The LL.M. Essay and Theses Series provides access to the theses and essays completed by LL.M. candidates at Columbia Law School. The LL.M. Essay is a substantial and rigorous piece of legal writing based on research on a topic approved in advance by a faculty member who has agreed to act as Faculty Supervisor.
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Publications from 2024
Fair Use v. Free Use: A Comparative Study of American and Russian Copyright Exemptions, Eduard Bershitskiy
The End of Consent: Data and the Corporate-Consumer Relationship, Faisal Hijjawi
ESG as a Test Case for the Convergence Thesis in Corporate Law: Notes from India, Rudresh Mandal
A Legal Herstory of WWII ‘Comfort Women’ — Chapters: Past, Present, and Beyond, Linny Kit Tong Ng
Publications from 2022
Changes and Convergence of Bankruptcy Law: Recent Experience in Brazil, Joao Guilherme Thiesi da Silva
Cooperation Without Convergence: Border Carbon Adjustment and Heterogeneity of Climate Actions, Lucas Moreira Jiminez
Combatting Wage Theft in Global Supply Chains: A Proposal for Transnational Wage Lien Laws, Nabila N. Khan
Conflicting Fundamental Rights Under the Indian Constitution: Analyzing the Supreme Court’s Doctrinal Gap, Nikhil Pratap
Looking Out, Looking In: How India can Respond to a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the Principles of Justice and Equity in the Net-Zero Transition, Paridhi Srivastava
The Role of Arbitral Tribunals in Determining the Scope of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard, Thomas Ferguson Whip
Publications from 2021
Lessons and Opportunities for Negotiation Teachers Following the Covid-19 Pandemic, Ana Lenard
The Impact of Particular Provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the United States Economy Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, Hillary Obinna Maduka
Establishing State Responsibility in Mitigating Climate Change under Customary International Law, Vanessa S.W. Tsang
Publications from 2020
Internet Jurisdiction: Using Content Delivery Networks to Ascertain Intention, Patrick Lin