Jessup 1999 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning Cultural Identity & Intellectual Property (Bretoria v. Pagonia)

Topics: State Obligations to Foreign Investors/Expropriation, Preservation of Cultural Identity, International Copyright Standards

Location: The Washington Monarch Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Date: March 27, 1999

World Champion: National Law School of India University (India) Team Members – Sapna Khuajuria, Dipen Sabharwal, Priya Pillai

World Runner Up: University of Pretoria (South Africa) Team Members – V. Lawrence Mashava, Lungowe Matakala

Best Oralist (Championship Round): V. Lawrence Mashava, University of Pretoria (South Africa)

Championship Round Judges:

Jeffrey Richstone – Department of Justice, Government of Canada
Eduardo Valencia-Ospina – Registrar, International Court of Justice
Gabriel Wilner – Associate Dean & Professor of Law, University of Georgia Law School

Problem Author(s): George Summerfield – Hill & Simpson

Executive Director: M. Elizabeth Atkins

Administrative Director Laura M. Title

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Oliver Browne, Universite de Paris I (France)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Best Memorial – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): University of Vienna (Austria) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): University of Western Australia (Australia) (Applicant and Respondent)

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: David Sabin Anderson, Brett Lorenzen, Michael Peil

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