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Imagery and Expectations for International Disaster Response
Nathan Clark is a PhD Fellow at the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law, Centre for International Law, Conflict and Crisis, and the...
Oct 30, 2015
Professional Standards and Legal Standard Setting: INSARAG, FMTs, and International Disaster Relief
Professor Kirsten Bookmiller, Director of the Global Partnerships Initiative, Center for Disaster Research and Education at Millersville...
Oct 30, 2015
Understanding the Hard/Soft Distinction in International Law
Arnold Pronto is a Senior Legal Office at the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs and a Member of the Secretariat of the International...
Oct 30, 2015
Challenges for “Affected States” in Accepting International Disaster Aid: Lessons from Hurricane Kat
Elizabeth Katchka is Counselor to the Chief Counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA. Her article discusses the International Law...
Oct 30, 2015


Female Genital Mutilation and Designer Vaginas in Britain: Crafting an Effective Legal and Policy Fr
Lisa Avalos’s article, Female Genital Mutilation and Designer Vaginas in Britain: Crafting an Effective Legal and Policy Framework (48...
Jun 21, 2015


International Organizations and Customary International Law
2014 Jonathan J. Charney Distinguished Lecture in Public International Law Presented at Vanderbilt University Law School on November 4, 2014
Jun 16, 2015


Female Genital Mutilation and Designer Vaginas in Britain: Crafting an Effective Legal and Policy Fr
The prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain and Europe has grown in recent years as a result of international migration,...
Jun 16, 2015


Predictive Due Process and the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC) operates under a regime of complementarity: a domestic state prosecution of a defendant charged...
Jun 16, 2015


Explaining Inhumanity: The Use of Crime-Definition Experts at International Criminal Courts
International criminal courts must not only decide the guilt or innocence of defendants in immensely serious cases, but also make good...
Jun 16, 2015


What Do You Do When They Don’t Say “I Do”? Cross-Border Regulation for Alternative Spousal Relations
Marriage is a local arrangement with international effects. Throughout the Western world, a marriage recognized as valid by the parties’...
Jun 16, 2015


Functions of Freedom: Privacy, Autonomy, Dignity, and the Transnational Legal Process
What is the function of freedom for the transnational legal process? This Article answers this question through the lens of the ongoing...
Jun 16, 2015


Agreement in Principle: A Compromise for Activist Shareholders from the UK Stewardship Code
Equity ownership in the United States and Europe is now highly concentrated in the hands of institutional investors, which gives rise to...
Jun 16, 2015


Judges as Guardian Angels: The German Practice of Hints and Feedback
The German practice of Richterliche Hinweispflicht is a judicial duty to give hints and feedback. In a very proactive position, the...
Jun 16, 2015


Who Speaks for the Fish? The Tragedy of Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy
The Common Fisheries Policy, enacted in 1983 as the European Union’s primary overfishing regulation scheme, is widely regarded as a...
Jun 16, 2015


Religious Rights in Historical, Theoretical, and International Context: Hobby Lobby as a Jurispruden
The United States has a long and complicated history concerning religious rights, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Burwell...
Jun 16, 2015


The Future of Sharia Law in American Arbitration
A rising tide of Islamophobia in the United States has led, in recent years, to state-level efforts to prohibit the application of Sharia...
Jun 16, 2015


Human Trafficking and Labor Migration: The Dichotomous Law and Complex Realities of Filipina Enterta
This Article examines the complex legal situation of Filipina “entertainers” in U.S. military camp towns in South Korea: the individuals...
Jun 16, 2015


Confused, Frustrated, and Exhausted: Solving the U.S. Digital First Sale Doctrine Problem Through th
Users worldwide enjoy digital goods such as music and e-books on a daily basis. They have become a major part of people’s lives, with...
Mar 28, 2015


The Faults in “Fair” Trials: An Evaluation of Regulation 55 at the International Criminal Court
Despite its reputation as a “provision of an exceptional nature,” Regulation 55 has become one of the most contested procedural devices...
Mar 28, 2015


The Political Economy and Legal Regulation of Transnational Commercial Surrogate Labor
India’s commercial surrogacy business has been the focus of intense media scrutiny for the past decade. In that time, it has grown from a...
Mar 28, 2015
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