Month: May 2024

It seems likely that the need for protection against private claims for damages will cause more corporations to notify the Commission of their agreements and practices so as to obtain exemptions or, if appropriate, negative clearances. Whether this will cause a net increase in the Commission’s workload is not clear, since there will be a Read More …

Part I of this Note examines the concept of sovereignty and the role of the International Monetary Fund (Fund) as an instrument of supranational or joint sovereignty. Part II traces the development of economic dependence in Mexico and Argentina, examines the history of both public and private lending to these nations, and suggests that their Read More …

In this Note, the dispute settlement case involving the marketing of United States-made metal baseball bats in Japan will be examined. The effectiveness of the Standards Code’s dispute settlement procedures will be analyzed through an examination of the metal bat case and its effect on Japan’s standards laws and certification systems. Fred J. Coccodrilli

This Note will first examine the language of Title VII and the “of their choice” provision. It will then discuss the Second and Fifth Circuits’ resolutions of the two issues faced by these courts. This Note will analyze the courts of appeals decisions of the two issues in light of Supreme Court interpretations of treaties. Read More …

Following the trauma associated with being exploited in the commercial sex industry, sex trafficking victims are faced with the decision of whether or not to cooperate with criminal justice authorities in the investigation and prosecution of their traffickers. This Article comprehensively explores the contours of this decisionmaking process with primary, empirical research conducted with victims Read More …

Mia Manuelita Mascariñas-Green, a Filipino environmental lawyer, was shot and killed, with her three children and a nanny bearing witness. Police believe her murder was in retaliation for her client’s suit against a resort in a land rights dispute. Digna Ochoa was a prominent human rights lawyer in Mexico who, as a part of a Read More …

This Note argues that there are many reasons to believe that Congress did intend section 504 to operate as a penalty on Customs for failure to liquidate in a timely manner. Part I discusses the process by which imports are liquidated and how section 504 has been implemented. Part II examines how the CIT has Read More …

This Note synthesizes a customary international standard of usage for automatic submarine mines, taking into account existing international agreements and recent history. It then details the questionable nature of recent mine use in Nicaragua and the Red Sea, as judged against the synthesized standard, and the differing positions on acceptable standards of mine use asserted Read More …

Courting Justice? Legitimation in Lawyering Under Israeli Occupation George Bisharat UC Hastings College of the Law, bisharat@uchastings.edu

Misery underlies Malaysia’s expanding export industry. The misery is underpinned by social and economic factors related to the working conditions created by Malaysia’s migrant labor policies. A lack of enforceable international labor standards allows the Malaysian government to depress the wages and social rights of migrant workers in Malaysia,1 thereby depressing the global manufacturing labor Read More …