Denver Journal of International Law and Policy articles from March 1998

Denver Journal of International Law and Policy archives from March 1998

Lifting the veils of equity in maritime entitlements: equidistance with proportionality around the islands.
March 22, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION The modern maritime entitlements over vast oceanic spaces over the continental shelf and over the exclusive economic zone have produced sharp disagreements among neighboring nations about their delimitation, the definition...

Civil and political sanctions as an accountability mechanism for massive violations of human rights.
March 22, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION Civil and political sanctions applied on an individual basis and with due process for the defendant serve an important function as one of the accountability mechanisms available to redress massive violations of human...

Post trusteeship environmental accountability: case of PCB contamination on the Marshall Islands.
March 22, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION At the conclusion of World War II, the newly formed United Nations sought to aid in the autonomous development of the newly liberated peoples in Africa and Micronesia. This entailed the establishment of a system of...

A comparative analysis of the Israeli and Arab water law traditions and insights for modern water sharing agreements.
March 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION Rules of water use among early Jewish tribes date back as far as 3000 B.C.E. when Semetic groups settled at Ur in Mesopotamia.(1) Water,(2) a natural resource critical to all life and to human, social, economic, and industrial...

The critical need for law reform to regulate the abusive practices of transnational corporations: the illustrative case.
March 22, 1998... "And Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenburg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay? Well I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mr. Peabody's coal train(1) has hauled it away. ... "Then the...