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Inter-University Graduate Conference

Papers for the Fifth Cornell Inter-University Graduate Student Conference held at Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28, 2009 are set out below organized by panel presentations.

Panel 1 - International Trade and Copmmercial Law

  • Luwam G. Dirar (Cornell), “Multilateralism or Regionalism: What Can Be Done about the Proliferation of Regional Trading Agreements?”
  • Christophe J. Larouer (Georgetown), "Treaty “Treaty Interpretation Principles, Sovereignty, and the WTO: The Battle Inside and Outside the Courts concerning In Dubio Mitius”
  • Sungyong Lee (Cornell), “Cross-Border Insolvency Proceeding in U.S. and Korea: Focused on Issues about Extraterritoriality and Recognition”
  • Adedokun Ogunfolu (Cornell), “A Legal Appraisal of the West African Free Trade Area”

Panel 2 - Human Rights

  • Buhm-Suk Baek (Cornell), “Do We Need National Human Rights Institutions? The Prospects for a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in Asia”
  • Ronald Kakungul (Arizona), “The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A New Dawn for Indigenous Peoples Rights?”
  • Joanna Obbink (Sydney) & Dunia Zongwe (Cornell), “Why It Is so Difficult to Prosecute Rapists in Eastern Congo”
  • Kook Hee Lee (Georgetown), “Gender Equality in the Reconciliation of Work and Childcare in a Reunified Korea”
  • Abeer Ghazi Jarrar (Georgetown), “Combating a Religious Radical Ideology v. Suppressing Islamic Opposition: Jordan’s Approach” 
  • Sigit Ardianto (Cardozo), “From Secularism into Modified Pluralism: Comprehensive Application of John Rawls’s Justice as Fairness Theory in Defining State and Religion Relationship”

Panel 3 - Comparative Legal Analysis/Legal Theory

  • Joie Chowdhury (Columbia), “Judicial Adherence to a Minimum Core Approach to Socio-Economic Rights—A Comparative Perspective”
  • Xiaoqian Hu (Turin), “Odd or Equivalent, Fussy or Unobservant: When American Law Meets Its Chinese Counterpart Eye to Eye? —Through the Prism of ‘Duty to Protect’”
  • Tali Schaefer (Columbia), Mandated Parent Education Programs: Lessons from the United States
  • Rohan K. George (Columbia), “Does One Size Fit All? A Comparative Study to Determine an Alternative to International Patent Harmonization”
  • Rahma Hersi (Indiana), “A Value Oriented Legal Theory for Muslim Countries in the 21st Century: A Comparative Look at both the Islamic Law and Common Law Legal Systems”

Panel 4 - Economic Law

  • Haochen Sun (Duke), “Toward A Public Trust Doctrine in Copyright Law”
  • Han Deng (Tulane), “Banking Supervision and Its Regulations—Comparative Study between U.S. and China”
  • Kenneth Y. Hui (Cornell), “National Security Review of Foreign Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies in China and the United States”
  • Niels Lutzhoeft (Columbia), “’Right of Selfishness’ vis-à-vis Media Pluralism in the US and in Europe: The Crucial Role of Broadcasting at the Verge of Private Enterprise and Public Trusteeship”
  • Kristian Hermanrud (Suffolk), “Behind Close Doors: Governance Issues in Private Equity Driven Industries—The Close Corporation Paradox and Its Impact on Private Equity in Scandinavia”

Panel 5 -Constitutional Law and Judicial System

  • Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov (Columbia), “The Case for Judicial Review of the Legislative Process”
  • Jonathon W. Penney (Columbia), “The Emancipation Proclamation as a Constitutional Document: Why It Is and Why It Matters”
  • Luz Helena Orozco y Villa (Columbia), “Minimalism: An Implication for American Judicial Review of Legislation in Deciding over Rights?”
  • Seong-Ki Lee (Cornell), “Democratization in Judiciary: One Year’s Achievements and Lessons in the Korean Jury Project”
  • Álvaro Ramírez Martínez (American), “The Mexican Constitution and Its Safeguards against Foreign Investments”