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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 . . .

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 . . .

"Equal treaty rights," resident status & forum non conveniens.(Transatlantic Business Transactions: Choice of Law, Jurisdiction,
In an essay appearing earlier in the Texas Bar Journal, (1) I addressed the meaning of the phrase "equal treaty rights" utilized in the Texas Open Forum Act. (2) Since then, the Supreme Court of . . .

Extraterritorial jurisdiction - European responses.(Transatlantic Business Transactions: Choice of Law, Jurisdiction, and Judgme
I. INTRODUCTION In Europe, the United States is commonly seen as the key proponent of legislation having an extraterritorial effect, while Europeans regard themselves as eschewing this practice. . . .

Symposium: transatlantic business transactions--choice of law, jurisdiction, and judgments foreword.
The articles in this symposium were presented at a conference jointly organized by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and by the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA) at 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 . . .

A successful, permanent International Criminal Court ... "isn't it pretty to think so?" (Transatlantic Business Transactions: Ch
I. INTRODUCTION On September 30, 2002, the European Union (E.U.) assured the United States that it would not prosecute American military personnel and government officials in the International . . .

The impact of jurisdictional rules and recognition practice on international business transactions: the U.S. regime.(Transatlant
I. INTRODUCTION International business transactions are entered into in the shadow of both substantive and procedural rules. My paper focuses on the procedural framework for the litigation of . . .

Transatlantic business transactions: some questions for the lawyers.(Transatlantic Business Transactions: Choice of Law, Jurisdi
I. INTRODUCTION In this introduction to the symposium, I want to try to relate the respective topics--choice of law, jurisdiction of courts or arbitral tribunals, and recognition of foreign . . .

The common law of Mexican law in Texas courts.
I. INTRODUCTION/SCOPE OF ARTICLE II. TEXAS ABOLISHED THE DISSIMILARITY DOCTRINE IN 1979, ALLOWING TEXAS COURTS TO APPLY MEXICAN LAW WHEN MEXICO HAS THE "MOST SIGNIFICANT" . . .

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 . . .

U.S. policy on the enforcement of foreign export restrictions on cultural property & destructive aspects of retention schemes.
I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND III. CULTURAL NATIONALISM & CULTURAL INTERNATIONALISM IV. NATIONAL IDENTITY & CULTURAL PATRIMONY V. REPATRIATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY & FREE TRADE . . .

Resolving business disputes through litigation or other alternatives: the effects of jurisdictional rules and recognition practi
I. INTRODUCTION The rules on jurisdiction and recognition practice in the various U.S. jurisdictions on the one hand and in the European States on the other hand differ in several aspects. . . .

Observations about mandatory rules imposed on transatlantic commercial relationships.(Transatlantic Business Transactions: Choic
I. INTRODUCTION The United States and European Union (E.U.) cooperate in broad sections of the field of international law. However, approaches to the law and to market regulation sometimes differ . . .

Are corporate information assets, in the midst of dynamic technological and infrastructural advances, best secured by legal or s
I. INTRODUCTION II. MODERN INCARNATIONS OF TRADE SECRET THEFT A. Federal Surveillance and Disclosure Generally 1. Is Computer Surveillance Subject to the Electronic Communications . . .

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' . . .

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 . . .

Jurisdictional conflict and jurisdictional equilibration: paths to a via media?(Transatlantic Business Transactions: Choice of L
I. INTRODUCTION My goal in this article is to offer some reflections on jurisdictional conflict stimulated by Professor Posch (1) and on jurisdictional equilibration stimulated by Professor . . .

Prescriptive authority: global markets as a challenge to national regulatory systems.(Transatlantic Business Transactions: Choic
I. INTRODUCTION As economic activity becomes increasingly global, its normative context remains largely state-based. The resulting tension between private economic conduct and the normative . . .

Forum selection clauses in seamen's contracts: are we protecting commercial progress by denying seamen their rightful day in cou
I.INTRODUCTION II.BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIONS IN CONTRACT AND MARITIME LAW A. Fundamental Concepts in Contract Law B. The Necessity of Judicial . . .

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