Gimme Shelter: International Political Asylum in the Information Age
On June 5, 2013, an article in the Guardian revealed highly classified information about surveillance operations being performed by the...
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- May 30, 2014
The Monetary Fifth Column: The Eurodollar Threat to Financial Stability and Economic Sovereignty
Eurodollars are dollar-denominated deposit liabilities of banks outside the United States. Even though estimates of the size of the...
- May 30, 2014
The Epic Struggle for Dolphin-Safe Tuna: To Be Continued—A Case for Accommodating Nonprotectionist E
In May 2012, the World Trade Organization (WTO) struck down the United States’ dolphin-safe tuna labeling standard as a barrier to trade...
- May 16, 2014
Amnesty or Accountability: The Fate of High-Ranking Child Soldiers in Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Arm
In May 2013, Uganda surprisingly resurrected its amnesty provision for two more years after having let it lapse only a year earlier....
- May 16, 2014
Demanding Accountability Where Accountability Is Due: A Functional Necessity Approach to Diplomatic
This Note addresses the inability of domestic workers to seek redress for exploitation by diplomat employers. In examining the legal...
- Mar 17, 2014
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Co
Piracy has reemerged with a vengeance in the twenty-first century. Although it is confined primarily to the horn of Africa, piracy poses...
- Mar 17, 2014
The International War Against Doping: Limiting the Collateral Damage from Strict Liability
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Anti-Doping Code are largely considered the model for an effective and well-coordinated...
- Jan 8, 2014
Expanding the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations: Protecting Children by Protecting Their Paren
Article 37 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR) aims to protect the interests of foreign national children by requiring...
- Jan 8, 2014
220 Years Later and the Commonwealth Is Still Imposing Laws on the United States: A Comparative Look
The United States has been combating the bribery of foreign officials for 35 years through the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Both...
- May 29, 2013
Is Seasteading the High Seas a Legal Possibility? Filling the Gaps in International Sovereignty Law
Seasteading––homesteading of the modern era––is a desire to develop above-water settlements in international waters known as seasteads....
- May 29, 2013
Solving “The Gravest Natural Resource Shortage You’ve Never Heard Of:” Applying Transnational New Go
Experts believe that global reserves of phosphates, an essential and irreplaceable ingredient in fertilizers, will only last another...
- May 29, 2013
A Behavioral Economic Approach to Nuclear Disarmament Advocacy
Nuclear disarmament advocates have provided a strong moral voice for the total disarmament of nuclear weapons, but if they are to remain...
- Apr 11, 2013
International Student Athletes and NCAA Amateurism: Setting an Equitable Standard for Eligibility af
The United States is often called the land of opportunity. In many ways it has proven so, but this is not always the case. International...
- Apr 11, 2013
Towards a Declaratory School of Government Recognition
Recognition of governments has historically been a political matter. Governments could choose to recognize or not to recognize any other...
- Apr 11, 2013
First Amendment and “Foreign-Controlled” U.S. Corporations: Why Congress Ought to Affirm Domestic
Political spending in the modern-day, prolonged election cycle continues to exceed historic proportions. With money equated to speech,...
- Feb 12, 2013
The Point of a Points System: Attracting Highly Skilled Immigrants the United States Needs and Ensur
In a globalizing world, labor is an increasingly mobile and competitive resource. Responding to this changing labor market, countries...
- Feb 12, 2013
Liberalizing the Law in the Land of the Lord: Limits to the Americanization of Israeli Religious Jur
This Note presents an analysis of American and Israeli constitutional jurisprudence concerning matters of religion. Recently, there has...
- Nov 28, 2012
A Chink in the Armor: How a Uniform Approach to Proportionality Analysis Can End the Use of Human Sh
The appropriate response to human shields is a recurring issue in modern warfare. Technological asymmetry, disparate obligations, and...
- Nov 28, 2012
The Grass Is Always Greener: Keystone XL, Transboundary Harms, and Guidelines for Cooperative Envir
While general understanding of environmental harms has become more geographically sophisticated, environmental-impact assessment (EIA)...
- Nov 2, 2012
Reconsidering the U.S. Patent System: Lessons from Generics
Scholars and pharmaceutical industry representatives consider the United States a worldwide leader in pharmaceutical innovation. However,...
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