Pomobabble: Postmodern Newspeak and Constitutional Meaning for the Uninitiated

A parody of postmodern writing

Seabeds, Soverignty And Objective Regimes

The United States and some of its major allies have been negotiating for some time concerning the establishment of an “alternative” seabed mining regime. Before confronting this issue, however, several threshold issues will be addressed. These will include descriptions of the nodule mining venture, the proposed UNCLOS regime to govern it, and the most recent developments in the U.S. backed “alternative” or reciprocating states” regime. After addressing the “objective regime” hypothesis, a strategy for avoiding potential U.S. estoppel to deny the validity of UNCLOS’ seabed mining regulations will be explored. Finally, possible scenarios for future seabed regulations and their attendant legislative and political ramifications will be explored

Spaceball (Or, Not Everything That\u27s Left is Postmodern)

Given law-school postmodernism\u27s epistemo/ontology of juvenile antirealist agnosticism, its commitment to Gadamerian and/or Derridean notions of linguistic indeterminacy, its mono- maniacal dedication to centrifugal end-justifies-the-means Lefty politics, its abhorrence of commonly recognized conceptions of neutral principle, its concomitant disrespect for the very notion of truth, and its inextricably intertwined obsession with names and propensity for linguistic doublespeak, Professor Arrow confesses to initially wondering what it might mean to take anything uttered by a postmodernist literally, or at face value. But undaunted by that \u27paradox, Professor Arrow not only takes up Feldman\u27s challenge to critique postmodernism on its own terms (by playing a pantomime Spaceball game with Feldman), but also critiques it logically--and (gasp!) pragmatically (not \u27pragmatically\u27 . Maintaining the tonal and stylistic playfulness to which law-school pomoers profess to aspire (but in no known instance have achieved), Professor Arrow assures the reader that there will be numerous interesting (not interesting\u27) plot twists along the way. In the process, Professor Arrow also offers speculation about the way in which the postmodernists\u27 ultimate contribution to American law schools is likely to be assessed-but cautions (as is appropriate under the circumstances) that you\u27ll have to find it in a footnote

Seabeds, Soverignty And Objective Regimes

The United States and some of its major allies have been negotiating for some time concerning the establishment of an “alternative” seabed mining regime. Before confronting this issue, however, several threshold issues will be addressed. These will include descriptions of the nodule mining venture, the proposed UNCLOS regime to govern it, and the most recent developments in the U.S. backed “alternative” or reciprocating states” regime. After addressing the “objective regime” hypothesis, a strategy for avoiding potential U.S. estoppel to deny the validity of UNCLOS’ seabed mining regulations will be explored. Finally, possible scenarios for future seabed regulations and their attendant legislative and political ramifications will be explored

Book Reviews

Book Reviews INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF CRIMINAL LAW: ENFORCING UNITED STATES LAW IN THE WORLD COMMUNITY Edited by Richard B. Lillich Charlottesville, Virginia: Michie, 1981. Pp. ix, 245. Reviewed by Stephan L. Honorg ===================== SHIPBROKING AND CHARTERING PRACTICE By Lars Gorton, RolfIhre, and Arne Sandevarn London: Lloyd\u27s of London Press,1980. Pp. xiii, 204 (authorized adapted translation of the Swedish edition of Befraktning) ================== Time CHARTERS By Michael Wilford, Terence Coghlin, and Nicholas Healy, Jr London: Lloyd\u27s of London Press, 1978. Pp.1vii, 319, £28. Reviewed by Dennis W. Arro

Pomobabble: Postmodern Newspeak and Constitutional Meaning for the Uninitiated

A parody of postmodern writing

The Alternative Seabed Mining Regime:1981

This article will attempt both to describe the evolution effected by the regulations upon the United States\u27 alternative seabed mining regime, and to explore some of the international consequences flowing therefrom