Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal articles from January 1 2007

Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal archives from January 1 2007

Rethinking the procreative right.
January 1, 2007... Few principles are as universally accepted in legal scholarship today, but based on such scant support, as the fundamental nature and broad scope of the right to procreate. What is perceived as a vague but nonetheless justified legal and moral...

Bilateral agreements and fair trade practices: a policy analysis of the Colombia-U.S. free trade agreement (2006).
January 1, 2007... This Article brings to the attention of those public servants involved in the design and negotiation of free trade agreements between the United States and developing countries, such as Colombia, the potential benefits and drawbacks of...

Liability of secondary actors under the Alien Tort Statute: aiding and abetting and acquiescence to torture in the context of the femicides of Ciudad Juarez.
January 1, 2007... Since 1993, more than 400 women have been murdered in Ciudad Judrez, Mexico. Few, if any of these crimes have been solved, largely because local Mexican officials have failed to adequately investigate them. This Article argues that femicide...

On the indivisibility of rights: truth commissions, reparations, and the right to development.
January 1, 2007... While academics debate the ranking of rights, information from the field demonstrates their indivisibility. This Article explores how truth commissions provide rich documentation of the interrelation between violations of Civil and Political...

Development, reform, and the rule of law: some prescriptions for a common understanding of the "rule of law" and its place in development theory and practice.
January 1, 2007... In spite of the ubiquity of the phrase in contemporary development discourse and policy, there exists no generally, or even substantially, agreed-upon definition of the "rule of law" for the purposes of development. This Note investigates the...

Designing Criminal Tribunals: Sovereignty and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Designing Criminal Tribunals: Sovereignly and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights, by Steven D. Roper and Lilian A. Barria Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd. (2006) Price: $100 Reviewed by: Zachary D. Kaufman ...

Law, Infrastructure, and Human Rights.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Law, Infrastructure, and Human Rights, by Michael B. Likosky Publisher: Cambridge University Press (2006) Price: $35 Reviewed by: Rubina Madni Shortly after Royal Dutch Shell first discovered natural gas in Peru in 1980, the Peruvian...

Law and Disorder in the Postcolony.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Law and Disorder in the Postcolony, edited by Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff Publisher: University of Chicago Press (2006) Price: $28 Reviewed by: Sarah Mehta On February 8, 2007, 6-year-old Joao Helio Fernandes Vieites was...