Recent Abstracts and Article Links

The complete collection of articles and abstracts for the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal is available in the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library digital archives.

Volume 16  |  Issue 3  |  June 2007

Transitional Justice in Korea: Legally Coping with Past Wrongs After Democratization

Kuk Cho
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 579

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The Nireco Poison Pill: The Impact of a Court Injunction

Written by Toshihiko Shimizu and Toshihiro Igi, Translation by Christopher J. Kodama
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 613

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Bortz v. Suzuki, Judgment of October 12, 1999, Hamamatsu Branch, Shizuoka District Court

Translation by Timothy Webster
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 631

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In the Wake of Sakhalin II: How Non-Governmental Administration of Natural Resources Could Strengthen Russia's Energy Sector

Nowell D. Bamberger
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 669

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Intellectual Property Rights and the Public Sector: Why Compulsory Licensing of Protected Technologies Critical for Food Security Might Just Work in China

Gregory C. Ellis
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 699

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A Condom Versus the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998: Which Has Holes Leaving Filipinos Unprotected?

David M. Iseminger
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 725

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Expanding the Reach of the Chinese Labor Law: How Does the Supreme People's Court's 2006 Interpretation Transform Labor Dispute Resolution?

Jill E. Monnin
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 753

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No Refills: The Intellectual Property High Court Decision in Canon v. Recycle Assist Will Negatively Impact the Printer Ink Cartridge Recycling Industry in Japan

Scott M. Tobias
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 775

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The Applicability of the Consumer Protection Law in Medical Malpractice Disputes in Taiwan

Ya-Ling Wu
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 805

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Volume 16  |  Issue 2  |  March 2007

Comparing Foreign Investment in China, Post-WTO Accession, With Foreign Investment in the United States, Post 9/11

Jordan Brandt
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 285

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When Are There More Laws? When Do They Matter? Using Game Theory to Compare Laws, Power Distribution, and Legal Environments in the United States and China

Ji Li
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 335

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The Korea Fair Trade Commission's Decision on Microsoft's Tying Practice: The Second-Best Remedy for Harmed Competitors

Sejin Kim
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 375

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What Impact Will The Revised Trade Union Law of China Have on Foreign Business?

Zana Z. Bugaighis
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 405

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China's Practice of Procuring Organs from Executed Prisoners: Human Rights Groups Must Narrowly Tailor Their Criticism and Endorse the Chinese Constitution to End Abuses

Joan E. Hemphill
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 431

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The International Law Exception to the Act of State Doctrine: Redressing Human Rights Abuses in Papua New Guinea

Joshua Gregory Holt
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 459

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Korea's New Prostitution Policy: Overcoming Challenges to Effectuate the Legislature's Intent to Protect Prostitutes from Abuse

Ji Hye Kim
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 493

Prostitution has been rampant in South Korea, exposing tens of thousands of women to abuse and violence. Beginning in 2000, however, women's rights organizations spearheaded a legal reform campaign to change the nation's prostitution policy. They drafted and proposed two bills to the National Assembly, which subsequently enacted them as laws. In passing the new legislation, the South Korean government vowed to eliminate prostitution as well as protect victims of exploitation and violence in the sex industry. However, the legislation fails to achieve these goals due to inherent inadequacies in the language and structure of the laws. This shortfall arises because the government failed to adequately discuss the breadth and depth of prostitution's impact on Korean men and women. Consequently, the legislation retains a discriminatory attitude towards prostituting women and still criminalizes them unless they can prove their victim status. It is doubtful that these provisions can protect abused women in the sex industry, particularly when they face so many barriers in proving their victim status. To remedy these problems, the South Korean government must reconsider and rework its prostitution policy so that it is more protective of women engaged in prostitution and more appropriate for Korean society. It must also rethink enforcement mechanisms to allow prostituting women to seek help when necessary.

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When the Price is Too High: Rethinking China's Deterrence Strategy for Robbery

Peter D. Nestor
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 525

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The 2006 Revisions to Japan's Equal Opportunity Employment Law: A Narrow Approach to a Pervasive Problem

Megan L. Starich
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 551

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Volume 16  |  Issue 1  |  January 2007

Introduction to the New Company Law of the People's Republic of China

Steven M. Dickinson
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 1

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Perverse Main Bank Rescue in the Lost Decade: Proof that Unique Institutional Incentives Drive Japanese Corporate Governance

Dan W. Puchniak
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 13

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Judgment on Unfair Competition Dispute Between Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Ltd. Co. and Beijing 3721 Technology Ltd. Co.

Translation by Pengyue Li
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 63

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Customary International Humanitarian Law and Multinational Military Operations in Malaysia

Drew R. Atkins
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 79

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The Marriage Amendment Act: Can Australia Prohibit Same-sex Marriage?

Katy A. King
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 137

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Ending the Silence: Thai H-2A Workers, Recruitment Fees, and the Fair Labor Standards Act

Andrea L. Schmitt
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 167

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Controlling Business Method Patents: How the Japanese Standard for Patenting Software Could Bring Reasonable Limitations to Method Patents in the United States

James S. Sfekas
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 197

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The Persecutor Bar in U.S. Immigration Law: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of Modern "Persecution" in the Case of Forced Abortion and Female Genital Cutting

Lori K. Walls
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 227

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Establishing Secondary Liability with a Higher Degree of Culpability: Redefining Chinese Internet Copyright Law to Encourage Technology Development

Yiman Zhang
16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 257

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