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Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 12-1: Opinio Juris Online Symposium

The Melbourne Journal of International Law is delighted to be continuing our partnership with Opinio Juris. This week will feature three articles from issue 12(1) of the Journal. The full issue is available for download here. On Monday, our discussion kicks off with Karen Scott's article 'International Environmental Governance: Managing Fragmentation through Institutional Connection'. Scott examines how multilateral environmental agreements have sought to...

A Response to Milanovic: The Lure of Extraterritoriality

Austen Parrish is a Professor of Law and the Vice Dean at Southwestern Law School. I’m grateful to Opinio Juris for inviting me to comment on Marko Milanovic’s book on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties. The book makes a meaningful contribution to an increasingly important issue of treaty interpretation, and the book’s sweeping treatment of how different courts and...

Milanovic on Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties: Judicial Interpretation and the Future of IHR Regulation

Marko Milanovic’s impressive treatment of the rapidly evolving jurisprudence of extraterritoriality of human rights treaties is a must read for anyone teaching or thinking about the international human rights system.  What is most significant for me is Marko’s systematic effort to put doctrinal and policy meat on the bones of the argument that has been developing over the last decade...

Junior International Law Scholars Association Annual Meeting

On February 10, 2012, the University of Georgia is going to have the honor of hosting the Annual Meeting of the Junior International Law Scholars Association (JILSA).  JILSA is a U.S.-based informal support network and community for untenured international law scholars.  With almost 200 scholars on the email list, JILSA facilitates syllabi exchanges, summer brown bags, and informal dinners and...

International Law in Domestic Courts ASIL Interest Group Meeting

Chimene Keitner asks us to pass along this announcement of the works-in-progress meeting of the International Law in Domestic Courts ASIL Interest Group meeting, at BYU on December 16, 2011.  It looks to be a very interesting set of papers, and the agenda and links are below the fold.

Milanovic Book Symposium

Opinio Juris and EJIL: Talk! are happy to announce that over the next few days we will both be hosting a discussion of Marko Milanovic’s recently published book: Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties: Law, Principles and Policy (Oxford Univ Press).  Marko's book examines the question when a State owes human rights obligations under a treaty to persons located outside...

Greg McNeal on Collateral Damage and Targeted Killing

My colleague Greg McNeal has just posted on SSRN an article on collateral damage and targeted killing. It is getting rave reviews, with Ben Wittes calling it an "extraordinary article" that "should be required reading for anyone participating in the many debates surrounding targeted killing" and our own Ken Anderson calling it "essential reading ...

A New Fulbright Fellowship in Foreign Governments (including a Focus on Justice)

I'm looking forward to our joint symposium on Marko's impressive book on extraterritorial treaty application. But before that begins, I wanted to flag a new opportunity for those looking to get international experience outside the United States. The Fulbright Program is inaugurating a new 'Public Policy Fellowship' for academic year 2012-2013. Here's how they described it to me: The Fulbright Public...

Foreign Relations Federalism: The Promise of Targeted Retaliation, in Alabama

I've been arguing for some time (here, here, and here, all pre-SSRN) that the globalized economy enables the world to directly discipline US states in the context of foreign relations and human rights, and that this in turn erases the need for a dormant federal foreign affairs power. The thumbnail version: in the old world, state-level foreign relations activity involved intolerable...