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Immigration law is a hotly contested topic these days. Not only does it have important implications in numerous legal fields, including labor law and tort law, but it also has social, political, and ... law, it becomes apparent that the employment of undocumented aliens does not have the negative economic and political effects that critics would like to assert. II. WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAw Workers
courts that adjudication of claims against corporate defendants would have an ad- verse effect on U.S. foreign policy, thus triggering the political question doctrine and forcing the courts to rule the ... have, in fact, deferred entirely to the executive branch, others have stood firm. In the process, and through a creative streamlining of the Baker v. Carr political question doctrine analysis, courts
The United Nations (“UN”) adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”) in 1966 and officially implemented it in 1976 to ensure, among other guarantees, that no human is ... Political Rights (“ICCPR”) in 1966 and officially implemented it in 1976 to ensure, among other guarantees, that no 1 The author is an American-Muslim human rights activist, writer, and lecturer on American
“Rule of law” is an expression both praised and ridiculed by adherents of opposite political philosophies, and it is a principle claimed as the lodestar for widely differing legal theories. As much ... widely differing legal theories. As much as an ideality as an ideal, the words “rule of law” have served a wide range of purposes, stretching from political sloganeering to the protection of individual
are part of a political structure in which the Party’s will and policies have been the most effective law… Laws and regulations have to be understood in this wider context of a society in which the ... that the GATT did not have the same international and political standing as the IMF or the World Bank .... [Now,][t]he WTO is the principle international agency overseeing and administering the rules of
political Islam. Despite the controversy, though, it seems surprising that Thomas Friedman, award-wining writer for the New York Times, commented, “the bad guys are losing.”6 Only a few weeks before this ... the dominant atmosphere of justice and represents the rise of the first democratic political institution in Muslim history, the historic Caliphate. The second is famous for its advancements in
, political, and ethical concerns. They have become economic concerns, particularly due to the erosion of public confidence in the integrity of corporate leadership and the institutions that are charged with ... both South and Central America, as well as Mexico. 2Thomas L. Friedman, THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE 9 (2000). States, and the economic and political infrastructure took shape. Latin America was left far
as an important destination for China’s FDI outflows. Through an interdisciplinary approach, this article seeks to further our understanding of the economic, political and, more importantly, the legal ... . FDI. A special emphasis is put on bilateral investment treaties that have been concluded between China and Africa. Finally, this article evaluates the political and legal framework of the Sino-African
Political scientists have identified compelling correlations between economic development and democratic stability. In general, the wealthier and more developed a country, the greater its chances of ... under President Robert Mugabe. See Edward A. Brett, From Corporatism to Liberalization in Zimbabwe: Economic Policy Regimes and Political Crisis, 1980-97, 26 INT’L POL. SCI. REV. 91 (2005) (explaining the
Justiciability doctrines in the foreign affairs arena have been described as involving large elements of prophecy. First, this article will examine the justifications and application of the political
complaint, and its retaliatory diplomatic measures against other states are without merit. This essay reviews Snowden's defenses under the double criminality principle and the political offense exception ... Snowden's defenses under the double criminaltiy principle and the political offense exception acccording to Hong Kong law, applying the British "incidence"standard,and casts light on a selfdefeating U.S
creative in forging economic and trading alliances—some that appeared to be political alliances and even elementary union. They have also, on more than one occasion, attempted to confect monetary stability ... contributed to that defeat.28 The league, however, was never a coherent political organization, since its members’ conflicting interests prevented any real political cohesion.29 Even so, the league was
due to its commitments stemming from the Third Geneva Convention of 1949, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and the Convention Against Torture (CAT). This argument will ... , Legal "Black Hole"? ExtraterritorialState Action and International Treaty Law on Civil and Political Rights, 26 MICH. J. INT'L L. 739, 740 (2005). 12 Id. 13 Id. 14 See id. 15 Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466
their role in both the process and final outcome is evident. 89 What differentiates this approach is that it does not try to derive its final determinations from a single political philosophy like the ... times of * Vincent J. Samar is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law and also an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at both Loyola University
passion for science, energetic personality and collaborative philosophy, which he incorporated into a unique way of doing research. Over the course of his career, he published 117 scientific articles with
-Lasswell liaison in their creation of policy science. Note that Lasswell was a member of the Chicago School of Sociology, but he was also the president of the American Political Science Association and he ... taught and wrote on psychology. He did important work in communications as well as political psychology. gram sought to shape the law based on what today might be called "data driven" policy choices."4
process in foreign proceedings. Further, courts are afforded unbridled discretion to validate foreign judgments without considering credible extrinsic evidence regarding the political system of the country ... , from oil companies and environmentalists, to foreign affairs experts and judicial commentators.1 The litigation, now over 20 years old, brings a host of legal, ethical and political questions into the
Richmond Journal of Global Law and On October 5, 1988, as a result of an ossified political structure, youthful unrest broke out in violent demonstrations in Algiers, which resulted in civilian casualties ... masquerade-vote. The President of the Republic resigned and the voting interrupted. In response to the protests, the Army that had left the political scene in 1988 intervened anew for a time, in the affairs of
prohibitive standards ban: (1) labor market discrimination including discrimination by race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or political opinion; (2) forced or compulsory labor, with limited exceptions for ... fluctuations, the worst of which was the Great Depression of the 1930s. These conditions, combined with lack of representation of working people also made for political conflict. The history parallels today's
to date. Many countries are still uncertain about whether to grow and how to regulate genome-edited crop varieties12. Scientific, political and social considerations impact these decisions, which are