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The three (million) little pigs: why the United States must do more than huff and puff.
..., it will have to follow the lead of Australia, a nation that has managed, through legislation, ... grow much larger, beyond 800 pounds in some cases. (19) Many outlier weights result from the ...(59) Aside from these areas (common in Texas), aerial shooting is limited by cost, ...
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Chapter III. General review of the legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
... an effective partnership on issues of common interest in the region, within the overarching ... impartial investigations into all suspected cases of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary ... of Cases Nos 2611 (Romania), 2698 (Australia), 2723 (Fiji), 2737 and 2754 (Indonesia), 2727 ...
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Do China's BITs matter? Assessing the effect of China's investment agreements on foreign direct investment flows, investors' rights, and the rule of law.
..., United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Australia BITs contained similar provisions prohibiting ... beyond de jure expropriation: the most common phrasing prohibits expropriation, ... that international tribunals will hear cases that began in Chinese courts. . Understanding how ...
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INCREDIBLE WOMEN: SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE CREDIBILITY DISCOUNT.
... pressure has been placed on fact-finding in cases that hinge on credibility. The difficulty of ...Word-on-word scenarios are even more commonplace in the university setting (as compared to the ... States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Although the estimated prevalence of false rape ...
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The Point of a Points System: Attracting Highly Skilled Immigrants the United States Needs and Ensuring Their Success
In a globalizing world, labor is an increasingly mobile and competitive resource. Responding to this changing labor market, countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia have adopted points systems with the goal of attracting talented, highly skilled immigrants. In the United States, however, much of the national focus on immigration remains on deterring illegal immigration rather than
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ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND THE LIMITS OF POSSIBILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.
...(60) In the most prominent of these cases, the United States Attorneys' Office filed a ... weather events, which will be increasingly common due to climate change. So, as New York gets ...The northern third of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than a third ...
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Plain packaging and the interpretation of the TRIPs agreement.
... of an explicit right to use is a feature common to most property rights, whether the property is ... at least), (201) but not the Australian statute. (202) WTO members implementing plain ... by the parties to the plain packaging cases. Independently of which party has the burden of ...
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588 F.3d 245 (4th Cir. 2009), 08-1945, Maxwell v. Maxwell
... and Kristina Maxwell met and married in Australia in 1999, and shortly thereafter moved to ... or in the alternative failing to apply the common law principle of estoppel to prevent Kristina ... parental intentions in Hague Convention cases. See Papakosmas, 483 F.3d at 622; Gitter, ...
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Rodriguez v. Swartz, 080718 FED9, 15-16410
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of qualified immunity to a border patrol agent who, while standing on American soil, shot and killed a teenage Mexican citizen, J.A., who was innocently walking down a street in Mexico. The panel held that the agent violated the Fourth Amendment and lacked qualified immunity where it was inconceivable that any reasonable officer could have...
... cases. . . Bivens. ... arose." 107 So at least in the "common and. recurrent sphere of law enforcement," ... Nat'l Australia Bank Ltd., 561 U.S. 247, 251-52. (2010) ...
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Ninth Circuit issues preliminary injunction recognizing activist conservation society as pirates.
... of scientific research." (7) In 1999, Australia laid claim to a region of the Southern Ocean ...In cases where established law addresses the appropriate ...While federal common law does not exist, there is a push among ...
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Securing Rights To Carbon Sequestration: The Western Australian Experience
Introduction Carbon Sequestration Rights: A New Right In Property Western Australia's Carbon Sequestration Legislation Carbon Rights Act 2003 (WA) Uptake Of Carbon Rights Carbon Sequestration Rights In Other Australian States Conclusion
... is separated from ownership of the land itself (contrary to normal common law principles).As a consequence of the separation of the ownership of the ...In most cases this would be borne by the carbon right holder.The carbon rights are ...
