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Dim prospects for political-legal reform in China

Ingrid Kost — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:07:45 +0000

The blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng’s plight, which piqued much of the world’s attention the past fortnight, has fully exposed the shocking failings of China’s law-enforcement apparatus.

By Willy Lam

Source : Asia Times

United States: Extraterritorial jurisdiction found absent under the Lanham Act for trademark infringement

Ingrid Kost — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:09:45 +0000

Gucci America, Inc. v. Guess?, Inc., 09 Civ. 4373 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)(SAS)(JLC), discusses the growing issue in international litigation of the “extraterritorial” application of federal laws, in this case the Lanham Act’s prohibition of trademark infringement/false advertising.

By Louis M. Solomon

Source : Mondaq

Greenpeace should not choose green over peace

Ingrid Kost — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:06:17 +0000

The organisation’s support of a marine reserve in the Chagos islands displays a lack of regard for islanders wanting to return

By Sidney Holt

Source : The Guardian

2012: Understanding the Treaty of Waitangi

Ingrid Kost — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:01:53 +0000

More than a century and a half after its assent, the Treaty of Waitangi between the Crown and the Māori chiefs of New Zealand remains a source of controversy. The legal status of the document has shifted significantly over that time; providing protection …

Source : Community.Scoop

International justice is needed – even if it takes 100 more years to perfect it

Ingrid Kost — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:39:07 +0000

ICC may seem Africa-centric, but hopefully this will come to be seen as teething problems in creating legitimate global judiciary

By Philippe Sands

Source : The Guardian

If Sumption has his way, courts will hold the foreign secretary to account

Ingrid Kost — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:36:49 +0000

Courts will continue to scrutinise the government’s foreign policy decisions in ways that would have been unthinkable not long ago, Lord Sumption said this week. The recently-appointed supreme court justice predicted that the state would escape from the “spider’s web” of the law less often than before.

By Joshua Rozenberg

Source : The Guardian

In about-face, Greece pays bond swap holdouts

Ingrid Kost — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:58:59 +0000

Greece made a last-minute about-face on Tuesday and paid bondholders who rejected an earlier debt exchange, a move likely to upset creditors who accepted just cents on the euro in a historic bond swap.

By Renee Maltezou

Source : Reuters

Egypt and Islamic Sharia: A guide for the perplexed

Ingrid Kost — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:56:28 +0000

Egypt’s post-revolutionary environment—and especially its constitutional process—has touched off debates within the country and confusion outside of it regarding the role of the Islamic sharia in the emerging legal and political order.

By Nathan J. Brown

Source : Carnegie Endowment

Collateral damage: Victims of NATO’s war

Ingrid Kost — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:55:37 +0000

Can NATO be sued and held accountable for killing civilians as most recently seen in Libya and Afghanistan?

Source : AlJazeera

Israelis and Palestinians strike prison deal ahead of “Nakba” protests

Ingrid Kost — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:51:32 +0000

An estimated 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have agreed to end a hunger strike that has lasted nearly a month in a deal brokered by Egypt and assisted by Jordan after Israel promised better conditions.

By Mary Casey

Source : Foreign Policy