Private International Law

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The Expressive Effects of Bilateral Labor Agreements
Ian G. Peacock
B.A. 2015, Brigham Young University; M.A. 2017 University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 2022, University of California, Los Angeles; J.D. Candidate 2025, The University of Chicago Law School.

Thank you to Professors Adam Chilton and Tom Ginsburg along with Nicholas Amador, Rupan Bharanidaran, Sara Evans, Nabil Kapasi, Jennifer Kuo, Tyler Lawson, Hana Nasser, Bernie Pellissier, George Phelan, Tom Raffaelli, Sunayana Rane, Joseph Robinson, Max Rotenberg, and Kai Thompson for their gracious and incisive feedback on earlier versions of the Comment.

Bilateral labor agreements (BLAs) aim to facilitate the movement of temporary migrant workers between countries. So far, studies of BLAs have focused on whether they have effects on migration flows. Despite countries entering hundreds of BLAs, evidence for their effects on migration flows remains limited. Yet, even if BLAs have limited material effects, they may still have important symbolic effects. On this topic, this Comment highlights BLAs’ potential to change rhetoric about international migration among heads of state. Drawing on an original empirical analysis focused on BLAs with the Philippines, the Comment analyzes how BLAs may influence leaders’ expressed attitudes toward international migration during United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) debates. Results reveal significant positive shifts in sentiment about international migration after countries form BLAs with the Philippines. The improved sentiment has a limited duration, however, diminishing after initial surges. Considering these findings, the Comment contributes to three bodies of legal scholarship, namely, those dealing with (1) the need for more social science research in international law, (2) the socioeconomic and political effects of BLAs, and (3) the utility of international agreements to constrain or prompt change in state action. Ultimately, the Comment calls for a comprehensive assessment of international agreements, recognizing their ability to affect not only intended outcomes but also high-profile symbolic outcomes.
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Rethinking Espionage in the Modern Era
Darien Pun
J. D. Candidate, 2018, The University of Chicago Law School.

I would like to thank Professor Abebe for his patience and guidance throughout the writing process, and the editors of the Chicago Journal of International Law for their thoughtful suggestions.

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A Method Inside the Madness: Understanding the European Union State Aid and Taxation Rulings
Christopher Bobby

I would like to express my deep gratitude to Professor Dhammika Dharmapala for his thoughtful guidance throughout the writing process, as well as Jacob Grossman for his comments and numerous crucial edits. Additionally, I would like to thank my partner Alysson Malgieri for her infinite patience and emotional support at all times, everywhere.

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Unpacking the International Law on Cybersecurity Due Diligence: Lessons from the Public and Private Sectors
Scott J. Shackelford, J.D
Shackelford is the Assistant Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University; Senior Fellow, Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research; W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, Stanford University Hoover Institution.

An earlier form of this article was published as Defining Cybersecurity Due Diligence Under International Law: Lessons from the Private Sector, in Ethics and Policies for Cyber Warfare __ (Maria Rosaria Taddeo ed., 2016). We would like to thank Springer Nature for allowing the republication and expansion of this chapter as an article for the present volume.

Scott Russell, J.D.
Scott Russell is a Post-Graduate Fellow, Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, Indiana University.
Andreas Kuehn
Andreas Kuehn is the Zukerman Cybersecurity Predoctoral Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; PhD Candidate School of Information Studies, Syracuse University.
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The Law of Unintended Consequences: The 2015 E.U. Insolvency Regulation and Employee Claims in Cross-Border Insolvencies
Joshua W. Eastby
J.D. Candidate, 2017

The author would like to thank the CJIL board and staff for their helpful edits and suggestions, Professor Douglas Baird, for his enthusiastic feedback, Meredith Quarello for her patience and support, and Andrew Mackie-Mason, for his feedback and comments