Category: Volume 58 Issue 4
Disparate Domestic Definitions: The EU’s Muddled Attempt to Harmonize Corruption Offenses
Emma Birkitt
Political corruption is a pervasive and complicated problem. Generally, corruption is defined as the abuse of power, public office, or entrusted authority for private gain. Though corruption is an obvious issue in developing nations, such as Somalia, Venezuela, and Syria, it is also a persistent and growing problem in the European Union (EU). This is…
May 2026
“New World” Justice in the Modern Day: How the Divergent Evolution of Legal Pluralism in the Americas Reveals Opportunities for Advancement
Gabriel A. Jiménez
In 2007, the United Nations adopted The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“UNDRIP”), a landmark instrument affirming that Indigenous peoples, among other things, “have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs.” Despite passing with an overwhelming majority, UNDRIP was met with mixed global…
May 2026
Proportionality and Cross-Border Discovery: A Framework for Reconciling U.S. Discovery Obligations with China’s Personal Information Protection Law and Data Security Law
Kent Li
Cross-border discovery has become one of the most contentious issues in modern transnational litigation. As global business operations generate vast amounts of data stored across multiple jurisdictions, U.S. litigants increasingly seek documents located in countries with restrictive privacy and datasovereignty regimes. Nowhere is this tension more pronounced than in discovery disputes involving the United States…
May 2026
The Ghost Fleet Dilemma: When Enforcement Timescales Fail Wartime Needs
Matthew Todd
Oil sanctions allow countries or international bodies to apply economic pressure on a sanctioned country. For example, G7 sanctions currently are in effect for Russian oil over a $47.60 per barrel price cap. Russian oil under this cap is not under sanction, provided that the carrying tankers themselves have not been sanctioned. The efficacy of…
May 2026