Recently added articles from Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law:

Choosing between liberalization and regulatory autonomy under GATS: implications of U.S.-Gambling for trade in cross border e-services.

Nov 01, 2007; King, Nancy J. ... ABSTRACT In 2005, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body presided over United States--Measures affecting the cross-border supply of gambling and betting services (U.S.-Gambling), in which Antigua argued that U.S. criminal laws banning the provision of cross-border ...

Iraq, secured transactions, and the promise of Islamic law.

Nov 01, 2007; Sundahl, Mark J. ... ABSTRACT When Iraq regains political stability, major reconstruction projects will have to be funded and local businesses will need financing in order to gain a foothold in the new economy. In order to attract the necessary capital, the Iraqi law of secured transactions must be ...

Sovereignty migrates in U.S. and Mexican law: transnational influences in plenary power and non-intervention.

Nov 01, 2007; Hernandez-Lopez, Ernesto ... ABSTRACT Mexico and the United States exercise sovereignty that is increasingly transnational and less absolute with respect to migration. This is evident in changes to Mexico's norm of nonintervention and the United States' plenary power doctrine, two doctrines rooted in ...

The legality of the West Bank Wall: Israel's High Court of Justice v. the International Court of Justice.

Nov 01, 2007; Kattan, Victor ... ABSTRACT This Article offers a critique of the decision reached by Israel's High Court of Justice in the Mara'abe Case (2005) as well as some aspects of the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied ...

The Anfal Genocide: personal reflections and legal residue.

Nov 01, 2007; Newton, Michael A. ... I was humbled to be asked to share some of my perspectives on the Anfal Genocide against the Kurdish people with you tonight. I am honored to be here and able to share in this series of events that in the aggregate form the 30th Annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture Series. As many of you ...

Judicial interference: redefining the role of the judiciary within the context of U.S. and E.U. merger clearance coordination.

Nov 01, 2007; Carson, Yasmine ... ABSTRACT In December 2003, Sony and Bertelsmann AG (BMG) sought approval from the Federal Trade Commission and European Commission to effectuate a joint venture between the two companies. Remarkably, almost two years after both antitrust authorities had cleared the Sony-BMG ...

Say what you mean: improved drafting resources as a means for increasing the consistency of interpretation of bilateral investment treaties.

Nov 01, 2007; Connolly, Kelley ... ABSTRACT Following the demise of international recognition of the Hull Rule as the standard governing foreign direct investment, countries throughout the world have turned to bilateral investment treaties (BITs) to govern direct investment relationships. BITs allow countries to ...

The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000: the United States' ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children, and its meager effect on international adoption.

Nov 01, 2007; O'Keefe, Kate ... ABSTRACT This Note explores the effect of the United States' ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) via passage of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (IAA). Through ...