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Foreign Foreign Judgments and Judicial Review

MJIL Staff Member There are judgments awarded by a court in another country: foreign judgments. There are judgments awarded by another U.S. state: also foreign...

A Look into the Benefits of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market Plan

Nicolette Figueroa, MJIL Staff The European Union has fallen in the ranks of the global digital economic hierarchy. Specifically, Europe’s digital environment requires more investment...

25 Years, Where Are We Now? Global Trade & Sovereign Debt

Symposium Sam Engel shared the following post in anticipation of our 2016 Symposium: 25 Years, "Where Are We Now? Global Trade & Sovereign Debt." Learn...

Brazil’s Progressive Transformation in Eliminating Child Labor

E. Catlynne Shadakofsky, MJIL Staff Member Despite the growing awareness and international support for legal reform providing protection for children in the work force, social...

“Sullivan-Plus” Principles as Applied to Ukraine

Vilena Nicolet, MJIL Staff Member The brutal annexation of Crimea by Russia caused uproar in the international community. However, the attempts to remedy the situation...

NATO Tries to Lend a Hand with the European Migrant Crisis

Tim Peel, MJIL Staff Member NATO recently agreed to provide support to the growing European migrant crisis by providing a small fleet of ships to...

Kim Jong Un’s New “Toy” Missile: Are We Safe Enough?

Shin Young Jo, MJIL Staff Member On February 7, 2016, North Korea launched the rocket “Gwang Myung Sung-4.” Despite United Nation’s Security Council resolution’s banning...

Stopping the Countdown on Crime, Punishment, and Guilt by Abolishing Statute of Limitations

Jinyoung Seok, MJIL Staff Member A South Korean couple was recently arrested for murder of the woman’s husband. The couple smuggled to China in 1996...

Fostering Economic Growth: Important Factors in a Legal Regime Encouraging Entrepreneurship

Kevin Kitchen, MJIL Staff Member Hovering just above a 20% unemployment rate, Spain has yet to recover from the Great Recession in 2008, nor from...