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International Law
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CommentaryVol. 101 · Iss. 3
Arbitrating Corruption
One of the most controversial issues in international investment law is how arbitral panels should deal with investments tainted by corruption at their inception.…
Rachel Brewster -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 4
The Political Economy of WTO Exceptions
ABSTRACT In a bid to save the planet from rising temperatures, the European Union is introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism—essentially a levy on…
Timothy Meyer -
NoteVol. 87 · Iss. 5
Taste of Child Labor Not So Sweet: A Critique of Regulatory Approaches to Combating Child Labor Abuses by the U.S. Chocolate Industry
United States chocolate manufacturers, including Hershey’s and Mars, received unwelcomed media attention in 2001 as reports of the use of child labor on West…
Kemi Mustapha -
ArticleVol. 87 · Iss. 5
A No-Excuse Approach to Transitional Justice: Reparations As Tools of Extraordinary Justice
It is sometimes the case that a debate goes off the rails so early that riders assume the rough country around them is the…
David C. Gray -
ArticleVol. 88 · Iss. 5
A Realist Defense of the Alien Tort Statute
This Article offers a new justification for modern litigation under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), a provision from the 1789 Judiciary Act that permits…
Robert Knowles -
ArticleVol. 88 · Iss. 4
Rationalizing Costs in Investment Treaty Arbitration
International investment and related disputes are on the rise. With national courts generally unavailable and difficulties resolving disputes through diplomacy, investment treaties give investors…
Susan D. Franck -
NoteVol. 94 · Iss. 1
The United States Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act: The Creation of Private Space Property Rights and the Omission of the Right to Freedom From Harmful Interference
In March 2004, the European Space Agency successfully launched the Rosetta Spacecraft from Kourou, French Guiana. Over $1.5 billion dollars, ten years, and four…
Elliot Reaven -
ArticleVol. 94 · Iss. 1
Judging Foreign States
Famed foreign relations law principles, including the act of state doctrine, the public law taboo, and Zschernig’s foreign affairs preemption, rely on the notion…
Zachary D. Clopton -
ArticleVol. 95 · Iss. 3
Amnesty for Even the Worst Offenders
In recent years, global policy makers have declared that heads of state must be held accountable through criminal prosecution for internationally wrongful acts. Scholars…
Jay Butler -
NoteVol. 92 · Iss. 6
The Global Colony: A Comparative Analysis of National Security-Based Foreign Investment Regimes in the Western Hemisphere
In 1975, the United States took steps to prevent its national security from being undermined by foreign investment through the creation of the Committee…
Colin Stapleton -
ArticleVol. 91 · Iss. 6
Corruption, Corporations, and the New Human Right
We should no longer expect the Alien Tort Statute to be the principal federal statute that deters overseas corporate rights violations. That distinction rightly…
Andrew B Spalding -
ArticleVol. 91 · Iss. 4
Pushing the Limits of Jurisdiction Over Foreign Actors Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) is the primary law used by the United States to combat global corruption and bribery. As anti-corruption…
Natasha N. Wilson