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Sustainable development: a strategy that reflects the effects of globalization on the international power structure.
I. INTRODUCTION All day they've raced round in the heat, at top speeds, Unsuccessfully trying to sell Zizzer-Zoof Seeds, Which nobody wants because nobody needs.(1) The proponents of . . .

The Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in United States courts.
The Convention, faute de mieux, will often be applied by tribunals (fudges or arbitrators) who often will be intimately familiar only with their own domestic law. These tribunals, regardless of . . .

Mexico's foreign investment regulations of 1998.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. Why should U.S. legal practitioners and international investors become familiar with Mexico's 1998 Foreign Investment Regulations? Familiarity with Mexico's . . .

EC Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights: The Regulation of Innovation.(Review)
EC COMPETITION LAW AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: THE REGULATION OF INNOVATION. By Steven D. Anderman. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998. $95.00. 320 pages. The United States of America . . .

The future of combining synagogue and state in Israel: what have we learned in the first 50 years.
I. INTRODUCTION The government will act to bring the religious and secular closer through mutual understanding and respect.(1) There is no doubt that religion is woven into various aspects . . .

Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War.(Review)
KOSOVO: HOW MYTHS AND TRUTHS STARTED A WAR By Julie A. Mertus. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1999. $55.00. 378 pages. The war in Kosovo presented a crisis of conscience for the . . .

Organ procurement: various legal systems and their effectiveness.
I.INTRODUCTION Throughout the world, organ transplantation has emerged as an important medical advancement in solving the problem of end-stage organ failure. Over the years, the success rates of . . .

Obtaining discovery abroad: the utility of the comity analysis in determining whether to order production of documents protected
I. INTRODUCTION The global economy is now a reality. With the increasing globalization and diversification of commerce and human interaction comes a concomitant globalization and diversification . . .

Alien Tort Claims Act - classifying peacetime rape as an international human rights violation.
I. INTRODUCTION Rape has occurred throughout human history. It is not currently deemed a violation of international human rights. Recently, the international community, with the help of the . . .

NATO'S intervention in Kosovo: the legal case for violating Yugoslavia's national sovereignty in the absence of security council
If a tyrant ... practises atrocities towards his subjects, which no just man can approve, the right of human social connection is not cut off in such a case.... [I]t would not follow that others . . .

International arbitration and enforcement in U.S. federal courts.
I. INTRODUCTION In the international arena, the advantage of arbitration over litigation as a method of dispute resolution is no longer subject to debate.(1) One reason for this trend is that . . .

Combating gray market goods in a global market: comparative analysis of intellectual property laws and recommended strategies.
I. INTRODUCTION Gray goods, also called parallel imports, pose a significant threat to multinational companies (MNCs) that enter foreign markets.(1) Gray goods are genuine goods sold through . . .

Healing the sacred yoni in the land of Isis: female genital mutilation is banned (again) in Egypt.
I. INTRODUCTION Egypt is the second most populous African nation and the most populous Arab nation.(2) Egypt is a leader in Islamic jurisprudence,(3) and its citizenry is 90% Muslim.(4) Female . . .

Recognizing foreign tax judgments: an argument for the revocation of the revenue rule.
I. INTRODUCTION Litigants who have obtained a judgment from a foreign court, for the most part, have little trouble convincing courts in the United States to recognize and enforce that . . .

How do you know you are at war in the information age?
It is not at all clear at this time whether information-warfare measures taken by a potential adversary ... would be readily detectable. The question of "how do you know you are at war" may . . .

Human rights purposes of the Violence Against Women Act and international law's enhancement of congressional power.
An important issue pending before the U.S. Supreme Court(1) is whether Congress has constitutionally based power to enact the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).(2) Although some have focused on . . .

Bootlegs and imports: seeking effective international enforcement of copyright protection for unauthorized musical recordings.
I. INTRODUCTION In response to the swell of worldwide bootlegging and piracy of music, sound recordings, and motion pictures, several conventions have been held throughout the international . . .

Yin and yang: the eugenic policies of the United States and China: is the analysis that black and white?
If in the First Act you hang a gun upon the wall, by the Third Act you must use it. Chekhov I. INTRODUCTION As technological and scientific advances proliferate, innumerable questions . . .

The Economic Espionage Act of 1996: are we finally taking corporate spies seriously?
I. INTRODUCTION For many companies, information is the most important resource available. Many executives only realize the value of their corporation's secrets when these secrets are stolen and . . .

Legal responses to international terrorism: constitutional constraints on presidential power.
Watching the news this morning on CNN, and reading the front page of this morning's USA Today, I learned there is a heavy-weight championship fight coming up in a few days; and I was wondering if . . .

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