When analysing the level of development in countries, an often-mentioned case is the comparison between the United States and Mexico, two former colonies, both of which had a starting point after gaining independence. The question is, how, being neighbours, did the Americans achieve much higher levels of human development than their Latin neighbours during the interwar period and especially in the last 70 years?
On 13 November 2023, ELSA IE held the second final of the Mitchell L. McLean Mock Trial. The competition, based on the U.S. common law system, allows students to step into the shoes of U.S. litigators as they go up against each other in teams. The Stork breaks down this latest experience in an eye-opening article.
FIFA has announced the six co-hosts for World Cup 2023, one of whom is Spain. In anticipation, the Stork breaks down the historical significance around host countries and explains why 2030 will be a particularly exciting year for football.
Will Mandarin soon take English’s place? Will we soon live in a Mandarin speaking world symbolic of China’s succesful economic triumph over the US? This is a reality that America avidly fights to prevent, but should we?
Based on the US legal system, this mock trial is the first of its kind in Spain, where practical experiences for Law students had formerly mimicked appellate trials in moot court simulations.
From the start of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” and the subsequent tariff imposition on the European Union (EU), Europe has faced multiple rounds of...