Oregon Review of International Law : Volume 16, Number 1 (2014)
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Item Open Access The Oregon Blueberry Industry and South Korea: An Opportunity for Growth(University of Oregon School of Law, 2015-09-10) Thompson, GageThe United States has become a sophisticated economy where its chief exports consist primarily of services and advanced technologies. The Industrial Revolution marked the significant turning point when the United States set aside the plow as an agrarian nation and became the industrious force it is today. That is not to say, however, that the plow has gone unused. As the country’s technologies and work force have evolved, so too have its farmers. In the state of Oregon, 15% of all economic activity relates to agriculture; the industry as a whole directly creates 260,000 jobs and adds $22 billion annually to Oregon’s net state product.Item Open Access One Mineral at a Time: Shaping Transnational Corporate Social Responsibility Through Dodd- Frank Section 1502(University of Oregon School of Law, 2015-09-10) Silverman, Bryan StuartIn June 2011, Apple Inc. stopped purchasing minerals for its electronics from the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “D.R. Congo”). Apple did so following the proposal of new federal legislation requiring companies to disclose “conflict minerals” used to manufacture their products. “Conflict minerals” include tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (also commonly referred to as the “3 Ts and gold”), derived from the D.R. Congo and adjoining countries. The federal legislation was part of a humanitarian-activist agenda to dissuade corporations from purchasing minerals that subsidize armed groups—who control parts of the mining processes— and halt human rights violations resulting from those groups’ activities.Item Open Access The Fictions of the “Illegal” Occupation in the West Bank and Gaza(University of Oregon School of Law, 2015-09-10) Sayed, HaniAcademic and policy discussions dealing with the State of Israel’s control of the West Bank and Gaza strip (WBGS), are permeated by judgments about legality. Whenever confronted with an institutional imperative to act in reaction to any political, economic, or security/military development in the WBGS, discussions among academics, policy makers or governmental and non-governmental institutional actors working on the ground are quickly framed as questions of whether this development is legal.Item Open Access U.S.-China Economic Relations(University of Oregon School of Law, 2015-09-10) Mei, YimingThis paper investigates the avenues accessible to U.S. policymakers seeking to take advantage of China’s recent economic prosperity in their efforts to assist the recovery of the U.S. economy from the 2007 Global Economic Crisis. More specifically, this paper assesses the present state of U.S.-China trade and investment relations, identifying obstacles and possible remedial measures. Additionally, this paper looks at the potential for investment-based or fee-based immigration policies as a source of economic stimulus for the United States.Item Open Access The Senseless War: The Sentencing Drug Offenses Arms Race(University of Oregon School of Law, 2015-09-10) Bagaric, Mirko; Hepburn, Samantha; Xynas, LidiaThere has been a considerable increase in the penalties for drug trafficking following the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961, over fifty years ago. In many parts of the world, the sanctions are as severe as those for homicide and rape. This penalty escalation is at odds with the counter movement to decriminalise illicit drugs. Drug supplying is the only serious crime where there are widespread moves to decriminalize the main outcome of the crime—the use illicit drugs. This paper explores this paradox.