Category: Articles
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World War II in Glendale: A Look Back at Hwang v. Japan, Vol. 2
CC License image courtesy of Melissa Wall World War II in Glendale: A Look Back at Hwang v. Japan by Yujin Chun* In Glendale, a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area, there is a bronze statue of a girl in traditional South Korean dress seated next to an empty chair.[1] Despite being less than…
Feb 2014
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Between a Rocket and a Hard Place: Difficult Decisions in U.S. Arms Limitation Treaty Enforcement, Vol. 2
CC Image courtesy of Ed Brambley Between a Rocket and a Hard Place: Difficult Decisions in U.S. Arms Limitation Treaty Enforcement by Alex Kerrigan* I. Introduction As Russia and the United States stood on the brink of a curling, hockey, and skiing showdown at the Sochi Winter Olympics, the United States was edging closer towards…
Feb 2014
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Piercing the Vatican Veil, Vol. 2
Image provided courtesy of the Art Renewal Center, www.artrenewal.org Piercing the Vatican Veil by Jordan Calazan Manalastas* It is a sign of intelligence and integrity not to confuse the wrongness of one’s acts with the wrongness of one’s beliefs. To impute the Catholic hierarchy’s failure to deal adequately with the sexual predators among its ranks…
Feb 2014
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Announcement: Elections & the End of Volume One, Vol. 1
Dear ILJ Online Readers, We are excited to announce that, yesterday evening, the Cornell International Law Journal conducted its annual elections. After reviewing a stellar lineup of potential candidates for Senior Online Editor, the Journal chose Noah Black to fill the position. In addition to a new Senior Online Editor, the Journal also elevated four…
Feb 2014
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English for the English: Immigration & Language, Vol. 1
Image Courtesy of Communities and Local Government Office by Yujin Chun* Eric Pickles has made several headlines in January of 2014 for saying that immigrants in the United Kingdom who cannot speak English “can’t participate in society.”[1] This is not the first time the British Communities Secretary has made a controversial statement on immigrants and the…
Feb 2014
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The Big Four: Crouching Tiger, Hiding Auditor, Vol. 1
Crouching Tiger, Hiding Auditor by Noah Black* Two weeks ago, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot slammed the Chinese branches of the Big Four accounting firms—PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young, and KPMG—with a six month practice bar for failing to disclose audit materials when requested by the SEC.[1] The…
Feb 2014
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The Panama Canal Expansion Dispute, Vol. 1
CC Image Courtesy of U.S. Navy Imagery Panama Canal Expansion Dispute: Unforeseen Circumstances or Planned Cost Hikes? by Oscar Lopez* I. Introduction The sun rises in the east, the tides go in and out, and construction projects run over budget. Recent statistical analysis shows that this old bromide is often true,[1] and international examples abound:…
Jan 2014
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Religion and Relativity in Iran, Vol. 1
CC Image Courtesy of Abode of Chaos Religion and Relativity in Iran by Jordan Manalastas* On Valentine’s Day of 1989, the first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini, became perhaps the world’s surliest book critic by condemning British author Salman Rushdie to death.[1] Rushdie was charged with blasphemy for his less-than-flattering portrait of the Prophet…
Jan 2014
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Tokals & Sister Wives: The Role of Religion in Polygamy Law, Vol. 1
CC Image Courtesy of kirinqueen Tokals and Sister Wives: The Role of Religion in Polygamy in Kazakhstan and Utah by Yujin Chun* Polygamy—the state or practice of having more than one spouse simultaneously—is technically illegal in the Republic of Kazakhstan, but in recent years it has been a “fact of life”[1] that carries no prescribed punishment.[2]…
Jan 2014
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South Africa’s Antitrust Framework for M&A Transactions, Vol. 1
CC Image Courtesy of Heather Dowd South Africa’s Antitrust Framework for M&A Transactions by Byron Crowe* Sub-Saharan Africa continues to grow at an impressive rate, and South Africa has been characterized as the “gateway” to investment in the region.[1] This, coupled with the increasing popularity of cross-border M&A deals, means that foreign transactional attorneys are…
Jan 2014