The lack of resources that afflicts Ghanian and Ivorian enforcement of child labor prohibitions has allowed for the continued use of child labor in the cocoa industry. This Comment proposes a novel solution to establish an intergovernmental organization, or commodity cartel, between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to better regulate and coordinate cocoa export and growth, modeled after existing commodity cartels.
This Article concerns International Administrative Tribunals, the dispute-resolution bodies between staff members and the administration of international organizations. It argues that, contrary to popular belief, the some twenty-five different IATs currently in existence are no longer functioning individually but rather citing to each other with increasing frequency and, in so doing, developing a common jurisprudence of international administrative law.
How should patent legislative power be allocated between central and local governments in order to construct a patent system conducive to promoting innovation? A comparative analysis of the models of the U.S. and China sheds light on this question. Compared to the current centralized patent legislation model in the U.S., China’s semi-decentralized patent legislation model has the advantage of making statutory law more adaptable to local specificities.
Private technology companies are increasingly providing their digital goods and services to clients living and working in situations of armed conflict. This paper’s premise is that as tech companies increase their involvement in armed conflict, the legal implications they face under international humanitarian law—a body of law that regulates who and what is protected from the hostilities of armed conflict—also rise.
Parties involved in transnational business naturally expose themselves to peculiar international risks, including the possibility of having a foreign court resolve their future disputes. To reduce uncertainty, transnational contracts often contain a so-called “choice of court” (or “choice of forum”) clause to dictate where future disputes should be resolved. This Article analyzes recent judicial decisions involving their enforceability.
Britain’s retreat from the E.U. has demonstrated the deep connection between its domestic law and E.U. law. With the Revocation and Reform Act’s recent passage, the resulting loss of E.U. law from British domestic law may create legal holes that leave women in the workforce unprotected. This Comment serves as a cautionary tale for other European countries, and provides a path forward for British activists looking to protect the rights of women.
