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Rethinking Isds, George Kahale Iii

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

The author is Chairman of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP and has acted as lead counsel for respondent states in many investor-state arbitrations, including several of the cases referred to herein. His article won the 2019 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing.

Against Aviation Orthodoxy: India's Foreign Investment Regime For The Airline Industry, Jae Woon Lee, Umakanth Varottil

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

The foreign investment regime governing the airline industry has been the subject matter of considerable debate. Our goal in this article is to supplement the literature by embarking on an analysis of the foreign investment regime in India and to cautiously suggest that India’s new regulatory reforms could be a harbinger for other states. A study of the foreign investment regime in the airline industry in India is both interesting and timely, for at least two reasons. First, India has nearly everything that bodes well for the growth of an aviation market, and it is one of the fastest growing …

Pursuing A Universal Threshold For Regulating Incitement To Discrimination, Hostility Or Violence, Rebecca Meyer

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) recognizes that although the right to freedom of expression is essential, it is not absolute. The ICCPR prohibits speech that incites to discrimination, hostility, or violence. The provision prohibiting such speech is important to protect individuals and communities. Yet, not all countries are adequately enforcing its mandate. Such countries are letting inciting speech spread and, in some instances, violence has ensued. Conversely, some countries are taking enforcement too far, using the criminalization of inciting speech as a tool to silence political dissent. In light of the divergent interpretations—each problematic in its …

Analyzing The Potential For Universal Disarmament Of Autonomous Weapons Systems Or How I Learned To Stop Working And Love The Killer Robot, Frank Nicholas Kelly

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) have recently become the subject of debate among scholars, world leaders, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the popular media. While the dangers of autonomous robotics have existed for decades in science fiction, technology has only recently made the implementation of robots capable of military combat a real possibility. With the advent of this technology, many government leaders, politicians, scientists, and business leaders are advancing the argument that just because autonomous weapons can exist does not mean they should. Some countries, however, have demonstrated a strong interest in the continued developing LAWS, making universal disarmament unlikely. This …

Armenia And Azerbaijan's Struggle With Occupation In Nagorno-Karabakh, Carolyn Morway

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

The corrupt occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and its surrounding areas has resulted in displaced civilians, chaotic military violence, poor judicial law-making, and hostile international relations. Analyzing the international law of occupation’s purposes and its humanitarian requirements illustrates that there is a need for change. Set against the backdrop of Nagorno-Karabakh’s precarious situation, the international community should take this opportunity to reformulate the international law of occupation with sovereignty and humanitarian principles guiding the change. The effort could prevent another such “frozen conflict.”

From Discretion To Law: Rights-Based Concerns And The Evolution Of International Sanctions, Christopher Roberts

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

This Article considers the manner in which rights-based concerns have increasingly impacted upon the nature of international sanctions regimes. First, this Article considers two better-known instances of this impact—the manner in which general sanctions became more targeted, and the manner in which due process concerns came to receive greater respect in the context of targeting decisions. Following these investigations, this Article turns to explore a third, under-recognized development—the gradual evolution of a sense that sanctions may be required in certain instances. It explores this development by highlighting the growing scope of understandings of responsibility within various bodies of public international …

Moving From Management To Termination: A Case Study Of Prolonged Occupation, David Hughes

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

In 2017, the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories reached a half-century in duration. This reignited a conversation amongst legal scholars. In articles and books, lawyers questioned the efficacy of occupation law. They asked whether it had become an anachronism. Across Israel and the Palestinian territories, those that directly invoke the law of occupation sought a more effective means of adapting the law to meet the exigencies of a fifty-year-old occupation. The accompanying debates recalled questions concerning the legal treatment of prolonged occupation. This article seeks to fundamentally alter the recurring discourse. Built around a detailed case study of Israel’s …

The Price Is Rights: Getting The United Arab Emirates Up To International Speed In The Labor Law Department, Janae C. Cummings

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

Despite a rapidly growing economy and a tremendous accumulation of wealth, the United Arab Emirates has facilitated many human rights abuses against migrant workers from impoverished countries throughout the world. The UAE’s system of recruitment, payment and living conditions put already vulnerable populations in considerably worse economic conditions by exploiting their labor and creating significant barriers to challenging the unjust employment system. After being sold on the idea that migrating to the UAE would bring a semblance of economic advancement, many migrants find themselves in inhumane working conditions and debt from having to pay excessive amounts of money to recruitment …

Wacana Pemerintah Untuk Mereposisi Kelembagaan Inspektorat: Tindak Lanjut, Tanggapan, Serta Inisiasi Kedepan, Richo A. Wibowo, Mailinda E. Yuniza, Rizky S. Widyaningtyas, Hendry Julian Noor

