Which way do the trade winds blow? The Presidential Race, Free Trade, and the TPP
David Archer, MJIL Staff Member Last week, the MJIL hosted a symposium that touched on several important issues in international law, including the landscape around trade agreements, with special focus on the GATT and WTO agreements. In observing the relative absence of development in global free trade talks since the
Attempts to Banish Trump: What’s Really Going On?
Chelsea Ahmann, MJIL Staff Member Donald Trump has maintained a prominent profile in American society for decades as a real estate mogul and television personality. His latest proclamation to run for presidential office, however, has elevated him to a public status that has already dwarfed his previous standing in American
Migration Fund: A Possible Way to Minimize the Negative Effects of Remittances
Yujie Shen, MJIL Note & Comment Editor In recent years, scholars and policy makers have become increasingly interested in remittances, the money that individual migrants send back to their home countries, usually to their families and relatives. Interest in this subject appears to have grown in rough proportion to the
Foreign Foreign Judgments and Judicial Review
MJIL Staff Member There are judgments awarded by a court in another country: foreign judgments. There are judgments awarded by another U.S. state: also foreign judgments. There are also judgments awarded by a court in another country, recognized in one U.S. state, seeking enforcement in a second U.S. state: foreign
A Look into the Benefits of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market Plan
Nicolette Figueroa, MJIL Staff The European Union has fallen in the ranks of the global digital economic hierarchy. Specifically, Europe’s digital environment requires more investment to compete effectively with North America and Asia.[1] Current research indicates that the United States’ digital presence encompasses most of Europe’s e-Commerce sector, where many
25 Years, Where Are We Now? Global Trade & Sovereign Debt
Symposium Sam Engel shared the following post in anticipation of our 2016 Symposium: 25 Years, “Where Are We Now? Global Trade & Sovereign Debt.” Learn more here, register, and view schedule here. Priorities in Global Trade: India and Neoliberalism Sam Engel, MJIL Symposium Editor Last summer India’s frustration resulted in a months-long protest of
Brazil’s Progressive Transformation in Eliminating Child Labor
E. Catlynne Shadakofsky, MJIL Staff Member Despite the growing awareness and international support for legal reform providing protection for children in the work force, social and economic factors continue to present large obstacles standing in the way of laws’ positive impact. Even after the adoption of laws changing the structure
“Sullivan-Plus” Principles as Applied to Ukraine
Vilena Nicolet, MJIL Staff Member The brutal annexation of Crimea by Russia caused uproar in the international community. However, the attempts to remedy the situation failed—Crimea has become part of Russia and left the world cartographers such as Google Maps with a struggle on how to make “everyone” happy drafting
NATO Tries to Lend a Hand with the European Migrant Crisis
Tim Peel, MJIL Staff Member NATO recently agreed to provide support to the growing European migrant crisis by providing a small fleet of ships to patrol the Aegean.[1] However, the intent of the assistance is not to stem the flow of migrant ships reaching European shores, but to contribute “critical
Kim Jong Un’s New “Toy” Missile: Are We Safe Enough?
Shin Young Jo, MJIL Staff Member On February 7, 2016, North Korea launched the rocket “Gwang Myung Sung-4.” Despite United Nation’s Security Council resolution’s banning of North Korea’s research and development on nuclear weapons or ballistic missile technologies, Kim Jong Un’s provocation against the international security has gone off the