Since 2006, US courts have been developing a body of case law that interprets Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter 15”). Chapter 15, enacted as part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCA), grants US courts jurisdiction to recognize a non-US bankruptcy proceeding and provide effect to that [...]

The year 1881 is memorialized in nearly every Turk’s mind, as the year when the story of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk began. His life and  accomplishments as the “immortal leader” of the Turkish army and as the founder and first President of the Turkish Republic are imprinted in every Turk’s mind. Turkish children are exposed to books [...]

Most Indians cannot easily obtain justice through India’s formal court system. Lok Adalats (“LAs”) are informal courts of first impression interspersed throughout India, which provide alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) services designed to address this problem by bringing justice to the public. Lok Adalat means “people’s court” in Hindi, one of the official languages of India. LAs [...]

At the close of the twentieth century, skeletons of the steel industry littered the landscape of Western Pennsylvania. Steel mills that used to shine as symbols of wealth and security languished as stark reminders of the once-fruitful past. Drained of their jobs, hundreds of thousands of long-time residents experienced economic hardships while poorer residents moved [...]

In the process of creating the legal system underpinning international trade in the aftermath of World War II, the prevailing idea was a continuing liberalization of trade. This in turn meant a closer integration of domestic economies. One way to achieve these ends was what the Preamble to the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and [...]

This Article addresses the question of whether non-US sovereign wealth funds (“SWFs”) should serve as a model for the United States in managing the Social Security Trust Fund. By law, the Social Security Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”) is required to invest only in special issue US government bonds, which recently earned an annual nominal return [...]

Promoting access to affordable medicine for poor countries is considered an important goal to a wide range of actors including not only poor countries, but also rich countries, patent owners, and scholars. However, promoting such access has thus far been a challenge. In fact, over the last decade, changes in international laws that require most [...]