The CITES Fort Lauderdale criteria: the uses and limits on science in international conversation decisionmaking

Article Abstract:

Regulation of the international trade in wild species of plants and animals under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and its predecessors is discussed. The criteria for scientific evidence established at the 9th CITES conference, held in Fort Lauderdale, is outlined.

Social aspects, International trade, Endangered species, Plant conservation, Environmental law

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Restructuring the modern treaty power

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The author calls for the expansion of US participation in multilateral agreements affecting matters usually considered to be entirely domestic. Topics include the original understanding of the treaty power and the need to restructure modern treaty power.

United States, Analysis, Treaty-making power

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The World Trade Constitution

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The authors outline the basic structure and rules of the World Trade Organization. Emerging anti-discrimination models for the WTO and covert protectionism jurisprudence are addressed.

Laws, regulations and rules, World Trade Organization, Constitutional law, Powers and duties, Protectionism

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