Featured articles by staff, students, guests, professors, and any posts that are not “daily news digest”
Back in middle of April, the Argentine government announced its re-nationalization of YPF (the company was initially founded in 1922 by the Argentine state), a major Argentine energy player and subsidiary of Spain’s Repsol, with a 51% takeover of the company (taking over 51% of Repsol’s 57% ownership stake). Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner … Read more
May 23 and 24 marked Egypt’s first free presidential election since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution ousted Hosni Mubarak from over 30 years as Egypt’s unchallenged leader. The mood in Egypt was excited, as many waited hours to cast the first meaningful vote of their lives. There were eleven challengers (two of the 13 candidates … Read more
Having weathered the global recession with surprisingly few troubles, China is looking for ways to sustainably grow its economy. This goal is reflected in China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan – the intended economic course charted by the central government. Unlike the Five-Year plans of the Soviet Union, China blends central planning with a healthy acceptance of … Read more
On April 20, 2012, the U.S. Department of State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced the posting of a revised Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). The new document, 42 pages in length, updates the 2004 Model BIT. Additional background materials can be found here and here. A BIT provides binding legal … Read more
Somalia has no trouble producing pirates. Between a central government that controls little beyond the capitol city of Mogadishu, an utter lack of economic opportunity for young men, and a 3,025 mile long coastline with access to the world’s busiest shipping corridors, for every Somali pirate captured at sea, there are many more waiting to … Read more
The Closing Plenary of the American Society of International Law’s 2012 Annual Meeting featured a conversation between UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Issues, Mr. S. James Anaya, and Ms. Dinah Shelton, Chair, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and OAS Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights. Professor Shelton gave the Nanda Center’s 2011 Myres S. McDougal Distinguished … Read more
On April 14th the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, in conjunction with the Ved Nanda Center hosted a Symposium, Emerging Issues in International Law, as part of a celebration commemorating DJILP’s 40th Anniversary and honoring Professor Ved Nanda. The first afternoon panel featured a mix of professors, business people and practitioners that spoke … Read more
This article has its origins in a paper “Towards an Economic Solution for Kashmir” which circulated in Washington DC in 1992-1995, including at the Indian and Pakistani embassies and the Carnegie Endowment, and was given as an invited lecture at the Heritage Foundation on June 23 1998. It was first published in The Statesman, in … Read more
Occasionally alarming drones stories cross my desk. Up until this morning, this one ranked as #1 most alarming: “‘Flesh-eating robot’ is actually a vegetarian, say inventors.” In an attempt to reassure the reader, the inventors add this gem of a quote: “The … Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot – known as Eatr for short – does … Read more
Cross-posted at piracy-law.com An interesting exchange took place at the High Court of Kerala on Friday between presiding Justice PS Gopinathan and VJ Matthew, counsel for the owner of the Enrica Lexie. Regardless of the level of significance one attributes to Justice Gopinathan’s remarks, the dialogue sheds light on the tension and deep mistrust surrounding … Read more
The Denver Journal of International Law & Policy is one of the oldest international law journals in the United States and is ranked internationally. It is managed and edited by students at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
