Yes: a threat to property rights
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The Convention on Biological Diversity was so poorly conceived that it would have given up property rights while achieving little in the way of environmental protection. The technology transfer provisions were the main factor reducing the treaty's effectiveness. Developing countries receive 'most favorable' terms of transfer under the convention, and other countries are obliged to facilitate technology transfer to developing countries from their private sectors. Rather than promoting commerce, the Convention would have made US companies resort to trade barriers such as compulsory licensing.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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The other side of the rights coin; having rights necessitates accepting the responsibilities that go with them
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Communitarians hold that rights must be matched with responsibilities. The desire to meet one's responsibilities is first imparted with the moral education provided by family. Schools need to step in where parents have provided insufficient moral training. Neighborhoods are the third line of defense. Community members can encourage each other to conduct themselves responsibly. If the community's moral voice no longer suffices, law and government authorities are the last resort.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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Navy accused of bungling murder case; gay rights groups criticize lenient plea agreement, secretive investigation
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The mother of beating-death victim and gay sailor Allen Schindler as well as gay-rights groups have charged the US Navy with mishandling the prosecution of those involved in Schindler's death. Sailor Terry Helvey received a life sentence, but his accomplice, sailor Charles Vins, received only a four-month sentence in a plea bargain. The Navy did not acknowledge this might have been a hate crime until the national media grew interested in the case.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1993
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