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Universal jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and the US national interest: An issue of incompatibility [PDF]

On July 17, 1998, one hundred and twenty countries adopted a treaty in Rome to establish a permanent International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.1 This treaty is the culmination of decades of advocacy by leading human rights advocates around ...
Ifediora, John
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Enforcing Internationally Recognized Human Rights Violations under the Alien Tort Claims Act: An Analysis of the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Doe v. Unocal Corp. [PDF]

, 2003
[Excerpt] On September 18, 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a United States based corporation can be held civilly liable for “aiding and abetting” the internationally recognized human rights violation of forced labor. This case, Doe v.
Kastenberg, Joshua E.
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Comparing Transcriptomic Responses to Chemicals Across Six Species Using the EcoToxChip RNASeq Database

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract The EcoToxChip project includes RNA‐sequencing data from experiments involving model (Japanese quail, fathead minnow, African clawed frog) and ecological (double‐crested cormorant, rainbow trout, northern leopard frog) species at multiple life stages (whole embryo and adult) exposed to eight chemicals of environmental concern known to perturb ...
Krittika Mittal, Jessica Ewald, Doug Crump, Jessica Head, Markus Hecker, Natacha Hogan, Jianguo Xia, Niladri Basu   +7 more
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Universal Jurisdiction as Vicarious Jurisdiction

Journal of International Criminal Justice
Abstract Universal criminal jurisdiction (UJ) over core international crimes is frequently justified on the basis that forum states act as trustees or agents of the international community. However, the normative and procedural implications of this characterization for the proper administration of UJ remain largely unexplored, while ...
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Universal Jurisdiction

, 2013
Abstract This chapter discusses the law of universal jurisdiction and its application in Norway in the case of Public Prosecutor v Mirsad Repak. It examines constitutional issues raised by the case and addresses the question of whether any other legal forum would have been better suited to try the case.
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Courts Have Gone Overboard in Applying the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act [PDF]

, 2018
The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA), enacted through Congress’s power to “define and punish . . . Felonies Committed on the high Seas,” prosecutes individuals for drug trafficking “on board” vessels.
Aquila, Elaina
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Inconsistent Transcriptomic Responses to Hexabromocyclododecane in Japanese Quail: A Comparative Analysis of Results From Four Different Study Designs

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract Efforts to use transcriptomics for toxicity testing have classically relied on the assumption that chemicals consistently produce characteristic transcriptomic signatures that are reflective of their mechanism of action. However, the degree to which transcriptomic responses are conserved across different test methodologies has seldom been ...
Paul Béziers, Elena Legrand, Emily Boulanger, Niladri Basu, Jessica D. Ewald, Paula Henry, Markus Hecker, Jianguo Xia, Natalie Karouna‐Renier, Doug Crump, Jessica Head   +10 more
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Insolvency‐related foreign judgements in Nigeria: Contextualising English legal influence and comparative analysis of the UNCITRAL regime

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has produced the most robust international insolvency regime applicable to countries around the world. The Model Law on Cross‐Border Insolvency (1997) is widely accepted and already very popular among African countries.
Pontian N. Okoli
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A COSMOPOLITAN CRITIQUE ON STATE REFUSAL TO EXERCISE UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION

Mimbar Hukum
Despite some controversy surrounding its enforcement, universal jurisdiction is a well-known doctrine within the realm of international criminal law. While only a small number of countries have actively prosecuted grave human rights violations happening ...
Rafsi Azzam Hibatullah Albar, Nyi Raden Calvinca Naomi Poerawinata   +1 more
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Holding out on restructuring negotiations: A legal analysis over Finnish and Swedish legislation

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how Finnish and Swedish restructuring laws create opportunities for creditors to hold out on restructuring negotiations. Using Anthony Casey's new bargaining theory and the traditional creditors' bargain model as analytical frames, the study argues that holdouts arise when ex ante rights – particularly security interests,
Anssi Kärki
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