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Head-Of-State And Foreign Official Immunity In The United States After Samantar: A Suggested Approach, Christopher Totten 2011 Kennesaw State University

Head-Of-State And Foreign Official Immunity In The United States After Samantar: A Suggested Approach, Christopher Totten

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This Article consists of four parts. Part I addresses the US approach to immunity for current and former foreign heads of state as well as the related issue of foreign official immunity. Part I includes a discussion of the 2010 US Supreme Court case of Samantar, which addresses foreign official immunity. Part II explores head-of-state and official immunity under international law, including a discussion of Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium decided by the International Court of Justice ("ICJ"), the Charles Taylor immunity decision of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the ongoing case by the ICC against Sudanese …


Better Late Than Never: A Critique Of The United States' Asylum Filing Deadline From International And Comparative Law Perspectives, Misha Seay 2011 UC Law SF

Better Late Than Never: A Critique Of The United States' Asylum Filing Deadline From International And Comparative Law Perspectives, Misha Seay

UC Law SF International Law Review

This note critiques the filing deadline for asylum applications in the United States by comparing it to relevant international standards and the practices of other countries. It first looks to international treaties governing asylum procedures and the obligations of the U.S. under international law. It then compares the asylum procedures of three countries that admit similarly large numbers of refugees - Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom - and discusses the filing deadlines, if any, that they impose on asylum applications in their respective countries. Finally, this note examines the U.S.'s filing deadline for asylum applications (the one-year bar) and …


Online Small Claim Dispute Resolution Developments-Progress On A Soft Law For Cross-Border Consumer Sales, Colin Rule, Louis F. Del Duca, Daniel Nagel 2011 Penn State Dickinson Law

Online Small Claim Dispute Resolution Developments-Progress On A Soft Law For Cross-Border Consumer Sales, Colin Rule, Louis F. Del Duca, Daniel Nagel

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Incoterms 2010, Jan Ramberg 2011 Penn State Dickinson Law

Incoterms 2010, Jan Ramberg

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Rethinking The Usefulness Of Mandatory Rights Of Withdrawal In Consumer Contract Law: The Right To Change Your Mind?, Jan Smits 2011 Penn State Dickinson Law

Rethinking The Usefulness Of Mandatory Rights Of Withdrawal In Consumer Contract Law: The Right To Change Your Mind?, Jan Smits

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Financing Insolvency Restructurings In The Wake Of The Financial Crisis: Stalking Horses, Rogue White Knights And Circling Vultures, Janis Sarra 2011 Penn State Dickinson Law

Financing Insolvency Restructurings In The Wake Of The Financial Crisis: Stalking Horses, Rogue White Knights And Circling Vultures, Janis Sarra

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Statutory Rules, Common Law Rules And Public Policy In The Global Financial Crisis, Sarah Worthington, Grainne Mellon 2011 Penn State Dickinson Law

Statutory Rules, Common Law Rules And Public Policy In The Global Financial Crisis, Sarah Worthington, Grainne Mellon

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Striking A Balance Between Human Rights And Peace And Stability: A Review Of The European Court Of Human Rights Decision Sejdi´C And Finci V. Bosnia And Herzegovina, Céline Tran 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Striking A Balance Between Human Rights And Peace And Stability: A Review Of The European Court Of Human Rights Decision Sejdi´C And Finci V. Bosnia And Herzegovina, Céline Tran

Human Rights Brief

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Liberté Religieuse En Europe: Discussing The French Concealment Act, Robert E. Snyder 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Liberté Religieuse En Europe: Discussing The French Concealment Act, Robert E. Snyder

Human Rights Brief

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Panel 1: Promoting Safeguards Through Detention Visits, Ariela Peralta, Suzanne Jabbour, Brenda V. Smith, Alison A. Hillman de Velásquez, Claudio Grossman 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Panel 1: Promoting Safeguards Through Detention Visits, Ariela Peralta, Suzanne Jabbour, Brenda V. Smith, Alison A. Hillman De Velásquez, Claudio Grossman

Human Rights Brief

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Concluding Remarks, Mark Thomson, Claudio Grossman 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Concluding Remarks, Mark Thomson, Claudio Grossman

Human Rights Brief

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Transitional Justice In Burma: A Survey Of Accountability And National Reconciliation Mechanisms After Aung San Suu Kyi’S Release, Ari M. Levin 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Transitional Justice In Burma: A Survey Of Accountability And National Reconciliation Mechanisms After Aung San Suu Kyi’S Release, Ari M. Levin

Human Rights Brief

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The Citizens Of Democracy: Participation For Integration In The European Union After The Lisbon Treaty, Rossana Deplano 2011 American University Washington College of Law

The Citizens Of Democracy: Participation For Integration In The European Union After The Lisbon Treaty, Rossana Deplano

Human Rights Brief

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International Legal Updates, Anna Naimark, Christina Fetterhoff, Kyle Bates, Saralyn Salisbury, Rachael Curtis, Megan Wakefield, Thais-Lyn Trayer 2011 American University Washington College of Law

International Legal Updates, Anna Naimark, Christina Fetterhoff, Kyle Bates, Saralyn Salisbury, Rachael Curtis, Megan Wakefield, Thais-Lyn Trayer

Human Rights Brief

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 On Women, Peace, And Security — Is It Binding? , Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua 2011 American University Washington College of Law

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 On Women, Peace, And Security — Is It Binding? , Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua

Human Rights Brief

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Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Anna Taylor, Matthew Lopas, Sarone Solomon 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Anna Taylor, Matthew Lopas, Sarone Solomon

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Comparative Efficiency In International Sales Law, Larry A. DiMatteo, Daniel T. Ostas 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Comparative Efficiency In International Sales Law, Larry A. Dimatteo, Daniel T. Ostas

American University International Law Review

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The Turn To Legal Interpretation In Latin America, Jorge L. Esquirol 2011 American University Washington College of Law

The Turn To Legal Interpretation In Latin America, Jorge L. Esquirol

American University International Law Review

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Comparative Law: Problems And Prospects, George A. Bermann, Patrick Glenn, Kim Lane Scheppele, Amr Shalakany, David V. Snyder, Elisabeth Zoller 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Comparative Law: Problems And Prospects, George A. Bermann, Patrick Glenn, Kim Lane Scheppele, Amr Shalakany, David V. Snyder, Elisabeth Zoller

American University International Law Review

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Why Take Private Law Seriously In Africa?, Sylvia Wairimu Kang'ara 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Why Take Private Law Seriously In Africa?, Sylvia Wairimu Kang'ara

American University International Law Review

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