The Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Death-Knell of Generic Pharmaceuticals?
As global commerce continues to expand, many states find international trade agreements to be a useful tool to facilitate this continued...
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Aug 8, 2016
From Nuremberg to Kenya: Compiling the Evidence for International Prosecutions Criminal
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has encountered significant difficulty in conducting investigations. Faced with...
Jan 30, 2016
Stopping the Circling Vultures: Restructuring a Solution to Sovereign Debt Profiteering
Elisa Beneze is a third-year student at Vanderbilt University Law School. Her Note uses the sovereign debt crisis in Argentina to explore...
Nov 30, 2015
If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: The U.S. Solution to the Issue of Corporate Inversions
Scott DeAngelis is a J.D./Ph.D. candidate studying Law and Economics at Vanderbilt University Law School. His note addresses corporate...
Jun 16, 2015
Agreement in Principle: A Compromise for Activist Shareholders from the UK Stewardship Code
Equity ownership in the United States and Europe is now highly concentrated in the hands of institutional investors, which gives rise to...
Jun 16, 2015
Who Speaks for the Fish? The Tragedy of Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy
The Common Fisheries Policy, enacted in 1983 as the European Union’s primary overfishing regulation scheme, is widely regarded as a...
Jun 16, 2015
The Future of Sharia Law in American Arbitration
A rising tide of Islamophobia in the United States has led, in recent years, to state-level efforts to prohibit the application of Sharia...
Mar 29, 2015
Confused, Frustrated, and Exhausted: Solving the U.S. Digital First Sale Doctrine Problem Through th
Users worldwide enjoy digital goods such as music and e-books on a daily basis. They have become a major part of people’s lives, with...
Mar 29, 2015
The Faults in “Fair” Trials: An Evaluation of Regulation 55 at the International Criminal Court
Despite its reputation as a “provision of an exceptional nature,” Regulation 55 has become one of the most contested procedural devices...
Dec 20, 2014
Manifest Illegality and the ICC Superior Orders Defense: Schuldtheorie Mistake of Law Doctrine as an
While the Anglo-American and international legal systems adhere to the rule that “a mistake of the law excuses no one,” German...
Dec 20, 2014
Getting Off the Mommy Track: An International Model Law Solution to the Global Maternity Discrimina
Women’s roles in workplaces around the globe have been growing steadily for the past half-century. Yet, in everything from pay to...
Nov 27, 2014
Soy Dominicano – The Status of Haitian Descendants Born in the Dominican Republic and Measures to Pr
In September 25, 2013, the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic retroactively interpreted the Dominican Constitution to deny...
Nov 27, 2014
Gimme Shelter: International Political Asylum in the Information Age
On June 5, 2013, an article in the Guardian revealed highly classified information about surveillance operations being performed by the...
May 30, 2014
The Monetary Fifth Column: The Eurodollar Threat to Financial Stability and Economic Sovereignty
Eurodollars are dollar-denominated deposit liabilities of banks outside the United States. Even though estimates of the size of the...
May 30, 2014
The Epic Struggle for Dolphin-Safe Tuna: To Be Continued—A Case for Accommodating Nonprotectionist E
In May 2012, the World Trade Organization (WTO) struck down the United States’ dolphin-safe tuna labeling standard as a barrier to trade...
May 16, 2014
Amnesty or Accountability: The Fate of High-Ranking Child Soldiers in Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Arm
In May 2013, Uganda surprisingly resurrected its amnesty provision for two more years after having let it lapse only a year earlier....
May 16, 2014
Demanding Accountability Where Accountability Is Due: A Functional Necessity Approach to Diplomatic
This Note addresses the inability of domestic workers to seek redress for exploitation by diplomat employers. In examining the legal...
Mar 17, 2014
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Co
Piracy has reemerged with a vengeance in the twenty-first century. Although it is confined primarily to the horn of Africa, piracy poses...
Mar 17, 2014
The International War Against Doping: Limiting the Collateral Damage from Strict Liability
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Anti-Doping Code are largely considered the model for an effective and well-coordinated...
Jan 8, 2014
Expanding the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations: Protecting Children by Protecting Their Paren
Article 37 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR) aims to protect the interests of foreign national children by requiring...
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