This Note discusses strategies for cultivating Farmers’ Rights internationally.  The rise of international treaties awarding intellectual property rights in ...

Armed groups in conflicts around the world frequently exploit child soldiers. Despite the unique experience of child soldiers, who are frequently recruited b...

India has been one of the darlings among emerging market economies over the past decade.  It has experienced dizzying economic growth that has lifted great n...

The increasing involvement of international actors in various forms of international missions set up to supervise reconstruction or peace-building processes ...

Cyberterrorism has become one of the most significant threats to the national and international security of the modern state, and cyberattacks are occurring w...

Millions of children are victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation each year.  Governments have responded with a range of measures, focusing ...

Since the landmark case Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, foreign individuals have increasingly utilized the Alien Tort Statute to raise claims of human rights violat...

This Article analyzes how scientific uncertainty is handled in international environmental law. It identifies ten legal techniques used for this purpose (i.e...

This Article addresses the mystery of why some countries appear to become democracies seamlessly while others face insurmountable obstacles.  While acknowled...

This Article examines the notion of superior responsibility of civilians for international crimes committed in civilian settings.  The doctrine of superior r...

State sovereignty has long held a revered post in international law, but it received a blow in the aftermath of World War II, when the world realized the ful...

The secondary mortgage market in the United States has helped millions of people purchase homes over the past half century.  Following the burst of the real ...

On October 27, 2005, thirty-two international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) signed the Declaration of Prin...

The Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Morrison struck down, as a violation of the Commerce Clause, § 13,981 of the Violence Against Women Act, that provide...

It is well settled in international human rights law that a human right to water exists.  Nevertheless, to date, there has been little scholarship about what...

Ukraine has never had a criminal or civil jury trial despite the fact that the right to a criminal jury trial is guaranteed by Ukraine’s Constitution.  The l...

This Article considers how U.K. courts might exercise review under a hypothetical British “war powers act,” in the event that the current Labour Government o...

This Article examines the three most prominent uses of the term “object and purpose” within the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and, in each instanc...

In June 2008, the Supreme Court extended the Suspension Clause to foreign detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  Since then, courts have struggled to define app...

Although often marginalized, guestworkers are an integral part of the United States economy.  In 2006 alone, the U.S. government certified visas for 18,736 t...