Houston Journal of International Law articles from March 2000

Houston Journal of International Law archives from March 2000

NATO'S intervention in Kosovo: the legal case for violating Yugoslavia's national sovereignty in the absence of security council approval.
March 22, 2000... If a tyrant... practises atrocities towards his subjects, which no just man can approve, the right of human social connection is not cut off in such a case.... [I]t would not follow that others may not take up arms for them.(1) Hugo...

Alien Tort Claims Act - classifying peacetime rape as an international human rights violation.
March 22, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION Rape has occurred throughout human history. It is not currently deemed a violation of international human rights. Recently, the international community, with the help of the media, has focused attention on rapes committed...

Obtaining discovery abroad: the utility of the comity analysis in determining whether to order production of documents protected by foreign blocking statutes.
March 22, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION The global economy is now a reality. With the increasing globalization and diversification of commerce and human interaction comes a concomitant globalization and diversification of legal proceedings. In this age of growing...

Organ procurement: various legal systems and their effectiveness.
March 22, 2000... I.INTRODUCTION Throughout the world, organ transplantation has emerged as an important medical advancement in solving the problem of end-stage organ failure. Over the years, the success rates of these transplants have significantly...

Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War.(Review)
March 22, 2000... KOSOVO: HOW MYTHS AND TRUTHS STARTED A WAR By Julie A. Mertus. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1999. $55.00. 378 pages. The war in Kosovo presented a crisis of conscience for the human rights community specifically and the world...

The future of combining synagogue and state in Israel: what have we learned in the first 50 years.
March 22, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION The government will act to bring the religious and secular closer through mutual understanding and respect.(1) There is no doubt that religion is woven into various aspects of the State of Israel.(2) Religious...

EC Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights: The Regulation of Innovation.(Review)
March 22, 2000... EC COMPETITION LAW AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: THE REGULATION OF INNOVATION. By Steven D. Anderman. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998. $95.00. 320 pages. The United States of America and the European Community(1) have dealt with...