In the wake of what will become known as one of the greatest American tragedies in history, it would be easy, perhaps even appropriate, to expound upon the devastation Hurricane Katrina wreaked upon the city of New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast region on August 29, 2005. Many would be tempted to tell a historical tale of the city founded by the French in 1718 and the long tradition of Tulane University, which dates back to 1834, juxtaposed against the city's current via dolorosa, which has torn a cultural mosaic and tested the defiance and strength of New Orleans. Indeed, this was the destruction of a major modern city that the U.S. Administration had feared since September 11th, 2001. Yet to stray too far in that direction would be to acquiesce to the political and belie the Journal's purpose to search for and expose truth. So it is in this time that the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law strives to make more visible the contemporary legal issues with which the global community is grappling.

The full text of this article is available in Volume 14, Issue 2, of the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law.

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