International Law,
Government
Jan. 11, 2001
Straits of Ignorance
Recently, I was invited to Cuba to do a Web presentation for a joint conference hosted by Cuba's National Union of Cuban Jurists and the Washington, D.C., World Jurist Association. During this trip, I realized that misinformation on both sides of the Straits of Florida has kept most Americans outside of a loop that - prior to the Elian Gonzalez affair - had been limited primarily to the Miami-Havana corridor.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).
Recently, I was invited to Cuba to do a Web presentation for a joint conference hosted by Cuba's National Union of Cuban Jurists and the Washington, D.C., World Jurist Association. During this trip, I realized that misinformation on both sides of the Straits of Florida has kept most Americans o...