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This research aims (i) to elaborate about a central government plan on repositioning the structure of inspectorate; (ii) to explain responses of some inspectorate officers regarding the plan; and (iii) to provide suggestions on the adjustment plan that should be taken into consideration by the central government. This research found that, different with the public perception, the plan is not intended to reposition all the inspectorates, rather to inspectorates attached to local governments. These inspectorates are designed to be what the-called ‘kuasi vertical institution’. Meaning, it has a mixed character of both central and local government institution. This initiation increases …

Peran Pemerintah Daerah Dalam Pelaksanaan Pemerintahan Yang Baik (Good Governance) Dibidang Pembinaan Dan Pengawasan Indikasi Geografis, M. Rendi Aridhayandi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The Regional Government is the regional head as an element of the Regional Government organizing the execution of government affairs which is the authority of the autonomous regions. In the implementation of government affairs must implement the principles of good governance. One of the roles of Regional Government is in the field of guidance and supervision of Geographical Indication in accordance with the mandate of Articles 70 and 71 Undang-Undang Nomor 20 Tahun 2016 tentang Merek dan Indikasi Geografis. This is important in legal protection of products that are characterized by the geographic area of a region, only in the …

Polemik Pengaturan Kepemilikan Data Pribadi: Urgensi Untuk Harmonisasi Dan Reformasi Hukum Di Indonesia, Setyawati Fitri Anggraeni

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Big data is the large volume of data available in information traffic and is considered to have economic value in the present. The data is collected, stored, and sometimes analyzed for the purpose of providing economic benefits to certain organizations. As individuals who provide the data to an organization, we believe that the data will be protected and kept confidential. However, the reality is sometimes different. Laws and regulations that specifically regulate the collection, storage, publication and protection of personal data very needed. This paper will discuss the legal framework for personal data and their protection in Indonesia. At the …

Hubungan Hukum Pedagang Perantara Dan Pelaku Usaha Dalam Bisnis Perikanan Nasional, Nur Sulistyo Budi Ambarini, Tito Sofyan, Edra Satmaidi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This paper is part of non-doctrinal legal research using socio-legal research approach. The role of intermediary traders in the fishing business is very important. One side as an intermediary and on the other hand provides capital to fishermen and / or fish processors. The relationship creates an imbalance seen from the perspective of contract law because the position of intermediary traders as the owner of capital is stronger, so the balance principle among the parties can not met. In practice from the perspective of local law it is not an imbalance because the contribution of intermediary traders is not only …

Elimination Of The Negative Consequences Of The Technogenic Civilization In Social Life, O. Yuldoshev

Review of law sciences

This article is devoted to the negative consequences of anthropogenic civilizations for social life, their causes and solutions.

The Practical Significance Of The Economic Analysis Of Law In The Legislative System Of Uzbekistan, D. Abdulov

Review of law sciences

This article describes the characteristics of economic analysis of law only to that extent that it is necessary to understand the relationship between economic analysis and Comparative law. Because of the fundamental differences between two disciplines, they complement each other and can be connected in different ways.

Methodological And Linguistic Bases For Intergrating The Four Skills, M. Shamsitdinova

Review of law sciences

the article is devoted to the research of some methodological and linguistic issues of integrating the four skills in teaching English to non-philological students. There have been considered some foreign researchers’ approaches to this question in teaching process.

Analysis Of Terminological Concept Of Information Technologies In Domestic And Foreign Literature, A.R. Davronov

Review of law sciences

In this article, the conceptual and terminological apparatus of information technologies in domestic and foreign literature has been studied and the concept of “Information technologies” has been analyzed using a comparative method. In addition, proposals are made to improve legislation in the field of information technology.

The Curious Case Of Will Brooke, Adam Muro

Capstones

William Wade Brooke, an Alabama businessman with ties to state and national Republican Party politics and scandal, was for over one year a registered foreign agent working for the office of Saad Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon. He was the only registered lobbyist for Hariri while he was active, and stranger yet he stated on his Foreign Agent Registration Act forms that he was working for free. An investigation into his background and ties to Lebanon revealed that he lobbied for free in recognition of favors that Hariri did, and continues to do, for a christian missionary group Brooke is …

E-Museletter: December 2018, William Taylor Muse Law Library

Museletter

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Venezuela: A Uniquely Senian Insight Into A Human Rights Crisis, Andrea I. Scheer

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

For over twenty decades, Venezuelan political leaders have blatantly disregarded their citizens’ human rights, leading to the downfall of Venezuela’s economy and democratic institutions, including severe food and medicine shortages, as well as staggering inflation rates. As a result, Venezuela provides a unique affirmation of the Capabilities Approach introduced by Professor Amartya Sen, which focuses not only on the freedoms that individuals possess, but also on what individuals are capable of doing as possessors of these freedoms. This Note seeks to use Sen’s Capabilities Approach to understand the nature and scope of Venezuela’s multidimensional crisis, arguing that a Senian approach …

Winter 2018

The Weldon Times

A student-run publication from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Editors in Chief: Emma Chapple, Joel Tichinoff

Editors: Sydeny Hull, Matt Gruchey

Graphic Design & Layout: Max Waterman

Photography: Luke MacGillivray