Transnational Law Blog

"A study of law regulating actions or events transcending national frontiers."

Author: Travis Hodgkins is a 2008 graduate of the University of California's Hastings College of the Law. John Dermody graduated from UC Hastings in May 2007 and is currently conducting rule-of-law research as a Fulbright Fellow in Sierra Leone. Nema Milaninia another Hastings grad and executive director of the International Studies Journal, a peer publication based in Tehran, Iran.

Recent Posts from Transnational Law Blog

In the Darkening Shadow of California Budget Crisis
A few days ago, I received some updated news from our Chancellor at UC Hastings regarding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to cut 100% state funding for the law school. With $24 billion deficit, the governor…
As the Dong Falls, Vietnam Faces a Harder Test at the Time of Global Crisis
The Financial Times recently reported that the Vietnam's dong is depreciating steadily as budget deficit and account imbalance grows with "chronic current account deficit that reached $8.4bn, or 9.3 per cent of gross domestic product,…
China's Rising Power and the Hope for a Multi-Polar World
Recently David Pilling of the Financial Times published a thought-provoking article under the title: “Asia Pays Tribute to Its New Superpower,” which discusses how the rise of China during the time of economic crisis has…
Recommended Reading: The Faculty Lounge
I have been highly benefited from The Faculty Lounge Blog recently and thought that I should share this blog with TLB readers. At the Faculty Lounge, bloggers are mostly law professors who post commentaries and…
An American Life Story
The Washington Post today offers a heartfelt portrait of Justice Souter that invokes much of my admiration and inspiration for the Superior Court Judge- a simple life fills with unwavering public service and modesty. Justice…
Reaching Out to Sri Lanka
I have been regularly following up with the news from Sri Lanka. Images and news from this civil war brought me solemn concern and uneasiness. Here in London, I caught this scene one weekend early…
Over the Worst Yet, Japan?
We don't know for sure, but at least Japan is showing signs of stabilization. Despite growing deflation and addition contraction at 3.3% this year, the Financial Times today reported some stabilizing signs from the second…
Global Internet Rights and Censorship
The Internet has changed the way information is spread around the world. Internet usage has become ubiquitous in developed countries and it is still growing in less developed countries. The ability of populations to get…
Federal and California State Tax: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
If you would like to find out the tax aspects of Obama's stimulus package which seizes about 36% of the stimulus, as well as how the State of California mends its budget crisis through various…
Economic Advice From Jim Rogers