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Bananas of wrath: how Nicaragua may have dealt forum non conveniens a fatal blow removing the doctrine as an obstacle to achievi
I. INTRODUCTION: CONCERNING BANANA WORKERS II. FORUM NON CONVENIENS: HISTORY AND ANALYSIS A. The Alternative Forum B. Private and Public Interest Factors III. FORUM NON CONVENIENS: . . .

International trafficking in children: will new U.S. legislation provide an ending to the story?
I. THE TRAGEDY OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING: NO COUNTRY IS IMMUNE FROM THE DRAMA II. THE FIVE "WS" OF SEX TRAFFICKING: UNDERSTANDING THE STORY A. What is the plot in . . .

"Female troubles": the plight of foreign household workers pursuing lawful permanent residency through employment-based immigrat
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE PROCEDURE A. Temporary Residency: The Nonimmigrant Visa 1. "Too Hot, Too Cold, Too Big, Too Small" or "The Goldilocks Problem": Why Most . . .

Have we closed the barn door yet? A look at the current loopholes in the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act.
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE HISTORY OF RECEDING MILITARY JURISDICTION OVER U.S. CIVILIANS A. How Was the Barn Door Opened in the First Place? B. What Is the Significance of the . . .

Regulating international lawyers: the legal consultant rules.
I. THE THEME AND ITS VARIATIONS II. THE TABLES: COMPARING THE RULES III. CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE ROLE FOR LEGAL CONSULTANTS TABLE 1 TABLE 2 END NOTES: TABLES 1 & 2 Economic . . .

Sending the right signals: using rent-seeking theory to analyze the Cuban Central Bank.
I. METHODOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP A. A Deflationary View of Central Bank Independence B. Using Rent-Seeking Analysis to Track Creditor Influence on . . .

Property, people, and prosperity: address to the Houston World Affairs Council.
I. BUILDING NATIONS II. PROPERTY, ACQUAINTANCE, AND DESCRIPTION III. VALUE THROUGH LAW IV. DEMOCRACY V. REMEMBER NOT TO FORGET A. What Makes a Successful Nation? B. Do Not Get . . .

Going too far is worse than not going far enough: principle-based accounting standards, international harmonization, and the Eur
I. HOW DID WE GET HERE?--ACCOUNTING, FRAUD AND NATIONAL DEBTS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES II. THE PURPOSE OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IS TO PRODUCE RELEVANT, RELIABLE AND CONSISTENTLY . . .

Defining international satellite communications as weapons of mass destruction: the first step in a compromise between national
I. INTRODUCTION II. INTERNATIONAL LAW GOVERNS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES BUT FALLS SHORT OF PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY SCHEME A. Corpus Juris Spatialis Provides . . .

Finding the right tool for the job: adequate protection for research tool patents in a global market?
I. PATENT LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES II. PROCESS PATENTS AMENDMENT ACT--HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE III. BIOPHARMACEUTICALS: THE SCIENCE AND THE INDUSTRY A. Biotech 101-A Basic Primer on . . .

Justice under transitional administration: contours and critique of a paradigm.
I. INTRODUCTION II. JUSTICE UNDER TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION: THE CONTOURS OF A PARADIGM A. A Unique Rationale B. Unique Features 1. The Multplicity of Actors 2. . . .

"Umbrellas" or "building blocks"? Defining international terrorism and transnational organized crime in international law [phi].
I. INTRODUCTION II. DEFINITIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME A. The Draft Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (the Draft . . .

Discrimination on the basis of resident status and denial of equal treatment: a reply to Professor Weintraub's response.(respons
I am grateful for Professor Russell J. Weintraub's response (1) to my essay on "Equal Treaty Rights." (2) His claims and commentary offer an opportunity for clarification and sharpened . . .

"Equal treaty rights": a response to Professor Paust.(response to Jordan J. Paust, Houston Journal of International Law, vol. 26
I. THERE IS NO AUTHORITY THAT BASING FORUM NON CONVENIENS DECISIONS ON PLAINTIFF'S RESIDENCE VIOLATES U.S. TREATIES Professor Jordan J. Paust published an article in this Journal contending that . . .

To protect the defenseless: the need for child-specific substantive standards for unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers.
I. INTRODUCTION II. UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE CHILDREN A. Definition B. Reasons Why Children Leave Their Countries of Origin III. OVERVIEW OF ASYLUM LAW A. 1951 United . . .

A constitutional dilemma: the conflict of the Title VII alien exemption clause with the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND OF CURRENT LAW A. The Aramco Decision 1. The Presumption against Extraterritoriality 2. Congress Responds to ARAMCO B. The Courts' . . .

The wide world of sports is getting wider: a look at drafting foreign players into U.S. professional sports.
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE RULES OF THE GAME A. Immigration Laws Affecting Foreign Athletes 1. The Current 0 Visa 2. The Current P Visa 3. Effect of the . . .

TRIPS compliance: dealing with the consequences of drug patents in India.(Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Pro
I. INTRODUCTION II. RESPONDING TO THE THREAT OF INCREASED DRUG PRICES A. Will Drug Prices Actually Rise? B. Drug Price Controls C. Governmental Purchasing Power D. Compulsory . . .

Charterer's liabilities under the ship time charter.
I. BACKGROUND II. SCOPE III. THE TIME CHARTER A. Nature Of the Time Charter 1. Contract 2. Allocation of Duties B. Limited Duties of a Time Charterer . . .

Post-WTO China and independent judicial review.
I. INTRODUCTION II. CONFUCIANISM, ASIAN VALUES, AND PARTICULARISM A. The Method and Need to Study Chinese Jurisprudence B. Ethos of Confucianism and Legalism C. Asian . . .

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