The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: the Bush Administration's stance on torture
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The US under the Bush Administration has generally accepted the UN Convention Against Torture, but the Convention's lack of mandatory enforcement procedures and comprehensive substantive provisions threatens international attempts to prevent torture. Suggestions for improving the 1984 Convention include making it apply to all countries, not just parties to the Convention, proscribing more than state-sponsored torture and giving the Committee Against Torture stronger jurisdictional powers. US compliance can be improved by delineating domestic legal limits and by submitting to arbitration procedures.
Publication Name: George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0748-4305
Year: 1992
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International law and international relations theory: a dual agenda
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Cooperation between international law and international relations scholars will lead to a better understanding of the interrelation between legal norms and political structures. Such understanding will benefit international organizations charged with monitoring interstate actions. Liberal international theory, which aligns states with similar political designs and values, provides a better framework than Institutionalist theory to understand how conflicts between states develop and how they can be legally solved.
Publication Name: American Journal of International Law
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0002-9300
Year: 1993
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The Vienna Convention: uniformity in interpretation for gap-filling - an analysis and application
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Article 16 of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the Sale of Goods (Convention) which deals with the revocability of offers cannot be expected to cover all contingencies and exemplifies the need for a uniform approach to filling statutory gaps. Article 7(2) gives the procedure for gap-filling in this area of the law. There appears to be risk of differing interpretations if the matter is heard by a common law or civil law tribunal.
Publication Name: Australian Business Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0310-1053
Year: 1992
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