Opinio Juris’ New Series on International Law and Presidential Politics

We are pleased to announce that Opinio Juris will begin an occasional series on international law and Presidential politics. Foreign policy and international law have been a central topic of discussion among the U.S. presidential candidates, and there is much fodder for discussion regarding the fidelity of their positions with the United States’ commitments under international law. The series will address the connection between the U.S. presidential election and international law. As long as it relates to international law, any comment, debate discussion, party platform, or candidate position presented by the Republican or Democratic presidential candidates is fair game for a post.

Rather than present these posts as a symposium subject to specific time constraints, we have decided to run it as an occasional series between now and the November 2016 election. As we have done in the past, we welcome academics to submit guest posts for possible publication. We will focus on the international legal aspects of the U.S. presidential election, not the broader political issues. So please keep your posts confined to international law and Presidential politics.

We can’t guarantee we will publish every post submitted, but we would love to broaden the discussion to include other voices. So if you want to write a 500- to 1500-word guest post for Opinio Juris about the U.S. presidential elections and international law, please do so beginning this week and continue to do so through the November election. You can send your post to Jessica Dorsey (her email is linked to the right). Our editorial team will review the posts and publish those selected.