Daily Archives: April 14, 2013

Executive Order 13303: Is the Bush Administration Choosing Corporations over Human Rights Actions Instituted via the Alien Tort Claims Act?

Executive Order 13303: Is the Bush Administration Choosing Corporations over Human Rights Actions Instituted via the Alien Tort Claims Act? Rod Khavari Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law, Fall 2006,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Improvement of force health protection through preventive medicine oversight of contractor support

Improvement of force health protection through preventive medicine oversight of contractor support Scott A. Mower U.S. Army Medical Department Journal. (April-June 2009): p46. U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School Unprecedented… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Bypassing redundancy: resolving the jurisdictional dilemma under the Defense Base Act

Bypassing redundancy: resolving the jurisdictional dilemma under the Defense Base Act Claire Been Washington Law Review. 83.2 (May 2008): p219. Abstract: In 1941, Congress passed the Defense Base Act (DBA) to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Settling the inherently governmental functions debate once and for all: the need for comprehensive legislation of private security contractors in Afghanistan

Settling the inherently governmental functions debate once and for all: the need for comprehensive legislation of private security contractors in Afghanistan Anthony LaPlaca Public Contract Law Journal. 41.3 (Spring 2012): p745. You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 2)

The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 2) by Jack Murphy · April 8, 2013 Back to the nuts and bolts of how piracy and counter-piracy works… You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register … Continue reading

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The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 1)

The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 1) by Jack Murphy · April 7, 2013 · Piracy has probably existed since man first took to the sea, but it took on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars

Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars By Robert Beckhusen 04.12.13 6:30 AM A Casa 212 contracted for Afghanistan drops supplies to paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Thatcher’s Privatizations Cast a Long Shadow

April 9, 2013, 9:25 p.m. ET Thatcher’s Privatizations Cast a Long Shadow By CHARLES FORELLE LONDON—Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday, reshaped modern Britain by selling state-owned companies into private hands, paving… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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New Charter Outlines Concrete Steps to Implement the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors

New Charter Outlines Concrete Steps to Implement the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors 4/11/2013 by Elizabeth Holland Foley Hoag LLP – Corporate Social Responsibility The International Code of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Ayotte, Blumenthal Introduce “Never Contract with the Enemy” Bill

  Ayotte, Blumenthal Introduce “Never Contract with the Enemy” Bill   Bipartisan legislation seeks to stop taxpayer money from flowing to America’s enemies Apr 11, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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