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

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

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

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

Families Redefined: Kinship Groups that Deserve Benefits

In Families Redefined: Kinship Groups that Deserve Benefits, the authors examine 1) the nature of kinship families, 2) the benefits accorded to married couples, 3) kinship families that lack protection and benefits, 4) the impact of denying kinship families protection and benefits, 5) the use of contract law in kinship relationships, and 6) using legislation to benefit kinship relationships. This exploration of expanding family law protections to kinship groups addresses a series of interrelated topics. The first two sections of the article explore the characteristics and creation of kinship families in different societies. The third section addresses the legal benefits provided by marriage, while the fourth and fifth sections examine, respectively, the types of kinship relationships that should have similar benefits and the effect of denying such benefits. The next two sections present legal solutions that propose using contract law and adopting legislation to provide legal protection and benefits to kinship units. Accordingly, the article advocates for the expansion of legal concepts of family to include kinship relationships by comparing the treatment of these issues in various states and nations. In this manner, the authors support a new definition of family that goes beyond conjugal arrangements