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1999 Jessup Competition

Case Concerning Cultural Identity and Intellectual Property

The Washington Monarch Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Jessup World Cup Champion: National Law School, India University (India)

Runner-Up: University of Pretoria (South Africa)

Final Round Judges:
Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Registrar, International Court of Justice
Jeffrey Richstone, Government of Canada
Prof. Gabriel M. Wilner, University of Georgia

Problem Author: George Summerfield. Partner, Hill and Simpson.

Executive Director: M. Elizabeth Atkins

Administrative Director: Laura M. Title


Best Oralist (Championship Round): V. L. Mashava, University of Pretoria

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 (Intl Rounds, Evans Award): University of Vienna (Austria)

Best Memorial (World Regional Rounds, Dillard Award): University of Western Australia (Australia)


Number of Teams Worldwide: 275

Number of Teams at International Rounds: 62

Number of Countries: 45

Number of Countries at International Rounds: 45