Institution: | Correspondence: * Professor of international law, Peking University Law School (email: baigm{at}pku.edu.cn). The author would like to take this opportunity to express her sincere thanks to Professor Dennis Driscoll at the Faculty of Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, for reviewing this essay, and to her Canadian friends Professor Donat Pharand and adjunct professor Tim Wilson at the Law School of Ottawa University for proof-reading it. This paper was completed on 25 August 2007. |