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Forgive Me, Founding Fathers for I Have Sinned: A Reconciliation of Foreign Affairs Preemption After
The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution grants the federal government the authority to make the law of the land and, in turn,...
Jul 5, 2012
A Model Copyright Exemption to Serve the Visually Impaired: An Alternative to the Treaty Proposals B
Copyright law presents visually impaired persons with serious barriers to access of the written word. A recent international effort...
Jul 5, 2012
One New President, One New Patriarch, and a Generous Disregard for the Constitution: A Recipe for t
The government of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC)—the country’s predominant religious group—recently underwent back-to-back...
Jul 5, 2012
Deconstructing Transnationalism: Conceptualizing Metanationalism as a Putative Model of Evolving Jur
This Article builds upon Philip C. Jessup’s revolutionary scholarship to pave new pathways for interdisciplinary research and expand the...
Jul 5, 2012
Catfish, Shrimp, and the WTO: Vietnam Loses Its Innocence
This Article explores the advantages that WTO membership brings to Vietnam in connection with antidumping disputes. In particular, this...
Jul 5, 2012
Refugee Credibility Assessment and the “Religious Imposter” Problem: A Case Study of Eritrean Pente
Credibility assessment in refugee status determination (RSD) poses unique challenges when the outcome of asylum applications turns on the...
Jul 5, 2012
The Convention on Cluster Munitions: An Incomplete Solution to the Cluster Munition Problem
Cluster munitions have been a significant weapon in the world’s arsenals for the last half-century, but their use has drawn sharp...
Jul 2, 2012
Rethinking Jurisdictional Discovery Under the Hague Evidence Convention
When a federal court in the United States compels the discovery of information located abroad to determine whether it has jurisdiction...
Jul 2, 2012
A Club of Incumbents? The African Union and Coups d’État
This Article considers the response of the Organization for African Unity (the OAU, founded in 1963) and its successor, the African Union...
Jul 2, 2012
The United States–El Salvador Extradition Treaty: A Dated Obstacle in the Transnational War Against
This Note discusses the dramatic proliferation of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) over the last two decades, primarily focusing on the...
Jul 2, 2012
Managing Forced Displacement by Law in Africa: The Role of the New African Union IDPs Convention
This Article provides a critical appraisal of the newly adopted African IDPs Convention. In particular, it offers a detailed analysis of...
Jul 2, 2012
The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000: The United States’ Ratification of the Hague Convention on th
This Note explores the effect of the United States’ ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in...
Jul 1, 2012
ESSAY: The Anfal Genocide: Personal Reflections and Legal Residue*
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Jul 1, 2012
The Legality of the West Bank Wall: Israel’s High Court of Justice v. the International Court of Jus
This Article offers a critique of the decision reached by Israel’s High Court of Justice in the Mara’abe Case (2005) as well as some...
Jul 1, 2012
Ambivalence and Activism: Employment Discrimination in China
Chinese courts have not vigorously enforced many human rights, but a recent string of employment discrimination lawsuits suggests that,...
Jun 28, 2012
Green Jackets in Men’s Sizes Only: Gender Discrimination at Private Country Clubs
On November 3, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ireland held that the Portmarnock Golf Club could maintain its rule prohibiting female...
Jun 28, 2012
The Double-Helix Double-Edged Sword: Comparing DNA Retention Policies of the United States and the U
Forensic scientists have used DNA profiling technologies to link suspects to crimes since Alec Jeffreys first proposed the idea in the...
Jun 28, 2012
Forced to Flee and Forced to Repatriate? How the Cessation Clause of Article 1C(5) and (6) of the 1
The purpose of refugee law is to provide international protection for vulnerable people who are denied state protection. In fulfilling...
Jun 28, 2012
Space Debris and Its Threat to National Security: A Proposal for a Binding International Agreement t
In 2007, a Chinese anti-satellite missile destroyed an aging weather satellite, creating millions of pieces of space debris. In 2009,...
Jun 28, 2012
Building a Latin American Coalition on Forests: Negotiation Barriers and Opportunities
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is one of the most important and most contentious issues in global...
Jun 28, 2012
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