Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems

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• EU Cosmetics Directive and the Ban on Animal Testing: Compliance, Challenges, and the GATT as a Potential Barrier to Animal Welfare
• Remarks: 9/11 and 9/12 + 10 = The United States, Al-Qaeda, and the World
• Introduction to the Symposium
• Rethinking Salvation Mentality and Counterterrorism
• Counterterrorism and Economic Policy
• No Peace Without Rights: Why International Law Matters
• Universal AIDS Treatment by 2010: Broken Promises and International Intellectual Property Policies
• The Grass is Always Greener': A Look at Educational Reform in the United States and Japan
• Weapons of Mass Deception and What We Don't Know About U.S. Policy in the Middle East
• The Message and Means of Modern Terrorism Prosecution

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• The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Forgotten History of the White House Children's Conferences, 1909-1971

  I. Introduction - II. A forgotten history and opposition to the CRC - III. A call to reinstate the white house conferences - IV. The White House children‘s conferences - V. The CRC - VI. The right to life and survival, the right to guidance and protection, and the right to respect and to be heard - ...

• Global Legal Education and Comparative Visa Regulations

  I. Introduction. II. Global Legal Education. A. The Worldwide Diffusion of U.S. Law Firms. B. International Prestige of U.S. Law Schools. C. The Challenge of Comparative Law and Knowledge of Foreign Legal Systems. D. Are Foreign Visa and Entry Regulations Real Barriers to the Expansion of U.S. Law...

• Is Botswana the Miracle of Africa? Democracy, the Rule of Law, and Human Rights Versus Economic Development

  I. Botswana Today. II. The Political Context. III. The Economic Context. IV. Why Botswana Has Prospered. V. Botswana's Lucky Break. VI. Is Botswana A Miracle In The African Context?. A. Laws and Practice. B. Politics. C. Criticism. D. Civil Society and the Media. E. Economic Issues. F. Minority...

• Plea Bargaining as a Legal Transplant: A Good Idea for Troubled Criminal Justice Systems?

  I. Introduction. II. Troubled Criminal Justice Systems: What Countries Fall Under This Category?. III. Plea Bargaining Transplants: Two Examples. A. The Republic of Georgia. 1. Background. 2. Plea Bargaining. a) Plea Bargaining in the Georgian Criminal Procedure Code. b) Plea Bargaining in Practice....

• Weapons of Mass Deception and What We Don't Know About U.S. Policy in the Middle East
• Women's Rights in the Muslim World and the Age of Obama

  I. Introduction - II. Role of International Law in U.S. Foreign Policy toward the muslim world - III. Women‘s rights in the muslim world - A. Palestine - B. Afghanistan - IV. Recommendations for the Obama Administration - A. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ...

• Racializing Islam Before and After 9/11: From Melting Pot to Islamophobia
• Structural Reform of Financial Regulation

  I. Preface - II. Original introduction - III. Designing an optimal regulatory system - A. Regulatory Objectives - B. Characteristics of an Optimal Regulatory System - C. Regulatory Strategies - D. Organization of the Regulatory System - IV. Canada’s regulatory system - A. Current Structure of...

• EU Cosmetics Directive and the Ban on Animal Testing: Compliance, Challenges, and the GATT as a Potential Barrier to Animal Welfare
• Remarks: 9/11 and 9/12 + 10 = The United States, Al-Qaeda, and the World