International Arbitration Article

Challenging and Enforcing International Arbitral Awards in U.S. Federal Courts: An Empirical Study

One of the primary reasons why transnational actors prefer international arbitration over international litigation is that they anticipate that those international arbitral awards not voluntarily complied with are highly enforceable in national courts.

CHRISTOPHER R. DRAHOZAL, DONALD EARL CHILDRESS III, JACK J. COE, JR & CATHERINE A. ROGERS

DemocracyArticle

The Regulation of Foreign Funding of Nonprofits in a Democracy

Governments around the world have increasingly regulated nonprofits’ access to foreign funding. These regulations, which often take the form of registration requirements, are justified as needed to protect a country’s politics from undue foreign influence.

NICK ROBINSON

International Relations Essay

Territoriality and Admiralty

The concept of territoriality does not appear to fit very well with the limits on state power in admiralty. Territoriality refers to land while admiralty concerns itself with the sea. Limitations on state power on land require adaptation and modification to apply at sea.

GEORGE RUTHERGLEN

International Human Rights Law Note

Nailing Down the Issue: How Japan’s 2023 Symbolic Reforms Fall Short and How the Japanese Government Can and Should Protect the LGBT Community Through Proactive Lawmaking

2023 appeared to be a historic year for LGBT rights in Japan. The Japanese legislature passed its first law acknowledging the need for understanding of the LGBT community, and the Supreme Court issued two rulings in favor of transgender plaintiffs’ rights. However, upon a closer look, all of this supposed progress is purely symbolic.

CARA SZELES

Domestic Application of International Law Note

The Brazilian Clean Energy Transition Under WTO Subsidies Law

The public is calling for an energy transition as the consequences of climate change grow increasingly difficult to mitigate. Many states are determined to use government incentives to achieve this transition.

GENEVIEVE MCCARTHY

Volume 65 Issue 1 September 2024