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Volume 23, Issue 2 Has Been Published!

The University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review is excited to announce the publication of Volume 23, Issue 2. For full access to this publication please visit the “Volume 23, Issue 2” page on the tab above. Stay tuned for more internationally focused student blog publications in the coming months.

ICLR Proudly Welcomes its New Candidate Class

The International and Comparative Law Review is excited to welcome its newest candidates. Congratulations to the following candidates: Carlos Alvarez Gina Brignola Daniel Celaya Kiana Courtney Andrei Dambuleff Andres Estrella Alessandra Ferrante Frank Florio Jennifer Helmy Emma Hollowell Jordan Isicoff Stephanie Maclaughlin Lena Mesa Yasaman Moazami-Goudarzi Simon Morales Josh Morgan Tyler Newton Nicole Portnov Claudia […]

Candy Contention: Survival of the Sweetest

NIKKI RIGL – Two of the chocolate giants—Mars and Nestle—have undergone disappointing branding incidents this year: Mars’ attempts to start selling M&Ms in Sweden and Nestle’s attempts to trademark the shape of its KitKat candy both fell flat.[1] Strangely enough, the rationales behind each decision seem to thematically contradict one another. In an effort to stop […]

The Rise of Independent Directors In Australia: Adoption, Reform, and Uncertainty

LUKE NOTTAGE & FADY AOUN – Anglo-American corporate governance has long remained fixated on ensuring that the interests of dispersed shareholders in publicly listed corporations prevail over competing managerial interests.3 The main solution offered here has been to conceptualize directors as the stockholders’ agents for monitoring managers.4 But the rise of large institutional stockholders in global […]