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This article discusses and analyzes three distinct legal doctrines available to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC” or the “Office”) to issue policy statements and interpretive letters enabling banks to participate in transactions designed to restructure developing-country debt. Additionally, this article comments on Regulation K, promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board Read More …
This Article specifically analyzes the legislative proposals and makes recommendations to ensure that the bills accomplish their stated objective- limiting the Executive’s discretion arbitrarily to bar and to expel foreigners on political grounds. Arthur C. Helton
Book Review: Richard H. Wohl, Stuart M. Chemtob, and Glen S. Fukushima have put together a very useful volume under the auspices of the American Bar Association Section of International Law & Practice, entitled Practice by Foreign Lawyers in Japan. Patrick S. Kenadjian
This Note argues that these rules contradict the language and purposes of the Act. Part I of this Note examines the rules promulgated by the INS defining “known to the Government.” Part II discusses the only reported case to dispute that definition and analyzes Chevron U.S.A., INc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., the governing Read More …
This Note argues that article 27 [of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations] provides for the absolute inviolability of the diplomatic bag. Part I discusses the history of the Vienna Convention and its provisions concerning the diplomatic bag. Part II sets forth instances of abuse of the diplomatic bag, proposed remedies, and the arguments in Read More …
This book differs from existing works on extraterritorial scholarship by its focus, thoughtful analysis and scholarly approach, and balanced view of the U.S. stance on extraterritorial jurisdiction. Marsha Cope Huie
This article examines multiple cases from the Court of Justice of the European Communities regarding national anti-competitive legislation and the need for the Court to gradually lay down rules of law. Ren´e Joliet
This Article, in Parts I-III, traces the development of Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty from the drafting of the Treaty, through discussions in the 1960s on their possible application to mergers, to the Continental Can case in 1973 and its subsequent interpretation. Part IV examines the Commission’s proposal for a regulation on Read More …
What book would (or should) any European Community law lawyer-regardless of specialization-have on his or her desk or shelves? The answer to that question, at least for the English-language Community lawyer, is Law of the European Communities, edited by David Vaughan. The book is also Volumes 51 and 52 of the fourth edition of Halsbury’s Read More …
This Article examines South African perspectives on the legal system within South Africa post-Apartheid, in particular the new focus on human rights. Winston P. Nagan