Limits Of Procedural Choice Of Law,
2014
University of Missouri School of Law
Limits Of Procedural Choice Of Law, S. I. Strong
Faculty Publications
Commercial parties have long enjoyed significant autonomy in questions of substantive law. However, litigants do not have anywhere near the same amount of freedom to decide procedural matters. Instead, parties in litigation are generally considered to be subject to the procedural law of the forum court.
Although this particular conflict of laws rule has been in place for many years, a number of recent developments have challenged courts and commentators to consider whether and to what extent procedural rules should be considered mandatory in nature. If procedural rules are not mandatory but are instead merely “sticky” defaults, then it may …
Anti-Arbitration Injunctions In Cases Involving Investor-State Arbitration: British Caribbean Bank Ltd. V. The Government Of Belize,
2014
University of Missouri School of Law
Anti-Arbitration Injunctions In Cases Involving Investor-State Arbitration: British Caribbean Bank Ltd. V. The Government Of Belize, S. I. Strong
Faculty Publications
Over the last few years, the international legal community has become increasingly interested in anti-arbitration injunctions, which are analogous to antisuit injunctions except that the former prohibits the initiation or continuation of an arbitration while the latter focuses on judicial actions. At this point, very few courts have actually issued an injunction of this type. Nevertheless, a number of commentators have expressed concern about these mechanisms, since they can wreak havoc with contractual or treaty-based expectations about how a particular dispute is to be resolved. Indeed, some scholars and practitioners would prefer that these sorts of injunctions be made universally …
Protecting Traditional Knowledge In International Intellectual Property Law: Imperatives For Protection And Choice Of Modalities, 14 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 25 (2014),
2014
UIC School of Law
Protecting Traditional Knowledge In International Intellectual Property Law: Imperatives For Protection And Choice Of Modalities, 14 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 25 (2014), Tesh Dagne
UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
The need for protecting traditional knowledge (TK) has been acknowledged in discussion and negotiations under the umbrella of a number of inter-governmental organizations that deal with biodiversity, the environment, indigenous peoples’ rights, human rights, food and agriculture, among others. It has, however, proved difficult to arrive at a consensus on the proper modality that can serve the needs and desires of Indigenous and Local Communities (ILCs) in their economic and cultural participation. The article examines the imperatives for the protection of TK and explores the modalities of TK protection at the international level for regulating the control of, access to …
Humanitarian Intervention Post-Syria: Legitimate And Legal?,
2014
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
Humanitarian Intervention Post-Syria: Legitimate And Legal?, Milena Sterio
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This article looks at the state of affairs under international law by focusing on the existing ban on the use of force and the established exceptions thereto as of December 2014. Topics discussed include the concept of humanitarian intervention, the civil crises in Syria, and international law for the legality of military intervention in Syria. It also examines Harold Koh's proposed normative framework for humanitarian intervention.
Collateral Damage: Protecting Cultural Heritage In Crimea And Eastern Ukraine,
2014
St. Mary's University School of Law
Collateral Damage: Protecting Cultural Heritage In Crimea And Eastern Ukraine, Zoe Niesel
Faculty Articles
Since the early spring of 2014, the world has watched Russia utilize military forces to invade and annex territory belonging to Ukraine. These actions are, unsurprisingly, raising concerns in Eastern Europe over the prospect of armed conflict in the region, the political consequences of Russian annexation of Ukrainian territory, and the effect of this conflict on ordinary civilians. But there is another potential cost associated with Russia's actions that should not be overlooked - the loss of Ukrainian cultural heritage. History is replete with examples of the destruction of cultural heritage during periods of instability, from Napoleon's systematic looting of …
Turnaround: Reflections On The Present Day Influence Of Negotiations On International
Bankruptcy At The Fifth Session Of The Hague Conference On Private International Law In 1925,
2014
Fordham University School of Law
Turnaround: Reflections On The Present Day Influence Of Negotiations On International Bankruptcy At The Fifth Session Of The Hague Conference On Private International Law In 1925, Susan Block-Lieb
Faculty Scholarship
In 1925, the British government sent a delegation to the Fifth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. The Hague Conference had met sporadically since 1893,1 but this was the first time the British government sent a delegation to The Hague to discuss the possibility of a diplomatic convention to reach international agreement on uniform rules on what continental Europeans called “private international law” — matters of jurisdiction, applicable law and procedure. The British delegation held limited authority from the Home Office: it could participate only in deliberations on a possible convention on bankruptcy law, and then only …
Reflections On The Indictment Of Sitting Heads Of State And Government And Its Consequences For Peace And Stability And Reconciliation In Africa,
2014
University of Miami School of Law
Reflections On The Indictment Of Sitting Heads Of State And Government And Its Consequences For Peace And Stability And Reconciliation In Africa, Charles Chernor Jalloh
Articles
