International Law

The Lure of China and Economic Activism

Posted on April 08, 2010
I wonder what you think about Google?s decision to confront China?s censorship by pulling out of the country entirely despite a potential lost of profit for not doing its business with now the second largest economy in the word? A Google's engineer that I talked to over the weekend seemed to struggle in making up his mind about pros and cons of the decision...

The Lure of China and Economic Activism

Posted on April 08, 2010
I wonder what do you think about Google?s decision to confront China?s censorship by pulling out of the country entirely despite a potential lost of profit for not doing its business with now the second largest economy in the word? A Google's engineer that I talked to over the weekend seemed to struggle in making up his mind about pros and cons of the decision...

March's Winners and Losers

Posted on April 03, 2010
We are moving further away from the double dips danger! Last month the US economy added 162,000 jobs- a strong showing of a potentially more sustained recovery for US economy. Payroll gains are largely boosted by private sectors and much less by temporary census hiring...

March's Winners and Losers

Posted on April 03, 2010
We are moving further away from the double dips danger! Last month the US economy added 162,000 jobs- a strong showing of a potentially more sustained recovery for US economy. Payroll gains are largely boosted by private sectors and much less by temporary census hiring...

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Behind President Obama?s Warning of ?Double Dip? Danger

Posted on November 18, 2009
Today, in an interview with Fox News in Beijing, President Obama warned that ?the US economy could head into a ?double-dip recession? unless urgent steps were taken to rein back America?s mounting level of public debt,? reported the Financial Times. Speculation about a double dipping, also known as W shape economy, has been on going among academics ever since the US economy showed signs of recovery...

Behind President Obama?s Warning of ?Double Dip? Danger

Posted on November 18, 2009
Today, in an interview with Fox News in Beijing, President Obama warned that ?the US economy could head into a ?double-dip recession? unless urgent steps were taken to rein back America?s mounting level of public debt,? reported the Financial Times. Speculation about a double dipping, also known as W shape economy, has been on going among academics ever since the US economy showed signs of recovery...

Sri Lanka and Trade Policy: Concession or Sanction?

Posted on October 26, 2009
The European Union last week produced an official notice derived from its year-long investigation on human right violation in Sri Lanka. Here are the Commission's final report, and the independent expert's report. Given the Commission's conclusion that Sri Lankan government breached its human rights commitments during it 25-year civil war with the Tamil Tiger, the country is set to loose its trade concessions, known as GSP Plus, to the European Union, a sanction which will cost the country more than $100m trade benefits...

Sri Lanka and Trade Policy: Concession or Sanction?

Posted on October 26, 2009
The European Union last week produced an official notice derived from its year-long investigation on human right violation in Sri Lanka. Here are the Commission's final report, and the independent expert's report. Given the Commission's conclusion that Sri Lankan government breached its human rights commitments during it 25-year civil war with the Tamil Tiger, the country is set to loose its trade concessions, known as GSP Plus, to the European Union, a sanction which will cost the country more than $100m trade benefits...

New Wave of Insider Trading Charges as Judge Approved Wiretaps for White Collar Crime Investigation

Posted on October 21, 2009
It?s all over the news, and I should not be caught by surprise. Yet here I am becoming very disturbed by the loopholes in our financial institutions, which gave rise to an unprecedented amount of white collar crime - from Bernard Madoff to Raj Rajaratnam...

New Wave of Insider Trading Charges as Judge Approved Wiretaps for White Collar Crime Investigation

Posted on October 21, 2009
It?s all over the news, and I should not be caught by surprise. Yet here I am becoming very disturbed by the loopholes in our financial institutions, which gave rise to an unprecedented amount of white collar crime - from Bernard Madoff to Raj Rajaratnam...

America's Third Nobel Peace Prize In A Decade

Posted on October 09, 2009
At 4am, the news that president Obama received the Nobel peace prize came to me just as unexpected at it was for all of us. However, as the dust settled, and president Obama finally responded with his speech in the White House's rose garden saying that the prize is "an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations...

America's Third Nobel Peace Prize In A Decade

Posted on October 09, 2009
At 4am, the news that president Obama received the Nobel peace prize came to me just as unexpected at it was for all of us. However, as the dust settled, and president Obama finally responded with his speech in the White House's rose garden saying that the prize is "an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations...

A Proposed Solution for California Budget Crisis

Posted on September 10, 2009
People pointed to California's divided government and the supermajority law, which requires the legislature to adopt a budget with a two-third vote as reasons that cause the ongoing budget crisis in the Golden State over the last decade. The budget, which was passed by Arnold Schwarzenegger on July 24 of this year was said to virtually guarantee another fiscal crisis next year despite the fact that it comprises $15 billion in service cuts, including $8...

A Proposed Solution for California Budget Crisis

Posted on September 10, 2009
People pointed to California's divided government and the supermajority law, which requires the legislature to adopt a budget with a two-third vote as reasons that cause the ongoing budget crisis in the Golden State over the last decade. The budget, which was passed by Arnold Schwarzenegger on July 24 of this year was said to virtually guarantee another fiscal crisis next year despite the fact that it comprises $15 billion in service cuts, including $8...

The Case Of Ben Bernanke

Posted on August 31, 2009
Last week, most news applauded Obama?s reappointment of Ben Bernanke as the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Of the few commentators who opposed the reappointment, Morgan Stanley Asia's Stephen Roach lists three critical mistakes that Bernanke made leading toward the financial crisis...

