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Rule Of Law In Haiti Before And After The 2010 Earthquake, James D. Wilets, Camilo Espinosa

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

From The Big Apple To Big Ben: An Insight Into Menu Labeling, Liza M. Escapa Lima

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Imagine looking around and recognizing that you are much heavier than your fellow peers.

Italian Constitutional And Cassation Courts: When The Right To Die Of An Unconscious Patient Raises Serious Institutional Conflicts Between State Powers, Gianluca Gentili, Tania Groppi

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

On February 9, 2009, the death of a young woman who had lain in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) for seventeen years brought an end to an unprecedented conflict between institutional powers in Italy.

The Unidroit Principles Of International Commercial Contracts: An Overview Of Their Utility And The Role They Have Played In Reforming Domestic Contract Law Around The World, Christine M. Whited

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Efforts to promote the unification of private substantive law took off in the latter part of the 20th century due to globalization, which rapidly increased the volume of international trade.

The 2011 Philip C. Jessup International Law, The State Of Ardenia, The State Of Rigalia

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The State of Ardenia filed this case against the State of Rigalia before the International Court of Justice pursuant to Article 36(2) of the Statute of the Court on May 5, 2010

An Analysis Of China's Human Rights Policies In Tibet: China's Compliance With The Mandates Of International Law Regarding Civil And Political Rights, Richard Klein

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Tibet is commonly viewed in the West as having been a "Shangri- La"-a utopia unspoiled by industrialization, commercialization, or pollution.

The 2011 Philip C. Jessup International Law, The State Of Ardenia, The State Of Rigalia

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The State of Rigalia and the State of Ardenia submit the present dispute concerning the Zetian Provinces to the International Court of Justice by Special Agreement, dated 5 May 2010, pursuant to article 40(1) of the Statute of the International Court ofJustice.

Gender Dimorphism In The United States Legal System: A "Post-Feminist" And Comparative Critique, Jim Wilets

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In the last three decades, there has been extensive jurisprudential literature positing that the structure, values, and processes of the American legal and educational system, focusing heavily on adversarial battle among parties in court, and competition in law school, are fundamentally "male- centered.

Law In Isolation: The Legal History Of Pitcairn Island, 1900-2010, Michael O. Eshleman

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

"Mis-ter Chris-tian!" is a bark echoing through the decades, a byword for insubordination, thanks to Charles Laughton's signature-and quite fanciful-performance as Captain William Bligh, R.N., commander of the Royal Navy's Bounty

Islam In The Secular Nomos Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Peter G. Danchin

Faculty Scholarship

Since 2001 the European Court of Human Rights has decided a series of cases involving Islam and the claims of Muslim communities (both majorities and minorities) to freedom of religion and belief. This Article suggests that what is most interesting about these cases is how they are unsettling existing normative legal categories under the ECHR and catalyzing new forms of politics and rethinking of both the historical and theoretical premises of modern liberal political orders. These controversies raise anew two critical questions for ECHR jurisprudence: first, regarding the proper scope of the right to religious freedom; and second, regarding the …

A Return To Lüth, Peter E. Quint

Faculty Scholarship

In the following brief essay, which is based on a paper delivered at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Americal Society of Comparative Law, the author revisits the Lüth case, one of the central decisions of German constitutional law.

In Pursuit Of Gradual Stabilization And Peace Dividends: Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations And Their Influence On The Asia Pacific, Kwei-Bo Huang

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

Institutional Design And Development In The Roc (Taiwan): A Critical Review Of The Thoughts Of Sun Yat-Sen And The Global Development Of The Ombudsman System, Yeong-Kuang Ger

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

Combating Acid Violence In Bangladesh, India, And Cambodia, Sital Kalantry, Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum

Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and Dorothea S. Clarke Program in Feminist Jurisprudence

This Report is the first comprehensive, comparative study of acid violence that examines the underlying causes, its consequences, and the multiple barriers to justice for its victims. Acid attacks, like other forms of violence against women, are not random or natural phenomena. Rather, they are social phenomena deeply embedded in a gender order that has historically privileged patriarchal control over women and justified the use of violence to “keep women in their places.”

Through an in-depth study of three countries, the authors of the Report argue that the due diligence standard can be a powerful tool for state and non-state …

A Realist Defense Of The Alien Tort Statute, Robert Knowles

Law Faculty Publications

This Article offers a new justification for modern litigation under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), a provision from the 1789 Judiciary Act that permits victims of human rights violations anywhere in the world to sue tortfeasors in U.S. courts. The ATS, moribund for nearly 200 years, has recently emerged as an important but controversial tool for the enforcement of human rights norms. “Realist” critics contend that ATS litigation exasperates U.S. allies and rivals, weakens efforts to combat terrorism, and threatens U.S. sovereignty by importing into our jurisprudence undemocratic international law norms. Defenders of the statute, largely because they do not …

Tribute By Professor David Bogen, David S. Bogen

In Memoriam, Professor Hungdah Chiu (1936-2011)

No abstract provided.

Tribute In Memory Of Dr. Hungdah Chiu, Ying-Jeou Ma

In Memoriam, Professor Hungdah Chiu (1936-2011)

No abstract provided.

Euology, Su Chi

In Memoriam, Professor Hungdah Chiu (1936-2011)

No abstract provided.

The Status Of International And Regional Conventions Relating To Ship Source Marine Pollution In States In The Baltic Region, Proshanto K. Mukherjee, Abhinayan Basu Bal

Baltic Master II

The Baltic Sea region consists of nine countries, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, and the Russian Federation all of which except Russia are European Union (EU) members. This report presents a study of the current status of implementing international and regional conventions for ship-source marine pollution in the Baltic Sea region.

The Deep Seabed: The Laws Of Nature And Nature’S Manganese Nodules, Jeffrey C. Tuomala

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.