Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies articles from January 1 2009

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies archives from January 1 2009

An essay on the emergence of constitutional courts: the cases of Mexico and Colombia.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION This essay is part of a larger study that examines the role courts play in constitutional construction and maintenance. The story of constitutionalism is being written primarily in the developing world. While it is premature...

Pain, gain, or shame: the evolution of environmental law and the role of multinational corporations. (Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... Introduction no man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main (1) The ecological problems in the last century have brought home the idea that every action carried out by a...

Integration of corporate social responsibility through international voluntary initiatives.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... Introduction Many multinational enterprises (MNEs) and international financial institutions have formally adopted corporate social responsibility (1) (CSR) programs. The time and effort consumed by CSR is illustrated by a number of...

Navigating the turbulent waters connecting the World Trade Organization and corporate social responsibility.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... Introduction A fisherman has been seen navigating two different seas for many years: the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). He built two different vessels because he could not figure out a way to...

"The momentous gravity of the state of things now obtaining": annoying Westphalian objections to the idea of global governance.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... A Post-Westphalian Moment between the Entree and Dessert Often the most valuable moments at a conference take place away from it--conversation during the breaks, often over dinner or drinks. So as I cut into my steak, or perhaps it was...

Civil society and disability rights in post-Soviet Ukraine: NGOs and prospects for change.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION In 1998, representatives of a non-governmental organization (NGO) for the disabled in the small city of Lutsk, Ukraine, organized an event called "Divis na mene, iak na rivnoho" ("Look at me as an equal") to draw attention to...

"We're very apolitical": examining the role of the international legal assistance expert.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION A key concern in taking global governance scholarship from the realm of ideas to the realm of practice is the attitudes of legal practitioners, particularly those working on legal reforms outside of their own cultures. In...

Representativity, civil society, and the EU social dialogue: lessons from the International Labor Organization.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION The two "most important rule-makers in social policy beyond the nation state,"(1) the European Union (EU or the Union) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), are struggling as the legitimacy of their governance...

A framework for understanding accountability of international NGOs and global good governance. (Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION One of the major criticisms of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) (1) and local civil society organizations (CSOs) has been that they are insufficiently accountable. Indeed, even the title of this conference...

Privacy by deletion: the need for a global data deletion principle.
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION With the rise of digital storage and information searching technologies, people's lives have become increasingly documented. (1) Financial transactions, visits to the doctor, job applications, and even web searches produce...

Deliberative democracy in severely fractured societies.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION The world is full of boundaries. There are boundaries that are marked by geography, by ethnicity, by race, by gender, and the like. Whatever their nature, boundaries provide the condition for communal or individual identity...

Emerging global environmental governance. (Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... Introduction Throughout human history the impact of the environment on people has been greater than the impact of people on the environment. Communities and even entire civilizations have collapsed under the weight of environmental stress,...

Theocratic constitutionalism: an introduction to a new global legal ordering.(Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance)
January 1, 2009... Introduction The twentieth century saw a fundamental shift in the ways in which constitutions are understood. (1) The century saw a movement away from a consensus, however tenuous, that constitutions were necessarily expressions of the...