International Law

Amendments to the South African Competition Act
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Heather Irvine (Deneys Reitz) provides us with her understanding of Amendments to the South African Competition Act. ABSTRACT: The South African Department of Trade and Industry (?DTI?) has proposed significant amendments to the South African...

Lonely "Virgin Mary" Shark Proves Her Species Doesn't Need Males Either
Scientists have reported in the Journal of Fish Biology (a real page turner) that for the second time, a lonely lady shark in captivity has given birth to a shark pup. Yes, folks that's right a girl shark who has...

Jaws
It was the summer of 1975. I was a 16 year old pacing the steets of Hyde Park, on Chicago's south side. Crime rates had been high for a decade, and reports of violence (including police violence) were everywhere...

Freedom of contract no more: South Africas Constitutional Court and the horizontal application of the Bill of Rights
1. Introduction The drafters of the South African Constitution were a rather ambitious lot and envisaged that the new Bill of Rights would play a major role in the transformation of the country and of its laws...

South Africa Cracks Down on Possible Food Industry Cartel
The South African Competition Commission decided that there have been so many reports of price fixing involving producers of bread, milk and other food items that they’re just going to go ahead and probe the entire South African food industry, according to a report by sabcnews...

Perforce, Court Allows Alien Tort Claims Act Suits to Proceed
An unusual and unfortunate development at the U.S. Supreme Court today, as four justices recused themselves in an appeal of lawsuits brought by South African nationals against U.S. companies that did business with the South African government...

South Carolina Firm
Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products

Avandia
alleging heart attacks, increased fracture risk that may have been caused by Avandia.

Hurricane Ike
Gulf Coast Residents Fight for Compensation

US Coast Guard
Switlik Marine Life Rafts Recalled