In these remarks, the author considers the most recent challenge to the application of international criminal justice in Africa: Kenya's controversial November 2013 proposal to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to temporarily exempt from prosecution sitting presidents accused of involvement with international crimes. He examines several legal and practical reasons why such a proposal is untenable. Instead, citing the principle of complementarity and urging the principled use of judicial and prosecutorial discretion, he contends that much of the African Union's current concerns about the Kenya Situation can be addressed within the confines of existing Rome Law. …
The Indeterminate International Law Of Jurisdiction, The Presumption Against Extraterritorial Effect Of Statutes, And Certainty In U.S. Criminal Law,
2014
University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
The Indeterminate International Law Of Jurisdiction, The Presumption Against Extraterritorial Effect Of Statutes, And Certainty In U.S. Criminal Law, Kenneth S. Gallant
Law Faculty Scholarship
It is, in certain cases, impossible for persons to tell in advance which states will have effective legislative jurisdiction over their acts. In these cases, it is impossible to tell in advance whose law the person must obey. This quandry arises where some national law purports to regulate outsiders and their acts in a manner arguably inconsistent with the international law of legislative jurisdiction. If the regulating state's courts do not allow challenges to jurisdiction based on international law, and the state of the outsider's nationality fails to protect her diplomatically, the outsider has no protection against excessive claims of …
An Expanding Human Rights Corpus: Sexual Minority Rights As International Human Rights,
2014
London School of Economics and Political Science
An Expanding Human Rights Corpus: Sexual Minority Rights As International Human Rights, Xavier B. Lutchmie Persad
Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
The article argues that sexual minorities are entitled to equal rights under principles of human dignity, equality, and non-discrimination. While international human rights frameworks like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and regional systems, particularly the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, provide some protections, sexual minorities remain vulnerable due to the lack of explicit inclusion in most treaties. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) have advanced protections through jurisprudence, but significant gaps persist, especially for transgender and intersex individuals. The article advocates for a specialized treaty to address these disparities …
Sinister Translations: Law's Authority In A Post-9/11 World,
2014
American Bar Foundation
Sinister Translations: Law's Authority In A Post-9/11 World, Jothie Rajah
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
What does the killing and burial of bin Laden tell us about the sites, sources, and nature of law's authority in a post-'9/11' world?1 If law is constituted by "acts of language [that] are actions in the world,'2 then the law embodied by these events is discernible through an analysis of Obama's announcement on the killing of bin Laden. Obama's announcement avoids the term 'law' yet makes present the relationship between 'law,' justice,' legitimacy, and violence. Through critical theory on language, translation, and political myth, this paper explores the translations at work in constructing law's authority for a post-9/11 world. …
Regulatory Translations: Expertise And Affect In Global Legal Fields (Symposium Introduction),
2014
Atatirk Institute for Modern Turkish History
Regulatory Translations: Expertise And Affect In Global Legal Fields (Symposium Introduction), Ziya Umut Turem, Andrea Ballestero
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Regulatory Translations: Expertise and Affect in Global Legal Fields, Symposium, May 16-18, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
What Is In A Percentage?: Calculation As The Poetic Translation Of Human Rights,
2014
Rice University
What Is In A Percentage?: Calculation As The Poetic Translation Of Human Rights, Andrea Ballestero
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Increasingly, the efficacy of human rights, international norms, and commercial standards is deposited in numbers as measures of social and financial value. Taking the form of indicators, goals, and targets, these numbers are active participants in the everyday practices through which the law is constituted around the world. This paper examines the normative ability of percentages as numeric devices that transform measures of value across legal domains. The paper draws on two examples: a) the generation of indicators by NGOs promoting the Human Right to Water, and b) the technical work of regulators attempting to regulate water prices to follow …
Regular Soybeans: Translation And Framing In The Ontological Politics Of A Coup,
2014
Concordia University
Regular Soybeans: Translation And Framing In The Ontological Politics Of A Coup, Kregg Hetherington
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This paper argues for understanding the regulation and standardization of objects as fundamentally about "adding" to those objects rather than reducing or simplifying them. The analysis is based on the ethnographic study of regulatory politics in Paraguayan soybean production over the course of two decades in which the Paraguayan state increased its regulatory capacity immensely. By looking at very different forms of regulatory intervention, it shows that each regulatory moment can best be understood as a "translation" which adds to the complexity of the objects in question by adding new actors and concerns to their circulation. This provides a more …
Critical Cultural Translation: A Socio-Legal Framework For Regulatory Orders,
2014
Indiana University
