Faculty Scholarship & Publications
Spring 2017
Professor Sahar Aziz:
Associate Professor Mark Edwin Burge’s article “Applying the Cayman Approach to Virtual Currency: A Disruptive Opportunity Waiting to Happen” was published in the Cayman Financial Review (Second Quarter 2017, Issue 47) (Apr. 2017).
Associate Dean William Byrnes's “Background and Current Status of FATCA” (written with Robert J. Munro) was the #1 tax paper downloaded on SSRN for April 2017.
- Authored “Is FATCA ‘Much Ado About Nothing’? Is FATCA’s Tax Revenue Going to Offset Its IRS and Industry Costs?” in Kluwer International Tax Blog (April 18, 2017)
- Published LexisNexis® Guide to FATCA and CRS Compliance (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) (Matthew Bender) (April 2017).
- Published “How May the United States Leverage its FATCA IGA Bilateral Process to Incentivize Good Tax Administrations among the World of Black Hat and Grey Hat Governments? A Carrot & Stick Policy Proposal” in volume 31 of the Emory International Law Review (Feb. 2017).
- Published the following book supplements:
- Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture and Recovery, and Compliance- A Global Guide 1701 (release 24) (with Dr. Robert J. Munro) (LexisNexis Matthew Bender, New York) (April 2017)
- Foreign Tax & Trade Briefs, Second Edition, Publication 290 (release 520) (with Walter Diamond and Dr. Robert J Munro) (LexisNexis Matthew Bender, New York) (April 2017)
- International Trust Laws and Analysis. Company Laws, Wealth Management & Tax Planning Strategies (with Dr. Robert J. Munro) (Wolters Kluwer, Quarter 1) (March 10, 2017).
- International Withholding Tax Treaty Guide (with Dr. Robert J. Munro) (Matthew Bender-LexisNexis, Release 150) (March 2017)
- Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture and Recovery, and Compliance- A Global Guide 23 (with Dr. Robert J. Munro) (LexisNexis Matthew Bender, New York) (Feb. 2017)
- Tax Havens of the World (release 158) (with Dr. Robert J Munro) (LexisNexis Matthew Bender, New York) (Feb. 2017)
“International Trust Laws and Analysis. Company Laws, Wealth Management & Tax Planning Strategies” (with Dr. Robert J. Munro) in Kluwer Law International (Jan. 3, 2017).
Professor Gabriel Eckstein:
- His article, co-authored with Dr. Rosario Sanchez of the Texas Water Resources Institute, “Aquifers Shared between Mexico and the U.S.: management perspectives and their transboundary nature,” has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal, Ground Water (April 2017).
- Co-authored the essay “America First and the Harmon Doctrine’s Demise – A History Lesson” in The New Jurist (with Professor Paul Kibel, Golden Gate University School of Law) (March 1, 2017).
- Authored the chapter, “International law and transboundary aquifers,” in Handbook on Water Law and Policy, edited by Rieu-Clarke, Andrew Allan, Sarah Hendry and published by Routledge (Jan. 2017).
- Co-authored with Stefano Burchi, Melissa McCracken and Aaron Wolf “Training Manual – Hydrodiplomacy, Legal and Institutional Aspects of Water Resources Governance: From the International to the Domestic Perspective” for UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (Jan. 2017).
Professor Paul George:
- Republished an article on international parallel litigation in Edward Elgar’s new two volume set, Procedure and Private International Law, ed. Wendy Perdue (Edward Elgar, 2017). The publisher describes the project as bringing together “the most important and influential material in the subject area.” The article was originally published in 37 Texas International Law Journal 499-540 (2002). (Feb. 2017)
Associate Dean for Experiential Education and Professor Luz Herrera:
- Spoke about “Innovative Practices in Civil Legal Service Delivery” in the inaugural Civil Justice Research Institute Symposium at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (April 28, 2017).
Professor Timothy Mulvaney:
- Accepted an offer to publish “Move Along to Where? Property in Service of Democracy,” in Festschrift in Honor of AJ van der Walt (G Muller, B Slade, R Brits & J van Wyk, eds., Cape Town: Juta), co-authored with Joseph W. Singer, forthcoming 2017 (March 2017).
Professor Srividhya Ragavan:
- Authored “The Line Has Changed” for The Hindu Business Line (April 26, 2017).
Professor Peter Yu: