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The Trade Winds of Judicial Activism: An Introduction to the 2004-2005 Goodwin Seminar Articles by Dennis Morrisson, Q.C., and the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P.
In Fall 2004, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center hosted a Goodwin Seminar series entitled Trade Winds in Caribbean Law: Evolution of Legal Norms and the Quest for Independent Justice. Since the conclusion of the Goodwin Seminar in November 2004, there have been two significant developments in the Commonwealth Caribbean. First, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was inaugurated on April 16, 2005 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Second, the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) was launched on January 30, 2006
Foreign Investment Laws in Developing Countries
Rather than extensively analyzing the various laws of Argentina, Mexico, and Nigeria that are specifically designed to encourage foreign investment, this note endeavors to explain how the laws of these countries that have as the primary function the monitoring and restricting of foreign investment activity are able to refrain from severely discouraging the foreign investment needed to promote industrialization. The tendency of LDCs to liberalize their restrictive foreign investment laws over the last few years demonstrates the growing importance of minimizing the adverse impact of legal constraints on foreign capital investment
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Views from the center: Middle-class white men and perspectives on social privilege
The purpose of this study was to provide a space in which white, middle-class men could consider and discuss their identity and its relationship to privilege. Transcripts from focus group number three is included in the thesis\u27 appendix
A Summary of Legal System Amalgamation: An Introduction to Judge Patrick L. Robinsons\u27s Observations on the Hybrid Nature of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
On 14 February 2009, His Excellency Judge Patrick L. Robinson of Jamaica, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), spoke at the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Shepard Broad Law Center, for Black History Month
American And Caribben Law Initiative 2004 Summer Conference Overview
In Ocho Rios, on July 23-24, 2004, the American and Caribbean Law Initiative ( ACLI )\u27 held a conference entitled Caribbean Market Forces: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law
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