The Global Environment Facility: a new development in international law and organization
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) represents an innovative approach in its institutional design, its implementation mechanism and its framework for decision-making, as well as a new development of the notion of global interest. The GEF uses a trust fund administered by the World Bank in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environmental Programme to finance activities in developing countries related to global environmental protection. The GEF is open-ended, which may allow it to evolve away from its current focus on developing countries toward a more universal approach.
Publication Name: George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0748-4305
Year: 1995
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The FCC's call-back order: proper respect for international comity?
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has failed to adequately uphold international comity in its Call-Back Order II decision. The FCC places too much burden on foreign governments to exhaust other means of enforcing their prohibition of call-back services before the FCC will begin to consider the conflict between U.S. and foreign law. Instead, the FCC should begin its procedure as soon as the foreign government submits documentation proving that call-back is prohibited. In addition, guidelines should be established for resolving international disputes.
Publication Name: George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0748-4305
Year: 1996
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The vexatiousness of a vexation rule: international comity and antisuit injunctions
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The restrictive approach to antisuit injunctions should be adopted rather than the liberal approach because the restrictive approach is more conducive to the goal of international comity. The circuit courts have been split on the issue, with the D.C., Second, Sixth and perhaps the Eleventh Circuits following the restrictive approach, whereas the liberal approach has been adopted by the Fifth, Ninth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits. The Supreme Court should resolve the issue, keeping the central importance of international comity in mind.
Publication Name: George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0748-4305
Year: 1996
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