Critical Cultural Translation: A Socio-Legal Framework For Regulatory Orders, Laura A. Foster
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The making of legal regulatory orders has become increasingly transnational as legal ideas travel and are adopted, discarded, and refigured. Socio-legal scholars have recently turned to the framework of translation to guide examinations of how law changes from one context to the next and how law itself translates and transforms the subjects and objects it governs. Drawing upon science studies and feminist theory, this article develops critical cultural translation as possible socio-legal methodology and praxis for the study of transnational regulatory orders. Furthering this line of inquiry, it addresses the regulation of benefit sharing and the patenting of indigenous San …
Competition Law Reform In Turkey: Actors, Networks, Translations,
2014
Atatirk Institute for Modern Turkish History
Competition Law Reform In Turkey: Actors, Networks, Translations, Ziya Umut Turem
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This article explains the shift from an initially European-oriented and politically motivated competition law, toward a U.S. style and aspiringly apolitical competition regime in Turkey. Translation is used as an analytic to capture the complex processes of such a shift. The article argues that this shift can be explained first by the broad turn toward the U.S. as a source of state expertise and knowledge production in the context of the Cold War. This broad historical dynamic could only be activated, however, by the emergence of a critical mass of policy entrepreneurs and state officials shifting the momentum of policy …
Translations In Regulatory Space: The Arenas Of Regulatory Innovation In Accounting Standard Setting,
2014
London School of Economics and Political Science
Translations In Regulatory Space: The Arenas Of Regulatory Innovation In Accounting Standard Setting, Yasmine Chahed
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This paper investigates the conditions of possibility for innovation in regulatory space. The first-time inclusion of narrative reporting on the agenda of the British Accounting Standards Board (ASB) is studied in terms of a complex web of discursive schemes, which co-constituted the regulatory issue and the context in which it emerged. By exploring the discursive level of accounting reform, the approach shows how the emergence of narrative reporting on the agenda of the ASB was mediated in a historically specific constellation of formal institutional structures, professional trajectories, and changing conceptions of the roles and purposes of accounting in business management …
The Persistence Of National Peculiarities: Translating Representative,
2014
Institute of Public Law, Goethe Univeristy
The Persistence Of National Peculiarities: Translating Representative, Anna Katharina Mangold
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This paper explores representative environmental action in international, European Union, and German environmental law as an example of '7egal translation." The Aarhus Convention, dating from 1998, requests signatory parties to provide environmental NGOs with wide access to justice so that the protection of the environment can be controlled by the judiciary. Both the European Union and Germany have implemented the provisions of the Aarhus Convention into their respective legal orders. This process of implementation can be considered as "legal translations." The argument of this paper is that a perspective of '7egal translation" provides new vistas on the various intertwined layers …
Targeted Drug Donations: A Necessary Evil In Need Of A Global Harness And A Possible Cure For Trips Shortcomings,
2014
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Targeted Drug Donations: A Necessary Evil In Need Of A Global Harness And A Possible Cure For Trips Shortcomings, Gabriella Tzeneva
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This Note explores the economic and social factors that drive multinational pharmaceutical companies to donate drugs to developing countries and evaluates the effectiveness of such donations in combating medicine shortages. The Note poses that such donations provide necessary economic incentives to drug companies and help curb high medical prices in developed nations while being an essential tool for ameliorating intellectual property requirements imposed by TRIPS. The Note proposes two solutions to further incorporate donations in access to medicine relief efforts and advocates increased international cooperation in the practice.
Lost Without Translation?: Cross-Referencing And A New Global Community Of Courts,
2014
University of Hamburg
Lost Without Translation?: Cross-Referencing And A New Global Community Of Courts, Antje Wiener, Philip Liste
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Anne-Marie Slaughter has described the "new world order" as characterized by some "conceptual shifts," including an increasing cooperation of domestic courts across nation-state boundaries. The cross-jurisdictional referencing of legal norms and decisions, as Slaughter holds, would lead into a "global community of courts." This article takes issue with that observation. We argue that for such a community to emerge, cross-referencing would need to be followed by an effective transmission of meaning from one (legal) context to another. Following recent insights in the field of International Relations norm research, however, we can expect such meanings to be contested-in particular, when different …
A Review Of "Authoritarian Rule Of Law: Legislation, Discourse And Legitimate In Singapore," By Jothie Rajah,
2014
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
A Review Of "Authoritarian Rule Of Law: Legislation, Discourse And Legitimate In Singapore," By Jothie Rajah, Sophia Wilson
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
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