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Standard Essential Patent in Telecommunication Standard: United States and China Comparison
This dissertation takes national standard essential patent (“SEP”) policy for telecommunication markets as a case study of global regulatory competition. Nations or regions use technical standard-setting processes as a regulatory tool to promote or protect their local industries. A SEP is one that reads on a specific industry ...
Making the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan: A History and Analysis Through the Lens of Coordination and Deferral Theory
My objective in this dissertation is to provide a theoretically informed history of Afghanistan’s many constitutions. While Afghanistan’s constitutional history has attracted considerable scholarly attention, it remains under-examined from a theoretical perspective. Building on insights from coordination theory and constitutional ...
Sudargo Gautama and the Development of Indonesian Public Order: A Study on the Application of Public Order Doctrine in a Pluralistic Legal System
A sweeping proviso that protects basic or fundamental interests of a legal system is known in various names – ordre public, public policy, public order, government’s interest or Vorbehaltklausel. This study focuses on the concept of Indonesian public order in private international law. It argues that Indonesia has extraordinary ...
Whose Authority? Interpreting, Imposing, and Complying with Corporate Zakat Obligations in Indonesia
This study focuses on the development of concept and practice of corporate zakat (obligatory alms under Islamic law payable by business entities) in Indonesia. The key issues are: who has the authority to (1) interpret and (2) impose corporate zakat in Indonesia; whether (3) the creation of this corporate obligation is viewed ...
Protecting Economic and Social Rights in A Constitutionally Strong Form of Judicial Review: The Case of Constitutional Review by The Indonesian Constitutional Court
Abstract Protecting Economic and Social Rights in a Constitutionally Strong form of Judicial Review: The Case of Constitutional Review by the Indonesian Constitutional Court The 1999-2002 constitutional amendments to Indonesia’s Constitution inserted some important features of a modern constitution. These include the introduction ...
Local Actors in Donor-Funded Rule of Law Assistance in Indonesia: Owners, Partners, Agents?
University of Washington Abstract Local Actors in Donor-Funded Rule of Law Assistance in Indonesia: Owners, Partners, Agents? Anna B. Bosch Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Veronica L. Taylor Professor of Law An overriding premise of development assistance is that it cannot succeed without an effective partnership between ...
A Model or a Symbol? Criminal IP Judicial Reforms of Taiwan under U.S. Special 301
(2013-11-14)
This research examines the criminal intellectual property (IP) judicial reforms of Taiwan under the U.S. Special 301 framework. These reforms targeted the sole intermediate appellate court specializing in IP, the Intellectual Property Court (IPC). Following twenty years of judicial reforms trying to raise criminal punishment ...
Redefining Medical Tourism: A Legal and Qualitative Analysis of International Medical Travel from the United States
International medical travel from the United States occurs when a patient travels to a foreign country for prearranged health care services such as a new knee or a cardiac valve. This dissertation provides further insight into this phenomenon in two key areas. First, a systematic review of the multidisciplinary literature ...
Global Trade Governance and ASEAN: Studies of Trade-Related Aspects of Labor, Environment and Culture in Southeast Asia
This study addresses the social dimensions of trade (sometimes called “non-trade” issues, values, or objectives) in Southeast Asia. It was inspired by two major events: the debacle of the third World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle in 1999, and the visibility of trade liberalization and economic ...
REDD+ Issues Influence in Indonesia's Regulatory Process
(2013-07-25)
In the last 15 years, Indonesia has enacted many regulations on climate change and also REDD+. Indonesia is pressured by external actors to reduce its emissions. REDD+ (Reducing Emission from Forest Degradation and Deforestation) means: placing a value on the role that forests play in saving the earth's climate. This research ...