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26 Jan Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 49-2: Online Symposium
The Virginia Journal of International Law is delighted to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris this week in this online symposium featuring three articles recently published by VJIL in Vol. 49:2, available here . On Tuesday, Professor Vlad Perju of the Boston College Law School will discuss his article Reason and Authority in the European Court of Justice . Professor Perju’s article proposes a new vision for the European judiciary by presenting the striking case for politicizing the judicial discourse of the European Court of Justice. Contrary to the prevailing...14 Apr Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 50-3: Online Symposium
advocating convergence on a shareholder-centric model, to the degree that they fail to address the political, social, and cultural factors conditioning the degree of shareholder-centrism in U.S. and U.K. corporate governance. Professor Brian Cheffins of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law will serve as respondent. On Thursday, John F. Coyle, Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, will discuss his Article Incorporative Statutes and the Borrowed Treaty Rule. In his Article, Professor Coyle examines how courts should interpret statutes that, by their terms, incorporate international law into...
09 Sep Contemporary International Criminal Law After Critique Symposium: Accountability for the Unaccountable? Article 15 Communications Beyond the ICC
law more broadly, there is increasing recognition of the ways in which the language of international criminal law can be used in public debate. Through international criminal law, civil society actors are able to formulate and present arguments about the illegality of particular conduct to domestic and international audiences. In doing so, the authors of communications take their argument out of the courtroom and appeal directly to members of the public. By invoking international criminal law, civil society actors seek to convince their audiences that particular conduct is unlawful. The...22 Oct Events and Announcements: 22 October 2023
traditionally viewed through a prism of universalism, this symposium will focus on the importance of a regional approach, as well as, the complexities that come along with it as a result of the cultural, social, and legal diversity among states within a region. Given its expertise in the enactment and enforcement of human rights by international organizations (United Nations, European Union, and the Council of Europe), and because ASEAN’s (Association for Southeast Asian Nations) approach to international human rights law and its action in this field are little discussed and little...
23 Sep Symposium Exploring the Crime of Ecocide: Climate Change Crisis in the Pacific–What Role Can International Criminal Law Play?
[Dr. Joseph D. Foukona is a Pacific Law and History Scholar, an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii Manoa.] [This symposium was convened by Shirleen Chin, founder of Green Transparency. Shirleen was inspired by attending an Expert Working Group on international criminal law and the protection of the environment at the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law in Spring 2020. See here for the original Opinio Juris symposium which emerged from that meeting.] Pacific Island countries remain vulnerable to climate change crisis amid the global...
17 Apr Symposium on International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook – Introduction
[Dr. Sergey Sayapin is Professor at KIMEP University´s School of Law (Almaty, Kazakhstan).] On behalf of the editors, let me thank Opinio Juris for kindly hosting this book review symposium on International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook. Our sincere thanks are due to Professor Kevin Jon Heller, Ms Ameera Ismail, Ms Aphiwan Natasha King, and the entire Editorial team at Opinio Juris for their excellent support. We were lucky to assemble an outstanding team of 64 contributors representing all major legal systems of the world and literally all...30 May VJIL Symposium: Introducing “Carving Out Policy Autonomy for Developing Countries at the World Trade Organization”
[Alvaro Santos is currently an Associate Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law/Opinio Juris Symposium, Volume 52, Issue 3. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. I would like to thank the Virginia Journal of International Law for the invitation to participate in this online symposium and to Opinio Juris for featuring my article and hosting this discussion. In “Carving Out Policy Autonomy for Developing Countries in the World Trade Organization:...
19 Apr Symposium on the ‘Legacy’ of the USA Sanctions against International Criminal Court Prosecutor Ms Fatou Bensouda and Mr Phakiso Mochochoko
criminal justice field more broadly. The posts engage with various themes including: the discriminatory nature of the sanctions and what this means for ‘less-powerful’ states and their nationals; the USA’s relationship with the ICC; the potential effect on the ICC’s investigations in Afghanistan and Palestine; and the international criminal justice narratives and metaphors brought to the fore by EO 13928 and the resultant sanctions. We thank the contributors who, despite a global pandemic, have lent their time and knowledge to this symposium. We also thank OpinioJuris for hosting this symposium....