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Indigenous sovereignty: a reassessment in light of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
..." as a term of art when they analyze cases involving American Indian tribes or, as they ... as Brazil, (101) and modifications of the common law in Australia and other states. (102) ...
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Good TV Makes Bad Justice: How the Rules of Professional Conduct Can Protect Fair Trial Rights
When prosecutors share information related to a criminal investigation with media production companies, and the media companies broadcast that information in the form of true-crime reality shows before the accused has been tried, fair trial rights that serve as a cornerstone to the American judicial system are jeopardized. The history of American jurisprudence regarding balancing the media's...
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The exceptional role of courts in the constitutional order.
... of the judicial role: those exceptional cases when the judge is called upon to pass judgment on ... considered the continuing applicability of common law rules to the law of Hong Kong. It decided ...(57) Similarly, in the Australian case of Sue v. Hill (58) the High Court declared ...
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Traditional Notions of Fair Play and Substantial Justice in the Age of Internet Interconnectivity: How Masking an IP Address Could Constitute Purposeful Availment.
... by treating personal jurisdiction in cases involving the internet with a new, ...(43) Two common mechanisms that internet users employ to disguise ... country code domains (such as .au for Australia) require registrants have a connection to the ...
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Morrison, the restricted scope of Securities Act section 11 liability, and prospects for regulatory reform.
...' right to assert a section 11 claim in cases involving an offshore distribution. This approach ... placement history, would trade under a common ticker, and at a common price, and would be .... (53.) See, e.g., GOLDMAN SACHS AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD., INTERMEDIARY CLIENT ACCOUNT AGREEMENT ...
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Infinera Announces Offer to Acquire Transmode; Acquisition Accelerates Metro Packet-Optical Strategy and Establishes End-to-End Portfolio.
... from or on behalf of holders in, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand or South ... of a mixture of cash and shares of common stock in Infinera, which values each Transmode ... in accordance with the above, i.e., in cases where Infinera has not exercised its Right to ...
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611 F.3d 662 (9th Cir. 2010), 06-71652, Perdomo v. Holder
... to mean a group with members who " share a common, immutable characteristic" that " members of the ...We also note that Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom have recognized ...
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The Patriot Act and Crisis Legislation: The Unintended Consequences of Disaster Lawmaking
The fear inspired by disaster and tragedy has frequently produced overreactions at watershed moments in American history. This Article argues that these recurring spasms of fearful congressional overreaction should be properly labeled as “crisis legislation.” Most instances of crisis legislation pass unheeded, and any allusions to the phenomenon in discourse lack a universal term. In The Shock...
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Policing the firm.
... presumption against credit) in such cases. Hypothetically, where the offense occurs without ... use of corporate monitors is increasingly common in other areas of white collar crime, but does ..., (314) Chile's FNE, (315) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. (316) . A ...
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Divergent responses to climate change in a multipolar world.
..., lawsuits under additional statutes and common law in state and federal courts have addressed a ...and Australian climate change litigation through in-depth ..., there have been a series of climate change cases in Australia targeting coal. Their goal has been ...
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The point of a points system: attracting highly skilled immigrants the United States needs and ensuring their success.
... like Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia have adopted points systems with the goal of ...-line approach may create inequities in some cases, many have applauded the PBS's objectivity and ...(155) In short, many of the common concerns regarding immigration in general are ...
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Marine conservation campaigners as pirates: the consequences of Sea Shepherd.
... of "scientific whaling," (27) but Australia is the only country to have taken legal action. ... "financial enrichment" when, in fact, the common understanding of "private" was much more ... better view; however, that these are not cases falling under the common jurisdiction of all ...
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THE GEOPOLITICS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS: EMERGING CHALLENGE FOR U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AND ECONOMICS.
...) is the most abundant REE and is more common in the Earth's crust than copper or lead and all ...(7) . Australia--Mineral resources have played and continuing ... global market trends and non-notified CFIUS cases; business intelligence and analytics ...