Because the legal versions of those institutions best positioned to respond to the crisis - economic treaties, financial regulatory networks, and the species of international organizations known as international financial institutions - have been ineffective or, at best, marginally useful, critics are likely to raise the age-old charge against international law: that they do not matter. The international system is anarchic, meaning that the rules of international administrative bodies are not easily enforced.113 The WTO has a dispute resolution system generally regarded as successful, but the other putative administrators of global economic regulation do not. [...] it may be that the WTO's enforcement discipline ends up being ignored in the context of the crisis, and the lack of enfor...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court for the first time on Monday put a strict constitutional limit on prison terms, ruling it is cruel and unusual punishment to send a young criminal to prison for life with no chance for parole for a crime that does not involve murder. The ruling is the second in recent years to greatly expand the constitutional protections for juveniles. And once again, the justices in the majority said they agreed with international critics who say the United States is out of step with the rest of world when it comes to decent treatment for the young.
BEIRUT - Syria agreed in principle Friday to allow dozens of Arab observers into the country to oversee a peace plan, a significant concession from a hardline regime that loathes any sort of outside interference. But critics said the regime is only stalling, trying to defuse international pressure while continuing its bloody crackdown on an 8- month-old uprising which the U.N. estimates has killed more than 3,500 people.
CAPITOL CAMPAIGN As his country's military mounts a final offensive against cornered insurgents, Sri Lanka's ambassador in Washington is mounting a diplomatic offensive in Congress to counter international critics who fear for civilians trapped in a narrow rebel enclave.
Protesters in the streets view international economic organizations such as the World Trade Organization as hostile to democracy. Critics on both the left and right warn against the restraints of international rules, which they portray as the product of corporate interests or self-serving international bureaucrats. Yet the rise of legalization in international affairs over the past 20 years has taken place alongside the spread of democracy. Rather than seeing international organizations as a threat to democracy, people should view them as a necessary tool for democratic leaders trying to balance conflicting pressures at home. A closer look at trade policy highlights the complementarities between democracy, economic interdependence, and international law. Reciprocal trade liberalization ...
ss The Obama administration is working on setting up international rules for space launches and satellite operations that critics say will limit the Pentagon's ability to deploy military systems to protect satellites from space weapons being developed by nations such as China. According to a strategy report produced jointly by U.S. intelligence agencies and the Defense Department, the administration is seeking "responsible" rules for space operations.
Once the SEC moved in and served Stanford with fraud charges, the moves laid bare the island's uncertain future, apart from its lifeline tourism industry, and invited questions from international critics about the relatively lax regulatory framework that led to his spectacular growth and justas-quick disgraceful collapse. The problems with the empire have come just weeks after Trinidad-based CL Financial, with assets of $16.5B and investments in 32 countries, including the U.S. and Dubai, encountered similar problems, forcing the island's government and central bank to either take over some of the entity's more than 25 companies or to inject cash to keep them afloat to save the economy from massive economic distortions. So bad is the situation in Antigua that the government recalled a p...
For the first time, the Supreme Court put a strict constitutional limit Monday on prison terms, ruling that sending a young criminal to prison for life with no chance of parole for a crime that does not involve murder is cruel and unusual punishment. The ruling is the second in recent years to greatly expand the constitutional protections for juveniles. Once again, the justices in the majority said they agreed with international critics who say the United States is out of step with the rest of world in providing decent treatment for the young.
It may be worth it for the last 1 5 minutes or so of , writer-director Ramin Bahrani's quiet drama that won an international critics' award at last year's Venice Film Festival. While the rest of the movie isn't quite as stunning - is almost painfully low-key, in fact - the ending wouldn't be as powerful or as visually striking without its long, murky build-up. Many scenes are one-sided conversations in which Solo uses his mellow patter to try to break [William]'s shell - calling him "Big Dog," speaking a rapid jumble of standard English, French and hip-hop. [Sy Savane] makes him immensely likeable - which is good, because the film never moves beyond Solo's point of view. We learn that Solo has a pregnant, temperamental Mexican wife (Carmen Leyva) and a whip-smart little step...
Recently declassified documents captured in Afghanistan after the US invasion in 2001 show that al Qaeda members were under pressure to not waste the organization's money. The first executive order President Bush issued following the attacks directed the Treasury Department to designate and freeze the assets of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Since then, tracking terrorist financing has been a central component of the administration's efforts to combat terrorism, involving law enforcement and intelligence agencies, international partners and the private sector. Critics of this effort question its utility, noting that terrorist organizations spend relatively little to mount their attacks. Such criticism misses the broader context in which terrorism thrives. They ignore the training, travel and...
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