program, University of Tulsa National Energy-Environment Law and Policy Institute, University of Colorado United Government of Graduate Students.

The papers and edited proceedings of the conference will be published in a special symposium issue of the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law & Policy (CJIELP).

"The first objective of the Symposium was to understand and explore the growing importance of nongovernmental actors, and delineate the manner …

The World Court And The Bomb: Nuremberg And Babel At The Hague, Gaillard T. Hunt

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

On July 8, 1996, the World Court, the International Court of Justice at the Hague, banned the bomb.

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ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Upon the inception of the new civilian administration on May 29' 2000, after almost twenty years of military rule, President Olusegun Obasanjo set up, inter alia, an eight-member Human Rights violation Investigation Commission.

The Nexus Between Intellectual Property Piracy, International Law, The Internet, And Cultural Values, David J. Stephenson Jr.

St. Thomas Law Review

In a way similar to the dramatic transformation of mass into energy at the speed of light, intellectual property piracy disputes have compellingly special characteristics when multicultural values clash over the Internet. The sudden explosion of Internet use outside of Western Europe and North America, especially in Asia, is most apparent in Singapore, which has the highest per capita use of the Internet anywhere in the world. This rapid global expansion of Internet use has been accompanied by related claims of intellectual property piracy that frequently resemble disputes that have recently arisen in United States and European courts. For example, …

Historical And Comparative Contexts For The Evolution Of Conflict Of Laws In Nigeria, Remigius N. Nwabueze

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Knowledge of the history of conflict of laws in Nigeria, the ideas behind its development, and the numerous problems that beset the application of its principles, is in itself the history of the socio-economic structure of the society, between feudalism and capitalism.

The Helms-Burton Act: The Final Piece To Bring Down The Tyrant's Regime, Franchesco Soto

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower began what has become one of the longest standing economic embargoes this country has ever had against another country

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ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

This virtual haiku of war comes from a fellow named Josep Sonah, whom a Boston Globe report described as a nineteen-year-old veteran of the Sierra Leone civil war.

A Step At A Time: New Zealand's Progress Toward Homonid Rights, Rowan Taylor

Animal Law Review

All members of the Homindae Family (humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans) share complex cognitive aptitudes not shared by most other animals. Yet only human hominids have legal rights to life and personal security. The campaign to win fundamental rights for all hominids took a small but significant step forward in 1999 when New Zealand's Animal Welfare Act banned the use of non-human hominids in research, testing, and teaching except where such uses are in the hominids' best interests. In preventing human interests from trumping non-human ones, the Act took a first step toward dismantling speciesism within the hominid family. …

Legal Trade In African Elephant Ivory: Buy Ivory To Save The Elephant?, Sam B. Edwards Iii

Animal Law Review

Trade in endangered species is a complicated issue. The trade in ivory creates tensions between western conservation-driven beliefs and developing countries' reliance on wildlife as a resource. This article examines the recent decision under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to conduct a one-time sale of ivory from Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Botswana to Japan. Since trade in endangered species involves many different disciplines, this paper touches on biology, international law, economics, and public policy. In theory, limited trade in African elephant ivory is possible and even advantageous for the various actors. However, in practice, the management controls …

Comparative Federalism And The Issue Of Commandeering, Daniel Halberstam

Book Chapters

Divided power systems, such as the United States, the European Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany, confront a common question: whether the central government may 'commandeer' its component States, that is, whether the central government may issue binding commands that force its component States to take regulatory action with respect to private parties. This chapter explores what may initially appear as a puzzling difference in the answers given. Whereas US constitutional jurisprudence currently prohibits commandeering, the founding charters of the EU and Germany permit such action. And all do so in the name of protecting the integrity and importance …

Protection For Indigenous Knowledge: An International Law Analysis, Miriam L. Quinn

St. Thomas Law Review

A "Medicine Man"' working for the research foundation, Aston Laboratories, lost the cure for cancer. Dr. Robert Campbell, a brilliant research doctor stationed deep in the rainforests of Brazil, is on an assignment that could change the world of medicine forever. He is looking for a type of plant mutation that local medicine men, or witch doctors, use to cure cancer. The research was well-funded for many years until failure to report progress to the sponsoring foundation puts the project on hold. A young scientist, Dr. Rae Crane, goes to his rescue, learns of this magnificent cure and tries to …

The Recognition Of Indigenous Peoples' And Community Traditional Knowledge In International Law, Rosemary J. Coombe

St. Thomas Law Review

Today I want to explore some of the international law-making efforts with respect to indigenous and traditional environmental knowledge. My work over the past three years has involved the study of the ongoing efforts underway to implement state obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity ("CBD"), and the related efforts of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), to recognize, protect, and compensate for the contributions of indigenous and traditional communities' knowledge, innovations, and practices to the preservation and maintenance of biological diversity. This is a fascinating process of international lawmaking and an increasingly important field of global politics, which may …

Law And International Relations: Introductory Remarks And Panel Discussion, Julian Knowles, Christopher J. Borgen, Arthur Rovine, William Paul, Carlos Manuel Vazquez

Faculty Publications

This panel was cosponsored by the American Society of International Law (ASIL). The ASIL was founded in 1906 by Secretary of State Elihu Root to inform and engage the public on issues of international law. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership association and research institute dedicated to providing both information about international law in all its forms and a forum for debate and discussion. This panel was one such forum. It was organized under the auspices of the ASIL Judicial Outreach Program, chaired by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The Judicial Outreach Program provides information resources for federal and state judiciaries. …

The Normative Framework Of International Humanitarian Law: Overlaps, Gaps, And Ambiguities, Cherif M. Bassiouni

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.