Denver Journal of International Law and Policy articles

Recent articles from Denver Journal of International Law and Policy

Cautiously optimistic: economic liberalization and reconciliation in Rwanda's coffee sector.
March 22, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION In some countries, particular industries play especially important roles. In the United States, for example, the automotive industry has provided hundreds of thousands of jobs and helped shape the image of America as the land of the automobile. (1) More recently, the...

Foreign direct investment, trade, and China's competition laws.
March 22, 2009... "Whether a cat is black or white makes no difference. As long as it catches mice, it is a good cat." Deng Xiaoping I. INTRODUCTION The People's Republic of China, or the PRC, known more widely simply as China, holds nearly one-sixth of the world's population. It possesses one of the...

Counter-terrorism and human rights: the emergence of a rule of customary int'l law from U.N. resolutions.
March 22, 2009... In response to the global threat of international terrorism and the counterterrorism efforts by national governments, the United Nations General Assembly (G.A.) and the United Nations Security Council (S.C.) have adopted various resolutions and conventions. (1) The effectiveness of the...

Invisible borders: mapping out virtual law?
March 22, 2009... I. OVERVIEW In his preface to a 1945 treatise on international borders, S. Whittemore Boggs opened with this historical overview: Boundaries and boundary problems have undergone great changes. When Marco Polo crossed frontiers from one jurisdiction to another there were...

Rights of action for private non-state actors in the WTO dispute settlement system.
March 22, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION The WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), (1) and the multi-tiered dispute settlement system it governs have been heralded as lasting triumphs of the Uruguay Round. (2) Indeed, the WTO's dispute settlement system avoids many of the political pitfalls that weakened...