A Chance for Redemption: Revising the “Persecutor Bar” and “Material Support Bar” in the Case of Chi
Armed groups in conflicts around the world frequently exploit child soldiers. Despite the unique experience of child soldiers, who are...
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- Jul 6, 2012
Greater Mutual Fund Transparency in India: Enhanced Disclosure Protection for India’s Mutual Fund Un
India has been one of the darlings among emerging market economies over the past decade. It has experienced dizzying economic growth...
- Jul 6, 2012
The Responsibility for Post-Conflict Reforms: A Critical Assessment of Jus Post Bellum as a Legal Co
The increasing involvement of international actors in various forms of international missions set up to supervise reconstruction or...
- Jul 6, 2012
Cyber-Apocalypse Now: Securing the Internet Against Cyberterrorism and Using Universal Jurisdiction
Cyberterrorism has become one of the most significant threats to the national and international security of the modern state, and...
- Jul 6, 2012
Taking Prevention Seriously: Developing a Comprehensive Response to Child Trafficking and Sexual Exp
Millions of children are victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation each year. Governments have responded with a range of...
- Jul 6, 2012
Private Certification Versus Public Certification in the International Environmental Arena: The Mari
In recent decades, the world’s various fisheries have seen a number of problems, primarily depletion of fish stocks due to overfishing. ...
- Jul 6, 2012
The Conflict Between the Alien Tort Statute Litigation and Foreign Amnesty Laws
Since the landmark case Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, foreign individuals have increasingly utilized the Alien Tort Statute to raise claims of...
- Jul 6, 2012
Legal Techniques for Dealing with Scientific Uncertainty in Environmental Law
This Article analyzes how scientific uncertainty is handled in international environmental law. It identifies ten legal techniques used...
- Jul 6, 2012
Civil Society and Democracy in Japan, Iran, Iraq and Beyond
This Article addresses the mystery of why some countries appear to become democracies seamlessly while others face insurmountable...
- Jul 6, 2012
Superior Responsibility of Civilians for International Crimes Committed in Civilian Settings
This Article examines the notion of superior responsibility of civilians for international crimes committed in civilian settings. The...
- Jul 6, 2012
The Responsibility to Protect and the Decline of Sovereignty: Free Speech Protection Under Internati
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...
- Jul 6, 2012
The Use of Mortgage-Backed Securities in International Comparative Perspective: Lessons and Insights
The secondary mortgage market in the United States has helped millions of people purchase homes over the past half century. Following...
- Jul 6, 2012
Standardizing the Principles of International Election Observation
On October 27, 2005, thirty-two international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) signed the...
- Jul 6, 2012
Missed Opportunity: Congress’s Attempted Response to the World’s Demand for the Violence Against Wom
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...
- Jul 6, 2012
A Global Water Apartheid: From Revelation to Resolution
It is well settled in international human rights law that a human right to water exists. Nevertheless, to date, there has been little...
- Jul 6, 2012
A Foothold for Real Democracy in Eastern Europe: How Instituting Jury Trials in Ukraine Can Bring A
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...
- Jul 6, 2012
Judicial Review under a British War Powers Act
This Article considers how U.K. courts might exercise review under a hypothetical British “war powers act,” in the event that the current...
- Jul 6, 2012
The Object and Purpose of a Treaty: Three Interpretive Methods
This Article examines the three most prominent uses of the term “object and purpose” within the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties...
- Jul 5, 2012
Al-Bihani, Not So Charming
In June 2008, the Supreme Court extended the Suspension Clause to foreign detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Since then, courts have...
- Jul 5, 2012
The United States Guestworker Program: The Need for Reform
Although often marginalized, guestworkers are an integral part of the United States economy. In 2006 alone, the U.S. government...
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