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O What a Rogue and Peasant State Am I, Vol. 2
CC image courtesy of the Provenance Online Project O What a Rogue and Peasant State Am I: Torture and Impunity in the United States of America by Jordan Calazan Manalastas* Imagine that the head of a foreign state suborned a covert paramilitary group to torture detainees in secret black sites the world over. That paramilitary group,…
Apr 2015
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Remedying the Recession in the Eurozone, Vol. 2
CC image courtesy of Dinu Dominic Manns Remedying the Recession in the Eurozone: Budgetary Austerity v. Quantitative Easing by William Morici* Introduction – The Eurozone’s Economic Sluggishness The Eurozone, the group of European Union (EU) members that have adopted the Euro, has struggled to recover from the debt crises it faced following the Great…
Feb 2015
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Reality Check: The U.S. Labor Action Against Guatemala, Vol. 2
CC image courtesy of Fernando Reyes Palencia Reality Check: A Realistic View of the United States Labor Action Against Guatemala by Aida V. Nieto* I. Introduction Last month I discussed the decision of the United States Trade Representative, Michael Froman, to pursue a labor enforcement case against Guatemala under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement…
Dec 2014
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Human Trafficking and the Thai Fishing Industry, Vol. 2
Human Trafficking and the Fishing Industry in Thailand by Ellen Taylor* I. Introduction Two years ago, a smuggler promised to take Myint Thein across the border into Thailand, where he would find work in a factory.[1] After arriving, Thein realized that he had been sold into slavery aboard a ship in Katang, a port on…
Dec 2014
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SIFMA v. CFTC: Derivative Swap Regulations Gain Extraterritorial Traction, Vol. 2
SIFMA v. CFTC: Derivative Swap Regulations Gain Extraterritorial Traction by William Morici* I. Introduction Following the 2008 recession, Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Act[1] reversing the Clinton-era deregulation of derivatives.[2] One of the Dodd-Frank Act’s many provisions gives the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing derivative swaps[3]…
Nov 2014
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Puerto Rico—The Unincorporated Jewel of The Caribbean, Vol. 2
CC image courtesy of fortherock Live and Let Die: Puerto Rico—The Unincorporated Jewel of The Caribbean[1] by Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud* I. Introduction In 1950, after fifty-two years of a colonial government on the Island of Puerto Rico,[2] and well into the destruction of Puerto Rico’s local economy,[3] Congress passed Public Law 600.[4] This law provided…
Nov 2014
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Executive Efforts to Solve the Immigration Crisis, Vol. 2
CC image courtesy of Nevele Otseog Sans-Congress: Executive Efforts to Solve the Immigration Crisis through Treaty Enforcement by Aida V. Nieto* Immigration Policy and Politics On June 30, 2014, President Barack Obama vowed to the American people that he would take executive action by the end of the summer to begin repairing America’s broken immigration…
Nov 2014
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The Revolution Will Not Be Legitimized, Vol. 2
CC image courtesy of gnuckx The Revolution Will Not Be Legitimized: Armed Resistance in Occupied Palestine by Jordan Calazan Manalastas* It is said that when the invincibly oblivious Louis XVI first heard about the raid on the Bastille, the good king exclaimed, “But good God! That is a revolt!” The duc de la Rouchefoucauld replied, “No,…
Oct 2014
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The Root’s Necessity, Vol. 2
CC image courtesy of Yenia Rivarola The Root’s Necessity: A Critique of the Top-Down Approach to International Standards for Genetically Modified Crops and Biofuels by Emily Sellers* I. Introduction Initially touted as panaceas to the world’s food and energy crises, Genetically Modified (GM) crops and biofuels have now engendered debate about their long-term costs and benefits. Although…
Oct 2014
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The Daimler Decision and Personal Jurisdiction, Vol. 2
CC image courtesy of autohistorian The Daimler Decision and Personal Jurisdiction by Connor O’Shea* I. Introduction In the Supreme Court’s decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman, handed down in January, the Court tackled the thorny issue of personal jurisdiction.[1] The case, which involved a suit by foreign plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture…
Oct 2014