Best Comment
John Sokatch
Transfer-Pricing with Software Allows for Effective Circumvention of Supbart F Income: GOOGLE's "Sandwich" Costs Taxpayers Millions

Finalists

Julie DeWeese
Are We Our Own Worst Enemies? A Comment on the Present State of the Environment and the Future of International Environmental Policy

Julieta Grinffiel
Media Laws in Latin America: A Comparison Between Venezuela and Argentina

Yon Sohn
Ch-ch-ch-changes: KORUS FTA Version 2.0-Better Luck This Time?

Semi-Finalists

Miranda Barton
Growing Pains: The Same Old "New" Antitrust Regime in Mexico

Joseph Ryan Fowler
England's Immigration Cap: A Solution to a Historic Problem or Campaign Rhetoric?

Micah Grodin
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Are the Border Measures' & Digital Environment Provisions' Bark Worse Than Their Bite?

Kevin LaMarca
Water Wars--A Global South Perspective: The Role of Corruption and an Effective Rule of Law in Haiti, South Africa and Bolivia

Christie Phan
International Adoption: A Close Look at Guatemala, the Future of International Adoption, and Suggestions for Tomorrow

Maya Quevedo
Ley General Para Prevenir Y Sancionar Delitos en Materia de Secuestro (General Law to Prevent and Punish Crimes Pertaining to Kidnapping): Mexico's Feeble Solution to a Pervasive Problem

Recent News

ILRA is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 editorial board for The International Lawyer and the Law & Business Review of the Americas.
ILRA would like to congratulate the Comment Finalists for the 2010-2011 academic year.
ILRA Announces 2011-2012 Executive Board
Friday, February 25, 2011
ILRA would like to congratulate winners of the Feb. 21st elections and welcome them to the new leadership positions.
 In a modern, technological society, the right to privacy often conflicts with freedom of speech and the free availability of information. This difficulty is greatly increased by the fact that society is increasingly becoming global while laws are mostly applicable to relatively small jurisdictions.
Global climate changed has been thrust upon the international community, and has established itself as one of the predominant challenges of the 21st century. Today, climate change has the potential to significantly disrupt economies, societies, and ecosystems worldwide.

Archived News

ILRA would like to congratulate the 2010-2011 Best Case Note Finalists.
 Scholars often believe that democracy and Catholicism are incompatible.  With the creation of the European Union, state-church relationships have become even more complex, and with the “modernizing” of society, the church has been forced to take a stand which sometimes contradicts the laws of the states and of the EU.
NAFTA Panel Charms Betsy
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Commerce’s use of zeroing in the calculation of antidumping duties rejected as inconsistent with the Charming Betsy canon of statutory construction
ILRA would like to congratulate the 2009-2010 Staff Award winners Peggy Ho, Bret Benedict, Kim Gonzalez, Michael Nelson, and Jonathon Spiller.
Cluster munitions pose a serious threat to civilian populations by failing to explode upon impact as designed. Though effective in combat, the impact of cluster munitions raises grave doubt as to their compliance with the law of war.
An examination of the rationale behind the necessity for gender verification testing, the rules that allow it, the procedures available to someone subject to testing, and whether international laws could serve as a basis for causes of action to prevent enforcement of rulings.
The incoming Executive Board of the International Law Review Association has been elected and announced. Congratulations to the incoming officers!
Welcome to the new ILRA Website
Friday, March 19, 2010
ILRA President James Voelker extends an invitation to explore the new International Law Review Association website and sets out the organization's goals for its future role.
Student Working Papers
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
An archive of Student Working Papers published in the ILRA Forum.
Over a thousand international law attorneys will gather at the Grand Hyatt New York from April 13-17.

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