The Case Of Ben Bernanke

Posted on August 31, 2009
Last week, most news applauded Obama?s reappointment of Ben Bernanke as the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Of the few commentators who opposed the reappointment, Morgan Stanley Asia's Stephen Roach lists three critical mistakes that Bernanke made leading toward the financial crisis...

Sheehan is out of Retirement

Posted on August 28, 2009
I've talked about Cindy Sheehan before and was under the impression she had given up her war protest. I'm glad to read that Sheehan has once again taken up her charge and is dogging Obama while he is on vacation. The Breit Bart put it as follows: After spending weeks dogging George W...

Sheehan is out of Retirement

Posted on August 27, 2009
I've talked about Cindy Sheehan before and was under the impression she had given up her war protest. I'm glad to read that Sheehan has once again taken up her charge and is dogging Obama while he is on vacation. The Breit Bart put it as follows: After spending weeks dogging George W...

Posner v. Macroeconomists

Posted on August 23, 2009
This week brings a heated debate between Judge Posner and some prominent economists including Brad DeLong of UC Berkeley. The debate comes at the heart of my recent discussion with a lawyer who is also a faithful follower of Paul Krugman blog. I argued that certain opinions made by Paul Krugman are so political that readers should distinguish them from his academic accomplishment...

The Transnational Law School

Posted on August 23, 2009
Much to my surprise and fascination, Peking University ("Bei Da") opened a School of Transnational Law in the Fall of 2008 that has a curriculum nearly identical to that of a U.S. juris doctor (JD) program and requires three years of study. Even more amazing is that the school is seeking ABA accreditation, the first law school outside of the U...

Posner v. Macroeconomists

Posted on August 23, 2009
This week brings a heated debate between Judge Posner and some prominent economists including Brad DeLong of UC Berkeley. The debate comes at the heart of my recent discussion with a lawyer who is also a faithful follower of Paul Krugman blog. I argued that certain opinions made by Paul Krugman are so political that readers should distinguish them from his academic accomplishment...

The Transnational Law School

Posted on August 23, 2009
Much to my surprise and fascination, Peking University ("Bei Da") opened a School of Transnational Law in the Fall of 2008 that has a curriculum nearly identical to that of a U.S. juris doctor (JD) program and requires three years of study. Even more amazing is that the school is seeking ABA accreditation, the first law school outside of the U...

Trapped in the Middle-Income Class, Malaysia Is Finding Its Way Out

Posted on August 04, 2009
Once considered one of the Asian dragons, foreign investors have largely forgot Malaysia in the decade following the 1998 Asian financial crisis. However, there have been some important recent reforms in business law in Malaysia as the government of Najib Razak finds ways to push its liberalization agenda further in order to attract more foreign capital in the form of market exchange and direct investment...

Trapped in the Middle-Income Class, Malaysia Is Finding Its Way Out

Posted on August 04, 2009
Once considered one of the Asian dragons, foreign investors have largely forgot Malaysia in the decade following the 1998 Asian financial crisis. However, there have been some important recent reforms in business law in Malaysia as the government of Najib Razak finds ways to push its liberalization agenda further in order to attract more foreign capital in the form of market exchange and direct investment...

Do You Really Own That E-Book?

Posted on July 27, 2009
"Control At A Distance" is a very interesting article over at Balkinization about Amazon.com using the internet to delete copies of George Orwell's books 1984 and Animal Farm from various people's Kindles after learning that the publisher did not want to grant the rights to Kindle...

Do You Really Own That E-Book?

Posted on July 26, 2009
"Control At A Distance" is a very interesting article over at Balkinization about Amazon.com using the internet to delete copies of George Orwell's books 1984 and Animal Farm from various people's Kindles after learning that the publisher did not want to grant the rights to Kindle...

In the Darkening Danger of California Budget Crisis

Posted on June 10, 2009
A few days ago, I received some updated news from our Chancellor at UC Hastings regarding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger?s proposal to cut 100% state funding for the law school. With $24 billion deficit, the governor was searching for further cuts to make up the remaining $5...

In the Darkening Shadow of California Budget Crisis

Posted on June 10, 2009
A few days ago, I received some updated news from our Chancellor at UC Hastings regarding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger?s proposal to cut 100% state funding for the law school. With $24 billion deficit, the governor was searching for further cuts to make up the remaining $5...

As the Dong Falls, Vietnam Faces a Harder Test at the Time of Global Crisis

Posted on June 07, 2009
The Financial Times recently reported that the Vietnam's dong is depreciating steadily as budget deficit and account imbalance grows with "chronic current account deficit that reached $8.4bn, or 9.3 per cent of gross domestic product, in 2008". Vietnamese government is facing the threat of not gathering enough money for its $80bn fiscal stimulus package as bonds and other commercial tools are falling flat...

As the Dong Falls, Vietnam Faces a Harder Test at the Time of Global Crisis

Posted on June 07, 2009
The Financial Times recently reported that the Vietnam's dong is depreciating steadily as budget deficit and account imbalance grows with "chronic current account deficit that reached $8.4bn, or 9.3 per cent of gross domestic product, in 2008". Vietnamese government is facing the threat of not gathering enough money for its $80bn fiscal stimulus package as bonds and other commercial tools are falling flat...

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