NEW YORK STATE BAR VOL. 30, NO. 2 SUMMER 2017 INTERNATIONAL SECTION VOL. 31, NO. 1 WINTER 2018 One Elk Street Albany, N. Y. 12207-1002 New York International Law Review NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Summer 2017/Winter 2018 Vol. 30, No. 2/Vol. 31, No. 1 NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION © 2018 New York State Bar Association ISSN 1050-9453 (print) ISSN 1933-849X (online) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMER 2017 ARTICLES The Tribunal Secretary in International Arbitrations ............................................... 1 Francisco Blavi, Gonzalo Vial A Bridge Too Rigid: A Comparative Study of American and German Constitutional Rigidity.......................................................................................... 17 Tyler J. Smith NOTE Looters and Traffickers and Destroyers, Oh My: Criminals Must Be Held Liable For Violating Jus Cogens and Prosecuted by the International Criminal Court....... 33 Laina Boris RECENT DECISIONS Puerto Rico v. Sanchez-Valle.................................................................................... 63 Danielle Connolly Republic of the Marshall Islands v. United States ...................................................... 69 Michael Joseph Maestracci v. Helly Nahmad Gallery........................................................................ 79 Carina Vitucci WINTER 2018 ARTICLES Beyond “Sex Slaves” and “Tiny Terrorists”: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of Human Trafficking Crimes Perpetrated by Da’esh............................................... 1 Caroline Fish (2017 Pergam Award Winner) A New Exception to the Autonomy Principle for Standbys and Letters of Credit? The Negative Stipulation Heresy and the Creation of Commercial Uncertainty in Australia ................................................................................................................ 21 Richard Q. Sterns (2017 Pergam Award Runner-Up) NOTE Patently Obvious: Why the United Kingdom’s Participation in the Unified Patent Court & the Unitary Patent in a Post-Brexit Regime will be Beneficial for UK Citizens ................................................................................................................. 39 Erin Seery CASE SUMMARY Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd. ........................................... 61 Quentin Alexandre RECENT DECISIONS Thai-Lao Lignite Co. v. Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic ............ 67 Ipek Basaran Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon .................................................................................... 77 Joshua Lahijani NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Summer 2017 Vol. 30, No. 2 NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION © 2018 New York State Bar Association ISSN 1050-9453 (print) ISSN 1933-849X (online) TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES The Tribunal Secretary in International Arbitrations ............................................... 1 Francisco Blavi, Gonzalo Vial A Bridge Too Rigid: A Comparative Study of American and German Constitutional Rigidity.......................................................................................... 17 Tyler J. Smith NOTE Looters and Traffickers and Destroyers, Oh My: Criminals Must Be Held Liable For Violating Jus Cogens and Prosecuted by the International Criminal Court....... 33 Laina Boris RECENT DECISIONS Puerto Rico v. 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