Denver Journal of International Law and Policy articles from June 2007

Denver Journal of International Law and Policy archives from June 2007

The protection of human rights under international law: will the U.N. Human Rights Council and the emerging new norm "responsibility to protect" make a difference?
June 22, 2007... I. I will begin with a tribute to Professor Myres S. McDougal, who was the reason I went to Yale Law School. After receiving an LLM. at Northwestern with Professor Brunson McChesney as my advisor, my years at Yale (1962-65) were the most...

International law from the trial judge's vantage point.
June 22, 2007... When I was appointed to the bench twenty-eight years ago, the vast area of international law was primarily a matter of intellectual curiosity for federal district judges. We looked at comparative legal systems with an eye toward making our own...

The multi-state responsibility for extraterritorial violations of economic, social and cultural rights.
June 22, 2007... "At some point in the development of every legal system, the original strict and formal application of rules is supplemented by a freer approach which aims to go beyond the positivist strictures." (1) I. INTRODUCTION This article...

Globalization, communities and human rights: community-based property rights and prior informed consent.
June 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Globalization is placing increasing stress on individuals and communities, particularly in rural areas in developing countries. Increased trade and other economic activities, for example, result in higher demand for wood...

Does the evolution of International Criminal law end with the ICC? The "roaming ICC": a model international criminal court for a State-centric world of international law.
June 22, 2007... "If women, children, and old people would be murdered a hundred miles from here... wouldn't you run to help? Then why do you stop this decision of your heart when the distance is 3,000 miles instead of a hundred?" Raphael Lemkin (1) I....

The evolution and endpoint of responsibility: the FCPA, SOX, socialist-oriented governments, gratuitous promises, and a novel CSR code.(Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, corporate social responsibility)
June 22, 2007... Multinational corporations (MNC) have emerged as engines of global development. Over the past fifty years, the number of multinational corporations, the value of multinationals' investments in foreign countries, and the amount of...

Global Governance of Financial Systems: the International Regulation of Systemic Risk.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... KERN ALEXANDER, RAHUL DHUMALE, & JOHN EATWELL, GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS: THE INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF SYSTEMIC RISK, (Oxford Univ. Press 2006). I. INTRODUCTION Systemic risk may be the "scariest" term in a central...