Cases

US and South Africa: The Sanctions Debate of 1985

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

When a celebrated series of demonstrations and arrests outside the South African embassy puts US policy toward that nation on the front pages, Congress faces growing pressure to limit the US...

Senator McGrail and the Death Penalty

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This very short case, less than a page, is the story of a young Massachusetts state senator who is faced with a dilemma about how to vote on then-Governor Frank Sargent's veto of a bill...

Rhodesia Becomes Zimbabwe (B): The Lancaster House Conference

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This is Part B of a two-case sequence. HKS Case 816.0 is Part A: In September of 1977, the US and Britain announced a joint proposal for bringing majority rule and independence to Rhodesia,...

Rhodesia Becomes Zimbabwe (A): The US and the Internal Settlement

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This is Part A of a two-case sequence. In September of 1977, the US and Britain announced a joint proposal for bringing majority rule and independence to Rhodesia, whose white minority...

Extradition of Mohammed Hamadei

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

On January 13, 1987, Mohammed Hamadei, a 22-year-old Lebanese man wanted in the US for his alleged role in the brutal 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847, was arrested in Frankfurt by West...

Jean Ekins and the Family Learning Center (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

During the 1978-79 school year, the state of Michigan turned down Jean Ekins' application for model-site designation of her Leslie, Michigan Family Learning Center. Ekins had started the...

Trident Contracting (Epilogue 1988)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case describes the Navy's efforts to contract for what was generally considered an impossible task--the construction in less than five years of a nuclear-powered submarine of...

Trident Contracting: Negotiating the Contract (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case describes the Navy's efforts to contract for what was generally considered an impossible task--the construction in less than five years of a nuclear-powered submarine of...

Trident Contracting: Evaluating the Bids (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case describes the Navy's efforts to contract for what was generally considered an impossible task--the construction in less than five years of a nuclear-powered submarine of...

Trident Contracting: Drafting the RFP (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case describes the Navy's efforts to contract for what was generally considered an impossible task--the construction in less than five years of a nuclear-powered submarine of...

Achille Lauro Hijacking (B)

Publication Date: January 1, 1988

When the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked in October of 1985, the repercussions were wide, but reactions of individual governments varied. The hijacking, in which an American...

Achille Lauro Hijacking (A)

Publication Date: January 1, 1988

When the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked in October of 1985, the repercussions were wide, but reactions of individual governments varied. The hijacking, in which an American...