I've been on a self-imposed blogging hiatus of late due to the dual demands of serving as Temple's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and editing the forthcoming book, The Oxford Guide to Treaties (on which I'll blog more later). But, I had to pass along the following significant and important development -- Superman is renouncing his U.S. citizenship. Here's the scoop...
We are pleased to welcome Michael Ramsey back to Opinio Juris, this time as a guest blogger. Mike is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego Law School where he teaches U.S. Constitutional Law, Foreign Relations Law and International Business Transactions. His scholarship often focuses on U.S. foreign relations; he is the author of The Constitution's Text...
I'm at Harvard Law School today for a symposium, Cybersecurity: Law, Privacy, and Warfare in a Digital World. I'll be talking about my e-SOS paper, how international law deals with cyberthreats, and ways it could do a better job. Anyone who's interested can watch the proceedings; it's being live web-cast here. I wanted to flag a fascinating debate over the future of the Internet that just...
I'm off to Tokyo for a week, but before I go, wanted to flag a really interesting looking upcoming conference at Fordham Law School. It's entitled, Cyber Attacks: International Cybersecurity in the 21st Century and will take place next Friday, February 25, 2011. The program is free, subject to registration (see here). The line-up looks great too: 9:00am–9:30am Registration 09:30am–10:00am Welcome 10:00am–11:45am Cyber Attacks and the Law of Armed Conflict Moderator: Prof....
We here at Opinio Juris are very pleased to host this coming week our first on-line symposium featuring work from the Harvard International Law Journal. For those interested in a preview of the week's events, here's the line-up: On Monday, Stavros Gadinis and Eric Pan will respond to Pierre-Hugues Verdier's article, Mutual Recognition in International Finance On Tuesday, Samuel Issacharoff will respond...
The State Department this week released the 2009 volume of its Digest on U.S. Practice in International Law. Kudos to Elizabeth Wilcox for continuing the long tradition of making these sorts of materials publicly available; as I've noted previously, I find the whole Digest project--from Moore's seminal series to the current annual volumes--to be an invaluable resource in doing international law...
I've been updating my article advocating for an e-SOS (the first draft is available here). When I originally wrote it, Stuxnet had been identified as one of the first forms of malware to target SCADA systems explicitly (a SCADA--or “supervisory control and data acquisition”--system is one specifically designed to operate and control infrastructure, such as electrical and nuclear power systems, telecommunications, and oil...
We've been light on blogging with the holidays this week. So, as 2010 comes to a close, I thought I'd open a comment thread for those readers still trolling the blogosphere this week to note your favorite Opinio Juris post of the year. For me, it turns out I'm fond of bird dung, at least when it becomes grounds for exploring...
I always wish I had more opportunities to blog about international environmental law (IEL), especially in light of recent developments (and thanks to Dan Bodansky for keeping our readers' abreast of all the happenings in Cancun). For those of you who have a similar affinity for IEL, check out the new(ish) blog from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). It's...
A couple of years ago, Josh Newcomer and I argued that political commitments have developed to a point where they should receive constitutional scrutiny. In other words, we do not accept that because political commitments lack international legal force they should have absolute immunity from domestic legal processes. Indeed, to the extent that political commitments may perform the same (or at least...
So thinks James P. Rubin in an Op-Ed in today's NY Times. His argument comes in two parts. First, a minority of the Senate plays an obstructionist role, which means that the United States simply doesn't join important treaties: For much of the world, treaty ratification is a simple matter. In parliamentary systems like those in Britain and France, ratification is virtually automatic,...
I have my podcast debut this week over at Surprisingly Free -- "a weekly podcast featuring in-depth discussions with an eclectic mix of authors, academics, and entrepreneurs at the intersection of technology, policy, and economics." I talk about my forthcoming article, An e-SOS for Cyberspace, with Surprisingly Free's host, Jerry Brito. Click here for a listen....
